Analytical Solution for the Generalized Fermat–Torricelli Problem

Abstract: We present explicit analytical solution for the problem of minimization of the function

F (x, y) = s u m_{j = 1}^{3} m_{j} s q r t (x - x_{j})^{2} + (y - y_{j})^{2}

, i.e. we find the coordinates of stationary point and the corresponding critical value of

F (x, y)

as functions of

{m_{j}, x_{j}, y_{j}}_{j = 1}^{3}

. In addition, we also discuss inverse problem of finding such values of

m_{1}, m_{2}, m_{3}

with the aim for the corresponding function

F

to posses a prescribed position of stationary point.

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