The Fermat-Torricelli problem in the case of three-point sets in normed planes

In the paper the Fermat-Torricelli problem is considered. The problem asks a point minimizing the sum of distances to arbitrarily given points in d-dimensional real normed spaces. Various generalizations of this problem are outlined, current methods of solving and some recent results in this area are presented. The aim of the article is to find an answer to the following question: in what norms on the plane is the solution of the Fermat-Torricelli problem unique for any three points. The uniqueness criterion is formulated and proved in the work, in addition, the application of the criterion on the norms set by regular polygons, the so-called lambda planes, is shown.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figure

Isometric embedding of a weighted Fermat-Frechet multitree for isoperimetric deformations of the boundary of a simplex to a Frechet multisimplex in the KK-Space

In this paper, we study the weighted Fermat-Frechet problem for a $\frac{N (N+1)}{2}-$tuple of positive real numbers determining $N$-simplexes in the $N$ dimensional $K$-Space ($N$-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{N}$ if $K=0,$ the $N$-dimensional open hemisphere of radius $\frac{1}{\sqrt{K}}$ ($\mathbb{S}_{\frac{1}{\sqrt{K}}}^{N}$) if $K >0$ and the Lobachevsky space $\mathbb{H}_{K}^{N}$ of constant curvature $K$ if $K<0$). The (weighted) Fermat-Frechet problem is a new generalization of the (weighted) Fermat problem for $N$-simplexes. We control the number of solutions (weighted Fermat trees) with respect to the weighted Fermat-Frechet problem that we call a weighted Fermat-Frechet multitree, by using some conditions for the edge lengths discovered by Dekster-Wilker. In order to construct an isometric immersion of a weighted Fermat-Frechet multitree in the $K$- Space, we use the isometric immersion of Godel-Schoenberg for $N$-simplexes in the $N$-sphere and the isometric immersion of Gromov (up to an additive constant) for weighted Fermat (Steiner) trees in the $N$-hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}_{K}^{N}$. Finally, we create a new variational method, which differs from Schafli's, Luo's and Milnor's techniques to differentiate the length of a geodesic arc with respect to a variable geodesic arc, in the 3$K$-Space. By applying this method, we eliminate one variable geodesic arc from a system of equations, which give the weighted Fermat-Frechet solution for a sextuple of edge lengths determining (Frechet) tetrahedra.Comment: 47 pages, 1 figur