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A class of explicit solutions for the Fermat problem for tetrahedra

General Mathematics 2024-05-15 v1

Abstract

We present a class of explicit solutions for the problem of minimization of the function f(x,y,z)=i=14(xxi)2+(yyi)2+(zzi)2,f(x,y,z)=\sum_{i=1}^{4}\sqrt{(x-x_{i})^2+(y-y_{i})^2+(z-z_{i})^2}, which gives the location of the unique stationary (Fermat-Torricelli) point for four non-collinear and non-coplanar points Ai=(xi,yi,zi),A_{i}=(x_{i},y_{i},z_{i}), determining tetrahedra, which are derived by a proper class of isosceles tetrahedra having four equal edges and two equal opposite edges. This class of explicit solutions contains Mehlhos and Glastier's explicit solutions (theoretical constructions) obtained in \cite{Mehlhos:00} and \cite{Glastier:93}, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2405.08004,
  title  = {A class of explicit solutions for the Fermat problem for tetrahedra},
  author = {Anastasios N. Zachos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.08004},
  year   = {2024}
}

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14 pages, 2 figures