Parry Point (triangle)

In geometry, the Parry point is a special point associated with a plane triangle. It is the triangle center designated X(111) in Clark Kimberling's Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers. The Parry point and Parry circle are named in honor of the English geometer Cyril Parry, who studied them in the early 1990s.

Parry circle

Let ''ABC'' be a plane triangle. The circle through the centroid and the two isodynamic points of triangle ''ABC'' is called the Parry circle of triangle ''ABC''. The equation of the Parry circle in barycentric coordinates is

:
\begin
& 3(b^2-c^2)(c^2-a^2)(a^2-b^2)(a^2yz+b^2zx+c^2xy) \\ pt& + (x+y+z)\left( \sum_\text b^2c^2(b^2-c^2)(b^2+c^2-2a^2)x\right) =0
\end

The center of the Parry circle is also a triangle center. It is the center designated as X(351) in Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers. The trilinear coordinates of the center of the Parry circle are

:$f(a,b,c) : f(b,c,a) : f(c,a,b)$
where $f(a,b,c) = a(b^2-c^2)(b^2+c^2-2a^2)$

Parry point

The Parry circle and the circumcircle of triangle ''ABC'' intersect in two points. One of them is a focus of the Kiepert parabola of triangle ''ABC''. The other point of intersection is called the ''Parry point'' of triangle ''ABC''.

The trilinear coordinates of the Parry point are

:$a/(2a^2-b^2-c^2) : b/(2b^2-c^2-a^2) : c/(2c^2-a^2-b^2)$

The point of intersection of the Parry circle and the circumcircle of triangle ''ABC'' which is a focus of the Kiepert hyperbola of triangle ''ABC'' is also a triangle center and it is designated as X(110) in Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers. The trilinear coordinates of this triangle center are

:$a/(b^2-c^2) : b/(c^2-a^2) : c/(a^2-b^2)$

See also

* Lester circle

References

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Triangle centers