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Bulgaria geometry

Problem

Given is an acute triangle with incenter and the incircle touches , , at , , . The circle with center and radius meets for the second time at . If is the -excircle touchpoint with , show that , , concur. (Kristyan Vasilev)
Solution
We claim the concurrency point is the -antipode . It is well-known that this is . Let and . Then since , is cyclic. Now, we have so the center of () lies on () (and is on the same side of as ). On the other hand, it also lies on the perpendicular bisector of , so it must be itself. This gives us , and the conclusion follows.

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Triangle centers: centroid, incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, Euler line, nine-point circleCyclic quadrilateralsTangentsAngle chasing