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PrintXIII OBM
Brazil geometry
Problem
. is the midpoint of . is the quadrilateral . is the interior of . Find .
Solution
Interpreting the points as vectors, we have , which is a linear homogeneous recursion. Its characteristic polynomial is . So let be the roots of , so that , being constant vectors.
We have , so has one real root and two conjugate complex roots. Suppose is real. Since and , and , so all roots of have modulus smaller than 1 and so tends to as goes to infinity. This means that tends to and thus the intersection of all is . To find , notice that
We have , so has one real root and two conjugate complex roots. Suppose is real. Since and , and , so all roots of have modulus smaller than 1 and so tends to as goes to infinity. This means that tends to and thus the intersection of all is . To find , notice that
Final answer
(3/7, 4/7)
Techniques
Cartesian coordinatesVectorsRecurrence relations