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Areal Coordinates

Trilinear Coordinates normalized so that

\begin{displaymath}
t_1+t_2+t_3=1.
\end{displaymath}

When so normalized, they become the Areas of the Triangles $PA_1A_2$, $PA_1A_3$, and $PA_2A_3$, where $P$ is the point whose coordinates have been specified.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25