Fermat's point from five perspectives

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2014.979894MaRDI QIDQ5247658zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Jungeun Park, Alfinio Flores

Publication date 27 April 2015

Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2014.979894

zbMATH Keywords

Fermat pointminimal sum of distancessoap filmsTorricelli configuration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Plane and solid geometry (educational aspects) (97G40)

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• An algebraic approach to finding the Fermat-Torricelli point
• The Fermat Point of a Triangle
• Soap films and GeoGebra in the study of Fermat and Steiner points

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• GeoGebra

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