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Euler Triangle


EulerTriangle

The Euler triangle of a triangle DeltaABC is the triangle DeltaE_AE_BE_C whose vertices are the midpoints of the segments joining the orthocenter H with the respective vertices. The vertices of the triangle are known as the Euler points, and lie on the nine-point circle. The Euler triangle is congruent and homothetic to the medial triangle and perspective to the orthic triangle (Kimberling 1998, p. 158).

It has trilinear vertex matrix

 [2x+y+z sinAsecB sinAsecC; sinBsecA x+2y+z sinBsecC; sinCsecA sinCsecB x+y+2z],

where x=tanA, y=tanB, and z=tanC.

The following table gives the centers of the Euler triangle in terms of the centers of the reference triangle for Kimberling centers X_n with n<=100.

X_ncenter of Euler triangleX_ncenter of reference triangle
X_1incenterX_(946)midpoint of X_1 and X_4
X_2triangle centroidX_(381)midpoint of X_2 and X_4
X_3circumcenterX_5nine-point center
X_4orthocenterX_4orthocenter
X_5nine-point centerX_(546)midpoint of X_4 and X_5
X_8Nagel pointX_(355)Fuhrmann center
X_(20)de Longchamps pointX_3circumcenter
X_(24)perspector of abc and orthic-of-orthic triangleX_(235)X_4-Ceva conjugate of X_(185)
X_(25)homothetic center of orthic and tangential trianglesX_(1596)point Cheleb II
X_(40)Bevan pointX_(10)Spieker center
X_(69)symmedian point of the anticomplementary triangleX_(1352)reflection of X_6 in X_5
X_(74)X_(74)X_(125)center of Jerabek hyperbola
X_(98)Tarry pointX_(115)center of Kiepert hyperbola
X_(99)Steiner point SX_(114)Kiepert antipode
X_(100)anticomplement of Feuerbach pointX_(119)Feuerbach antipode

A spherical triangle is sometimes also called Euler's triangle.


See also

Euler's Number Triangle, Euler Points, Nine-Point Circle, Second-Order Eulerian Triangle

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References

Kimberling, C. "Triangle Centers and Central Triangles." Congr. Numer. 129, 1-295, 1998.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Euler Triangle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/EulerTriangle.html

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