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Anticevian Triangle


AnticevianTriangle

Given a point with trilinear coordinates P=alpha:beta:gamma, the anticevian triangle DeltaA^'B^'C^' of a triangle DeltaABC with respect to P is a triangle such that

1. B^'C^' passes through A, C^'A^' passes through B, and A^'B^' passes through C.

2. AA^', BB^', and CC^' pass through P.

3. DeltaABC is the Cevian triangle of DeltaA^'B^'C^' with respect to P.

The anticevian triangle has trilinear vertex matrix

 [-alpha beta gamma; alpha -beta gamma; alpha beta -gamma]
(1)

(Kimberling 1998, pp. 55 and 185), and is a central triangle of type 1 (Kimberling 1998, p. 55).

If A^'B^'C^' is the Cevian triangle of X and A^('')B^('')C^('') is an anticevian triangle, then X and A^('') are harmonic conjugates with respect to A and A^'.

The following table summarizes a number of special anticevian triangles for various special anticevian points P, including their Kimberling center designations.

The side lengths of the anticevian triangle with respect to an anticevian point alpha:beta:gamma are given by

a^'=(2abcalphasqrt(beta^2+gamma^2-2betagammacosA))/(|(bbeta-cgamma)^2-(aalpha)^2|)
(2)
b^'=(2abcbetasqrt(gamma^2+alpha^2-2gammaalphacosB))/(|(cgamma-aalpha)^2-(bbeta)^2|)
(3)
c^'=(2abcgammasqrt(alpha^2+beta^2-2alphabetacosC))/(|(aalpha-bbeta)^2-(cgamma)^2|).
(4)

The triangle area of the anticevian triangle DeltaA^'B^'C^' for anticevian point with trilinear coordinates alpha:beta:gamma is

 Delta^'= 
(4abc|alphabetagamma|)/(|(aalpha+bbeta-cgamma)(aalpha-bbeta+cgamma)(-aalpha+bbeta+cgamma)|)Delta,
(5)

where Delta is the triangle area of DeltaABC.


See also

Cevian Triangle

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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. "Triangle Centers and Central Triangles." Congr. Numer. 129, 1-295, 1998.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Anticevian Triangle." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AnticevianTriangle.html

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