2–5 Jul 2024
Osijek
Europe/Zagreb timezone

Poncelet Porism and Loci of Centers in the Isotropic Plane

3 Jul 2024, 16:25
20m
D6 (School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek)

D6

School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek

Trg Ljudevita Gaja 6, Osijek
Talk G: Geometry Geometry

Speaker

Ema Jurkin (University of Zagreb Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering)

Description

Any triangle in an isotropic plane has a circumcircle $u$ and an incircle $i$. It turns out that there are infinitely many triangles with the same circumcircle $u$ and incircle $i$. This one-parameter family of triangles is called a poristic system of triangles.

We prove that all triangles in a poristic system share the centroid and the Feuerbach point. The symmedian point and the Gergonne point of the triangle $P_1P_2P_3$ move on the lines while the triangle traverses the poristic family. The Steiner point of $P_1P_2P_3$ traces a circle, and the Brocard points of $P_1P_2P_3$ trace a quartic curve.

We also study the traces of some further points associated with the triangles of the poristic family. The vertices of the tangential triangle move on a circle while the initial triangle traverses the poristic family, and the centroid of the tangential triangle is fixed.

Primary author

Ema Jurkin (University of Zagreb Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering)

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