The problem of Malfatti: Two centuries of debate

DOI10.1007/S00283-010-9154-7zbMATH Open1219.51015OpenAlexW2000995567WikidataQ56505014 ScholiaQ56505014MaRDI QIDQ536609FDOQ536609

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

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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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