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This problem, posed by Malfatti in 1803, asks for packing, inside a given triangle, three non-overlapping circles of maximal total area. Malfatti suggested that the optimal arrangement consists of three circles each of which touches the other two and two sides of the triangle. He also proved that such an arrangement exists, is unique, and is Euclidean constructible.  More than a century later, \\textit{H. Lob} and \\textit{H. W. Richmond} showed in [Proceedings L. M. S. (2) 30, 287--304 (1929; JFM 55.0341.02)], that Malfatti's arrangement is not the optimal one, and fairly recently, \\textit{V. A. Zalgaller} and \\textit{G. A. Los} solved the problem completely in [J. Math. Sci., New York 72, No. 4, 3163--3177 (1994; Zbl 0835.51004)], describing the optimal arrangement.  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