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An equilateral triangle constructed from a reference triangle is a topic which is intersested by plane geometry lovers. See Napoleon equilateral triangle, Morley equilateral triangle....In this topic I propose more than 3000 equilateral triangles.

Consider $ABC$ be a triangle, $B_a$, $C_a$ be two points lie on $BC$, $C_b, A_b$ be two point lie on $CA$; $A_c, B_c$ be two points on the $AB$ such that $AB_aC_a$, $BC_bA_b$, $CA_cB_c$ be three equilateral triangle. Let $n$ be a positive integer number.

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Let $A'$=triangle center $n$-th of $\triangle AA_bA_c$; $B'$=triangle center $n$-th of $\triangle BC_bA_b$; $C'$=triangle center $n$-th of $\triangle CC_aB_a$.

Let $A''$=triangle center $n$-th of $\triangle AB_cC_b$; $B''$=triangle center $n$-th of $\triangle BC_aA_c$; $C''$=triangle center $n$-th of $\triangle CA_cC_a$.

You can see define triangle center $n$-th in here and here

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Problem:

  1. For any positive integer $n$, any triangle $ABC$ then $A'B'C'$ be an equilateral triangle

  2. For any positive integer $n$, any triangle $ABC$ then $A''B''C''$ be an equilateral triangle.

  3. Triangles $ABC$ and $A'B'C'$ are perspective; $ABC$ and $A''B''C''$ are perspective

My question: I am looking for a proof of the problem above. You can check the conjecture above hold true for $n=1,\cdots ,3000$ in here the geogebra applet

Some new equilateral triangles I discovered recently in here:

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    $\begingroup$ This is a weird conjecture. If I understand it correctly, the parameterisation is really dependent on a list of known triangle centres, not on integers. Therefore, if true now, it could become false if Professor Kimberling updates his list. (Also, your title says 30000 but your post says 3000.) $\endgroup$
    – LSpice
    Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 11:25
  • $\begingroup$ Because, now geogebra help construct triangle center n-th (for n=1 to 3000). I want say that the conjecture true for any triangle center n-th $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 11:32
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, but my point is that there is (so far as I know) no definition of "triangle centre" other than "one of the entries on Professor Kimberling's list", so that the truth of this conjecture could change over time (besides which it is hard to imagine anything but an exhausting case-by-case proof, given the multitude of ways that centres are defined). $\endgroup$
    – LSpice
    Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 11:36
  • $\begingroup$ I will edit again $\endgroup$ Commented Dec 20, 2018 at 11:37

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