Triangle centres : barycentric coordinates

Ramachandran, A. (2020) Triangle centres : barycentric coordinates. At Right Angles (6). pp. 52-56. ISSN 2582-1873

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Abstract

In an earlier article we had presented a way to characterize well known triangle centres – by their ‘trilinear coordinates.’ (Ref. 1) In this article we take up another system of characterising triangle centres, where each triangle centre is considered as the location of the centre of mass of a system of three point masses placed at the vertices of the triangle. The ratio of the masses then forms the ‘barycentric coordinates’ of the point in question. This approach was suggested by the German mathematician August Ferdinand Mobius in 1827.

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