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Napoleon points
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Geometry/wTQf5ffQ">geometry</a>, Napoleon points are a pair of special points associated with a plane <a href="/facts/Triangle/cRXUwsMn">triangle</a>. It is generally believed that the existence of these points was discovered by <a href="/facts/Napoleon_Bonaparte/8TKBIjPM">Napoleon Bonaparte</a>, the <a href="/facts/Emperor_of_the_French/5wlRrFSr">Emperor of the French</a> from 1804 to 1815, but many have questioned this belief. The Napoleon points are <a href="/facts/Triangle_center/FKfm090E">triangle centers</a> and they are listed as the points <i>X</i>(17) and <i>X</i>(18) in <a href="/facts/Clark_Kimberling/WMRRw662">Clark Kimberling</a>'s <a href="/facts/Encyclopedia_of_Triangle_Centers/ClS9kJor">Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers</a>. </p><p>The name "Napoleon points" has also been applied to a different pair of triangle centers, better known as the <a href="/facts/Isodynamic_point/nqHByr8N">isodynamic points</a>. </p>