Characterization of the centroid by square preservation

Let ABCDABCD be a square and let EE be any point inside it. For each of the triangles EABEAB, EBCEBC, ECDECD, and EDAEDA, choose the corresponding center FF, GG, HH, and II using the same center function.

Centroid characterization conjecture. If FGHIFGHI is a square independently of the choice of EE, then the common center function must be the centroid.

This asks whether the centroid is uniquely characterized among triangle centers by preserving a square when applied to the four triangles formed by an interior point and the sides of the original square. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the problem remains open.

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Stanley Rabinowitz and Ercole Suppa, “Relationships between a Central Quadrilateral and its Reference Quadrilateral”, arXiv:2209.06008 (2022).

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