Circumcenter of mass and generalized Euler line (Q741605): Difference between revisions

The concept of circumcenter of mass of a polygon is defined following a geometric triangulation based construction of \textit{V. E. Adler} [Physica D 87, No. 1--4, 52--57 (1995; Zbl 1194.35353)]. An invariance property on the choice of the starting triangulation common point is used to show the correctness of this definition. The authors prove an analogue of the Archimedes' lemma stating that if a polygon is divided into two smaller polygons, the circumcenter of mass of the compound polygon lies on the straight-line segment joining the centers of mass of the two division polygons. More cases, in which the circumcenter of mass coincides with the center of mass, are identified. A specific type of triangulation of a polygon leads to the elaboration of a generalization of the Euler line associated with a simplicial polytope. It is sensitive to symmetries. Few specific points, also called centers associated with a polygon, are identified such as the following conditions hold: the analytic dependence on the polygon itself, the commutativity with dilatations and the Archimedes' Lemma. All these points lie on the generalized Euler line. The authors extend the construction of the circumcenters of mass to simplicial polyhedra in \(\mathbb{R}^{d}\) and to the spherical and hyperbolic geometries.