The problem of Malfatti: Two centuries of debate

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9154-7MaRDI QIDQ536609zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Marco Andreatta, Jan P. Boronski, A. Bezdek

Publication date 19 May 2011

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-010-9154-7

zbMATH Keywords

packingMalfatti's problemspherical triangleEuclidean constructiblehyperbolic triangleMalfatti's arrangementMalfatti's marble problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of geometry (51-03) Inequalities and extremum problems in real or complex geometry (51M16) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) Elementary problems in Euclidean geometries (51M04) Geometric constructions in real or complex geometry (51M15)

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