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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Apr 2, 2025
Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner, what are your plans? At AoPS Online our schedule has new classes starting now through July, so be sure to keep your skills sharp and be prepared for the Fall school year! Check out the schedule of upcoming classes below.

WOOT early bird pricing is in effect, don’t miss out! If you took MathWOOT Level 2 last year, no worries, it is all new problems this year! Our Worldwide Online Olympiad Training program is for high school level competitors. AoPS designed these courses to help our top students get the deep focus they need to succeed in their specific competition goals. Check out the details at this link for all our WOOT programs in math, computer science, chemistry, and physics.

Looking for summer camps in math and language arts? Be sure to check out the video-based summer camps offered at the Virtual Campus that are 2- to 4-weeks in duration. There are middle and high school competition math camps as well as Math Beasts camps that review key topics coupled with fun explorations covering areas such as graph theory (Math Beasts Camp 6), cryptography (Math Beasts Camp 7-8), and topology (Math Beasts Camp 8-9)!

Be sure to mark your calendars for the following events:
[list][*]April 3rd (Webinar), 4pm PT/7:00pm ET, Learning with AoPS: Perspectives from a Parent, Math Camp Instructor, and University Professor
[*]April 8th (Math Jam), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, 2025 MATHCOUNTS State Discussion
April 9th (Webinar), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Learn about Video-based Summer Camps at the Virtual Campus
[*]April 10th (Math Jam), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, 2025 MathILy and MathILy-Er Math Jam: Multibackwards Numbers
[*]April 22nd (Webinar), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Competitive Programming at AoPS (USACO).[/list]
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Apr 2, 2025
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k i Peer-to-Peer Programs Forum
jwelsh   157
N Dec 11, 2023 by cw357
Many of our AoPS Community members share their knowledge with their peers in a variety of ways, ranging from creating mock contests to creating real contests to writing handouts to hosting sessions as part of our partnership with schoolhouse.world.

To facilitate students in these efforts, we have created a new Peer-to-Peer Programs forum. With the creation of this forum, we are starting a new process for those of you who want to advertise your efforts. These advertisements and ensuing discussions have been cluttering up some of the forums that were meant for other purposes, so we’re gathering these topics in one place. This also allows students to find new peer-to-peer learning opportunities without having to poke around all the other forums.

To announce your program, or to invite others to work with you on it, here’s what to do:

1) Post a new topic in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum. This will be the discussion thread for your program.

2) Post a single brief post in this thread that links the discussion thread of your program in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum.

Please note that we’ll move or delete any future advertisement posts that are outside the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum, as well as any posts in this topic that are not brief announcements of new opportunities. In particular, this topic should not be used to discuss specific programs; those discussions should occur in topics in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum.

Your post in this thread should have what you're sharing (class, session, tutoring, handout, math or coding game/other program) and a link to the thread in the Peer-to-Peer Programs forum, which should have more information (like where to find what you're sharing).
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jwelsh
Mar 15, 2021
cw357
Dec 11, 2023
k i C&P posting recs by mods
v_Enhance   0
Jun 12, 2020
The purpose of this post is to lay out a few suggestions about what kind of posts work well for the C&P forum. Except in a few cases these are mostly meant to be "suggestions based on historical trends" rather than firm hard rules; we may eventually replace this with an actual list of firm rules but that requires admin approval :) That said, if you post something in the "discouraged" category, you should not be totally surprised if it gets locked; they are discouraged exactly because past experience shows they tend to go badly.
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1. Program discussion: Allowed
If you have questions about specific camps or programs (e.g. which classes are good at X camp?), these questions fit well here. Many camps/programs have specific sub-forums too but we understand a lot of them are not active.
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2. Results discussion: Allowed
You can make threads about e.g. how you did on contests (including AMC), though on AMC day when there is a lot of discussion. Moderators and administrators may do a lot of thread-merging / forum-wrangling to keep things in one place.
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3. Reposting solutions or questions to past AMC/AIME/USAMO problems: Allowed
This forum contains a post for nearly every problem from AMC8, AMC10, AMC12, AIME, USAJMO, USAMO (and these links give you an index of all these posts). It is always permitted to post a full solution to any problem in its own thread (linked above), regardless of how old the problem is, and even if this solution is similar to one that has already been posted. We encourage this type of posting because it is helpful for the user to explain their solution in full to an audience, and for future users who want to see multiple approaches to a problem or even just the frequency distribution of common approaches. We do ask for some explanation; if you just post "the answer is (B); ez" then you are not adding anything useful.

You are also encouraged to post questions about a specific problem in the specific thread for that problem, or about previous user's solutions. It's almost always better to use the existing thread than to start a new one, to keep all the discussion in one place easily searchable for future visitors.
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4. Advice posts: Allowed, but read below first
You can use this forum to ask for advice about how to prepare for math competitions in general. But you should be aware that this question has been asked many many times. Before making a post, you are encouraged to look at the following:
[list]
[*] Stop looking for the right training: A generic post about advice that keeps getting stickied :)
[*] There is an enormous list of links on the Wiki of books / problems / etc for all levels.
[/list]
When you do post, we really encourage you to be as specific as possible in your question. Tell us about your background, what you've tried already, etc.

Actually, the absolute best way to get a helpful response is to take a few examples of problems that you tried to solve but couldn't, and explain what you tried on them / why you couldn't solve them. Here is a great example of a specific question.
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5. Publicity: use P2P forum instead
See https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2489297_peertopeer_programs_forum.
Some exceptions have been allowed in the past, but these require approval from administrators. (I am not totally sure what the criteria is. I am not an administrator.)
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6. Mock contests: use Mock Contests forum instead
Mock contests should be posted in the dedicated forum instead:
https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c594864_aops_mock_contests
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7. AMC procedural questions: suggest to contact the AMC HQ instead
If you have a question like "how do I submit a change of venue form for the AIME" or "why is my name not on the qualifiers list even though I have a 300 index", you would be better off calling or emailing the AMC program to ask, they are the ones who can help you :)
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8. Discussion of random math problems: suggest to use MSM/HSM/HSO instead
If you are discussing a specific math problem that isn't from the AMC/AIME/USAMO, it's better to post these in Middle School Math, High School Math, High School Olympiads instead.
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9. Politics: suggest to use Round Table instead
There are important conversations to be had about things like gender diversity in math contests, etc., for sure. However, from experience we think that C&P is historically not a good place to have these conversations, as they go off the rails very quickly. We encourage you to use the Round Table instead, where it is much more clear that all posts need to be serious.
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10. MAA complaints: discouraged
We don't want to pretend that the MAA is perfect or that we agree with everything they do. However, we chose to discourage this sort of behavior because in practice most of the comments we see are not useful and some are frankly offensive.
[list] [*] If you just want to blow off steam, do it on your blog instead.
[*] When you have criticism, it should be reasoned, well-thought and constructive. What we mean by this is, for example, when the AOIME was announced, there was great outrage about potential cheating. Well, do you really think that this is something the organizers didn't think about too? Simply posting that "people will cheat and steal my USAMOO qualification, the MAA are idiots!" is not helpful as it is not bringing any new information to the table.
[*] Even if you do have reasoned, well-thought, constructive criticism, we think it is actually better to email it the MAA instead, rather than post it here. Experience shows that even polite, well-meaning suggestions posted in C&P are often derailed by less mature users who insist on complaining about everything.
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11. Memes and joke posts: discouraged
It's fine to make jokes or lighthearted posts every so often. But it should be done with discretion. Ideally, jokes should be done within a longer post that has other content. For example, in my response to one user's question about olympiad combinatorics, I used a silly picture of Sogiita Gunha, but it was done within a context of a much longer post where it was meant to actually make a point.

On the other hand, there are many threads which consist largely of posts whose only content is an attached meme with the word "MAA" in it. When done in excess like this, the jokes reflect poorly on the community, so we explicitly discourage them.
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12. Questions that no one can answer: discouraged
Examples of this: "will MIT ask for AOIME scores?", "what will the AIME 2021 cutoffs be (asked in 2020)", etc. Basically, if you ask a question on this forum, it's better if the question is something that a user can plausibly answer :)
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13. Blind speculation: discouraged
Along these lines, if you do see a question that you don't have an answer to, we discourage "blindly guessing" as it leads to spreading of baseless rumors. For example, if you see some user posting "why are there fewer qualifiers than usual this year?", you should not reply "the MAA must have been worried about online cheating so they took fewer people!!". Was sich überhaupt sagen lässt, lässt sich klar sagen; und wovon man nicht reden kann, darüber muss man schweigen.
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14. Discussion of cheating: strongly discouraged
If you have evidence or reasonable suspicion of cheating, please report this to your Competition Manager or to the AMC HQ; these forums cannot help you.
Otherwise, please avoid public discussion of cheating. That is: no discussion of methods of cheating, no speculation about how cheating affects cutoffs, and so on --- it is not helpful to anyone, and it creates a sour atmosphere. A longer explanation is given in Seriously, please stop discussing how to cheat.
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15. Cutoff jokes: never allowed
Whenever the cutoffs for any major contest are released, it is very obvious when they are official. In the past, this has been achieved by the numbers being posted on the official AMC website (here) or through a post from the AMCDirector account.

You must never post fake cutoffs, even as a joke. You should also refrain from posting cutoffs that you've heard of via email, etc., because it is better to wait for the obvious official announcement. A longer explanation is given in A Treatise on Cutoff Trolling.
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16. Meanness: never allowed
Being mean is worse than being immature and unproductive. If another user does something which you think is inappropriate, use the Report button to bring the post to moderator attention, or if you really must reply, do so in a way that is tactful and constructive rather than inflammatory.
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Finally, we remind you all to sit back and enjoy the problems. :D

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(EDIT 2024-09-13: AoPS has asked to me to add the following item.)

Advertising paid program or service: never allowed

Per the AoPS Terms of Service (rule 5h), general advertisements are not allowed.

While we do allow advertisements of official contests (at the MAA and MATHCOUNTS level) and those run by college students with at least one successful year, any and all advertisements of a paid service or program is not allowed and will be deleted.
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v_Enhance
Jun 12, 2020
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k i Stop looking for the "right" training
v_Enhance   50
N Oct 16, 2017 by blawho12
Source: Contest advice
EDIT 2019-02-01: https://blog.evanchen.cc/2019/01/31/math-contest-platitudes-v3/ is the updated version of this.

EDIT 2021-06-09: see also https://web.evanchen.cc/faq-contest.html.

Original 2013 post
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v_Enhance
Feb 15, 2013
blawho12
Oct 16, 2017
Abelkonkurransen 2025 4b
Lil_flip38   3
N 23 minutes ago by MathLuis
Source: abelkonkurransen
Determine the largest real number \(C\) such that
$$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{2y}+\frac{1}{3z}\geqslant C$$for all real numbers \(x,y,z\neq 0\) satisfying the equation
$$\frac{x}{yz}+\frac{4y}{xz}+\frac{9z}{xy}=24$$
3 replies
Lil_flip38
Mar 20, 2025
MathLuis
23 minutes ago
Number Theory Chain!
JetFire008   38
N 28 minutes ago by EaZ_Shadow
I will post a question and someone has to answer it. Then they have to post a question and someone else will answer it and so on. We can only post questions related to Number Theory and each problem should be more difficult than the previous. Let's start!

Question 1
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JetFire008
Apr 7, 2025
EaZ_Shadow
28 minutes ago
Abelkonkurransen 2025 3b
Lil_flip38   2
N 28 minutes ago by MathLuis
Source: abelkonkurransen
An acute angled triangle \(ABC\) has circumcenter \(O\). The lines \(AO\) and \(BC\) intersect at \(D\), while \(BO\) and \(AC\) intersect at \(E\) and \(CO\) and \(AB\) intersect at \(F\). Show that if the triangles \(ABC\) and \(DEF\) are similar(with vertices in that order), than \(ABC\) is equilateral.
2 replies
Lil_flip38
Mar 20, 2025
MathLuis
28 minutes ago
IMO ShortList 1998, combinatorics theory problem 5
orl   46
N 30 minutes ago by Maximilian113
Source: IMO ShortList 1998, combinatorics theory problem 5
In a contest, there are $m$ candidates and $n$ judges, where $n\geq 3$ is an odd integer. Each candidate is evaluated by each judge as either pass or fail. Suppose that each pair of judges agrees on at most $k$ candidates. Prove that \[{\frac{k}{m}} \geq {\frac{n-1}{2n}}. \]
46 replies
orl
Oct 22, 2004
Maximilian113
30 minutes ago
9 best high school math competitions hosted by a college/university
ethan2011   8
N Today at 5:10 PM by lpieleanu
I only included college-hosted comps since MAA comps are very differently formatted, and IMO would easily beat the rest on quality since mathematicians around the world give questions, and so many problems are shortlisted, so IMO does release the IMO shortlist for people to practice. I also did not include the not as prestigious ones(like BRUMO, CUBRMC, and others), since most comps with very high quality questions are more prestigious(I did include other if you really think those questions are really good).
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ethan2011
Today at 2:15 AM
lpieleanu
Today at 5:10 PM
PROM^2 for Girls 2025
mathisfun17   21
N Today at 4:49 PM by mathisfun17
Hi everyone!

The Princeton International School of Math and Science (PRISMS) Math Team is delighted that $PROM^2$ for Girls, PRISMS Online Math Meet for Girls, is happening this spring! https://www.prismsus.org/events/prom/home/index

We warmly invite all middle school girls to join us! This is a fantastic opportunity for young girls to connect with others interested in math as well as prepare for future math contests.

This contest will take place online from 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST on Saturday, April 26th, 2025.

The competition will include a team and individual round as well as activities like origami. You can see a detailed schedule here. https://prismsus.org/events/prom/experience/schedule.

Registration is FREE, there are cash prizes for participants who place in the top 10 and cool gifts for all participants.

1st place individual: $500 cash
2nd place individual: $300 cash
3rd place individual: $100 cash
4th-10th place individual: $50 cash each

Some FAQs:
Q: How difficult are the questions?
A: The problem difficulty is around AMC 8 or Mathcounts level.

Q: Are there any example problems?
A: You can find some archived here: https://www.prismsus.org/events/prom/achieve/achieve

Registration is open now. https://www.prismsus.org/events/prom/register/register. Email us at prom2@prismsus.org with any questions.

The PRISMS Peregrines Math Team welcomes you!
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mathisfun17
Feb 22, 2025
mathisfun17
Today at 4:49 PM
Prove a polynomial has a nonreal root
KevinYang2.71   44
N Today at 12:07 PM by Tintarn
Source: USAMO 2025/2
Let $n$ and $k$ be positive integers with $k<n$. Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial of degree $n$ with real coefficients, nonzero constant term, and no repeated roots. Suppose that for any real numbers $a_0,\,a_1,\,\ldots,\,a_k$ such that the polynomial $a_kx^k+\cdots+a_1x+a_0$ divides $P(x)$, the product $a_0a_1\cdots a_k$ is zero. Prove that $P(x)$ has a nonreal root.
44 replies
KevinYang2.71
Mar 20, 2025
Tintarn
Today at 12:07 PM
[$100 IN PRIZES] WAMO 3 (Washington Math Olympiad)
Alex_Yang   26
N Today at 12:00 PM by Andyluo
We, Alex Yang, James Yang, Kaiyuan Mao, Laura Wang, Patrick Sun, Ryan Chen, Ryan Tang, and Wesley Wu, as well as Texan impostor Bruce Shu, present to you the third edition of the Washington Math Olympiad (WAMO)!


[center]IMAGE[/center]

We present WAMO 3, the third installment of the Washington Math Olympiad. We strive to represent and strengthen the Washington State math community by providing yet another high-quality contest. Our team has gained plenty of experience and expertise, and our team has guaranteed that this contest will be as high-quality as possible.

Quick Facts:
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[*] MathDash has generously offered us the opportunity to host WAMO 3. The competition link is at https://mathdash.com/contest/wamo-3/ and will be published before the competition start date.
[*] The competition will be held between Saturday, April 12th to Saturday, April 26th with 15 Short-Answer Problems in 75 Minutes. MathDash will autotime your test.
[*] There are 100 dollars worth of prize money!
[*] Make sure you have enough time to complete the test in one sitting, as there is no way to pause the test!
[*] Please join the WAMO Discord before the test. The Discord link is on the MathDash page.
[*] Check out our website (courtesy of Andrew Chen) at https://wamomath.org!
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Potential FAQs:
[list=disc]
[*] Who is the intended audience?
[*] Do I have to do anything before the test?
[*] What are the qualifications of WAMO staff?
[/list]
So what are you waiting for? Good luck and have fun! :D
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Alex_Yang
Apr 9, 2025
Andyluo
Today at 12:00 PM
2025 Math and AI 4 Girls Competition: Win Up To $1,000!!!
audio-on   40
N Today at 11:50 AM by fossasor
Join the 2025 Math and AI 4 Girls Competition for a chance to win up to $1,000!

Hey Everyone, I'm pleased to announce the dates for the 2025 MA4G Competition are set!
Applications will open on March 22nd, 2025, and they will close on April 26th, 2025 (@ 11:59pm PST).

Applicants will have one month to fill out an application with prizes for the top 50 contestants & cash prizes for the top 20 contestants (including $1,000 for the winner!). More details below!

Eligibility:
The competition is free to enter, and open to middle school female students living in the US (5th-8th grade).
Award recipients are selected based on their aptitude, activities and aspirations in STEM.

Event dates:
Applications will open on March 22nd, 2025, and they will close on April 26th, 2025 (by 11:59pm PST)
Winners will be announced on June 28, 2025 during an online award ceremony.

Application requirements:
Complete a 12 question problem set on math and computer science/AI related topics
Write 2 short essays

Prizes:
1st place: $1,000 Cash prize
2nd place: $500 Cash prize
3rd place: $300 Cash prize
4th-10th: $100 Cash prize each
11th-20th: $50 Cash prize each
Top 50 contestants: Over $50 worth of gadgets and stationary


Many thanks to our current and past sponsors and partners: Hudson River Trading, MATHCOUNTS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Automation Anywhere, JP Morgan Chase, D.E. Shaw, and AI4ALL.

Math and AI 4 Girls is a nonprofit organization aiming to encourage young girls to develop an interest in math and AI by taking part in STEM competitions and activities at an early age. The organization will be hosting an inaugural Math and AI 4 Girls competition to identify talent and encourage long-term planning of academic and career goals in STEM.

Contact:
mathandAI4girls@yahoo.com

For more information on the competition:
https://www.mathandai4girls.org/math-and-ai-4-girls-competition

More information on how to register will be posted on the website. If you have any questions, please ask here!


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audio-on
Jan 26, 2025
fossasor
Today at 11:50 AM
Predicted AMC 8 Scores
megahertz13   152
N Today at 7:23 AM by KF329
$\begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c}Username & Grade & AMC8 Score \\ \hline
megahertz13 & 5 & 23 \\
\end{tabular}$
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megahertz13
Jan 25, 2024
KF329
Today at 7:23 AM
Looking for Physics or USAPhO Tutor
physicsplease   3
N Today at 6:46 AM by physicsplease
Hii I am looking for a USAPhO tutor for next year's season. I think I have tried literally everything possible to improve but I feel like I just hit a massive roadblock right now.

It would be ideal if I can find someone who have a lot of experience with physics olympiads. My goal is medal/gold in usapho next year, and I am very determined & willing to put in a lot of hours, especially more so in the summer. Please recommend anyone or dm in aops, thank you.

Have qualified usapho before (last year), took both physics c and sufficient higher math.
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physicsplease
Yesterday at 7:42 AM
physicsplease
Today at 6:46 AM
SMT Online 2025 Waiver
techb   20
N Today at 5:47 AM by techb
I registered as an individual as an early bird. I'm sure some of you guys who are taking this exam too, have received an email containing logistics. In that, there is the Google doc "Your Guide to SMT 2025 Online". I have a question. There is the whole section about waivers, which I have to fill out before competing. According to the doc: "Students will not be permitted to compete if they do not have a completed waiver by the start of the competition.". My question is what are these waivers for, as I have not applied for financial aid. My parents hasn't received any email about the waivers. "Please allow a day for waivers to be sent to parents and for waiver completion to be reflected on the student dashboard." I also don't have any waiver completion notification on my comp.mt(student dashboard).

Please respond fast.
20 replies
techb
Apr 8, 2025
techb
Today at 5:47 AM
USAMO Scores
KadenC2026   3
N Today at 5:37 AM by CatCatHead
Has anyone got their scores back for USAMO? I tried checking in the AMC portal and it's not out for me yet.
3 replies
KadenC2026
Yesterday at 10:05 PM
CatCatHead
Today at 5:37 AM
9 Pi Math Contest (Alphastar)
Jaxman8   8
N Today at 3:55 AM by martianrunner
Please fill out this form for your score if you took it.
Also comment what medal you got.
(This is over all divisions)
8 replies
Jaxman8
Yesterday at 3:07 AM
martianrunner
Today at 3:55 AM
6 points lie on a conic, circumcircle, tangents to incircle related
parmenides51   1
N Jun 5, 2020 by WizardMath
Source: Mathematical Reflections U239
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $P$ be a point in its plane, not lying on the circumcircle $\Gamma$ of triangle $ABC$. Let $AP, BP, CP$ intersect $\Gamma$ again at points $X, Y , Z$, respectively. Let the tangents from $X$ to the incircle of $ABC$ meet $BC$ at $A_1$ and $A_2$, similarly, define $B_1, B_2$ and $C_1, C_2$. Prove that points $A_1, A_2, B_1, B_2, C_1, C_2$ lie on a conic.

by Cosmin Pohoata, Princeton University, USA
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6 points lie on a conic, circumcircle, tangents to incircle related
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Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $P$ be a point in its plane, not lying on the circumcircle $\Gamma$ of triangle $ABC$. Let $AP, BP, CP$ intersect $\Gamma$ again at points $X, Y , Z$, respectively. Let the tangents from $X$ to the incircle of $ABC$ meet $BC$ at $A_1$ and $A_2$, similarly, define $B_1, B_2$ and $C_1, C_2$. Prove that points $A_1, A_2, B_1, B_2, C_1, C_2$ lie on a conic.

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Note that by Taiwan TST 2014, if $D$ is the $A-$mixtilinear touchpoint, $D, A_1, A_2, X$ are concyclic. If $E, F$ are defined similarly, then $AD, BE, CF$ concur, so $DX \cap BC = T$ etc are collinear (well-known). Since $T$ is on the radical axis of $(DXA_1A_2)$ and $(ABC)$, we have $TB \cdot TC = TA_1 \cdot TA_2$. So $T$ is the center of a homothety that sends $BA_1$ to $A_2C$, and also that of another homothety that takes $BA_2$ to $A_1C$. Thus we have $\frac{BA_1}{A_2C} \cdot \frac{BA_2}{A_1C} = \frac{TB}{TA_2} \cdot \frac{TA_2}{TC} = \frac{TB}{TC}$. Taking the cyclic product and noting Menelaus' theorem and Carnot's theorem for a conic, we are done.
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