89.54 Another decreasing sequence of triangles
89.54 Another decreasing sequence of triangles
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89.54 另一个三角形递减序列
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10.1017/s0025557200177897
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2005
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J. Scott
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J. Scott
89.54 Another decreasing sequence of triangles We first need to explain that the term pedal triangle, which often refers to the triangle formed by the feet of the altitudes of a triangle ABC, may also be used for the triangle formed by the feet of the perpendiculars from a point P inside the triangle ABC. A theorem of Neuberg states that every third member of the sequence of nested pedal triangles derived from an interior point P and a host triangle ABC is similar ([1]). The proof for this ternary similarity follows easily by repeated use of the theorem for equal angles in the same segment of a cyclic quadrilateral. It is also easy to show that the pedal triangle of greatest area is that for the circumcentre O (the medial triangle) so that the area ratio of successive triangles in the Neuberg sequence cannot exceed \ and depends on both the choice of host triangle and point P within. In this note we show that the sequence of triangles obtained by using the lengths of the medians of a triangle as the sides of its successor has binary similarity.