Given a triangle center , the line
where
are trilinear coordinates, is called the
trilinear polar (Kimberling 1998, p. 38).
The isogonal conjugate of
therefore has trilinear polar
The following table gives the trilinear polars of a number of triangle centers.
Kimberling center | center | trilinear polar | line |
incenter | antiorthic axis | ||
triangle
centroid | line at infinity | ||
orthocenter | orthic axis | ||
symmedian
point | Lemoine axis | ||
Gergonne
point | Gergonne line | ||
third
Brocard point | de Longchamps line | ||
van Aubel line | |||
focus of the Kiepert parabola | Brocard axis | ||
Yff parabolic point | Nagel line | ||
Tixier point | Fermat axis | ||
Euler line | |||
Soddy line |
The trilinear polar of
is the perspectrix of the Cevian
triangle of
and the reference triangle
.