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A triangle's centroid is the point that maximizes the product of the directed distances of a point from the triangle's sidelines. [ 20 ] Let A B C {\displaystyle ABC} be a triangle, let G {\displaystyle G} be its centroid, and let D , E , F {\displaystyle D,E,F} be the midpoints of segments B C , C A , A B , {\displaystyle BC,CA,AB,} respectively.
In geometry, a triangle center or triangle centre is a point in the triangle's plane that is in some sense in the middle of the triangle. For example, the centroid , circumcenter , incenter and orthocenter were familiar to the ancient Greeks , and can be obtained by simple constructions .
The following is a list of centroids of various two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects. The centroid of an object X {\displaystyle X} in n {\displaystyle n} - dimensional space is the intersection of all hyperplanes that divide X {\displaystyle X} into two parts of equal moment about the hyperplane.
A strict definition of a triangle centre is a point whose trilinear coordinates are f(a,b,c) : f(b,c,a) : f(c,a,b) where f is a function of the lengths of the three sides of the triangle, a, b, c such that: f is homogeneous in a, b, c; i.e., f(ta,tb,tc)=t h f(a,b,c) for some real power h; thus the position of a centre is independent of scale.
In geometry, the Euler line, named after Leonhard Euler (/ ˈ ɔɪ l ər / OY-lər), is a line determined from any triangle that is not equilateral.It is a central line of the triangle, and it passes through several important points determined from the triangle, including the orthocenter, the circumcenter, the centroid, the Exeter point and the center of the nine-point circle of the triangle.
Triangles have many types based on the length of the sides and the angles. A triangle whose sides are all the same length is an equilateral triangle, [3] a triangle with two sides having the same length is an isosceles triangle, [4] [a] and a triangle with three different-length sides is a scalene triangle. [7]
The Nagel point is the isotomic conjugate of the Gergonne point.The Nagel point, the centroid, and the incenter are collinear on a line called the Nagel line.The incenter is the Nagel point of the medial triangle; [2] [3] equivalently, the Nagel point is the incenter of the anticomplementary triangle.
Sixteen key points of a triangle are its vertices, the midpoints of its sides, the feet of its altitudes, the feet of its internal angle bisectors, and its circumcenter, centroid, orthocenter, and incenter. These can be taken three at a time to yield 139 distinct nontrivial problems of constructing a triangle from three points. [12]