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    Fermat Points

    Definition

    In a given triangle Δ A B C with all angles less than 120° (2π/3, the first Fermat point X or F_1 (sometimes simply called "the Fermat point, " Torricelli point, or first isogonic center) is the point X which minimizes the sum of distances from A, B, and C, left bracketing bar A X right bracketing bar + left bracketing bar B X right bracketing bar + left bracketing bar C X right bracketing bar . This problem is called Fermat's problem or Steiner's segment problem and was proposed by Fermat to Torricelli. Torricelli's solution was published by his pupil Viviani in 1659.

    Associated person

    Pierre de Fermat

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