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Sylvester's Triangle Problem


The resultant of the vectors represented by the three radii from the center of a triangle's circumcircle to its polygon vertices is the segment extending from the circumcenter to the orthocenter.


See also

Circumcenter, Circumcircle, Orthocenter, Triangle

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References

Dörrie, H. 100 Great Problems of Elementary Mathematics: Their History and Solutions. New York: Dover, p. 142, 1965.

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Sylvester's Triangle Problem

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Sylvester's Triangle Problem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SylvestersTriangleProblem.html

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