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Cevian

\begin{figure}\begin{center}\BoxedEPSF{Cevian.epsf}\end{center}\end{figure}

A line segment which joins a Vertex of a Triangle with a point on the opposite side (or its extension). In the above figure,

\begin{displaymath}
s={b\sin\alpha'\over\sin(\gamma+\alpha')}.
\end{displaymath}


References

Thébault, V. ``On the Cevians of a Triangle.'' Amer. Math. Monthly 60, 167-173, 1953.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-26