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From: Tom Sult
Date: 2010 Dec 18, 20:31 -0600
Thomas A. Sult, MD
Herbert wrote:
Several more or less obscure alternatives to the symmedian point have
been proposed without any mathematical foundation or reasoning
whatsoever. It is totally backwards to come up with a substitute for the
symmedian point that is arguably more or less different from the MPP
(dependent on the geometry of the situation) and then plot this wrong
point with perfect accuracy. It makes by far more sense to find a quick
and dirty method to plot the correct point.
----------------------------------------See attached excerpts from Bowditch and Duttons.
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