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Re: That darned old cocked hat
From: John Karl
Date: 2010 Dec 9, 12:25 -0800
From: John Karl
Date: 2010 Dec 9, 12:25 -0800
George,
The flaw is you are simply counting regions, not computing the probability that the fix is in those areas.
They don't all have the same probability. So it's an error in logic to assume they do.
BTW, attached is a case which clearly shows that neither the Fermat point, the center of gravity, the bisecting of the triangles vertices, or the Steiner point is located at the maximum probability (marked with an "x").
JK
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