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Theorem 6. \( {K}_{H}\left( \varphi \right) = K\left( \theta \right) \) if and only if\n\n\[ \cot \varphi \left( {\cot \omega + \cot \theta }\right) + \cot \theta \cot \omega + 1 = 0, \]\n\nwhere \( \omega \) is the Brocard angle of triangle \( {ABC} \) .
Proof. From (7),\n\n\[ {K}_{H}\left( \varphi \right) = \left( {\frac{1}{{S}_{BC} - {S}_{AA} + {a}^{2}{S}_{\varphi }} : \cdots : \cdots }\right) .\n\nThis is the same as \( K\left( \theta \right) \) if and only if\n\n\[ \left( {\left( {{S}_{CA} - {S}_{BB} + {b}^{2}{S}_{\varphi }}\right) \left( {{S}_{AB} - {S}_{CC} + {c}...
Yes
Theorem 1. If a line goes through a vertex of the reference triangle \( \mathbf{ABC} \), the conjugate of this line is a line through the same vertex.
Proof. Choose vertex B. A line through this vertex has the form \( {nz} - \ell x = 0 \) . The isotomic conjugate is \( \frac{n}{z} - \frac{\ell }{x} = 0 \), which is the same as \( {nx} - \ell z = 0 \), a line through the same vertex. The isogonal conjugate works analogously.
Yes
Theorem 2. Conics through \( {\mathrm{{AGCB}}}^{\mathrm{G}} \) and \( {\mathrm{{ACC}}}^{\mathrm{G}}{\mathrm{A}}^{\mathrm{G}} \) are self-isotomic.
Proof. The general conic is \( \ell {x}^{2} + m{y}^{2} + n{z}^{2} + {Lyz} + {Mzx} + {Nxy} = 0 \) . Choosing the case \( {\mathbf{{AGCB}}}^{\mathbf{G}} \), since \( \mathbf{A} \) and \( \mathbf{C} \) are on the conic, we have that \( \ell = n = 0 \) . From \( \mathbf{G} \) and \( {\mathbf{B}}^{\mathbf{G}} \) we get the ...
Yes
Theorem 3. The ellipse \( {y}^{2} - {zx} = 0 \)
Proof. (1) can be verified by substituting coordinates as done above.\n\n(2) is true by the general principle that if an equation has the form (line \( {2}^{2} = \) (line 1)-(line 3), then the curve has a double intersection at the intersection of line 1 and line 2 and at the intersection of line 3 and line 2 and is ta...
Yes
Theorem 2 (Goormaghtigh [2]). Let \( {A}_{1},{B}_{1},{C}_{1} \) be points on \( {OA},{OB},{OC} \) such that \[ \frac{O{A}_{1}}{OA} = \frac{O{B}_{1}}{OB} = \frac{O{C}_{1}}{OC} = t. \] (1) The intersections of the perpendiculars to \( {OA} \) at \( {A}_{1},{OB} \) at \( {B}_{1} \), and \( {OC} \) at \( {C}_{1} \) with th...
is the isogonal conjugate of the point \( P \) on the Euler line dividing \( {OH} \) in the ratio \( {OP} : {PH} = 1 : {2t} \) . See Figure 1.
Yes
Theorem 3. Let \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) be the tangential triangle of \( {ABC} \) . Consider points \( X \) , \( Y, Z \) dividing \( O{A}^{\prime }, O{B}^{\prime }, O{C}^{\prime } \) respectively in the ratio\n\n\[ \n\frac{OX}{O{A}^{\prime }} = \frac{OY}{O{B}^{\prime }} = \frac{OZ}{O{C}^{\prime }} ...
Proof. Let the isogonal line of \( {AX} \) (with respect to angle \( A \) ) intersect \( {OA} \) at \( {X}^{\prime } \) . The triangles \( {OAX} \) and \( O{X}^{\prime }A \) are similar. It follows that \( {OX} \cdot O{X}^{\prime } = O{A}^{2} \), and \( X,{X}^{\prime } \) are inverse in the circumcircle. Note also that...
Yes
Theorem 1. Given \( a,{\ell }_{a},{\ell }_{b} > 0 \), there is a unique triangle \( {ABC} \) with \( {BC} = a \) and lengths of bisectors of angles \( A \) and \( B \) equal to \( {\ell }_{a} \) and \( {\ell }_{b} \) respectively if and only if \( {\ell }_{b} \leq a \) or\n\n\[ a < {\ell }_{b} < {2a}\;\text{ and }\;{\e...
Proof. In a triangle \( {ABC} \) with \( {BC} = a \) and given \( {\ell }_{a},{\ell }_{b} \), let \( y = {CA} \) and \( z = {AB} \) . We have \( {\ell }_{b} = \frac{2az}{a + z}\cos \frac{B}{2} \) and\n\n\[ z = \frac{a{\ell }_{b}}{{2a}\cos \frac{B}{2} - {\ell }_{b}}.\]\n\n(1)\n\nIt follows that \( \cos \frac{B}{2} > \fr...
Yes
Lemma 1. If the intersection set \( {q}_{1}^{\psi } \cap {q}_{2}^{\psi } \) contains a vertex \( P \) of \( {q}_{2}^{\psi } \), then \( P \in \) \( S\left( {{q}_{2},{C}_{1}}\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( D \) be the straight line containing a diagonal of \( {q}_{2} \) and which does not contain \( P \) . Then the disc with center \( P \) and radius \( \psi \) contains \( {C}_{1} \) and \( {C}_{2} \) since \( d\left( {{C}_{1}, P}\right) \leq d\left( {{C}_{2}, P}\right) = \psi \) . Hence there is only one h...
Yes
Lemma 2. We have\n\n\[ \n{q}_{1}^{\psi } \cap {q}_{2}^{\psi } \subset S\left( {{q}_{1},{C}_{2}}\right) \cap S\left( {{q}_{2},{C}_{1}}\right) .\n\]\n\n(3)
Proof. The proof is divided in three exclusive and exhaustive situations.\n\n(i) First, we suppose that the intersection set \( {q}_{1}^{\psi } \cap {q}_{2}^{\psi } = \{ P\} \) where \( P \) is a common vertex of \( {q}_{1}^{\psi } \) and \( {q}_{2}^{\psi } \) . We readily obtain \( P \in S\left( {{q}_{2},{C}_{1}}\righ...
Yes
Lemma 3. We have \( \left. {\gamma = \gamma \left( {{q}_{1},{q}_{2}}\right) \in }\right\rbrack 0,\frac{\pi }{2}\lbrack \) .
Proof. If \( \gamma = 0 \), the two axes \( {A}_{{i}_{1}}\left( {q}_{1}\right) \) and \( {A}_{{i}_{2}}\left( {q}_{2}\right) \) are equal to some straight line \( D \) . The centers \( {C}_{1} \) and \( {C}_{2} \) lie on \( D \) . But by construction \( {A}_{{i}_{1}}\left( {q}_{1}\right) \) and \( {A}_{{i}_{2}}\left( {q...
Yes
Lemma 4. We have \( {q}_{1}^{\psi } \cap {q}_{2}^{\psi } \subset B\left( {{q}_{1},{q}_{2}}\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( 0 < k \leq \psi \) . The homothetic square \( {q}_{1}^{k} \) (resp. \( {q}_{2}^{k} \) ) has two vertices in \( S\left( {{q}_{1},{C}_{2}}\right) \) (resp. \( S\left( {{q}_{2},{C}_{1}}\right) \) ). The straight line passing through those vertices of \( {q}_{1} \) (resp. \( {q}_{2} \) ) is parallel at distan...
Yes
Lemma 5. We have\n\n(a) \( {\ell }_{1} = {\ell }_{2} \Leftrightarrow {I}_{1} = {I}_{2} < {I}_{3} = {I}_{4} \) .\n\n(b) \( {\ell }_{1} < {\ell }_{2} \Leftrightarrow {I}_{1} < {I}_{2} < {I}_{3} < {I}_{4} \) .\n\n(c) \( {\ell }_{2} < {\ell }_{1} \Leftrightarrow {I}_{2} < {I}_{1} < {I}_{4} < {I}_{3} \) .
Proof. If \( {\ell }_{1} = {\ell }_{2} \) then \( {I}_{1} = {I}_{2} < {I}_{3} = {I}_{4} \) . Shifting \( {C}_{1} \) along \( W{C}_{1} \) towards \( W \) causes \( {C}_{1}{I}_{1} \) and \( {C}_{1}{I}_{3} \) to slide in a parallel fashion, so that \( {I}_{1} < {I}_{2} \) and \( {I}_{3} < {I}_{4} \) . Since \( {C}_{1} \in...
Yes
Theorem 6. (i) Among the four points \( {I}_{1},\ldots ,{I}_{4} \), the second one is the percussion point: \( P = {q}_{1}^{\psi } \cap {q}_{2}^{\psi } = \max \left\{ {{I}_{1},{I}_{2}}\right\} \) . We have\n\n\[ \psi = \max \left\{ {{\ell }_{1},{\ell }_{2}}\right\} \frac{\sqrt{2}}{1 + \cot \omega }.\n\]
Proof. (i). We suppose first that \( {\ell }_{2} > {\ell }_{1} \) . By Lemma 5 we have\n\n\[ {d}_{1} = \begin{Vmatrix}\overrightarrow{{C}_{1}{I}_{1}}\end{Vmatrix} < {d}_{2} = \begin{Vmatrix}\overrightarrow{{C}_{2}{I}_{2}}\end{Vmatrix} < {d}_{3} = \begin{Vmatrix}\overrightarrow{{C}_{1}{I}_{3}}\end{Vmatrix} < {d}_{4} = \...
Yes
Corollary 7. We have\n\n\[ \n{\ell }_{1} < {\ell }_{2} \Leftrightarrow {q}_{2}\text{strikes}{q}_{1}\text{and}{q}_{1}\text{does not strike}{q}_{2}\text{,}\n\]\n\n\[ \n{\ell }_{2} < {\ell }_{1} \Leftrightarrow {q}_{1}\text{ strikes }{q}_{2}\text{ and }{q}_{2}\text{ does not strike }{q}_{1},\n\]\n\n\[ \n{\ell }_{1} = {\el...
Proof. The three implications from left to right are direct consequences of Theorem 6 and its proof. Since the three cases are exclusive and exhaustive, the three converse implications readily follow.
Yes
Theorem 8. The square \( {q}_{2} \) strikes \( {q}_{1} \) if and only if \( \alpha \left( {{q}_{2},{q}_{1}}\right) \leq \alpha \left( {{q}_{1},{q}_{2}}\right) \) . The percussion point is the vertex of \( {q}_{1} \) or \( {q}_{2} \) which realizes the minimum of the eight angles appearing in \( \alpha \left( {{q}_{1},{...
Proof. Suppose that \( {q}_{2} \) strikes \( {q}_{1} = {ABCD} \) at \( P \) in the interior of side \( {AB} \), see Figure 7. Let \( {AB} \) be the \( x \) -axis and \( P \) the origin. Then for the interiors of \( {q}_{1} \) and \( {q}_{2} \) to be disjoint, the center \( {C}_{2} \) of \( {q}_{2} \) must be in \( \{ \...
Yes
Theorem 1. The triangle centers for which the intercepts \( x, y, z \) are linear forms in \( a, b, c \) are the centroid, the Gergonne and the Nagel points.
Proof. Note first that if \( \left( {x, y, z}\right) \) are the intercepts corresponding to a center \( V \), and if\n\n\[ x = {\alpha a} + {\beta b} + {\gamma c}, \]\n\nthen it follows from reflecting \( {ABC} \) about the perpendicular bisector of the segment \( {BC} \) that\n\n\[ a - x = {\alpha a} + {\beta c} + {\g...
Yes
Lemma 1. If \( {\alpha }_{i} \) and \( {\alpha }_{j} \) are semicircles in \( \Phi \left( {\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }\right) \) with \( {\alpha }_{i} < {\alpha }_{j} \), the radius of the inscribed circle in the curvilinear triangle bounded by \( {\alpha }_{i},{\alpha }_{j} \) and \( \gamma \) is\n\n\[ \frac{{ab}\left( {{...
Proof. Let \( \mathcal{C} \) be the inscribed circle with radius \( r \) . First we invert \( \left\{ {{\alpha }_{i},{\alpha }_{j},\gamma ,\mathcal{C}}\right\} \) in the circle with center \( O \) and radius \( k \) . Then \( {\alpha }_{i} \) and \( {\alpha }_{j} \) are inverted to the lines \( \overline{{\alpha }_{i}}...
Yes
Lemma 2. If \( {\alpha }_{i} \) (resp. \( {\alpha }_{j} \) ) is the line, then the radius of the inscribed circle is \[ \frac{-{ab}}{{a}_{j} - a}\left( {\text{ resp. }\frac{ab}{{a}_{i} + b}}\right) . \]
Proof. Even in this case (2) in the proof of Lemma 1 holds with \( s = 0 \) (resp. \( t = 0 \) ), and we get the conclusion.
No
Theorem 3. Assume \( a \neq b \), and let \( {\alpha }_{i},{\alpha }_{j} \in \Phi \left( {\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }\right) \) with \( {\alpha }_{i} < {\alpha }_{j} \) . The radius of the circle inscribed in the curvilinear triangle bounded by \( {\alpha }_{i},{\alpha }_{j} \) and \( \gamma \) is\n\n\[ \n\frac{{ab}\left( ...
Proof. If \( {\alpha }_{i} \) and \( {\alpha }_{j} \) are semicircles, then\n\n\[ \n\frac{{ab}\left( {\mu \left( {\alpha }_{i}\right) - \mu \left( {\alpha }_{j}\right) }\right) }{{b\mu }\left( {\alpha }_{i}\right) - {a\mu }\left( {\alpha }_{j}\right) } = \frac{{ab}\left( {\frac{{a}_{i} - a + b}{{a}_{i}} - \frac{{a}_{j}...
Yes
Theorem 4. Assume \( a = b \), and let \( {\alpha }_{i},{\alpha }_{j} \in \Phi \left( {\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }\right) \) with \( {\alpha }_{i} < {\alpha }_{j} \). The radius of the circle inscribed in the curvilinear triangle bounded by \( {\alpha }_{i},{\alpha }_{j} \) and \( \gamma \) is \[ \frac{{a}^{2}\left( {\mu \...
The functions \( x \mapsto \frac{{ab}\left( {1 - x}\right) }{b - {ax}}, a \neq b \) and \( x \mapsto \frac{{a}^{2}x}{{ax} - 1}, a > 0 \) are injective.
No
Theorem 6. Let \( \\left\\{ {{\\alpha }_{0} = \\alpha ,{\\alpha }_{1},\\ldots ,{\\alpha }_{n} = \\beta ,\\gamma }\\right\\} \) be an arbelos in \( n \) -aliquot parts. The common radius of the Archimedean circles in n-aliquot parts is\n\n\[ \n\\left\\{ \\begin{array}{ll} \\frac{{ab}\\left( {{b}^{\\frac{2}{n}} - {a}^{\\...
Proof. First we consider the case \( a \\neq b \) . We can assume \( {\\alpha }_{0} < {\\alpha }_{1} < \\cdots < {\\alpha }_{n} \) by renaming if necessary. The sequence \( \\frac{b}{a} = \\mu \\left( {\\alpha }_{0}\\right) ,\\mu \\left( {\\alpha }_{1}\\right) ,\\ldots ,\\mu \\left( {\\alpha }_{n}\\right) = \\frac{a}{b...
Yes
Theorem 7. Let \( \left\{ {{\alpha }_{0} = \alpha ,{\alpha }_{1},\ldots ,{\alpha }_{n} = \beta ,\gamma }\right\} \) be an arbelos in \( n \) -aliquot parts with \( {\alpha }_{0} < {\alpha }_{1} < \cdots < {\alpha }_{n} \) . Then \( {\alpha }_{i} \) is the line in \( \Phi \left( {\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }\right) \) if \( ...
Proof. Suppose \( a \neq b \) . Since \( \frac{b}{a} = \mu \left( {\alpha }_{0}\right) ,\mu \left( {\alpha }_{1}\right) ,\ldots ,\mu \left( {\alpha }_{n}\right) = \frac{a}{b} \) is a geometric sequence with common ratio \( {\left( \frac{a}{b}\right) }^{\frac{2}{n}} \), we have \( \mu \left( {\alpha }_{i}\right) = {\lef...
Yes
Lemma 8. (a) If \( a \neq b,{\left( \frac{{a}^{\prime }}{{b}^{\prime }}\right) }^{n} = {\left( \frac{a}{b}\right) }^{n + 2} \) .
Proof. If \( a \neq b \) we have\n\n\[ \n{a}^{\prime } = a - \frac{{ab}\left( {{a}^{\frac{2}{n}} - {b}^{\frac{2}{n}}}\right) }{{a}^{\frac{2}{n} + 1} - {b}^{\frac{2}{n} + 1}} = \frac{{a}^{\frac{2}{n} + 1}\left( {a - b}\right) }{{a}^{\frac{2}{n} + 1} - {b}^{\frac{2}{n} + 1}}, \n\]\n\n\[ \n{b}^{\prime } = b - \frac{{ab}\l...
Yes
Theorem 9. \( \\left\\{ {{\\alpha }^{\\prime },{\\alpha }_{0},{\\alpha }_{1},\\ldots ,{\\alpha }_{n},{\\beta }^{\\prime },{\\gamma }^{\\prime }}\\right\\} \) is an arbelos in \( \\left( {n + 2}\\right) \) -aliquot parts.
Proof. Let us assume \( a \\neq b \) . By Lemma 8 and the proof of Theorem \( 6,\\mu \\left( {\\alpha }_{0}\\right) \) , \( \\mu \\left( {\\alpha }_{1}\\right) ,\\ldots ,\\mu \\left( {\\alpha }_{n}\\right) \) is a geometric sequence with common ratio \( {\\left( \\frac{{a}^{\\prime }}{{b}^{\\prime }}\\right) }^{\\frac{...
Yes
Theorem 10. Let \( {\delta }_{{2n} - 1} \) be one of the Archimedean circles in\n\n\[ \left\{ {{\alpha }_{-n},{\alpha }_{-\left( {n - 1}\right) },\ldots ,{\alpha }_{-1},{\alpha }_{1},\ldots ,{\alpha }_{n},{\gamma }_{{2n} - 1}}\right\} .\n\]\n\nThen the radii of \( {\alpha }_{-n} \) and \( {\alpha }_{n} \) are\n\n\[ \fr...
Proof. Let \( \overline{{a}_{-n}} \) and \( \overline{{a}_{n}} \) be the radii of \( {\alpha }_{-n} \) and \( {\alpha }_{n} \) respectively. By Lemma 8 we have\n\n\[ {\left( \frac{\overline{{a}_{-n}}}{\overline{{a}_{n}}}\right) }^{\frac{1}{{2n} - 1}} = {\left( \frac{\overline{{a}_{-\left( {n - 1}\right) }}}{\overline{{...
Yes
Corollary 12. Let \( {c}_{n} \) and \( {d}_{n} \) be the radii of \( {\gamma }_{n} \) and \( {\delta }_{n} \) respectively.
\[ {a}_{n} = {b}_{{2n} - 1} \] \[ {a}_{-n} = {b}_{-\left( {{2n} - 1}\right) }, \] \[ {c}_{{2n} - 1} = {c}_{2\left( {{2n} - 1}\right) } \] \[ {d}_{{2n} - 1} = {d}_{{4n} - 2} + {d}_{4n} \] Figure 3 shows the even pattern together with the odd pattern reflected in the \( x \) -axis. The trivial case of these patterns can ...
No
Theorem 13. The external common tangent of \( {\beta }_{n} \) and \( {\beta }_{-n} \) touches \( {\gamma }_{4n} \) for any positive integer \( n \) .
Proof. The distance between the external common tangents of \( {\beta }_{n} \) and \( {\beta }_{-n} \) and the center of \( {\gamma }_{2n} \) is \( \frac{{\overline{{b}_{n}}}^{2} + {\overline{{b}_{-n}}}^{2}}{\overline{{b}_{n}} + \overline{{b}_{-n}}} \) where \( \overline{{b}_{n}} \) and \( \overline{{b}_{-n}} \) are th...
Yes
Theorem 14. Let \( {\mathrm{{BK}}}_{n} \) be the circle orthogonal to \( \alpha ,\beta \) and \( {\delta }_{{2n} - 1} \), and let \( {\mathrm{{AR}}}_{n} \) be the inscribed circle of the curvilinear triangle bounded by \( {\beta }_{h},{\beta }_{0} \) and \( {\gamma }_{2n} \) . The circles \( {\mathrm{{BK}}}_{n} \) and ...
Proof. Assume \( a \neq b \) . Since \( {\mathrm{{AR}}}_{n} \) is the Archimedean circle of the arbelos in 2-aliquot parts \( \left\{ {{\beta }_{-n},{\beta }_{0},{\beta }_{n},{\gamma }_{2n}}\right\} \), the radius of \( {\mathrm{{AR}}}_{n} \) is\n\n\[ \frac{\overline{{b}_{n}}\overline{{b}_{-n}}\left( {\overline{{b}_{n}...
Yes
Lemma 1. The number \( \cos \frac{\pi }{n}, n \geq 2 \), is rational if and only if \( n = 2 \) or \( n = 3 \) .
Proof. Suppose that \( \cos \frac{\pi }{n} \) is rational. Put\n\n\[{\zeta }_{2n} = \cos \frac{2\pi }{2n} + i\sin \frac{2\pi }{2n}\]\n\nthen \( {\zeta }_{2n} \) is a zero of the polynomial \( {X}^{2} - \left( {2 \cdot \cos \frac{\pi }{n}}\right) \cdot X + 1 \in \mathbb{Q}\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \) . So, the minimal...
Yes
Lemma 2. For every \( n \in \mathbb{N} \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \), there exist polynomials \( {f}_{n}\left( x\right) ,{g}_{n - 1}\left( x\right) \in \mathbb{Q}\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) such that\n\n(i) \( \deg \left( {f}_{n}\right) = n,{f}_{n}\left( x\right) = {2}^{n - 1}{x}^{n} + \cdots \) and \( \cos \left( {nx}\r...
Proof. From \( \cos x = \cos x,\frac{\sin x}{\sin x} = 1 \) ,\n\n\[ \cos \left( {k + 1}\right) x = \cos \left( {kx}\right) \cos x - \frac{\sin \left( {kx}\right) }{\sin x}\left( {1 - {\cos }^{2}x}\right) ,\]\n\n\[ \frac{\sin \left( {k + 1}\right) x}{\sin x} = \frac{\sin \left( {kx}\right) }{\sin x}\cos x + \cos \left( ...
Yes
Lemma 3. Let \( n \in \mathbb{N} \smallsetminus \{ 0\}, q \in {\mathbb{Q}}^{ + } \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \) and \( {x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n} \in \mathbb{R} \) . If\n\n\[ \cos {x}_{1},\sqrt{q} \cdot \sin {x}_{1},\ldots ,\cos {x}_{n},\sqrt{q} \cdot \sin {x}_{n} \]\n\nare rational, then so are \( \cos \left( {{x}_{1} + \cdots...
Proof. This follows by induction from the following equations \( \left( {k \geq 1}\right) \) .\n\n\[ \cos \left( {{x}_{1} + \cdots + {x}_{k + 1}}\right) = \cos \left( {{x}_{1} + \cdots + {x}_{k}}\right) \cdot \cos \left( {x}_{k + 1}\right) \]\n\n\[ - \frac{1}{q}\left( {\sqrt{q} \cdot \sin \left( {{x}_{1} + \cdots + {x}...
Yes
Lemma 4. Let \( \Delta \) be a triangle with vertices \( A, B \) and \( C \) . Put \( a = \left| {BC}\right|, b = \left| {AC}\right| \) , \( c = \left| {AB}\right| ,\alpha = \widehat{BAC},\beta = \widehat{ABC} \) and \( \gamma = \widehat{BCA} \) . Let \( n \in \mathbb{N} \smallsetminus \{ 0\} \) and suppose that \( \co...
Proof. We have\n\n\[ \frac{b}{a} = \frac{\sin \beta }{\sin \alpha } = \frac{\sin \beta }{\sin \frac{\beta }{n}} \cdot \frac{\sin \frac{\alpha }{n}}{\sin \alpha } \cdot \frac{\sin \frac{\beta }{n}}{\sin \frac{\alpha }{n}}.\]\n\nBy Lemma 2, \( \frac{\sin \beta }{\sin \frac{\beta }{n}} \cdot \frac{\sin \frac{\alpha }{n}}{...
Yes
Proposition 1. Given triangle \( {ABC} \) with Nagel point \( N \), let \( D \) be the midpoint of \( {BC} \) . The lines \( {ID} \) and \( {AN} \) are parallel.
Proof. The centroid \( G \) divides each of the segments \( {AD} \) and \( {NI} \) in the ratio \( {AG} \) : \( {GD} = {NG} \) : \( {GI} = 2 : 1 \) . See Figure 1.
No
Proposition 2. Let \( X \) be the point of tangency of the incircle with \( {BC} \) . The antipode of \( X \) on the circle with diameter \( {ID} \) is a point on \( {AN} \) .
Proof. This follows from the fact that the antipode of \( X \) on the incircle lies on the segment \( {AN} \) . See Figure 2.
No
Proposition 1. Let \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) be a variable triangle of which \( {B}^{\prime } \) and \( {C}^{\prime } \) lie on \( {CA} \) and \( {AB} \) respectively. If the sidelines of triangle \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) are tangent to a conic \( \mathcal{C} \) , then the locus...
Proof. Let \( {XYZ} \) be the points on \( \mathcal{C} \) and where \( {C}^{\prime }{A}^{\prime },{A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime } \), and \( {B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) respectively meet \( \mathcal{C}.{ZX} \) is the polar (with respect to \( \mathcal{C} \) ) of \( {B}^{\prime } \), which passes through a fixed point \( {...
Yes
Proposition 2. If \( {\mathcal{C}}_{A} \) degenerates into a line, the triangle \( {ABC} \) is selfpolar with respect to each conic tangent to the sides of two cevian triangles. The cevian triangle of the trilinear pole of any tangent to such a conic is tritangent to this conic.
Proof. Let \( P \) be a point and \( {A}^{P}{B}^{P}{C}^{P} \) its anticevian triangle. \( {ABC} \) is a polar triangle with respect to each conic through \( {A}^{P}{B}^{P}{C}^{P} \), as \( {ABC} \) are the diagonal points of the complete quadrilateral \( P{A}^{P}{B}^{P}{C}^{P} \) . Now consider a second anticevian tria...
Yes
For every triangle \( {ABC} \), there exists a unique interior point \( M \) the cevians \( A{A}^{\prime }, B{B}^{\prime } \), and \( C{C}^{\prime } \) through which have the property that\n\n\[ \angle A{C}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime } = \angle B{A}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } = \angle C{B}^{\prime }{A}^{\prime }\left( { = \Omega...
Proof. It is obvious that (1) is equivalent to the condition \( \left( {{A}^{\prime },{B}^{\prime },{C}^{\prime }}\right) = \left( {C, A, B}\right) \) , where \( {A}^{\prime },{B}^{\prime } \), and \( {C}^{\prime } \) are the angles of the cevian triangle \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) . Similarly,(2) is...
Yes
Theorem 2. Let \( \Omega \) be the cevian Brocard angle of triangle \( {ABC} \) . (i) \( \cot \Omega \) satisfies the polynomial \( f \) given in (6), where \( {c}_{0} = \sin A\sin B\sin C \) and \( {c}_{3} = \cos A\cos B\cos C \) . (ii) \( \Omega \leq \pi /3 \) for all triangles. (iii) \( \Omega \) takes all values in...
Proof. (i) follows from the alternative proof of Theorem 1 given in the preceding section. To prove (ii), it suffices to prove that \( f\left( {1/\sqrt{3}}\right) \leq 0 \) for all triangles \( {ABC} \) . Let \[ G = f\left( \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right) = \frac{4\sqrt{3}}{9}\sin A\sin B\sin C + \frac{4}{3}\cos A\cos B\cos ...
Yes
Theorem 3. If two triangles have equal Brocard angles and equal cevian Brocard angles, then they are similar.
Proof. Let \( \omega \) and \( \Omega \) be the Brocard and cevian Brocard angles of triangle \( {ABC} \) , and let \( t = \cot \omega \) and \( T = \cot \Omega \) . From (10) it follows that \( t = {c}_{1}/{c}_{0} \) and therefore \( {c}_{1} = t{c}_{0} \) . Substituting this in (6), we see that \( {c}_{0}\left( {T + t...
Yes
Theorem 4. If the cevians \( A{A}^{\prime }, B{B}^{\prime } \), and \( C{C}^{\prime } \) through a point \( P \) inside triangle \( {ABC} \) have the property that two of the quadrilaterals \( {ACP}{B}^{\prime }, B{A}^{\prime }P{C}^{\prime } \) , \( C{B}^{\prime }P{A}^{\prime },{AB}{A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime },{BC}{B}^{\...
Proof. The first part is nothing but [4, Theorem 4] and is easy to prove. The second part follows from \( \omega = \pi /2 - A = \pi /2 - B = \pi /2 - C \) .
No
Theorem 5. If any of the Brocard points \( L \) and \( {L}^{\prime } \) of triangle \( {ABC} \) coincides with any of its cevian Brocard points \( M \) and \( {M}^{\prime } \), then \( {ABC} \) is equilateral.
Proof. Let \( A{A}^{\prime }, B{B}^{\prime } \), and \( C{C}^{\prime } \) be the cevians through \( L \), and let \( \omega \) and \( \Omega \) be the Brocard and cevian Brocard angles of \( {ABC} \) ; see Figure 4A. By the exterior angle theorem, \( \angle {AL}{B}^{\prime } = \omega + \left( {B - \omega }\right) = B \...
Yes
Theorem 6. Let \( L \) be the first Brocard point of \( {ABC} \), and let \( A{A}^{\prime }, B{B}^{\prime } \), and \( C{C}^{\prime } \) be the cevians through \( L \) . Then \( L \) coincides with one of the two Brocard points \( N \) and \( {N}^{\prime } \) of \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) if and only...
Proof. Let the angles of \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) be denoted by \( {A}^{\prime },{B}^{\prime } \), and \( {C}^{\prime } \) . The proof of Theorem 5 shows that the condition \( L = {N}^{\prime } \) is equivalent to \( L = {M}^{\prime } \), which in turn implies that \( {ABC} \) is equilateral. This ...
Yes
Theorem 7. The triangle centers for which the angles \( \alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \) are linear forms in \( A, B, C \) are the centroid, the orthocenter, and the Gergonne point.
Proof. Arguing as in Theorems 1 and 2 of [3], we see that \( \alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \) are of the form\n\n\[ \alpha = \frac{\pi - A}{2} + t\left( {B - C}\right) ,\;\beta = \frac{\pi - B}{2} + t\left( {C - A}\right) ,\;\gamma = \frac{\pi - C}{2} + t\left( {A - B}\right) . \]\n\nIn particular, \( \alpha + \beta + \gamma =...
Yes
Theorem 1 (Archimedes). (1) The two circles each tangent to \( {PQ} \), the large semicircle and one of the smaller semicircles have equal radii \( t = \frac{ab}{a + b} \) . See Figure 10A.
Here is a simple construction of the Archimedean \
No
Proposition 1. The pedals of \( {O}_{a} \) on \( {BC},{O}_{b} \) on \( {CA} \), and \( {O}_{c} \) on \( {AB} \) form the cevian triangle of the Kiepert perspector \( K\left( {\arctan 2}\right) .{}^{1} \)
Proof. These pedals are the points \( \left( {0 : 2{S}_{C} + S : 2{S}_{B} + S}\right) ,\left( {2{S}_{C} + S : 0 : }\right. \) \( \left. {2{S}_{A} + S}\right) \), and \( \left( {2{S}_{B} + S : 2{S}_{A} + S : 0}\right) \) .
No
Proposition 2. The pedals of \( {T}_{a} \) on \( {BC},{T}_{b} \) on \( {CA} \), and \( {T}_{c} \) on \( {AB} \) form the cevian triangle of the point \( \left( {{a}^{2} + S : {b}^{2} + S : {c}^{2} + S}\right) \) .
Proof. These pedals are the points \( \left( {0 : {b}^{2} + S : {c}^{2} + S}\right) ,\left( {{a}^{2} + S : 0 : {c}^{2}}\right) \), and \( \left( {{a}^{2} + S : {b}^{2} + S : 0}\right) \) .
Yes
Proposition 3. The circumcircle, the radical circle, the inner Soddy circle, and the Brocard circles are coaxal, with the Lemoine axis as radical axis.
The Brocard circle has equation\n\n\[ \n{a}^{2}{yz} + {b}^{2}{zx} + {c}^{2}{xy} - \frac{{a}^{2}{b}^{2}{c}^{2}\left( {x + y + z}\right) }{{a}^{2} + {b}^{2} + {c}^{2}}\left( {\frac{x}{{a}^{2}} + \frac{y}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{z}{{c}^{2}}}\right) = 0. \]\n\nThe radical trace of these circles, namely, the intersection of the ra...
Yes
Proposition 4. The circles of the Schoute coaxal system have centers \( {K}^{ * }\left( \theta \right) \) where \( \left| \theta \right| \geq \frac{\pi }{3} \), and radius \( \left| \frac{\sqrt{{\tan }^{2}\theta - 3}S}{2\left( {{S}_{\omega } + S \cdot \tan \theta }\right) }\right| \cdot R \) . It has equation\n\n\[ \n{...
Therefore, a circle with center \( \left( {{a}^{2}\left( {p{S}_{A} + {qS}}\right) : {b}^{2}\left( {p{S}_{B} + {qS}}\right) : {c}^{2}\left( {p{S}_{C} + {qS}}\right) }\right) \) and square radius \( \frac{\left( {{p}^{2} - 3{q}^{2}}\right) {a}^{2}{b}^{2}{c}^{2}}{{\left( 2pS + q\left( {a}^{2} + {b}^{2} + {c}^{2}\right) \r...
Yes
Proposition 8. (a) The insimilicenters of the Lucas radical circle and the individual Lucas circles form a triangle perspective with \( {ABC} \) at \( {K}^{ * }\left( {\arctan 3}\right) \) .
Proof. These insimilicenters are the points\n\n\[ \left( {3{a}^{2}\left( {{S}_{A} + S}\right) : {b}^{2}\left( {3{S}_{B} + S}\right) : {c}^{2}\left( {3{S}_{C} + S}\right) }\right) ,\] \n\n\[ \left( {{a}^{2}\left( {3{S}_{A} + S}\right) : 3{b}^{2}\left( {{S}_{B} + S}\right) : {c}^{2}\left( {3{S}_{C} + S}\right) }\right) ,...
Yes
Proposition 10. The six points \( {X}_{3},{X}_{4},{Y}_{3},{Y}_{4},{Z}_{3},{Z}_{4} \) lie on the conic
\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\text{cyclic }}\frac{{a}^{2}}{{a}^{2} + S}{yz} = \frac{{a}^{2}{b}^{2}{c}^{2}S\left( {x + y + z}\right) }{\left( {{a}^{2} + S}\right) \left( {{b}^{2} + S}\right) \left( {{c}^{2} + S}\right) }\left( {\frac{x}{{a}^{2}} + \frac{y}{{b}^{2}} + \frac{z}{{c}^{2}}}\right) . \]
Yes
\[ {3R}\sqrt{3} \geq \sum {PA} \geq l\sqrt{3} \]
where the last inequality follows by (6).
No
Corollary 5. \[ T \leq \frac{\sqrt{3}}{12}{l}^{2} \] with equality when \( d = 0 \), i.e., when \( P \equiv O \) .
Now, since in any triangle of area \( T \), and sides \( {PA},{PB},{PC} \) one has \[ 2\sum {PA} \cdot {PB} - \sum P{A}^{2} \geq 4\sqrt{3} \cdot T \] (see for example [14], relation (8)), by (2) and (25) one can write \[ 2\sum {PA} \cdot {PB} \geq 3{d}^{2} + {l}^{2} + {l}^{2} - 3{d}^{2} = 2{l}^{2}, \] giving a new proo...
No
Proposition 7. For the radii \( r \) and \( R \) of the Pompeiu triangle one has\n\n\[ r \leq \frac{l}{6} \leq \frac{R}{2} \]
The last inequality holds true by (23). This gives an improvement of Euler's inequality \( r \leq \frac{R}{2} \) for the Pompeiu triangle. Since \( T = \frac{{PA} \cdot {PB} \cdot {PC}}{4R} \), and \( r = \frac{T}{s} \), we get\n\n\[ {PA} \cdot {PB} \cdot {PC} = 2\operatorname{Rr}\left( {{PA} + {PB} + {PC}}\right) ,\]
No
Proposition 9.\n\n\[ \n{PA} \cdot {PB} \cdot {PC} \leq \frac{\sqrt{3}{l}^{2}R}{3}. \n\]
This follows by \( T = \frac{{PA} \cdot {PB} \cdot {PC}}{4R} \) and (26).
No
Theorem 13.\n\n\[ \sum {PA} \leq \sqrt{3\left( {{l}^{2} + 6{d}^{2}}\right) }.\n\]
This is related to (6). In fact,(6) and (35) imply that \( \sum {PA} = l\sqrt{3} \) if and only if \( d = 0 \), i.e., \( P \equiv O \) .
Yes
We take the primitive \( \left( {a, b, c}\right) = \left( {{17},{21},{10}}\right) \), i.e., \( {T}_{2} \) and adjoin with itself (see Figure 3). Since \( \angle {CAD} = \angle {CBD},{ABCD} \) is cyclic. Ptolemy’s theorem shows that \( {AB} = \frac{341}{17} \) is rational. By enlarging the sides and diagonals 17 times e...
Since \( \angle {BAC} = \angle {BDC},\angle {ABD} = \angle {ACD} \), and \( \angle {BAD} = \angle {BAC} + \) \( \angle {CAD},\angle {BAD} \) is also a Heron angle and that triangle \( {ABD} \) is Heron. (Note: If \( \alpha \) and \( \beta \) are Heron angles then \( \alpha \pm \beta \) are also Heron angles. To see thi...
Yes
Example 2. We adjoin the primitive triangles \( {T}_{4},{T}_{5} \) from Table 1. This can be done in two ways.
(i) Figure 4A illustrates one way. As in Example \( 1,{AB} = \frac{1500}{17} \), so Figure 4A is enlarged 17 times. The area is integral (reasoned as above). Hence the resulting quadrilateral is Brahmagupta. ![bb70723e-cbb9-45f6-82d9-918ae4727256_1016_1.jpg](images/bb70723e-cbb9-45f6-82d9-918ae4727256_1016_1.jpg)\n\n(i...
No
Lemma 1. Let \( P \) be a point not on the sidelines of triangle \( {ABC} \), with traces \( {B}^{\prime },{C}^{\prime } \) on \( {AC},{AB} \) respectively. The circumcenters of triangles \( {AP}{B}^{\prime } \) and \( {AP}{C}^{\prime } \) coincide if and only if \( P \) lies on the reflection of the circumcircle \( {A...
The Proof of Lemma 1 is simple and can be found in [4].
No
Lemma 3. Let \( P \) be a point not on the sidelines of triangle \( {ABC} \), with traces \( {A}^{\prime },{B}^{\prime },{C}^{\prime } \) on \( {BC},{AC},{AB} \) respectively, and \( K \) the second intersection of the circumcircles of triangles \( {PC}{B}^{\prime } \) and \( P{C}^{\prime }B \) . The line \( {PK} \) is...
Proof. Triangles \( K{B}^{\prime }B \) and \( {KC}{C}^{\prime } \) are directly similar (see Figure 1). Therefore,\n\n\[ \n\frac{S\left\lbrack {K{B}^{\prime }B}\right\rbrack }{S\left\lbrack {{KC}{C}^{\prime }}\right\rbrack } = {\left( \frac{\overline{{B}^{\prime }B}}{\overline{C{C}^{\prime }}}\right) }^{2}.\n\]\n\nOn t...
Yes
Lemma 4. Given a triangle \( {XYZ} \) and pairs of points \( M, N \) on \( {YZ}, P, Q \) on \( {ZX} \), and \( R, S \) on \( {XY} \) respectively. If the points in each of the quadruples \( P, Q \) , \( R, S;R, S, M, N;M, N, P, Q \) are concyclic, then all six points \( M, N, P, Q, R \) , \( S \) are concyclic.
Proof. Suppose that \( \left( {O}_{1}\right) ,\left( {O}_{2}\right) ,\left( {O}_{3}\right) \) are the circles passing through the quadruples \( \left( {P, Q, R, S}\right) ,\left( {R, S, M, N}\right) \), and \( \left( {M, N, P, Q}\right) \) respectively. If \( {O}_{1},{O}_{2},{O}_{3} \) are disctinct points, then \( {YZ...
Yes
Proposition 1. Let \( p : {\mathbb{R}}^{4} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) a homogeneous function with the property that \( p\left( {{a}^{2},{b}^{2},{c}^{2},\bigtriangleup }\right) \geq 0 \), for any triangle in the Euclidean plane. Then for any \( x > 0 \) we have:\n\n\[ p\left( {x{a}^{2},\frac{1}{x}{b}^{2},{c}^{2} + \left(...
Proof. Consider \( q\left( x\right) = \left( {1 - \frac{1}{x}}\right) \left( {x{a}^{2} - {b}^{2}}\right) \), for \( x > 0 \) . In the triangle \( {ABC} \) we consider \( {A}_{1} \) and \( {B}_{1} \) on the sides \( {BC} \) and \( {AC} \), respectively, such that \( C{A}_{1} = {\alpha a} \) , \( {BC} = a, C{B}_{1} = {\b...
Yes
Proposition 2. Let \( p : {\mathbb{R}}^{n} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} \) be a homogeneous function of degree \( m \), and consider \( n \) collinear points \( {A}_{1},{A}_{2},\ldots ,{A}_{n} \) lying on the line \( d \) . Let \( S \) be a point exterior to the line \( \mathcal{L} \) and a secant \( {\mathcal{L}}^{\prime } ...
Proof. Denote \( {a}_{i} = \frac{{A}_{i}{A}_{i}^{\prime }}{{A}_{i}^{\prime }S} \), for \( i = 1,\ldots, n \) . Applying Menelaus’ Theorem in each of the triangles \( S{A}_{1}{A}_{2}, S{A}_{2}{A}_{3},\ldots, S{A}_{n - 1}{A}_{n} \) we have, for all \( i = 1,\ldots, n - 1 \),\n\n\[ \frac{1}{{a}_{i}} \cdot \frac{{A}_{i}K}{...
Yes
Lemma 4. Let \( \left( O\right) \) be a circle tangent externally to two circles \( \left( {O}_{a}\right) \) and \( \left( {O}_{b}\right) \) respectively at \( A \) and \( B \) . If \( {PQ} \) is a common external tangent of \( \left( {O}_{a}\right) \) and \( \left( {O}_{b}\right) \) , then the quadrilateral \( {APQB} ...
Proof. Let \( {PA} \) intersect \( \left( O\right) \) at \( K \) . Since \( \left( O\right) \) and \( \left( {O}_{a}\right) \) touch each other externally at \( A,{OK} \) is parallel to \( {O}_{a}P \) . On the other hand, \( {O}_{a}P \) is also parallel to \( {O}_{b}Q \) as they are both perpendicular to the common tan...
Yes
Proposition 7. The circle with diameter \( {A}_{a}{M}_{a} \) contains the point \( {F}_{a} \) .
Proof. Denote by \( {M}_{b}^{\prime } \) and \( {M}_{c}^{\prime } \) the midpoints of \( {I}_{a}B \) and \( {I}_{a}C \) respectively. The point \( {F}_{a} \) is common to the nine-point circles of \( {I}_{a}{BC},{I}_{a}{CA} \) and \( {I}_{a}{AB} \) . See Figure 5. We show that \( \left( {{A}_{a}{F}_{a},{F}_{a}{M}_{a}}\...
Yes
Proposition 8. The points \( {X}_{b},{X}_{c} \) lie on the line \( {YZ} \) .
Proof. The collinearity of \( {C}_{a},{X}_{b},{X}_{c} \) follows from\n\n\[ \left( {{C}_{a}{X}_{b},{X}_{b}B}\right) = \left( {{C}_{a}{I}_{a},{I}_{a}B}\right) \]\n\n\[ = \left( {{C}_{a}{I}_{a},{AB}}\right) + \left( {{AB},{I}_{a}B}\right) \]\n\n\[ = {90}^{ \circ } + \left( {{I}_{a}B,{BC}}\right) \]\n\n\[ = \left( {{X}_{c...
Yes
Proposition 9. The line \( {Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) contains the midpoints \( {B}^{\prime },{C}^{\prime } \) of \( {CA},{AB} \), and is parallel to \( {BC} \) .
Proof. Since \( A,{Y}_{a},{I}_{a},{Z}_{a} \) are concyclic,\n\n\[ \left( {A{Y}_{a},{Y}_{a}{Z}_{a}}\right) = \left( {A{I}_{a},{I}_{a}{Z}_{a}}\right) = \frac{C}{2} = \left( {{CA}, A{Y}_{a}}\right) . \]\n\nTherefore, the intersection of \( {AC} \) and \( {Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) is the circumcenter of the right triangle \( {AC}{...
Yes
Proposition 10. The line \( {I}_{a}X \) contains the midpoint \( {A}^{\prime } \) of \( {BC} \) .
Proof. Since the diagonals of the parallelogram \( {I}_{a}{Y}_{a}X{Z}_{a} \) bisect each other, the line \( {I}_{a}X \) passes through the midpoint of the segment \( {Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) . Since \( {Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) and \( {BC} \) are parallel, with \( B \) on \( {I}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) and \( C \) on \( {I}_{a}{Y}_{a} \), the ...
Yes
Theorem 11. The triangles \( {XYZ} \) and \( {I}_{a}{I}_{b}{I}_{c} \) are homothetic at the Mittenpunkt \( M \) of triangle \( {ABC} \), the ratio of homothety being \( {2R} + r : - {2R} \) .
Proof. The lines \( {I}_{a}X,{I}_{b}Y,{I}_{c}Z \) contain respectively the midpoints of \( {A}^{\prime },{B}^{\prime },{C}^{\prime } \) of \( {BC},{CA},{AB} \) . They intersect at the common point of \( {I}_{a}{A}^{\prime },{I}_{b}{B}^{\prime },{I}_{c}{C}^{\prime } \), the Mittenpunkt \( M \) of triangle \( {ABC} \) . ...
Yes
Theorem 12. The Taylor circle of the excentral triangle is the radical circle of the excircles.
Proof. The perpendicular bisector of \( {Y}_{c}{Z}_{b} \) is a line parallel to the bisector of angle \( A \) and passing through the midpoint \( {A}^{\prime } \) of \( {BC} \) . This is the \( {A}^{\prime } \)-bisector of the medial triangle \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) . Similarly, the perpendicular ...
Yes
Proposition 13. \( X \) lies on the radical axis of the circles \( \left( {W}_{b}\right) \) and \( \left( {W}_{c}\right) \) .
Proof. By Theorem 12, \( X{Z}_{a} \cdot X{Z}_{b} = X{Y}_{a} \cdot X{Y}_{c} \) . Since \( {Y}_{c},{Y}_{a} \) are on the nine-point circle \( \left( {W}_{b}\right) \) and \( {Z}_{a},{Z}_{b} \) on the the circle \( \left( {W}_{c}\right), X \) lies on the radical axis of these two nine-point circles.
Yes
Proposition 14. \( {M}_{a} \) lies on the radical axis of the circles \( \left( {W}_{b}\right) \) and \( \left( {W}_{c}\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( {M}_{b}^{\prime \prime } \) and \( {M}_{c}^{\prime \prime } \) be the midpoints of \( A{I}_{b} \) and \( A{I}_{c} \) respectively. See Figure 9. Note that these lie on the nine-point circles \( \left( {W}_{b}\right) \) and \( \left( {W}_{c}\right) \) respectively. Since \( C,{I}_{b},{I}_{c}, B \) are conc...
Yes
Proposition 15. \( X,{F}_{a} \), and \( {M}_{a} \) are collinear.
Proof. We prove that the Euler line of triangle \( A{Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) contains the point \( {F}_{a} \) . The points \( X \) and \( {M}_{a} \) are respectively the orthocenter and circumcenter of the triangle.\n\nLet \( {A}_{a}^{\prime } \) be the antipode of \( {A}_{a} \) on the \( A \) -excircle. Since \( {AX} \) has ...
Yes
Proposition 16. \( X{F}_{a} \) is also the Euler line of triangle \( A{Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) .
Proof. The circumcenter of \( A{Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) is clearly \( {M}_{a} \) . On the other hand, since \( A \) is the orthocenter of triangle \( X{Y}_{a}{Z}_{a}, X \) is the orthocenter of triangle \( A{Y}_{a}{Z}_{a} \) . Therefore the line \( X{M}_{a} \), which also contains \( {F}_{a} \), is the Euler line of triangle ...
Yes
Proposition 17. \( {M}_{a} \) is the orthocenter of triangle \( {I}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) .
Proof. Let \( {H}_{a} \) be the orthocenter of \( {IBC} \) . Since \( B{H}_{a} \) is perpendicular to \( {IC} \), it is parallel to \( {I}_{a}C \) . Similarly, \( C{H}_{a} \) is parallel to \( {I}_{a}B \) . Thus, \( B{H}_{a}C{I}_{a} \) is a parallelogram, and \( {A}^{\prime } \) is the midpoint of \( {I}_{a}{H}_{a} \) ...
Yes
Proposition 18. \( {K}_{a} \) is the circumcenter of \( {I}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) .
Proof. By Lemma 4, the points \( {F}_{b},{F}_{c},{A}_{b} \) and \( {A}_{c} \) are concyclic, and the lines \( {A}_{b}{F}_{b} \) and \( {A}_{c}{F}_{c} \) intersect at a point \( {K}_{a} \) on the nine-point circle, which is the midpoint of the arc \( {B}^{\prime }{C}^{\prime } \) not containing \( {A}^{\prime } \) . See...
Yes
Proposition 19. \( {K}_{a} \) lies on the radical axis of \( \left( {W}_{b}\right) \) and \( \left( {W}_{c}\right) \) .
Proof. Let \( D \) and \( E \) be the second intersections of \( {K}_{a}{F}_{b} \) with \( \left( {W}_{b}\right) \) and \( {K}_{a}{F}_{c} \) with \( \left( {W}_{c}\right) \) respectively. We shall show that \( {K}_{a}{F}_{b} \cdot {K}_{a}D = {K}_{a}{F}_{c} \cdot {K}_{a}E \) . \n\nSince \( {A}_{c},{F}_{c},{F}_{b},{A}_{b...
Yes
Corollary 22. The radical center of the circles \( {\mathcal{C}}_{a},{\mathcal{C}}_{b},{\mathcal{C}}_{c} \) is \( {S}^{\prime } \) .
Proof. The points \( X \) and \( {F}_{a} \) are common to the circles \( {\mathcal{C}}_{b} \) and \( {\mathcal{C}}_{c} \) . The line \( X{F}_{a} \) is the radical axis of the two circles. Similarly the radical axes of the two other two pairs of circles are \( Y{F}_{b} \) and \( Z{F}_{c} \) . The radical center is there...
Yes
Proposition 23. The line \( X{A}_{a} \) is perpendicular to \( {YZ} \) .
Proof. With reference to Figure 8, note that\n\n\[ \n{A}_{b}{Y}_{a} : {A}_{b}X = {A}_{b}C \cdot \frac{\sin \left( {C + \frac{A}{2}}\right) }{\sin \frac{C}{2}} : {A}_{b}{A}_{c} \cdot \frac{\sin \frac{A + B}{2}}{\sin \frac{B + C}{2}} \n\]\n\n\[ \n= {A}_{b}C : \left( {b + c}\right) \cdot \frac{\sin \frac{C}{2}\sin \frac{A...
Yes
Proposition 25. The complement of the Schiffler point is the point \( {S}^{\prime } \) which divides\n\n\( {HW} \) in the ratio\n\n\[ H{S}^{\prime } : {S}^{\prime }W = 2\left( {{2R} + r}\right) : - R. \]
Proof. We define \( {K}_{b} \) and \( {K}_{c} \) similarly as \( {K}_{a} \) . Since \( {K}_{b} \) and \( {K}_{c} \) are the midpoints of the arcs \( {C}^{\prime }{A}^{\prime } \) and \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime },{K}_{b}{K}_{c} \) is perpendicular to the \( {A}^{\prime } \) -bisector of \( {A}^{\prime }{B}^{\prime }{C}...
Yes
Theorem 1. Let \( a \) be a given positive number. (1). If \( d \leq r \), i.e. \( R \leq \left( {\sqrt{2} + 1}\right) r \), then there is a unique poristic triangle \( {ABC} \) with \( {BC} = a \) if and only if
\[ {4r}\left( {{2R} - r - {2d}}\right) \leq {a}^{2} \leq {4r}\left( {{2R} - r + {2d}}\right) . \]
Yes
Proposition 4. The Kenmotu points \( {K}_{\mathrm{e}} \) and \( {K}_{\mathrm{e}}^{\prime } \) divide the segment \( {OK} \) in the ratio\n\n\[ O{K}_{\mathrm{e}} : {K}_{\mathrm{e}}K = {a}^{2} + {b}^{2} + {c}^{2} : {2S}, \]\n\n\[ O{K}_{\mathrm{e}}^{\prime } : {K}_{\mathrm{e}}^{\prime }K = {a}^{2} + {b}^{2} + {c}^{2} : - ...
Proof. A typical point on the Brocard axis has coordinates\n\n\[ {K}^{ * }\left( \theta \right) = \left( {{a}^{2}\left( {{S}_{A} + {S}_{\theta }}\right) : {b}^{2}\left( {{S}_{B} + {S}_{\theta }}\right) : {c}^{2}\left( {{S}_{C} + {S}_{\theta }}\right) }\right) .\n\nIt divides the segment \( {OK} \) in the ratio\n\n\[ O{...
Yes
Theorem 1 (GPAT).\n\n\\[ \n{d}^{2}\left( {X, m, Y, n}\right) = {\sigma }^{2}\left( {X, m}\right) + \parallel \bar{x} - \bar{y}{\parallel }^{2} + {\sigma }^{2}\left( {Y, m}\right) .\n\\]
Proof.\n\n\\[ \n\frac{1}{MN}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{x \in X, y \in Y}}m\left( x\right) n\left( y\right) \parallel x - y{\parallel }^{2}\n\\]\n\n\\[ \n= \frac{1}{MN}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{x \in X, y \in Y}}m\left( x\right) n\left( y\right) \parallel x - \bar{x} + \bar{x} - \bar{y} + \bar{y} - y{\parallel }^{2}\n\\]\n\n...
Yes
Proposition 3. Let \( p \) denote the perimeter of the triangle \( A, B, C \) . The distance between the incenter \( I \) and centroid \( G \) satisfies the following equation:\n\n\[ I{G}^{2} = \frac{{p}^{2}}{6} - \frac{5}{18}\left( {{a}^{2} + {b}^{2} + {c}^{2}}\right) - {4Rr}. \]
Proof. Let \( {\bigtriangleup }_{G} \) denote the triangle weighted 1 at each vertex and \( {\bigtriangleup }_{I} \) denote the same triangle with weights attached to the vertices which are the lengths of the opposite sides. We apply the GPAT and a direct calculation:\n\n\[ {d}^{2}\left( {{\bigtriangleup }_{G},{\bigtri...
Yes
Theorem 4 (Feuerbach). The nine point circle of \( \bigtriangleup {ABC} \) is internally tangent to the incircle.
Proof. (outline) The radius of the nine point circle is \( R/2 \) . The result will established if we show that \( \left| {IN}\right| = R/2 - r \) . However, in \( \bigtriangleup {INO} \) the point \( G \) is on the side \( {NO} \) and \( {NG} : {GO} = 1 : 2 \) . We know \( \left| {IO}\right| ,\left| {IG}\right| ,\left...
Yes
Proposition 5. The incenter of a non-equilateral triangle lies strictly in the interior of the circle on diameter \( {GH} \) .
This was presumably known to Euler [5], and a stronger version of the result was proved in [4]. Given Feuerbach's theorem, this result almost proves itself. Let \( N \) be the nine-point center, the midpoint of the segment \( {OH} \), Feuerbach’s tangency result yields \( {IN} = R/2 - r \) . However \( O{I}^{2} = {R}^{...
Yes
Theorem 1 (Steiner-Lehmus). If two internal angle bisectors of a triangle are equal, then the triangle is isosceles.
Figure 1 shows the bisectors \( {BE} \) and \( {CF} \) of \( \angle {ABC} \) and \( \angle {ACB} \) . We assume \( {BE} = {CF} \) . If \( {AB} \neq {AC} \), let \( {AB} < {AC} \), i.e., \( \angle {ACB} < \angle {ABC} \) or \( \frac{C}{2} < \frac{B}{2} \) . A\n\n--- \n\ncomparison of triangles \( {BEC} \) with \( {BFC} ...
Yes
Theorem 2. If two Gergonne cevians of a triangle are equal, then the triangle is isosceles.
3.1. First proof. Figure 2 shows the equal Gergonne cevians \( {BE},{CF} \) of triangle\n\n\( {ABC} \) . We consider \( \bigtriangleup {ABE},\bigtriangleup {ACF} \) and apply the law of cosines:\n\n\[ \nB{E}^{2} = {c}^{2} + {\left( s - a\right) }^{2} - {2c}\left( {s - a}\right) \cos A, \n\] \n\n\[ \nC{F}^{2} = {b}^{2} ...
Yes
Theorem 3. The internal angle bisectors of the angles \( {ABC} \) and \( {ACB} \) of triangle \( {ABC} \) meet the Gergonne cevian \( {AD} \) at \( E \) and \( F \) respectively. If \( {BE} = {CF} \), then triangle \( {ABC} \) is isosceles.
Proof. We refer to Figure 4. If \( {AB} \neq {AC} \), let \( {AB} < {AC} \) . Hence \( b > c, s - b < \) \( s - c \) and \( E \) lies below \( F \) on \( {AD} \) . A simple calculation with the help of the angle bisector theorem shows that the Gergonne cevian \( {AD} \) lies to the left of the cevian that bisects \( \a...
Yes
Proposition 2. Suppose \( {m}^{2} > 3 \) . The Euler conic is a hyperbola with eccentricity
\[ \varepsilon = \sqrt{\frac{2\sqrt{{m}^{2} + 1}}{\sqrt{{m}^{2} + 1} - 2}}. \] The foci are the points \[ \pm \left( {\operatorname{sgn}\left( m\right) \cdot \sqrt{\frac{3\left( {\sqrt{{m}^{2} + 1} + 1}\right) }{{m}^{2} - 3}},\sqrt{\frac{3\left( {\sqrt{{m}^{2} + 1} - 1}\right) }{{m}^{2} - 3}}}\right) , \] where \( \ope...
Yes
Lemma 4. The Euler line of triangle \( {ABC} \) is perpendicular to \( {AB} \) if and only if \( {AB} = {AC} \) . In this case, the Euler line is the perpendicular bisector of \( {AB} \) .
We shall henceforth assume that the Euler line is not perpendicular to \( {AB} \) . It therefore has an equation of the form\n\n\[ y = {mx} + k \]\n\nThe circumcenter is the intersection of the Euler line with the line \( x = 0 \), the perpendicular bisector of \( {AB} \) . It is the point \( O = \left( {0, k}\right) \...
No
Proposition 5. The number of points \( C \) for which triangle \( {ABC} \) has Euler line \( y = {mx} + k \) is 0,1, or 2 according as \( \left( {{m}^{2} - 3}\right) \left( {{k}^{2} + 1}\right) < , = \), or \( > - 4 \) .
In the hyperbolic and degenerate cases \( {m}^{2} \geq 3 \), there are always two such triangles. In the elliptic case, \( {m}^{2} < 3 \) . There are two such triangles if and only if \( {k}^{2} < \frac{{m}^{2} + 1}{3 - {m}^{2}} \) .
Yes
For \( {m}^{2} < 3 \) and \( k = \pm \sqrt{\frac{{m}^{2} + 1}{3 - {m}^{2}}} \), there is a unique triangle \( {ABC} \) whose Euler line is the line \( y = {mx} + \dot{k} \) . The lines \( y = {mx} + {3k} \) are tangent to the Euler ellipse (3) at the points
\[ \pm \left( {\frac{-{2m}}{\sqrt{\left( {{m}^{2} + 1}\right) \left( {3 - {m}^{2}}\right) }},\frac{3 + {m}^{2}}{\sqrt{\left( {{m}^{2} + 1}\right) \left( {3 - {m}^{2}}\right) }}}\right) . \]
Yes
Lemma 1. Referring to Figure 3, points \( X, U \) are intersections of opposite sides of \( q.{U}^{ * },{X}^{ * } \) are intersections of opposite sides of \( q * .V, W, Y, Z \) are intersections of opposite sides of other flanks of the complex. Points \( X, Y, Z \) and \( U, V, W \) are aligned on two parallel lines.
The proof is a trivial consequence of the similarity of opposite located main flanks. Thus, \( l, r \) are similar and their similarity center is \( X \) . Analogously \( t, b \) are similar and their similarity center is \( U \) . Besides triangles \( {XDY},{VDU} \) are anti-homothetic with respect to \( D \) and tria...
No
Proposition 2. The following lines are common radical axes of the circle pairs:\n\n(1) Line \( X{X}^{ * } \) coincides with \( \left( {{lt},{lb}}\right) = \left( {t, b}\right) = \left( {{rt},{rb}}\right) = \left( {{ltr},{lbr}}\right) \) .\n\n(2) Line \( U{U}^{ * } \) coincides with \( \left( {{lt},{rt}}\right) = \left(...
Referring to Figure 4, I show that line \( {XYZ} \) is identical with \( \left( {{lbr}, b}\right) \) . Indeed, from the intersection of the two circles \( \{ {lbr}\} \) and \( \{ b\} \) with circle \( \{ {rb}\} \) we see that \( Z \) is on their radical axis. Similarly, from the intersection of these two circles with \...
No
Proposition 3. Referring to Figure 5, the centers of the flanks build equal parallelograms with parallel sides: \( \left( {lt}\right) \left( t\right) \left( {tqb}\right) \left( {tlb}\right) ,\left( {ltr}\right) \left( {rt}\right) \left( {trb}\right) \left( {q * }\right) ,\left( l\right) \left( q\right) \left( b\right) ...
The proof of the various parallelities is a consequence of the coincidences of radical axes. For example, in the first figure, sides \( \left( t\right) \left( {rt}\right) ,\left( q\right) \left( r\right) ,\left( b\right) \left( {rb}\right) \) are parallel because, all, are orthogonal to the corresponding radical axis, ...
Yes
Proposition 4. Referring to Figure 6, the following properties are valid:\n\n(1) The circumcircles of adjacent main flanks are tangent at the vertices of \( q \) . (2) The intersection point of the diagonals US, TV of the quadrilateral TSUV, formed by the centers of the main flanks, coincides with the anticenter \( M \...
The properties are immediate consequences of the definitions. (1) follows from the fact that triangles \( {FTC} \) and \( {CSB} \) are similar isosceli. To see that property (2) is valid, consider the parallelograms \( p = {OYMX},{p}^{* * } = {UX}{M}^{* * }Y \) and \( {p}^{ * } = S{Y}^{ * }{M}^{ * }Y \), tightly relate...
Yes
Proposition 5. Referring to the previous figure, the lines \( {QM} \) and \( {QO} \) are symmetric with respect to the bisector of angle \( {AQD} \) . The same is true for lines \( {QX} \) and \( {QY} \) .
This is again obvious, since the trapezia \( {DAHG} \) and \( {CBLK} \) are similar and inversely oriented with respect to the sides of the angle \( {AQD} \) .
No
Proposition 6. The quadrilateral STUV, of the centers of the main flanks, is circumscriptible, its incenter coincides with the circumcenter \( O \) of \( q \) and its radius is \( r \cdot \sin \left( {\phi + \xi }\right) .r \) being the circumcradius of \( q \) and \( {2\phi },{2\xi } \) being the measures of two angle...
The proof follows immediately from the similarity of triangles \( {UAO} \) and \( {OBS} \) in Figure 8. The angle \( \omega = \phi + \xi \), gives for \( \left| {OZ}\right| = r \cdot \sin \left( \omega \right) .Z,{Z}^{ * }, W,{W}^{ * } \) being the projections of \( O \) on the sides of STUV. Analogous formulas hold fo...
Yes
Proposition 7. Referring to Figure 9, the anticenters of the flanks build equal parallelograms with parallel sides: \( \left\lbrack {lt}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack t\right\rbrack \left\lbrack q\right\rbrack \left\lbrack l\right\rbrack ,\left\lbrack {tlb}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack {tqb}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack b\right\...
The proof is similar to the one of Proposition 2. For example, segments \( \left\lbrack {lt}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack t\right\rbrack \) , \( \left\lbrack l\right\rbrack \left\lbrack q\right\rbrack ,\left\lbrack {tlb}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack {tqb}\right\rbrack ,\left\lbrack {lb}\right\rbrack \left\lbrack b\right\rbra...
No
Proposition 8. The barycenters of the flanks build the pattern of equal parallelograms of Figure 11.
Indeed, this is a consequence of the corresponding results for centers and anti-centers of the flanks and the fact that linear combinations of parallelograms \( {c}_{i} = \) \( \left( {1 - t}\right) {a}_{i} + t{b}_{i} \), where \( {a}_{i},{b}_{j} \) denote the vertices of parallelograms, are again parallelograms. Here ...
Yes