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The solution of Malfatti's problem

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For the first time Malfatti's old problem about arranging three non-overlapping circles of greatest total area in a triangle is solved.

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  1. V. A. Zalgaller
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  2. G. A. Los'
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Translated from Ukrainskii Geometricheskii Sbornik, No. 35, pp. 14–33, 1992.

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Zalgaller, V.A., Los', G.A. The solution of Malfatti's problem. J Math Sci 72, 3163–3177 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249514

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