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Circumcenter, Circumcircle and Centroid of a Triangle

Open Access
|Aug 2016

Abstract

We introduce, using the Mizar system [1], some basic concepts of Euclidean geometry: the half length and the midpoint of a segment, the perpendicular bisector of a segment, the medians (the cevians that join the vertices of a triangle to the midpoints of the opposite sides) of a triangle.

We prove the existence and uniqueness of the circumcenter of a triangle (the intersection of the three perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangle). The extended law of sines and the formula of the radius of the Morley’s trisector triangle are formalized [3].

Using the generalized Ceva’s Theorem, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the centroid (the common point of the medians [4]) of a triangle.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/forma-2016-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1898-9934 | Journal ISSN: 1426-2630
Language: English
Page range: 17 - 26
Submitted on: Dec 30, 2015
Published on: Aug 31, 2016
Published by: University of Białystok
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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