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We establish two new weighted Erdős–Mordell type inequalities with the help of software Maple. Two related interesting conjectures checked by computer are also proposed.
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Liu, J. Two New Weighted Erdős–Mordell Type Inequalities. Discrete Comput Geom 59, 707–724 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-017-9917-4
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