A map of the tetrahedron that describes the sequence of pedal triangles
- When?
- Friday 18 November 2011, 16:00 to 17:00
- Where?
- 22AA04
- Open to:
- Staff, Students
- Speaker:
- Anthony Manning (Warwick)
Abstract: Any triangle ABC has a pedal triangle (whose vertices are the feet of the perpendiculars from each vertex to the opposite side). We study how the shape changes as we repeatedly take the pedal triangle. Does the sequence of triangles converge? (Background material on Euclidean Geometry will be included for those too young to have studied this.)
Host: Professor Henk Bruin