Referencia
Titulo
Minimal distance from a point to n lines
Autor(es)
Martín Eduardo Acosta Gempeler, Carolina Mejía y Carlos Wilson Rodríguez
Titulo de la Revista
Matemáticas: Enseñanza Universitaria
Pais
Colombia
Editorial
Universidad del Valle
ISSN
0120-6788
Volumen
20
Fasciculo
2
Paginas
35-44
Año
2012
We present a solution to the problem of computing a point in the plane minimizing the distance to n given lines. We used an experimental mathematics approach: using dynamic geometry software, we gathered data which allowed us to conjecture and testing our hypothesis. Finally we formalized our reasoning to prove the conjecture. Although this solution was known, our method could be of interest.