Equal parallelians point

In geometry, the equal parallelians point (also called congruent parallelians point) is a special point associated with a plane triangle. It is a triangle center and it is denoted by X(192) in Clark Kimberling's Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers. There is a reference to this point in one of Peter Yff's notebooks, written in 1961.

Definition

  Reference triangle △ABC
  Line segments of equal length, parallel to the sidelines of △ABC

The equal parallelians point of triangle △ABC is a point P in the plane of △ABC such that the three line segments through P parallel to the sidelines of △ABC and having endpoints on these sidelines have equal lengths.

Trilinear coordinates

The trilinear coordinates of the equal parallelians point of triangle △ABC are

Construction for the equal parallelians point

Construction of the equal parallelians point.
  Reference triangle △ABC
  Internal bisectors of △ABC (intersect opposite sides at A", B", C")
  Anticomplementary triangle △A'B'C' of △ABC
  Lines (A'A", B'B", C'C") concurrent at the equal parallelians point

Let △A'B'C' be the anticomplementary triangle of triangle △ABC. Let the internal bisectors of the angles at the vertices A, B, C of △ABC meet the opposite sidelines at A", B", C" respectively. Then the lines A'A", B'B", C'C" concur at the equal parallelians point of △ABC.

As a result, the equal parallelians point is the isotomic conjugate of the incenter of and with respect to the anticomplementary triangle.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kimberling, Clark. "Equal Parallelians Point". Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 Weisstein, Eric. "Equal Parallelians Point". MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Kimberling, Clark. "Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers". Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2012.