The first Eppstein point is the point of concurrence of the lines
,
, and
, where
,
, and
are the vertices of the outer Soddy
triangle and
,
,
and
are the pairwise contact points of the three tangent circles (Kimberling). It is
denoted
by Eppstein (2001). Although Eppstein (2001) actually cited (Oldknow 1996), he missed
the fact that
is equivalent to the inner Oldknow point defined by Oldknow (1996).
The first Eppstein point (originally called the inner Oldknow point) is also the perspectors of a given triangle and the tangential
triangles of its outer Soddy triangle (Oldknow
1996).
The first Eppstein point has equivalent triangle center functions
|
(1)
| |||
|
(2)
|
where
is the area of
,
and is Kimberling center
.