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Specify that the answer to the second question is "yes". (The first question is somehow addressed by the link to B. Casselman.)
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Luc Guyot
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The answer to the second question is yes, for any non-flat triangle $T$, the set of angles $A$ is dense in $(0, \pi)$. This follows from a stronger result of Barany et al. [Theorem 1, 1]:

Theorem. Successive barycentric subdivisions of a non-flat triangle contain triangles which, to within a similarity, approximate arbitrarily closely any given triangle.

Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-


[1] I. Barany, A. Beardon and T. Carne, "Barycentric subdivision of triangles and semigroups of Möbius maps", 1996. MR1401715.

The answer is yes, for any non-flat triangle $T$, the set of angles $A$ is dense in $(0, \pi)$. This follows from a stronger result of Barany et al. [Theorem 1, 1]:

Theorem. Successive barycentric subdivisions of a non-flat triangle contain triangles which, to within a similarity, approximate arbitrarily closely any given triangle.

Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-


[1] I. Barany, A. Beardon and T. Carne, "Barycentric subdivision of triangles and semigroups of Möbius maps", 1996. MR1401715.

The answer to the second question is yes, for any non-flat triangle $T$, the set of angles $A$ is dense in $(0, \pi)$. This follows from a stronger result of Barany et al. [Theorem 1, 1]:

Theorem. Successive barycentric subdivisions of a non-flat triangle contain triangles which, to within a similarity, approximate arbitrarily closely any given triangle.

Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-


[1] I. Barany, A. Beardon and T. Carne, "Barycentric subdivision of triangles and semigroups of Möbius maps", 1996. MR1401715.

Makes it explicit that the answer is positive, plus reference to Barany et al.
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Luc Guyot
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The answer is yes, for any non-flat triangle $T$, the set of angles $A$ is dense in $(0, \pi)$. This follows from a stronger result of Barany et al. [Theorem 1, 1]:

Theorem. Successive barycentric subdivisions of a non-flat triangle contain triangles which, to within a similarity, approximate arbitrarily closely any given triangle.

Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-


[1] I. Barany, A. Beardon and T. Carne, "Barycentric subdivision of triangles and semigroups of Möbius maps", 1996. MR1401715.

Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-

The answer is yes, for any non-flat triangle $T$, the set of angles $A$ is dense in $(0, \pi)$. This follows from a stronger result of Barany et al. [Theorem 1, 1]:

Theorem. Successive barycentric subdivisions of a non-flat triangle contain triangles which, to within a similarity, approximate arbitrarily closely any given triangle.

Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-


[1] I. Barany, A. Beardon and T. Carne, "Barycentric subdivision of triangles and semigroups of Möbius maps", 1996. MR1401715.

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Here is a nice divulgative article on the dynamics of iterated barycentric subdivisions. It also has a list of further readings on the topic. (The joy of barycentric subdivision, by Bill Casselman)-