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267:% Combination of 3 figures in 1. box(0,0,10,24) draw(segment(point(0,9),point(10,9))) draw(segment(point(0,16),point(10,16))) % Proof that the Fermat point lies within the triangle A = point(7,21) B = point(1,18) C = point(9,18) D = point(4,17) E = point(7.5,23) thickness(2) draw(line(B,C)) draw(line(A,B)) draw(line(A,C)) thickness(0.5) draw(segment(D,A)) draw(segment(D,B)) draw(segment(D,C)) draw(segment(E,A)) draw(segment(E,B)) draw(segment(E,C)) label(A,0.2,170:) label(B,0.2,110:) label(C,0.2,45:) draw($ P'$ ,intersection(line(A,D),line(B,C)),0.1,280:) draw($ P$ ,D,0.1,270:) draw("\textbf{A-zone only}",D,2,350:) draw($ P'$ ,A,0.2,355:) draw($ P$ ,E,0.2,0:) draw("\textbf{B-zone and C-zone}",E,0.4,90:) draw("\textbf{C-zone only}",segment(A,B),2,120:) % Case 1 - an angle at least 120 degrees H = point(6,11.5) I = point(1,10) J = point(9,10) K = point(4.8,10.5) I H F equilateral K H G equilateral thickness(2) draw(H,I,J) thickness(0.5) draw(H,K,G) draw(segment(F,H)) draw(segment(F,I)) draw(segment(F,G)) draw(segment(K,I)) draw(segment(K,J)) draw($ A$ ,H,0.2,20:) draw($ B$ ,I,0.2,180:) draw($ C$ ,J,0.2,0:) draw($ P$ ,K,0.1,270:) draw($ Q$ ,G,0.1,210:) draw($ F$ ,F,0.2,180:) draw("\textbf{\Huge Case 1}",F,4.5,0:) mark(segment(K,I),simple,0.7) mark(segment(G,F),simple,0.7) mark(segment(H,K),double,0.7) mark(segment(K,G),double,0.7) mark(segment(G,H),double,0.7) mark(segment(H,I),triple,0.7) mark(segment(I,F),triple,0.7) mark(segment(F,H),triple,0.7) % Case 2 - no angle greater than 120 degrees L = point(4,8) M = point(3.5,5) N = point(9,5) P = point(6.2,6.1) M L O equilateral N P Q equilateral N M R equilateral S = intersection(line(N,O),line(L,R)) N S T equilateral thickness(2) draw(L,M,N) thickness(0.5) draw(N,P,Q) draw(segment(M,R)) draw(segment(N,R)) draw(segment(O,L)) draw(segment(O,M)) draw(segment(R,Q)) draw(segment(P,L)) draw(segment(P,N)) draw(segment(M,P)) draw(segment(S,M)) draw($ A$ ,L,0.2,20:) draw($ B$ ,M,0.2,180:) draw($ C$ ,N,0.2,0:) draw($ P$ ,P,0.2,180:) draw($ Q$ ,Q,0.1,180:) draw($ F$ ,O,0.2,180:) draw($ D$ ,R,0.2,0:) draw($ P_0$ ,S,0.1,45:) draw($ Q_0$ ,T,0.1,0:) draw("\textbf{\Huge Case 2}",L,2.5,0:) draw(segment(L,R)) draw(segment(N,O)) draw(segment(N,T)) mark(segment(M,P),simple,0.7) mark(segment(Q,R),simple,0.7) mark(segment(N,P),triple,0.7) mark(segment(N,Q),triple,0.7) mark(segment(P,Q),triple,0.7) mark(segment(M,N),double,0.7) mark(segment(M,R),double,0.7) mark(segment(N,R),double,0.7) 589:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"inception"}}},"{\"value\":{\"time\":\"+2008-08-31T00:00:00Z\",\"timezone\":0,\"before\":0,\"after\":0,\"precision\":11,\"calendarmodel\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.wikidata.org\\\/entity\\\/Q1985727\"},\"type\":\"time\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P571":"31 August 2008"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P571":"31 August 2008"}}}}": --> 369: 484:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P6216":"copyrighted, dedicated to the public domain by copyright holder"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":50423863,\"id\":\"Q50423863\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P6216":" 300: 94: 381:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"P2093":"MRFS","P4174":"MRFS"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":4174,\"id\":\"P4174\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 545:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"copyright license"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":98592850,\"id\":\"Q98592850\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P275":" 480:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"copyright status"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":88088423,\"id\":\"Q88088423\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P6216":" 627:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"source of file"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"item\",\"numeric-id\":66458942,\"id\":\"Q66458942\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P7482":" 385:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"Wikimedia username"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":2699,\"id\":\"P2699\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 373:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"creator"}}},"{\"value\":{\"entity-type\":\"property\",\"numeric-id\":2093,\"id\":\"P2093\"},\"type\":\"wikibase-entityid\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"":" 623: 769: 799: 709: 389:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"URL"}}},"{\"value\":\"http:\\\/\\\/commons.wikimedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/User:MRFS\",\"type\":\"string\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P2699":" 377:"}},"text\/plain":{"en":{"":"author name string"}}},"{\"value\":\"MRFS\",\"type\":\"string\"}":{"text\/html":{"en":{"P2093":"MRFS","P4174":" 258:
The main reason for this diagram is to emphasise that the Fermat point is NOT the same as the first isogonic center which is (unfortunately) a very widespread misconception. The source is licensed under the same license as the image. Feel free to edit, fix, or improve it!
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