OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
Apart from the first digit, the same as A176219 (decimal expansion of 2+2*sqrt(10)/3).
The Philo line of a point P inside an angle T is the shortest segment that crosses T and passes through P. Philo lines are not generally Euclidean-constructible.
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Suppose that P lies inside a triangle ABC. Let (A) denote the shortest length of segment from AB through P to AC, and likewise for (B) and (C). The Philo number for ABC and P is here introduced as the normalized sum ((A)+(B)+(C))/(a+b+c), denoted by Philo(ABC,P).
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Listed below are examples for which P=incenter (the center, I, of the circle inscribed in ABC, the intersection of the angle bisectors of ABC); in this list, r'x means sqrt(x), and t=(1+sqrt(5))/2 (the golden ratio).
a....b....c.......(A).......(B).......(C)....Philo(ABC,I)
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In the special case that P is the incenter, I, each Philo line, being perpendicular to an angle bisector, is constructible, and (A),(B),(C) can be evaluated exactly.
For the 3,4,5 right triangle, (A)=(2/3)*sqrt(10), (B)=sqrt(5), (C)=sqrt(8), so that Philo(ABC,I)=((2/3)sqrt(10)+sqrt(5)+sqrt(8))/12, approximately 0.59772335.
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More generally, for arbitrary right triangle (a,b,c) with a<=b<c, let f=2*a*b/(a+b+c). Then, for P=I,
(A)=f*sqrt(a^2+(b+c)^2)/(b+c),
(B)=f*sqrt(b^2+(c+a)^2)/(c+a),
(C)=f*sqrt(2).
It appears that I is the only triangle center P for which simple formulas for (A), (B), (C) are available. For P=centroid, see A195304.
REFERENCES
David Gale, Tracking the Automatic Ant and Other Mathematical Explorations, A Collection of Mathematical Entertainments Columns from The Mathematical Intelligencer, Springer, 1998; see chapter 16.
Clark Kimberling, Geometry In Action, Key College Publishing, 2003, pages 115-116.
LINKS
Michael Cavers, Spiked Math #524 (2012)
Clark Kimberling, Geometry In Action, 2003, scanned copy (with permission). See pages 115-116.
FORMULA
Equals (2/3)*sqrt(10).
EXAMPLE
2.10818510677891955466592902962...
MAPLE
philo := proc(a, b, c) local f, A, B, C, P:
f:=2*a*b/(a+b+c):
A:=f*sqrt((a^2+(b+c)^2))/(b+c):
B:=f*sqrt((b^2+(c+a)^2))/(c+a):
C:=f*sqrt(2):
P:=(A+B+C)/(a+b+c):
print(simplify([A, B, C, P])):
print(evalf([A, B, C, P])): end:
philo(3, 4, 5); # Georg Fischer, Jul 18 2021
MATHEMATICA
a = 3; b = 4; c = 5;
h = a (a + c)/(a + b + c); k = a*b/(a + b + c); (* incenter *)
f[t_] := (t - a)^2 + ((t - a)^2) ((a*k - b*t)/(a*h - a*t))^2;
s = NSolve[D[f[t], t] == 0, t, 150]
f1 = (f[t])^(1/2) /. Part[s, 4]
RealDigits[%, 10, 100] (* (A) 195284 *)
f[t_] := (b*t/a)^2 + ((b*t/a)^2) ((a*h - a*t)/(b*t - a*k))^2
s = NSolve[D[f[t], t] == 0, t, 150]
f2 = (f[t])^(1/2) /. Part[s, 1]
RealDigits[%, 10, 100] (* (B) A002163 *)
f[t_] := (t - a)^2 + ((t - a)^2) (k/(h - t))^2
s = NSolve[D[f[t], t] == 0, t, 150]
f3 = (f[t])^(1/2) /. Part[s, 4]
RealDigits[%, 10, 100] (* (C) A010466 *)
(f1 + f2 + f3)/(a + b + c)
RealDigits[%, 10, 100] (* Philo(ABC, I) A195285 *)
PROG
(PARI) (2/3)*sqrt(10) \\ Michel Marcus, Dec 24 2017
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Clark Kimberling, Sep 14 2011
EXTENSIONS
Table and formulas corrected by Georg Fischer, Jul 17 2021
STATUS
approved