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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1076793
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1076793 |
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7 April 1998
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remarkable points in a triangle
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Fermat's point
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Given a triangle \(ABC\). It is shown that a point \(P\) inside the triangle minimizes the weighted sum \(l PA+m PB+n PC\) iff the equations \[ \begin{aligned} &\sphericalangle \text{APB}=\pi -\cos^{-1} ((l^2+m^2-n^2)/ ((2lm)),\\ &\sphericalangle \text{BPC}=\pi -\cos^{-1} ((m^2+n^2-l^2)/ ((2mn)),\\ &\sphericalangle \text{APC}=\pi -\cos^{-1} ((n^2+l^2-m^2)/ ((2nl))\end{aligned} \] hold. A simple proof (for this known theorem) using calculus is given. If \(l=m=n=1\) this theorem is due to Fermat.
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