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Brocard Diameter


BrocardCircle

The line segment KO^_ joining the symmedian point K and circumcenter O of a given triangle. It is the diameter of the triangle's Brocard circle, and lies along the Brocard axis. The Brocard diameter has length

OK^_=(OOmega^_)/(cosomega)
(1)
=(Rsqrt(1-4sin^2omega))/(cosomega)
(2)
=(2Rsqrt(a^4+b^4+c^4-(a^2b^2+a^2c^2+b^2c^2)))/(a^2+b^2+c^2),
(3)

where Omega is the first Brocard point, R is the circumradius, and omega is the Brocard angle. Its midpoint is the center of the Brocard circle, which has equivalent triangle center functions

alpha=cos(A-omega)
(4)
alpha=(a^2(b^2+c^2)+2b^2c^2-a^4)/(bc),
(5)

where omega is the Brocard angle, and is Kimberling center X_(182) (Kimberling 1998, p. 102), which is also the center of the first Lemoine circle.


See also

Brocard Axis, Brocard Circle, Brocard Line, Brocard Points, Circumcenter, First Brocard Point, Second Brocard Point, Symmedian Point

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References

Kimberling, C. "Triangle Centers and Central Triangles." Congr. Numer. 129, 1-295, 1998.Kimberling, C. "Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers: X(182)=Midpoint of Brocard Diameter." http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encyclopedia/ETC.html#X182.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Brocard Diameter." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrocardDiameter.html

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