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Moses Circle


MosesCircle

The Moses circle is defined as the circle with center at the Brocard midpoint X_(39) that is tangent to the nine-point circle at the center of the Kiepert hyperbola X_(115).

It has radius

R_M=Rtanomegasin(2omega)
(1)
=(abcsqrt((a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c)(a+b+c)))/(2(a^2b^2+a^2c^2+b^2c^2)),
(2)

where R is the circumradius of the reference triangle and omega is the Brocard angle.

It has circle function

 l=(bc(a^2-2b^2-2c^2))/(4(a^2b^2+a^2c^2+b^2c^2)),
(3)

corresponding to Kimberling center X_(599).

The Moses circle passes through Kimberling centers X_(115) (center of the Kiepert hyperbola), X_(1569), and X_(2028) and X_(2029) (which are its intersections with the Brocard axis).

Its internal and external centers of similitude with the incircle are X_(1500) and X_(1015), respectively.


See also

Central Circle, Half-Moses Circle, Kiepert Hyperbola, Moses-Longuet-Higgins Circle, Nine-Point Circle

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References

Kimberling, C. "Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers: X(1015)=Exsimilicenter of Moses Circle and Incircle." http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encyclopedia/ETC.html#X1015.

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Cite this as:

Weisstein, Eric W. "Moses Circle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MosesCircle.html

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