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4 unusual facts about Fermat point


Fermat point

This question was proposed by Fermat, as a challenge to Evangelista Torricelli.

Steiner inellipse

Denote as G, F+, and F respectively the centroid and the first and second Fermat points of a triangle.

Steiner point

The Fermat point of a triangle, the solution to the Steiner tree problem for the three vertices of the triangle

Thomas Simpson

Long before Von Thünen’s contributions, which go back to 1818, the Fermat point problem can be seen as the very beginning of space economy.



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