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The Two Incenters of the Arbitrary Convex Quadrilateral

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Abstract

For an arbitrary convex quadrilateral ABCDABCD with area A{\cal A} and perimeter pp, we define two points I1,I2I_1, I_2 on its Newton line that serve as incenters. These points are the centers of two circles with radii r1,r2r_1, r_2 that are tangent to opposite sides of ABCDABCD. We then prove that A=pr/2{\cal A}=pr/2, where rr is the harmonic mean of r1r_1 and r2r_2. We also investigate the special cases with I1I2I_1\equiv I_2 and/or r1=r2r_1=r_2.

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@article{arxiv.1712.02207,
  title  = {The Two Incenters of the Arbitrary Convex Quadrilateral},
  author = {Nikolaos Dergiades and Dimitris M. Christodoulou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.02207},
  year   = {2017}
}

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