An analytical solution of the weighted Fermat-Torricelli problem on a unit sphere

DOI10.1007/S12215-015-0209-7zbMATH Open1331.52015arXiv1408.6495OpenAlexW1906313737MaRDI QIDQ903065FDOQ903065

Anastasios N. Zachos

Publication date: 4 January 2016

Published in: Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain an analytical solution for the weighted Fermat-Torricelli problem for an equilateral geodesic triangle A_1A_2A_3 which is composed by three equal geodesic arcs (sides) of length Pi/2 for given three positive unequal weights that correspond to the three vertices on a unit sphere. This analytical solution is a generalization of Cockayne's solution given in [4] for three equal weights. Furthermore, by applying the geometric plasticity principle and the spherical cosine law, we derive a necessary condition for the weighted Fermat-Torricelli point in the form of three transcedental equations with respect to the length of the geodesic arcs A_1A_1', A_2A_2'and A_3A_3'to locate the weighted Fermat-Torricelli point A_0 at the interior of a geodesic triangle A_1'A_2'A_3'on a unit sphere with sides less than Pi/2.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6495

zbMATH Keywords

unit sphereconvexity radiusFermat-Toricelli problemgeodesic triangle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inequalities and extremum problems involving convexity in convex geometry (52A40) Steiner systems in finite geometry (51E10) Inequalities and extremum problems in real or complex geometry (51M16) Spherical and hyperbolic convexity (52A55)

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