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Analytical Solution for the Generalized Fermat-Torricelli Problem

Computational Geometry 2014-04-08 v1

Abstract

We present explicit analytical solution for the problem of minimization of the function F(x,y)=j=13mj(xxj)2+(yyj)2 F(x,y)= \sum_{j=1}^3 m_j \sqrt{(x-x_j)^2+(y-y_j)^2} , i.e. we find the coordinates of stationary point and the corresponding critical value of F(x,y) F(x,y) as functions of mj,xj,yjj=13 {m_j,x_j,y_j}_{j=1}^3 . In addition, we also discuss inverse problem of finding such values of m1,m2,m3 m_1,m_2,m_3 with the aim for the corresponding function F F to posses a prescribed position of stationary point.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1208.3324,
  title  = {Analytical Solution for the Generalized Fermat-Torricelli Problem},
  author = {Alexei Yu. Uteshev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.3324},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

15 pages, 3 figures

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