Maths v2.0

Spenguin

Australia3316 Posts

March 12 2008 12:06 GMT

Again, what possible application of knowing the circumcentre of a triangle region?

What can this knowledge be used for basically.

micronesia

United States24768 Posts

March 12 2008 12:31 GMT

Uh, can't you read basic information about specific math terminology online or in math books? What is your exigency for coming on teamliquid to ask?

Edit: oh, um, link

Spenguin

Australia3316 Posts

March 12 2008 12:43 GMT

I just can't be bothered and now TL has brainwashed me with "Oh have a problem? TL will help!" FUCK!

micronesia

United States24768 Posts

March 12 2008 12:56 GMT

So I guess your exigency is that you need to know (for class maybe) but you are too lazy to use the appropriate channels, so you turn to a simpler method that you subconsiously think is good due to past experiences.

It wouldn't have been a problem if you had bumped your prior blog post with the question, or so I'd reckon.

dinmsab

Malaysia2246 Posts

March 12 2008 13:43 GMT

Learning maths online is just... fail. I tried, never worked.

JacobDaKung

Sweden132 Posts

March 12 2008 15:02 GMT

physics application for knowing the centre of mass for a homonogenous triangle is important

Muirhead

United States556 Posts

March 12 2008 17:00 GMT

Except that the circumcenter is not the same as the center of mass...
I suggest you read the book Geometry Revisited by Coxeter if you are interested in advanced Euclidean geometry

gwho

United States632 Posts

March 12 2008 18:02 GMT

so that when someone asks you "what's the application of knowing the circumcenter of a triangle" on TL, you can give them the answer.

JacobDaKung

Sweden132 Posts

March 12 2008 18:11 GMT

care to explain, cuz I've problaby got some wrong translation of circumcenter then? or just wrong thinking.

Muirhead

United States556 Posts

March 12 2008 19:07 GMT

#10

The circumcenter of a triangle is the center of the circle which contains all three vertices of the triangle.

It is in general different than the center of mass of the triangle, also called the centroid.

Other common triangle centers include the orthocenter and the incenter. There are little hundreds of interesting triangle centers listed here: http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encyclopedia/

EtherealDeath

United States8366 Posts

March 12 2008 21:16 GMT

#11

On March 13 2008 02:00 Muirhead wrote:
Except that the circumcenter is not the same as the center of mass...
I suggest you read the book Geometry Revisited by Coxeter if you are interested in advanced Euclidean geometry

oo lala MAA library!

Polemarch

Canada1564 Posts

March 12 2008 21:57 GMT

#12

For 99.9% of the world, there's no direct, practical use. It's mental weight-lifting. You do it to prove to other people and organizations that you can (via marks, etc.) and to train up your brain so that when you need the analytical, logical, spatial, reasoning, and discipline skills in the real world, you have them.

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