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Print4 Bulgarian National Olympiad - Regional Round
Bulgaria geometry
Problem
Let be a triangle. For a positive integer , we define on the segment such that and are defined cyclically in a similar manner. Show that there exists an unique point that lies in the interior of all triangles .
Solution
We have nested compact sets (closed triangles), so they have non empty intersection. We prove that they intersect in only one point. It's enough to prove that the three points converge to a common point . Assume it's false. Then there exists some subsequences of (which for simplicity we denote again by ) that converge to points respectively and consists of at least 2 elements. Assume, first are distinct. Assume wlog that . Take large enough such that are close enough to respectively. Consider the next triangle . Its side is far enough from and so is outside . But was a limit point of the sequence , contradiction. Suppose now, . Then (it tends to 0 actually) and we apply the same argument. We proved that there is a unique point that's common for all the triangles.
Now it remains to prove a small trifle - namely is in the interior of all the triangles. It was part of the Bulgarian text. Assume on the contrary is on some side, say , for some . But it easily follows that is outside contradiction.
Now it remains to prove a small trifle - namely is in the interior of all the triangles. It was part of the Bulgarian text. Assume on the contrary is on some side, say , for some . But it easily follows that is outside contradiction.
Techniques
Constructions and lociAngle chasing