Teaching Mathematics and its Applications Advance Access originally published online on January 30, 2009
Teaching Mathematics and its Applications 2009 28(1):16-20; doi:10.1093/teamat/hrn024
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On Feynman's Triangle problem and the Routh Theorem

Mathematics Division, Department of Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences and Technology, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
Email: ykman{at}ied.edu.hk
Submitted October 2008; accepted November 2008
In this article, we give a brief history of the Feynman's Triangle problem and describe a simple method to solve a general version of this problem, which is called the Routh Theorem. This method could be found useful to school teachers, instructors or lecturers who are involved in teaching geometry.
Yiu-Kwong Man completed his BSc in Hong Kong and received his MSc and PhD in mathematics from Queen Mary, University of London. His main research interests include computer algebra, mathematical algorithms, history of mathematics and mathematics education.