geometry[excircle] - find three excircles of a given triangle
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Calling Sequence
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excircle(obj, T, n)
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Parameters
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obj
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list of three excircles to be created
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T
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triangle
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n
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(optional) a list of three elements and of the form where c1, c2, c2, o1, o2, o3 are names.
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Description
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A circle tangent to one side of a triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides is called an excircle of the triangle.
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The routine returns obj which is a list of three excircles of triangle T.
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If the optional argument n is given, the names of the three excircles will be c1, c2, c3; while the names of their centers in that order will be o1, o2, o3.
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For a detailed description of the excircles obj, use the routine detail (i.e., detail(obj))
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Note that the routine only works if the vertices of the triangle are known.
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The command with(geometry,excircle) allows the use of the abbreviated form of this command.
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Examples
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