117. Some applications of harmonic division/quadrilateral.
by Virgil Nicula, Sep 12, 2010, 10:25 PM
http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=2619
PP1.Let
be a triangle. The incircle of triangle
touches the side
at
, and the line
meets the incircle again at a point
.
and
meet the incircle of triangle
again at
and
, respectively. Prove that the lines
,
and
are concurrent.
An equivalent enunciation. Let
with circumcircle
. Denote
,
,
, i.e. 
is tangential to
and the second intersections
,
,
of
with
,
,
respectively. Prove that
.
This difficult and very nice problem is an instructive aplication of the harmonical quadrilateral and the its properties. I suggest to see the characterization of the harmonical quadrilateral in the my messages from this topic (<== click).
Proof. I"ll use only the properties of the harmonical quadrilateral
Define the tangent
in the point
to the incircle
Denote the intersection
and the points
,
which belong to the incircle
of the triangle
Recall the relations
and 
and
and 


and

Observe that
From the product of the relations
,
,
obtain
i.e. the points
,
,
are collinearly
the lines
,
,
are concurrently.
PP2.Let
be a triangle with
. Its incircle touches side
at point
. Point
is the second intersection of the incircle with
segment
(different from
) . Point
is taken such that
. Let
. Show that
.
Proof. Assume w.l.o.g. that
(in this case
will be on the segment
, as in the statement). Denote by
,
the tangency points of the incircle with the sides
, and
. Let
be the intersection point of the lines
and
. Since
is an harmonic quadrilateral (because of the concurrency of the tangects at
,
on the line
) , the line
is tangent to the incircle at
and thus
. But
and so the lines
and
are parallel. Now, since the quadruple
is harmonic, the pencil
is harmonic and by intersecting it with the line
we conclude that
is the midpoint of
(according to the parallelism of
and
) .
PP3. Let
be a triangle and for an interior point
denote
And
. Prove that
.
Proof. Is well-known or prove easily that the division
is harmonically. Thus, the division
which is the intersection between the pencil
and the sideline
is also harmonically. From the well-known property of the harmonical divisions obtain the required relation
.
Otherwise. Since
in the triangle
and
prove easily (Ceva & Menelaus) that the points
and
are harmonical conjugate w.r.t. the points
and
.
PP1.Let














An equivalent enunciation. Let






is tangential to









This difficult and very nice problem is an instructive aplication of the harmonical quadrilateral and the its properties. I suggest to see the characterization of the harmonical quadrilateral in the my messages from this topic (<== click).
Proof. I"ll use only the properties of the harmonical quadrilateral


























Observe that













PP2.Let





segment






Proof. Assume w.l.o.g. that



























PP3. Let





Proof. Is well-known or prove easily that the division





Otherwise. Since







This post has been edited 18 times. Last edited by Virgil Nicula, Nov 23, 2015, 7:45 AM