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Print12th Czech-Polish-Slovak Mathematics Competition
geometry
Problem
Let be a cyclic quadrilateral and its circumcircle. Let , , and be the incenters of the triangles , , and , respectively. Also, let be the midpoint of the arc of containing . The line intersects at (). Prove that the points , , , and lie on the same circle.

Solution
Let and be the midpoints of the arcs and (not containing any other vertices of ), respectively. Then the incenter lies on , the incenter lies on , and the incenter lies on . Moreover, we have (these well-known relations follow from an easy angle chasing).
Observe also that the incenter necessarily lies in the interior of the isosceles triangle , hence the line intersects the segment and the point lies on the same side of as (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2
Consider now the arc of containing . The point is the midpoint of this arc, and the points and are the midpoints of the subarcs and , respectively. It follows that the subarcs and are of equal length (and similarly the subarcs and are of equal length). Thus
But clearly we have The equalities (2) and (3) imply that the triangles and are similar, and with the same orientation. Therefore which by an application of (1) can be rewritten as This, together with the relation proves that the triangles and are similar with the same orientation. This orientation-preserving similarity implies that Hence and the points , , , are indeed concyclic.
Observe also that the incenter necessarily lies in the interior of the isosceles triangle , hence the line intersects the segment and the point lies on the same side of as (Fig. 2).
Fig. 2
Consider now the arc of containing . The point is the midpoint of this arc, and the points and are the midpoints of the subarcs and , respectively. It follows that the subarcs and are of equal length (and similarly the subarcs and are of equal length). Thus
But clearly we have The equalities (2) and (3) imply that the triangles and are similar, and with the same orientation. Therefore which by an application of (1) can be rewritten as This, together with the relation proves that the triangles and are similar with the same orientation. This orientation-preserving similarity implies that Hence and the points , , , are indeed concyclic.
Techniques
Cyclic quadrilateralsTriangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleSpiral similarityAngle chasing