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Intangents Triangle


IntangentsTriangle

The intangents triangle DeltaA^'B^'C^' is the triangle formed by the points of pairwise intersection of the three intangents. It is not in perspective with DeltaABC.

It has trilinear vertex matrix

 [1+cosA cosA-cosC cosA-cosB; cosB-cosC 1+cosB cosB-cosA; cosC-cosB cosC-cosA 1+cosC],
(1)

or

 [a(b+c-a) (c-a)(c+a-b) (b-a)(b+a-c); (c-b)(c+b-a) b(c+a-b) (a-b)(a+b-c); (b-c)(b+c-a) (a-c)(a+c-b) c(a+b-c)]
(2)

(Kimberling 1998, p. 161).

For a reference triangle that is not a right triangle, it has side lengths

a^'=(ar)/(2R|cosBcosC|)
(3)
b^'=(br)/(2R|cosCcosA|)
(4)
c^'=(cr)/(2R|cosAcosB|),
(5)

where r and R are the inradius and circumradius of the reference triangle, respectively. It has area

Delta^'=((a+b-c)^2(a-b+c)^2(-a+b+c)^2)/(|(-a^2+b^2+c^2)(a^2+b^2-c^2)(a^2-b^2+c^2)|)Delta
(6)
=(8r^2Delta^3)/(a^2b^2c^2|cosAcosBcosC|),
(7)

where Delta is the area of DeltaABC.

The intangents circle is the circumcircle of the intangents triangle.


See also

Extangents Triangle, Intangent, Intangents Circle

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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. "Intangents Triangle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/IntangentsTriangle.html

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