Morley's trisector theorem
Teorema de Morley
- Date
- 1899 · confidence high
- Place
- Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
- Credited to
- Frank Morley
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
A plane-geometry theorem stating that, in any triangle, the intersection points of adjacent angle trisectors always form an equilateral triangle.
Discovered by Anglo-American mathematician Frank Morley; it has several generalizations producing other equilateral triangles.
What it led to
- New generalizations in triangle geometry
- Renewed interest in angle trisection within pure geometry
Built on
- Classical Euclidean geometry