A triangle center is a point whose Trilinear Coordinates are defined in terms of the side lengths and angles of a Triangle. The function giving the coordinates is called the Triangle Center Function. The four ancient centers are the Centroid, Incenter, Circumcenter, and Orthocenter. For a listing of these and other triangle centers, see Kimberling (1994).
A triangle center is said to be Regular Iff there is a Triangle Center
Function which is a Polynomial in , , , and (where is the Area of the
Triangle) such that the Trilinear Coordinates of the center are
See also Major Triangle Center, Regular Triangle Center, Triangle, Triangle Center Function, Trilinear Coordinates, Trilinear Polar
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