Orthocentric system
Builds on TriangleOrthocentre
Definition
A set of points of the Euclidean plane is an orthocentric system if both conditions hold.
- has exactly four points.
- Some three points of form a triangle whose orthocentre is the fourth point.
Remarks
Condition 1 forces the triangle in condition 2 to have no right angle. For a right triangle the orthocentre is the vertex of the right angle, so only three distinct points would remain.
Example: let , , and . The altitude from is the line . The altitude from is perpendicular to , so it is the line , which meets at . So is the orthocentre of , and is an orthocentric system.
Non-example: , , and . The orthocentre of each three of them is a vertex of that triangle, since each such triangle has a right angle, so condition 2 fails.
If is an orthocentric system, then each point is the orthocentre of the other three. Indeed, is the orthocentre of when , and . The same three relations say that is the orthocentre of , and similarly for and .
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- Affine space concept
- Altitude of a triangle concept
- Collinear points concept
- Line concept
- Triangle concept
- Triangle definition
- Orthocentre definition
- Orthocentric system definition
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| Tag | 541S6DXQAR |
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| Kind | definition |
| Writing | W0 stub |
| MSC | 51M04 |
| Defines | Orthocentric system |
| Uses | Triangle, Orthocentre |
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