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Second Morley Center


SecondMorleyCenter

The perspector of the first Morley triangle with reference triangle DeltaABC is called the second Morley center. Its triangle center function is

 alpha_(357)=sec(1/3A),

which is Kimberling center X_(357).


See also

First Morley Center, Morley Centers

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References

Kimberling, C. "Central Points and Central Lines in the Plane of a Triangle." Math. Mag. 67, 163-187, 1994.Kimberling, C. "1st and 2nd Morley Centers." http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/tcenters/recent/morley.html.Oakley, C. O. and Baker, J. C. "The Morley Trisector Theorem." Amer. Math. Monthly 85, 737-745, 1978.Taylor, F. G. and Marr, W. L. "The Six Trisectors of Each of the Angles of a Triangle." Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. 33, 119-131, 1913-14.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Second Morley Center." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SecondMorleyCenter.html

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