QL-L-1: The Railway Watcher
Within the system of a Quadrilateral a strange phenomenon pops up.
Often when a QL-line becomes known there also is a parallel line that requires attention. And moreover there is also a prominent point at the same distance from one of the lines as the distance between the QL-line and the parallel line.
I call this the system of a Railway Watcher because the parallel lines can be represented as a railroad and the point at a minimal distance from the railway as a “railway watcher”.
Examples:
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Notable is that both railways cross at right angles.
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Again both railways cross at right angles.
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This system of Railway Watchers can be coincidental, but still it is a remarkable item.
See QL-Cu1 and QG-Co3 for other Railway Watchers where the Newton Line and an asymptote form a railway.
See also QG-P1 where QG-P1 is the Railway Watcher of QG-L4 and QG-L5, the 1st and 2nd QG-Quasi Euler Lines.
QL-Cartesian Systems
The four most outstanding lines of a quadrilateral are the Newton Line, the Steiner Line, the Pedal Line and the Morley Line.
They form a formidable rectangular construction with a special role for the Miquel Point (QL-P1) and The Miquel Circumcenter (QL-P4).
Especially because:
Since Steiner Line/Pedal Line and Newton Line/Morley Line are parallel and Steiner line/Newton Line are perpendicular lines, these lines can function as a Cartesian coordinate system with Steiner and Newton Line as axes. Moreover the difference in distances of the parallel lines can function as units at the axes. This would look like this:
Quadrilateral Points
x-coordinate y-coordinate
P1: 2 Y1.Y2
P2: 0 +1
P3: 2X1 / X3 +1
P4: (2X2-2X1)/ (3X3) –1
P5: ( X2+2X1)/ (3X3) 0
P6: X2 / (2X3) -½
P7: 0 0
The units used are:
X3 / (8 AL53) AL32 / (16 ABC AL5 LM12)
where:
X1 = AL1 . AL52 Y1 = LM1 / AL3
X2 = ABC . AL2 . AL5 Y2 = ABC . AL6 / AL5
X3 = ABC2 . LM0 . LM12
and:
ABC = (-a + b + c) (a - b + c) (a + b - c) (a + b + c)
LM0 = l m n
LM1 = (l - m) (m - n) (n - l)
AL1 = (a4 + b2 c2) (2l - m - n) + (b4 + c2 a2) (2m - n - l) + (c4 + a2 b2) (2n - l - m)
AL2 = -a2 (l - m) (n - l) (3 l m2 - 8 l m n + m2 n + 3 l n2 + m n2)
-b2 (l - m) (m - n) (3 l2 m + l2 n - 8 l m n + l n2 + 3 m n2)
-c2 (n - l) (m - n) (l2 m + l m2 + 3 l2 n - 8 l m n + 3 m2 n)
AL3 = -(l - m) (m - n) (n - l) (a4 (l m - m n + n l) + b4 (l m + m n - n l) + c4 (-l m + m n + n l))
-(l2 m2 + m2 n2 + n2 l2 - l m n (l + m + n)) (2 b2 c2 (m - n) +2 c2 a2 (n - l) + 2 a2 b2 (l - m))
AL5 = a2 mn(l-m)(l-n) + b2nl(m-l)(m-n) +c2 lm(n -l)(n-m)
AL6 = a2 mn(l-m)(l-n)(-lm-ln+mn) + b2 nl(m-l)(m-n)(-lm+ln-mn) + c2 lm(n-l) (n-m) (lm-ln-mn)
Quadrilateral Lines
The Pedal Line has equation x = 1.
The Morley Line has equation y = 1.
One advantage of this system is that working with circles is easier in a Cartesian coordinate system than in a barycentric/trilinear coordinate system.