Given triangle , let the point of intersection of and be , where and are the Brocard points ,
and similarly define
and .
Then
is called the first Brocard triangle , and
is inversely similar to (Honsberger 1995, p. 112). It is inscribed
in the Brocard circle .
Let ,
,
and
be the circles through the vertices and , and , and and , respectively, which intersect
in the first Brocard point . Similarly, define , , and with respect to the second Brocard
point .
Let the two circles
and
tangent at
to
and ,
and passing respectively through and , meet again at , and similarly for and . Then the triangle is called the second
Brocard triangle .
The first and second Brocard triangles are in perspective
with perspector at the triangle
centroid
of .
Gibert defines the third Brocard triangle as the isogonal conjugate of the first
Brocard triangle .
Gibert also defines the fourth Brocard triangle, more commonly known as the D-triangle , as the isogonal conjugate of the second
Brocard triangle .
See also Brocard Circle ,
Circle-Circle Intersection ,
D-Triangle ,
First
Brocard Triangle ,
McCay Circles ,
Nine-Point
Center ,
Second Brocard Triangle ,
Steiner Points ,
Tarry Point ,
Third Brocard Triangle
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