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, the isotomic conjugate of a point with respect to a triangle is another point, defined in a specific way from and : If the base points of the lines on the sides opposite are reflected about the midpoints of their respective sides, the resulting lines intersect at the isotomic conjugate of .

Construction

We assume that is not collinear with any two vertices of . Let be the points in which the lines meet sidelines (

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if necessary). Reflecting in the midpoints of sides will give points respectively. The isotomic lines joining these new points to the vertices meet at a point (which can be proved using

Ceva's theorem In Euclidean geometry, Ceva's theorem is a theorem about triangles. Given a triangle , let the lines be drawn from the vertices to a common point (not on one of the sides of ), to meet opposite sides at respectively. (The segments are ...

), the ''isotomic conjugate'' of .

Coordinates

If the trilinears for are , then the trilinears for the isotomic conjugate of are :

a^p^ : b^q^ : c^r^,

where are the side lengths opposite vertices respectively.

Properties

The isotomic conjugate of the

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of triangle is the centroid itself. The isotomic conjugate of the symmedian point is the third

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, and the isotomic conjugate of the Gergonne point is the

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. Isotomic conjugates of lines are circumconics, and conversely, isotomic conjugates of circumconics are lines. (This property holds for isogonal conjugates as well.)

References

* Robert Lachlan, ''An Elementary Treatise on Modern Pure Geometry'', Macmillan and Co., 1893, page 57. * Roger A. Johnson: ''Advanced Euclidean Geometry''. Dover 2007, , pp. 157–159, 278

External links

*{{mathworld, id=IsotomicConjugate, title=Isotomic Conjugate * Pauk Yiu
''Isotomic and isogonal conjugates''
* Navneel Singhal
''Isotomic and isogonal conjugates''
Triangle geometry zh:等角共轭

Construction

Coordinates

Properties

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