Not set in stone: nineteenth-century geometrical constructions and the Malfatti problem. (English) Zbl 1266.01020
The author initially defines the Malfatti problem as the problem requiring one to inscribe three tangent circles within a given triangle such that each circle is tangent to exactly two sides of the triangle. This was a famous problem in the 19th century and was called after the Italian mathematician Malfatti. The paper looks at a diversity of approaches to solving the Malfatti problem and also discusses the variety of venues for the problem, including research papers, textbooks and recreational journals.
Reviewer: Fiacre O’Cairbre (Maynooth)
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| 01A55 | History of mathematics in the 19th century |
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