THE VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
Virginia Journal of Science


Virginia Journal of Science. 2000.  Vol 51 (1) : 3-15
The Fermat Point and The Steiner Problem
J.N. Boyd and P.N. Raychowdhury, Department of Mathematical Sciences,Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2014

ABSTRACT
We revisit the convex coordinates of the Fermat point of a triangle. We have already computed these convex coordinates in a general setting. In this note, we obtain the coordinates in the context of the Steiner problem. Thereafter, we pursue calculations suggested by the problem.