Families of Four-Point Touching Isosceles Triangles

n

11

s

0.004

altitude h

0.3299

plot range

2

detail

This Demonstration shows four-point touching families of

m=2n

of isosceles triangles. The task is to find parameters so that the triangles form a four-point touching family.

Parameter

s

is one-half of the smaller diagonal of the rhombus and

h

is the altitude of the triangle.