Ceva, cevians, and Routh’s theorem
The Endeavour 2024-09-14
Summary:
I keep running into Edward John Routh (1831–1907). He is best known for the Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion but he pops up occasionally elsewhere. The previous post discussed Routh’s mnemonic for moments of inertia and his “stretch” theorem. This post will discuss his triangle theorem. Before stating Routh’s theorem, we need to say what a cevian […]
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