Re: [math-fun] Elementary triangle puzzle

Nice one, Dan --- bet that isn't in Clark Kimberling's list! WFL On 10/28/11, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:

Given an arbitrary triangle T in R^2, characterize p in R^2 such that the sum of distances

S(p) := d(p, L_1) + d(p, L_2) + d(p, L_3)

is minimized, where the L_j are the affine lines containing the sides of T.

--Dan

"Things are seldom what they seem." --W.S. Gilbert

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