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X₄₈₃¶

RADICAL CENTER OF AJIMA-MALFATTI CIRCLES

The Ajima-Malfatti circles are described at X₁₇₉. (Peter Yff, 6/1/98)

X₄₈₃ (RADICAL CENTER OF AJIMA-MALFATTI CIRCLES) constructed on acute reference triangle \((a, b, c) = (5, 6, 7)\) with unit baseline AB = \(1\).¶

"""GEOMETOR construction model for X_483 = RADICAL CENTER OF AJIMA-MALFATTI CIRCLES."""

        from __future__ import annotations

        from pathlib import Path

        import sympy.geometry as spg
        from geometor.model import Model

        from geometor.etc.ops import (
            central_line,
            construct_baseline_triangle,
            create_model,
            eval_trilinear_point,
            nagel_point_of,
            point_from_barycentrics,
            promote_point_to_top,
        )
        from geometor.etc.render import write_center_svg


        def construct_x_00483(
            model: Model, A: spg.Point, B: spg.Point, C: spg.Point
        ) -> spg.Point:
            """Construct X_483 = RADICAL CENTER OF AJIMA-MALFATTI CIRCLES on reference triangle ABC."""
            X_483 = eval_trilinear_point(model, A, B, C, '(sec(A/4))**(2)', ID="X_483", classes=["selected", "target"])
            X_8 = nagel_point_of(model, A, B, C, ID="X_8", classes=["center", "incident"])
            X_178 = eval_trilinear_point(model, A, B, C, '(cos(B/2) + cos(C/2))*csc(A)', ID="X_178", classes=["center", "incident"])
            central_line(model, X_8, X_178, 8, 178, incident=True)
            X_174 = eval_trilinear_point(model, A, B, C, 'sec(A/2)', ID="X_174", classes=["center", "incident"])
            X_175 = eval_trilinear_point(model, A, B, C, '-1 + sec(A/2)*cos(B/2)*cos(C/2)', ID="X_175", classes=["center", "incident"])
            central_line(model, X_174, X_175, 174, 175, incident=True)
            X_173 = eval_trilinear_point(model, A, B, C, 'cos(B/2) + cos(C/2) - cos(A/2)', ID="X_173", classes=["center", "incident"])
            X_180 = point_from_barycentrics(model, A, B, C, 0.24914054, 0.32064866, 0.4302108, ID="X_180", classes=["center", "incident"])
            central_line(model, X_173, X_180, 173, 180, incident=True)
            return promote_point_to_top(model, X_483)


        def build_model(
            sides: tuple[float, float, float] = (5.0, 6.0, 7.0),
            show_guides: bool = False,
        ) -> Model:
            """Build a `geometor.model.Model` for X_483 on the given reference triangle."""
            model = create_model('X_483 = RADICAL CENTER OF AJIMA-MALFATTI CIRCLES')
            A, B, C = construct_baseline_triangle(model, *sides, show_guides=show_guides)
            construct_x_00483(model, A, B, C)
            return model


        if __name__ == "__main__":
            here = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
            model_acute = build_model((5.0, 6.0, 7.0))
            model_acute.save(str(here / "x-00483.json"))
            write_center_svg(
                model_acute,
                here / "x-00483.svg",
                subtitle="(a, b, c) = (5, 6, 7) | AB = 1",
            )
        

X483¶

X₄₈₃¶