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Euler lines in cyclic quadrilateral.
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I apologize if I posted to a wrong area. Can any one tell me if the bellow theorem is well known?

THEOREM. A cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ is given and let $P$ be, the intersection point of it's diagonals $AC,\ BD$. Prove that the Euler lines of the triangles $\vartriangle PAB,\ \vartriangle PBC,\ \vartriangle PCD,\ \vartriangle PDA$, are concurrent.

I am still searching about a reference of this theorem ( which is also true for non convex quandrilateral ) and I will with pleasure post here the proof I have in mind.

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I apologize if I posted to a wrong area. Can any one tell me if the bellow theorem is well known?

THEOREM. A cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ is given and let $P$ be, the intersection point of it's diagonals $AC,\ BD$. Prove that the Euler lines of the triangles $\vartriangle PAB,\ \vartriangle PBC,\ \vartriangle PCD,\ \vartriangle PDA$, are concurrent.

I am still searching about a reference of this theorem ( which is also true for non convex quandrilateral ) and I will with pleasure post here the proof I have in mind.

Kostas Vittas.
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Theorem 1: Let $A, O, B$ be 3 arbitrary points on a normal hyperbola $\mathcal H$ (with perpendicular asymptotes). Let a line parallel to AB meet the hyperbola chords OA, OB at C, D. Let C', D' be reflections of C, D in a line through O parallel to one of the hyperbola asymptotes. Then the lines AC', BD' also meet on the hyperbola $\mathcal H.$

Let O be the coordinate origin and let the x-, y-axes be parallel to the hyperbola major and minor axes. The general equation of a normal hyperbola with this orientation of the main axes and passing through the origin is

$\mathcal H: \ \ (x^{2}-2px)-(y^{2}-2qy) = 0$

where p, q are coordinates of the hyperbola center (the intersection of asymptotes). Let $A = (x_{a},\ y_{a})$ and $B = (x_{b},\ y_{b})$ be the coordinates of $A,\ B \in \mathcal H.$ Since $CD \parallel AB,$ coordinates of C, D are $C = (kx_{a},\ ky_{a})$ and $D = (kx_{b},\ ky_{b}),$ while coordinates of their reflections C', D' in the line $y = x$ are $C' = (ky_{a},\ kx_{a})$ and $D' = (ky_{b},\ kx_{b}).$ Equations of the lines AC', BD' are then

$AC': \ \ y-y_{a}= \frac{kx_{a}-y_{a}}{ky_{a}-x_{a}}(x-x_{a})$

$BD': \ \ y-y_{b}= \frac{kx_{b}-y_{b}}{ky_{b}-x_{b}}(x-x_{b})$

Solving these 2 linear equations for x, y, we could get coordinates of the intersection $Q \equiv AC' \cap BD'$in terms of k. However, to get the locus of Q, we eliminate the parameter k instead. Calculating k from both equations leads to

$\frac{x_{a}y-y_{a}x}{x_{a}^{2}-y_{a}^{2}+y_{a}y-x_{a}x}= k = \frac{x_{b}y-y_{b}x}{x_{b}^{2}-y_{b}^{2}+y_{b}y-x_{b}x}$

$A, B \in \mathcal H$ both satisfy the hyperbola equation. Substituting $x_{a}^{2}-y_{a}^{2}= 2px_{a}-2qy_{a}$ and $x_{b}^{2}-y_{b}^{2}= 2px_{b}-2qy_{b},$

$\frac{x_{a}y-y_{a}x}{y_{a}(y-2q)-x_{a}(x-2p)}= \frac{x_{b}y-y_{b}x}{y_{b}(y-2q)-x_{b}(x-2p)}$

Multiplying this out and canceling equal terms on both sides of the equation yields

$(x_{b}y_{a}-x_{a}y_{b})[(x^{2}-2px)-(y^{2}-2qy)] = 0$

Since a line intersects a hyperbola at most in 2 points, the points A, O, B cannot be collinear. Thus the lines OA, OB have different slopes $\frac{y_{a}}{x_{a}}\neq \frac{y_{b}}{x_{b}},$ so that the 1st factor in non-zero, which means that the locus of Q is the same normal hyperbola, $Q \in \mathcal H.$
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Lemma 2: Let P be a point in an arbitrary parallelogram ABCD, such that $\angle APB+\angle CPD = 180^\circ.$ Then P lies on a unique normal hyperbola passing through the parallelogram vertices A, B, C, D, centered at the parallelogram diagonal intersection, and with asymptotes parallel to the parallelogram angle bisectors.

Since AB = CD and $\angle APB = 180^\circ-\angle CPD,$ circumcircles $(O_{1}),\ (O_{3})$ of $\triangle ABP,\ \triangle CDP$ are congruent (this is quite sufficient for our proof). Likewise, circumcircles $(O_{2}),\ (O_{4})$ of $\triangle BCP,\ \triangle DAP$ are also congruent. If we translate $\triangle ABP$ into $\triangle A'B'P'$ so that A'B' coincides with DC, the quadrilateral CPDP' is cyclic with the circumcircle $(O_{3}).$ Triangles $\triangle DAP \cong \triangle ADP'$ are congruent by SAS, hence PP' = DA. Since $(O_{4}),\ (O_{3})$ are circumcircles of these 2 congruent triangles, they are also congruent and consequently, all 4 circumcircles $(O_{1}),\ (O_{2}),\ (O_{3}),\ (O_{4})$ are congruent. Denote a = AB = CD, b = BC = DA and $\phi = \angle DAB.$ Let A be the coordinate origin and the positive x-axis identical with the ray (AB. Let $O_{1}\equiv (a/2,\ k)$ be center of $(O_{1}),$ so that $O_{3}\equiv(a/2+b \cos \phi,\ k+b \sin \phi)$ is center of $(O_{3})$ (the coordinate k can be positive of negative). Equation of the circles $(O_{1}),\ (O_{3})$ are then

$(O_{1}): \ \ x^{2}-ax+y^{2}-2ky = 0$

$(O_{3}): \ \ x^{2}-ax-2bx \cos \phi+ab \cos \phi+y^{2}-2ky-2by \sin \phi+2kb \sin \phi+b^{2}= 0$

To get the equation of the locus of P, we eliminate the parameter k. Subtracting the 1st equation from the 2nd one, then reducing the result by $2b \sin \phi,$ we get

$k = \frac{x}{\tan \phi}+y-\frac{a}{2 \tan \phi}-\frac{b}{2 \sin \phi}$

Substituting this k to the equation of $(O_{1})$, we arrive to the equation of the locus of P:

$x^{2}-y^{2}-\frac{2xy}{\tan \phi}-ax+\frac{(a \cos \phi+b)y}{\sin \phi}= 0$

This is a normal hyperbola $\mathcal H$. Since $A, B \in (O_{1})$ are fixed, $A, B \in \mathcal H.$ Likewise, since $C, D \in (O_{3})$ are fixed, $C, D \in \mathcal H.$ Slopes of the asymptotes are obtained by factoring the 3 leading terms:

$x^{2}-\frac{2xy}{\tan \phi}-y^{2}= \left(x\ \frac{\cos \phi+1}{\sin \phi}-y\right) \left(x\ \frac{\cos \phi-1}{\sin \phi}-y\right) =$ $\left(x \tan \frac{\phi}{2}-y\right) \left(\frac{x}{\tan \frac{\phi}{2}}+y\right)$

Thus we see that the hyperbola asymptotes are parallel to the parallelogram angle bisectors.
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Problem: Let $O_{1},\ O_{2},\ O_{3},\ O_{4}$ and $H_{1},\ H_{2},\ H_{3},\ H_{4}$ be circumcenters and orthocenters of $\triangle ABP,\ \triangle BCP,\ \triangle CDP,\ \triangle DAP,$ respectively. $O_{2}O_{3}\parallel O_{4}O_{1}\parallel H_{1}H_{2}\parallel H_{3}H_{4},$ (all perpendicul to AC) and $O_{1}O_{2}\parallel O_{3}O_{4}\parallel H_{2}H_{3}\parallel H_{4}H_{1}$ (all perpendicular to BD). Thus $O_{1}O_{2}O_{3}O_{4}$ and $H_{1}H_{2}H_{3}H_{4}$ are both parallelograms with equal angles. $O_{1},\ P,\ H_{3}$ are collinear, because $\triangle APB \sim \triangle DPC$ are oppositely similar and the circumcenter and orthocenter of a triangle are isogonal conjugates. Likewise, $O_{2},\ P,\ H_{4}$ are collinear, $O_{3},\ P,\ H_{1}$ are collinear, and $O_{4},\ P,\ H_{2}$ are collinear. It follows that $\angle O_{1}PO_{2}= \angle H_{3}PH_{4}= \angle D,$ $\angle O_{2}PO_{3}= \angle H_{4}PH_{1}= \angle A,$ $\angle O_{3}PO_{4}= \angle H_{1}PH_{2}= \angle B,$ $\angle O_{4}PO_{1}= \angle H_{2}PH_{3}= \angle C$ (because $PH_{3}\perp CD,\ PH_{4}\perp DA,$ etc.). Moreover,

$\frac{PH_{1}}{PO_{1}}= 2 |\cos \angle APB|,\ \ \ \frac{PH_{2}}{PO_{2}}= 2 |\cos \angle BPC|,$

$\frac{PH_{3}}{PO_{3}}= 2 |\cos \angle CPD|,\ \ \ \frac{PH_{4}}{PO_{4}}= 2 |\cos \angle DPA|,$

$\frac{PH_{1}}{PO_{1}}= \frac{PH_{2}}{PO_{2}}= \frac{PH_{3}}{PO_{3}}= \frac{PH_{4}}{PO_{4}}.$

As a result, the parallelograms $O_{1}O_{2}O_{3}O_{4}\sim H_{1}H_{2}H_{3}H_{4}$ are similar and P is their common corresponding point. Using the opposite similarity of $\triangle APB \sim \triangle DPC,\ \triangle BPC \sim \triangle APD$ and the fact that the circumcenter and orthocenter are isogonal conjugates, we find that the reflection $H_{1}'H_{2}'H_{3}'H_{4}'$ of $H_{1}H_{2}H_{3}H_{4}$ in either angle bisector of the angles formed by the quadrilateral diagonals AC, BD is centrally similar to the parallelogram $O_{1}O_{2}O_{3}O_{4}$ with similarity center P. Since $\angle O_{1}PO_{2}+\angle O_{3}PO_{4}= \angle D+\angle B = 180^\circ,$ by lemma 2, P lies on a rectangular hyperbola $\mathcal H$ passing through the parallelogram vertices $O_{1},\ O_{2},\ O_{3},\ O_{4},$ with asymptotes parallel to the parallelogram angle bisectors, and these are parallel to the angle bisectors of the angles formed by the diagonals AC, BD (because $O_{4}O_{1}\perp AC,\ O_{1}O_{2}\perp BD$). Consider the hyperbola chords $PO_{1},\ PO_{2}$ cut by the parallel line $H_{1}'H_{2}' \parallel O_{1}O_{2}.$ The points $H_{1},\ H_{2}$ are reflections of $H_{1}',\ H_{2}'$ in a line through P parallel to the asymptotes of the normal hyperbola $\mathcal H,$ hence by theorem 1, the intersection $Q \equiv O_{1}H_{1}\cap O_{2}H_{2}$ also lies on this hyperbola. But the same can be said about any pair of lines $O_{1}H_{1},\ O_{2}H_{2},\ O_{3}H_{3},\ O_{4}H_{4}.$ Each of these lines intersects $\mathcal H$ at $O_{1},\ O_{2},\ O_{3},\ O_{4},$ respectively, and at exactly one other point, thus their intersections are all identical and the Euler lines $O_{1}H_{1},\ O_{2}H_{2},\ O_{3}H_{3},\ O_{4}H_{4}$ concur at $Q \in \mathcal H.$ :cool:

Comment 1: It is easy show that the diagonals $O_{1}O_{3},\ O_{2}O_{4}$ meet at the midpoint of OP, for example, by an angle chase leading to $\angle O_{1}OO_{2}= \angle B,\ \angle O_{2}OO_{3}= \angle C,$ $\angle O_{3}OO_{4}= \angle D,\ \angle O_{4}OO_{1}= \angle A.$ O, P are then symmetrical with respect to the hyperbola center. Since $P\in \mathcal H$, it follows that $O \in \mathcal H$ as well.

Comment 2: When the angles formed by the diagonals AC, BD are $60^\circ$ and $120^\circ,$ the above equations yield $PO_{1}= PH_{1},\ PO_{2}= PH_{2},$ $PO_{3}= PH_{3},\ PO_{4}= PH_{4},$ the quadrilaterals $O_{1}O_{2}O_{3}O_{4}\cong H_{1}H_{2}H_{3}H_{4}$ are congruent and the Euler lines $O_{1}H_{1}\parallel O_{2}H_{2}\parallel O_{3}H_{3}\parallel O_{4}H_{4}$ are all parallel (their concurrency point $Q \in \mathcal H$ is at infinity).
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Dear Yetti.

I was glad at noon today, reading your posts contain a very nice solution of the problem I posted two months ago. At last I see a different proof appears furthermore, the interesting result that the concurrency point lie on a Hyperbola. This result was only a conjecture to me.

As I owe to you, I will send you the proof I have in mind, as soon is possible, before it’s post in the forum (after two months). Give me please a little time, because I must translate in to English (not easy to me).

Thank you very much for your interest (I was sad thought as boring my topics, because nobody until today, answered one of them).

Kostas Vittas.
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Thanks a lot for a very nice problem, I am looking forward to see a different solution. BTW, your problems are not boring at all, but they are difficult.

Yetti
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Dear all my friends.

I would like to present the solution I have in mind for the problem, of which yetti gave us it’s important stuff. So there are now two different (long) synthetic proofs and we are looking forward to the next simpler and sorter one. Also I am still searching if this result is actually a new fact.


1) - THEOREM. – A cyclic quadrilateral $ABCD$ is given and let $P$ be, the intersection point of it’s diagonals $AC,$ $BD.$
Prove the the Euler lines of the triangles $PAB,$ $PBC,$ $PCD,$ $PDA,$ are concurrent.

2) - PROOF. $($ In my drawing $AB = 3.2,$ $BC = 6.3,$ $CD = 5.8$ and radius of the circumcircle of $ABCD = 3.7$ $).$

The midperpendiculars of the segments $PA,$ $PB,$ $PC,$ $PD,$ taken per two of them, intersect each other at points $O_{1},$ $O_{2},$ $O_{3},$ $O_{4},$ as the
circumcenters of the triangles $\bigtriangleup PCD,$ $\bigtriangleup PBC,$ $\bigtriangleup PAB,$ $\bigtriangleup PAD,$ respectively.

We denote as $A',$ $C',$ the orthogonal projections of $A,$ $C$ respectively, on $BD$ and as $B',$ $D',$ the ones of $B,$ $D$ respectively, on $AC,$
then the points $H_{1}\equiv CC' \cap DD',$ $H_{2}\equiv BB' \cap CC',$ $H_{3}\equiv AA' \cap BB',$ $H_{4}\equiv AA' \cap DD',$ are the orthocenters of the above triangles.

We will prove that the lines $O_{1}H_{3},$ $O_{2}H_{4},$ $O_{3}H_{1},$ $O_{4}H_{2},$ pass through the point $P.$

From the similar triangles $\bigtriangleup PAB,$ $\bigtriangleup PCD,$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PA}{PD}= \frac{PB}{PC}$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PA}{PB}= \frac{PD}{PC}$ $,(1)$

From similar right triangles $\bigtriangleup PCC',$ $\bigtriangleup PDD'$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PD'}{PC'}= \frac{PD}{PC}$ $,(2)$

From $(1),$ $(2),$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PD'}{PC'}= \frac{PA}{PB}= \frac{PE}{PF}$ $($ where $E,$ $F,$ the midpoints of $PA,$ $PB,$ respectively $).$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PD'}{PE}= \frac{PC'}{PF}$ $,(3)$

So, we have that the orthogonal projection of the points $O3,$ $P,$ $H1$ $($ It is considered that the point $P,$ is coincided with it’s projections $),$ on the lines $AC,$ $BD,$ intersect each other, form segments with the same ratio. Hence, based on the below Lemma 1, we conclude that these points are collinear. That is the segment line $O_{3}H_{1},$ passes through the point $P$ and similarly we can prove that the lines $O_{1}H_{3},$ $O_{2}H_{4},$ $O_{4}H_{2},$ also pass through the point $P.$

$($ NOTE: - We can prove the collinearity of the points $O_{1},$ $P,$ $H_{3},$ without the use of the Lemma 1. It is enough to prove that $\angle H_{3}PA = \angle O_{1}PC.$ Really, from the cyclic quadrilaterals $A'PB'H_{3},$ and $AB'A'B$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\angle H_{3}PA \equiv \angle H_{3}PB' = \angle H_{3}A'B' \equiv \angle AA'B' = \angle ABB'$ and from cyclic quadrilateral $O_{1}KPL,$ $KL\parallel CD,$ $O_{1}L\parallel CC'$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\angle O_{1}PC \equiv \angle O_{1}PK = \angle O_{1}LK = \angle DCC',$ where $K,$ $L,$ are the midpoints of $PC,$ $PD,$ respectively.

But from the similar right triangles $\bigtriangleup AB'B$ and $\bigtriangleup DC'C$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\angle ABB' = \angle DCC'$ and so, $\angle H_{3}PA = \angle O_{1}PC.$ That is the line $O_{1}H_{3},$ passes through the point $P$ and similarly about the line $O_{3}H_{1}$ etc.

By the same way we can prove that $\angle O_{1}PC = \angle O_{3}PB$ and $\angle O_{2}PC = \angle O_{4}PD$ and hence, the we conclude that the lines $O_{1}H_{3},$ $O_{3}H_{1},$ and $O_{2}H_{4},$ $O_{4}H_{2},$ are isogonal conjugates with respect to the angle which is formed from the diagonals of $ABCD$ $).$

$\bullet$ We have now, the configuration of the parallelograms $O_{1}O_{2}O_{3}O_{4},$ $H_{1}H_{2}H_{3}H_{4},$ correlated each other with their sidelines parallel one per one and also
the lines $O_{1}H_{3},$ $O_{2}H_{4},$ $O_{3}H_{1},$ $O_{4}H_{2},$ as concurrent at one point $($ here the point $P$ $).$

Hence, based on the below Helping Proposition, we conclude that the lines $O_{1}H_{1},$ $O_{2}H_{2},$ $O_{3}H_{3},$ $O_{4}H_{4},$ as the Euler lines of the triangles $PCD,$
$PBC,$ $PAB,$ $PAD$ respectively, are concurrent at one point and the proof is completed.


3) - LEMMA 1. – If the orthogonal (or parallel) projections of three given points on two arbitrary lines intersect each other, form segments with the same ratio, then the given points are collinear with also the same ratio.

We can easy to prove this Lemma by Thales’s theorem. I have in mind some interesting applications of this simple but not so well (I think) fact, as for example the direct proof of the Euler’s line theorem.


4) - HELPING PROPOSITION . – A parallelogram $ABCD$ is given and let $P$ be, an arbitrary point inwardly to it. Through a fixed point $A'$ on segment $AP$ $($ between $A,$ $P$ $),$ we draw two lines parallel to $AB,$ $AD,$ which intersect the extensions of $DP,$ $BP,$ at points $B'$ and $D',$ respectively. Prove that:
a) – The intersection point of the lines through $B',$ $D'$ and parallel to $BC,$ $CD$ respectively, so be it $C',$ lies on the segment $CP.$
b) – The lines $AC',$ $A'C,$ $BB',$ $DD',$ are concurrent at one point.

5) - PROOF. $($ In my drawing $AB = 4.0,$ $BC = 5.0,$ $AC = 7,5$ $)$ We denote as $C',$ the intersection point of $CP,$ from the line through $B'$ and parallel to $BC.$ It is enough to prove that $C'D' \parallel CD.$

We consider the points $B'' \equiv BC \cap B'D,$ $D'' \equiv CD \cap BD'$ and we denote as $A'',$ the intersection point of the lines through $B'',$ $D''$ and parallel to $AB,$ $AD,$ respectively.

So we have now, the configuration of the parallelogram $A''B''CD'',$ inwardly to it the point $A$ and the lines $AB \parallel A''B''$ and $AD \parallel A''D''.$ Hence, based on the below Lemma 2 , we have that the points $P \equiv BD'' \cap B''D,$ $A,$ $A'',$ are collinear. That is the point $A'',$ lies on the segment line $AP.$

From the triangles $\bigtriangleup A''PB'',$ $\bigtriangleup B''PC,$ $\bigtriangleup A''PD'',$ by Thales’s thoerem we have that:

$A'B' \parallel A''B''$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PA'}{PA''}= \frac{PB'}{PB''}$ $,(1)$ and $B'C' \parallel B''C$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PB'}{PB''}= \frac{PC'}{PC}$ $,(2)$ and $A'D' \parallel A''D''$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PA'}{PA''}= \frac{PD'}{PD''}$ $,(3)$

From $(1),$ $(2),$ $(3),$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{PC'}{PC}= \frac{PD'}{PD''}$ $\Longrightarrow$ $C'D' \parallel CD'' \equiv CD$ and the proof of the part (a) of the problem, is completed.

We will prove now, that the lines $AC',$ $A'C,$ $BB',$ $DD',$ are concurrent at one point $($ for easiness we have been constructed a new drawing where $AB = 5.5,$ $BC = 7.0,$ $AC = 10.5$ $).$

$\bullet$ We consider the points $B_{1}\equiv A'B' \cap BC$ and $D_{1}\equiv A'D' \cap CD.$ So, we have the point $A',$ inwardly to the parallelogram $ABCD$ and the lines $A'B_{1}\parallel AB$ and $A'D_{1}\parallel AD.$ Hence, by the Lemma 2 we conclude that the points $A,$ $A'$ and $R \equiv BD_{1}\cap B_{1}D,$ are collinear.

We conclude also that the lines ${AA'P,}$ $AA'R,$ are coincided, because of their common points $A,$ $A'.$

Now, from the collinearity of the points $A',$ $P,$ $R,$ by Desarques’s theorem, we have that the triangles $\bigtriangleup B'B_{1}D,$ $\bigtriangleup D'D_{1}B,$ are perspective and hence, we conclude that the lines $BD,$ $B'D',$ $B_{1}D_{1},$ are concurrent at one point, so be it $S.$

But the point $S$ is also the as the perspector of the triangles $\bigtriangleup BB'B_{1},$ $\bigtriangleup DD'D_{1}$ and so, these triangles are perspective. Hence, we conclude that the points $A',$ $Q \equiv BB' \cap DD'$ and $C \equiv BB_{1}\cap DD_{1},$ are collinear.

So, it has been already been prove that the point $Q$ as the intersection point of the lines $BB',$ $DD',$ lies on the segment line $A'C.$

By the same way we can prove that the point $Q,$ lies also on the segment line $AC'.$

$\bullet$ $($ We consider the points $B_{2}\equiv B'C \cap AB$ and $D_{2}\equiv C'D' \cap AD.$ So, we have the point $C',$ inwardly to the parallelogram $ABCD$ and the lines $C'B_{2}\parallel CB$ and $C'D_{2}\parallel CD.$ Hence, by the Lemma 2 we conclude that the points $C,$ $C'$ and $R' \equiv BD_{2}\cap B_{2}D,$ are collinear.

We conclude also that the lines ${CC'P,}$ $CC'R',$ are coincided, because of their common points $C,$ $C'.$

Now, from the collinearity of the points $C',$ $P,$ $R',$ by Desarques’s theorem, we have that the triangles $\bigtriangleup B'B_{2}D,$ $\bigtriangleup D'D_{2}B,$ are perspective and hence, we conclude that the lines $BD,$ $B'D',$ $B_{2}D_{2},$ are concurrent at one point, which is again the point $S$ as the intersection point of $BD,$ $B'D'.$

But the point $S$ is also the as the perspector of the triangles $\bigtriangleup BB'B_{2},$ $\bigtriangleup DD'D_{2}$ and so, these triangles are perspective. Hence, we conclude that the points $C',$ $Q \equiv BB' \cap DD'$ and $A \equiv BB_{2}\cap DD_{2},$ are collinear.

So, it has been already been prove that the point $Q$ as the intersection point of the lines $BB',$ $DD',$ lies on the segment line $AC'$ $).$

$\bullet$ Hence, because of the point $Q \equiv BB' \cap DD'$ lies simultaneously on the segment lines $AC',$ and $A'C,$ we conclude that the lines $AC',$ $A'C,$ $BB',$ $DD',$ are concurrent at one point and the proof of the part (b) of the problem, is completed.


6) – LEMMA 2. - A parallelogram $ABCD$ is given and let $P$ be, an arbitrary point inwardly to it. We construct two lines through $P$ and parallel to $AB,$ $BC$ respectively and we denote as $E,$ $F,$ their intersection points with the sidelines $AD,$ $CD.$ If $Q,$ is the intersection point of $AF,$ $CE,$ prove that the points $Q,$ $P,$ $B,$ are collinear.

7) – PROOF. – We draw two lines through $Q$ and parallel to $AB,$ $BC,$ which intersect the sidelines $AD,$ $CD,$ at points $K,$ $L,$ respectively.

From similar triangles $\bigtriangleup AKQ,$ $\bigtriangleup QLF,$ $\Longrightarrow$ $\frac{AK}{QL}= \frac{KQ}{LF}$ $\Longrightarrow$ $(AK)\cdot (LF) = (KQ)\cdot (QL)$ $,(1)$

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Dear friends.

I post the last figures relative to the proof in the previous message.

Kostas Vittas.
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yetti wrote:
Lemma 2: Let P be a point in an arbitrary parallelogram ABCD, such that $ \angle APB + \angle CPD = 180^\circ.$ Then P lies on a unique normal hyperbola passing through the parallelogram vertices A, B, C, D, centered at the parallelogram diagonal intersection, and with asymptotes parallel to the parallelogram angle bisectors.

The point P can be inside or outside the parallelogram ABCD, the general condition should be $ \angle APB \mod \pi = \angle DPC \mod \pi,$ and the proposition should be "if and only if."

The parallelogram vertices are not orthocentric $ \Longrightarrow$ a unique normal hyperbola is inscribed in ABCD. The parallelogram diagonal intersection $ L \equiv AC \cap BD,$ the common midpoint of the diagonals, is the hyperbola center and intersection of its asymptotes. Then L is orthopole of the hyperbola isogonal conjugate line $ s = \mathcal H^*$ WRT the $ \triangle ABD$ passing through its circumcenter $ O_c$, i.e., $ s$ is the perpendicular bisector of BD. Conversely, $ \mathcal H = s^*,$ and it immediately follows that for $ P \in \mathcal H,$ $ P^* \in s,$ $ \angle PBA = \angle P^*BD = \angle P^*DB = \angle PDA.$ This means the circumcircles $ (O_4) \cong (O_1)$ of the adjacent $ \triangle DPA,\ \triangle APB$ with the common side AP are congruent. By similar reasoning, the circumcircles $ (O_1) \cong (O_2) \cong (O_3) \cong (O_4)$ of the adjacent triangle pairs $ (\triangle APB,\ \triangle BPC),$ $ (\triangle BPC,\ \triangle CPD),$ $ (\triangle CPD,\ \triangle DPA),$ $ (\triangle DPA,\ \triangle APB)$ are all congruent and $ \measuredangle APB \mod \pi = \measuredangle DPC \mod \pi.$ The perpendicular bisector $ s \equiv O_cL$ of BD cuts the circumcircle $ (O_c)$ of the $ \triangle ABD$ at diametrically opposite points U, V (U on the opposite side of BD than A). Since $ U,\ V \in s,$ their isogonal conjugates $ U^*,\ V^* \in \mathcal H.$ But since $ U,\ V \in (O_c),$ their isogonal conjugates are at infinity, therefore identical with directions of the hyperbola asymptotes, and $ AV \perp AU \Longrightarrow V^* \perp AU,\ U^* \parallel AU.$

Conversely, assuming $ \angle APB \mod \pi = \angle DPC \mod \pi,$ the circumcircles $ (O_1) \cong (O_3)$ of the $ \triangle APB,\ \triangle CPD$ are congruent and circumcircles $ (O_2) \cong (O_4)$ of the $ \triangle BPC,\ \triangle DPA$ are also congruent. Translating the $ \triangle APB$ by $ \vec {AD}$ into $ \triangle DCP'$ makes a parallelogram APP'D and a cyclic quadrilateral DPCP', the $ \triangle DPA \cong \triangle PDP'$ with circumcircles $ (O_4),\ (O_3)$ are congruent, hence $ (O_1) \cong (O_2) \cong (O_3) \cong (O_4).$ The rest of the proof is reversible.
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I have an extension for this nice problem...

Given two circle $ (O,R)$ and $ (O,r), r\le R$ and a point $ P$ inside $ (O,r)$ the lines $ m,n$ through $ P$ . $ (O,R)$ intersect $ m,n$ at $ A_m,B_m,A_n,B_n$ and $ (O,r)$ intersect $ m,n$ at $ A_m',B_m',A_n',B_n'$,resp, prove that four Euler lines of triangles $ PA_mA_n,PB_mB_n,PA_m'A_n',PB_m'B_n'$ are concurrent. when $ R = r$ we get this result.

Actually this concurrent point is the same concurrent point of four lines in triangles $ A_mB_mA_mB_n$ and $ A_m'B_m'A_m'B_n'$ so we get eight Euler lines concurrent.
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