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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

Are you interested in working towards MATHCOUNTS and don’t know where to start? We have you covered! If you have taken Prealgebra, then you are ready for MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Basics. Already aiming for State or National MATHCOUNTS and harder AMC 8 problems? Then our MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Advanced course is for you.

Summer camps are starting next month at the Virtual Campus in math and language arts that are 2 - to 4 - weeks in duration. Spaces are still available - don’t miss your chance to have an enriching summer experience. 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 upcoming events:
[list][*]May 9th, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, Casework 2: Overwhelming Evidence — A Text Adventure, a game where participants will work together to navigate the map, solve puzzles, and win! All are welcome.
[*]May 19th, 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, What's Next After Beast Academy?, designed for students finishing Beast Academy and ready for Prealgebra 1.
[*]May 20th, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Mathcamp 2025 Qualifying Quiz Part 1 Math Jam, Problems 1 to 4, join the Canada/USA Mathcamp staff for this exciting Math Jam, where they discuss solutions to Problems 1 to 4 of the 2025 Mathcamp Qualifying Quiz!
[*]May 21st, 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Mathcamp 2025 Qualifying Quiz Part 2 Math Jam, Problems 5 and 6, Canada/USA Mathcamp staff will discuss solutions to Problems 5 and 6 of the 2025 Mathcamp Qualifying Quiz![/list]
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May 1, 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:
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[*] 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.
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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
Permutations of Integers from 1 to n
Twoisntawholenumber   75
N an hour ago by SYBARUPEMULA
Source: 2020 ISL C1
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the number of permutations $a_1$, $a_2$, $\dots a_n$ of the
sequence $1$, $2$, $\dots$ , $n$ satisfying
$$a_1 \le 2a_2\le 3a_3 \le \dots \le na_n$$.

Proposed by United Kingdom
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Twoisntawholenumber
Jul 20, 2021
SYBARUPEMULA
an hour ago
Again
heartwork   11
N 2 hours ago by Mathandski
Source: Vietnam MO 2002, Problem 5
Determine for which $ n$ positive integer the equation: $ a + b + c + d = n \sqrt {abcd}$ has positive integer solutions.
11 replies
heartwork
Dec 16, 2004
Mathandski
2 hours ago
Cono Sur Olympiad 2011, Problem 3
Leicich   5
N 2 hours ago by Thelink_20
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. Let $P$ be a point inside of it such that the square root of the distance of $P$ to one of the sides is equal to the sum of the square roots of the distances of $P$ to the other two sides. Find the geometric place of $P$.
5 replies
Leicich
Aug 23, 2014
Thelink_20
2 hours ago
IMO Genre Predictions
ohiorizzler1434   69
N 2 hours ago by whwlqkd
Everybody, with IMO upcoming, what are you predictions for the problem genres?


Personally I predict: predict
69 replies
ohiorizzler1434
May 3, 2025
whwlqkd
2 hours ago
ranttttt
alcumusftwgrind   41
N Yesterday at 7:58 PM by meyler
rant
41 replies
alcumusftwgrind
Apr 30, 2025
meyler
Yesterday at 7:58 PM
high tech FE as J1?!
imagien_bad   62
N Yesterday at 7:44 PM by jasperE3
Source: USAJMO 2025/1
Let $\mathbb Z$ be the set of integers, and let $f\colon \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ be a function. Prove that there are infinitely many integers $c$ such that the function $g\colon \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ defined by $g(x) = f(x) + cx$ is not bijective.
Note: A function $g\colon \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z$ is bijective if for every integer $b$, there exists exactly one integer $a$ such that $g(a) = b$.
62 replies
imagien_bad
Mar 20, 2025
jasperE3
Yesterday at 7:44 PM
Stanford Math Tournament (SMT) 2025
stanford-math-tournament   5
N Yesterday at 7:35 PM by Munmun5
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We are excited to announce that registration is now open for Stanford Math Tournament (SMT) 2025!

This year, we will welcome 800 competitors from across the nation to participate in person on Stanford’s campus. The tournament will be held April 11-12, 2025, and registration is open to all high-school students from the United States. This year, we are extending registration to high school teams (strongly preferred), established local mathematical organizations, and individuals; please refer to our website for specific policies. Whether you’re an experienced math wizard, a puzzle hunt enthusiast, or someone looking to meet new friends, SMT has something to offer everyone!

Register here today! We’ll be accepting applications until March 2, 2025.

For those unable to travel, in middle school, or not from the United States, we encourage you to instead register for SMT 2025 Online, which will be held on April 13, 2025. Registration for SMT 2025 Online will open mid-February.

For more information visit our website! Please email us at stanford.math.tournament@gmail.com with any questions or reply to this thread below. We can’t wait to meet you all in April!

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stanford-math-tournament
Feb 1, 2025
Munmun5
Yesterday at 7:35 PM
Goals for 2025-2026
Airbus320-214   141
N Yesterday at 7:30 PM by ZMB038
Please write down your goal/goals for competitions here for 2025-2026.
141 replies
Airbus320-214
May 11, 2025
ZMB038
Yesterday at 7:30 PM
Holy garbanzo
centslordm   13
N Yesterday at 5:55 PM by daijobu
Source: 2024 AMC 12A #23
What is the value of \[\tan^2 \frac {\pi}{16} \cdot \tan^2 \frac {3\pi}{16} + \tan^2 \frac {\pi}{16} \cdot \tan^2 \frac {5\pi}{16}+\tan^2 \frac {3\pi}{16} \cdot \tan^2 \frac {7\pi}{16}+\tan^2 \frac {5\pi}{16} \cdot \tan^2 \frac {7\pi}{16}?\]
$\textbf{(A) } 28 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 68 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 70 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 72 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 84$
13 replies
centslordm
Nov 7, 2024
daijobu
Yesterday at 5:55 PM
[MAIN ROUND STARTS MAY 17] OMMC Year 5
DottedCaculator   62
N Yesterday at 4:03 PM by Craftybutterfly
Hello to all creative problem solvers,

Do you want to work on a fun, untimed team math competition with amazing questions by MOPpers and IMO & EGMO medalists? $\phantom{You lost the game.}$
Do you want to have a chance to win thousands in cash and raffle prizes (no matter your skill level)?

Check out the fifth annual iteration of the

Online Monmouth Math Competition!

Online Monmouth Math Competition, or OMMC, is a 501c3 accredited nonprofit organization managed by adults, college students, and high schoolers which aims to give talented high school and middle school students an exciting way to develop their skills in mathematics.

Our website: https://www.ommcofficial.org/
Our Discord (6000+ members): https://tinyurl.com/joinommc
Test portal: https://ommc-test-portal-2025.vercel.app/

This is not a local competition; any student 18 or younger anywhere in the world can attend. We have changed some elements of our contest format, so read carefully and thoroughly. Join our Discord or monitor this thread for updates and test releases.

How hard is it?

We plan to raffle out a TON of prizes over all competitors regardless of performance. So just submit: a few minutes of your time will give you a great chance to win amazing prizes!

How are the problems?

You can check out our past problems and sample problems here:
https://www.ommcofficial.org/sample
https://www.ommcofficial.org/2022-documents
https://www.ommcofficial.org/2023-documents
https://www.ommcofficial.org/ommc-amc

How will the test be held?/How do I sign up?

Solo teams?

Test Policy

Timeline:
Main Round: May 17th - May 24th
Test Portal Released. The Main Round of the contest is held. The Main Round consists of 25 questions that each have a numerical answer. Teams will have the entire time interval to work on the questions. They can submit any time during the interval. Teams are free to edit their submissions before the period ends, even after they submit.

Final Round: May 26th - May 28th
The top placing teams will qualify for this invitational round (5-10 questions). The final round consists of 5-10 proof questions. Teams again will have the entire time interval to work on these questions and can submit their proofs any time during this interval. Teams are free to edit their submissions before the period ends, even after they submit.

Conclusion of Competition: Early June
Solutions will be released, winners announced, and prizes sent out to winners.

Scoring:

Prizes:

I have more questions. Whom do I ask?

We hope for your participation, and good luck!

OMMC staff

OMMC’S 2025 EVENTS ARE SPONSORED BY:

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[*]Nontrivial Fellowship
[*]Citadel
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[*]Jane Street
[*]And counting!
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DottedCaculator
Apr 26, 2025
Craftybutterfly
Yesterday at 4:03 PM
2v2 (bob lost the game)
GoodMorning   85
N Yesterday at 1:18 PM by maromex
Source: 2023 USAJMO Problem 5/USAMO Problem 4
A positive integer $a$ is selected, and some positive integers are written on a board. Alice and Bob play the following game. On Alice's turn, she must replace some integer $n$ on the board with $n+a$, and on Bob's turn he must replace some even integer $n$ on the board with $n/2$. Alice goes first and they alternate turns. If on his turn Bob has no valid moves, the game ends.

After analyzing the integers on the board, Bob realizes that, regardless of what moves Alice makes, he will be able to force the game to end eventually. Show that, in fact, for this value of $a$ and these integers on the board, the game is guaranteed to end regardless of Alice's or Bob's moves.
85 replies
GoodMorning
Mar 23, 2023
maromex
Yesterday at 1:18 PM
Suggestions for preparing for AMC 12
peppermint_cat   3
N Yesterday at 7:14 AM by Konigsberg
So, I have decided to attempt taking the AMC 12 this fall. I don't have any experience with math competitions, and I thought that here might be a good place to see if anyone who has taken the AMC 12 (or done any other math competitions) has any suggestions on what to expect, how to prepare, etc. Thank you!
3 replies
peppermint_cat
Yesterday at 1:04 AM
Konigsberg
Yesterday at 7:14 AM
Harmonic Mean
Happytycho   4
N Yesterday at 4:42 AM by elizhang101412
Source: Problem #2 2016 AMC 12B
The harmonic mean of two numbers can be calculated as twice their product divided by their sum. The harmonic mean of $1$ and $2016$ is closest to which integer?

$\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 45 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 504 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 1008 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 2015 $
4 replies
Happytycho
Feb 21, 2016
elizhang101412
Yesterday at 4:42 AM
Jane street swag package? USA(J)MO
arfekete   31
N Yesterday at 1:48 AM by vsarg
Hey! People are starting to get their swag packages from Jane Street for qualifying for USA(J)MO, and after some initial discussion on what we got, people are getting different things. Out of curiosity, I was wondering how they decide who gets what.
Please enter the following info:

- USAMO or USAJMO
- Grade
- Score
- Award/Medal/HM
- MOP (yes or no, if yes then color)
- List of items you got in your package

I will reply with my info as an example.
31 replies
arfekete
May 7, 2025
vsarg
Yesterday at 1:48 AM
The three lines AA', BB' and CC' meet on the line IO
WakeUp   45
N Apr 28, 2025 by Ilikeminecraft
Source: Romanian Master Of Mathematics 2012
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $I$ and $O$ denote its incentre and circumcentre respectively. Let $\omega_A$ be the circle through $B$ and $C$ which is tangent to the incircle of the triangle $ABC$; the circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ are defined similarly. The circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ meet at a point $A'$ distinct from $A$; the points $B'$ and $C'$ are defined similarly. Prove that the lines $AA',BB'$ and $CC'$ are concurrent at a point on the line $IO$.

(Russia) Fedor Ivlev
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WakeUp
Mar 3, 2012
Ilikeminecraft
Apr 28, 2025
The three lines AA', BB' and CC' meet on the line IO
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Let $DEF$ be the contact triangle of $ABC$, and let $I_AI_BI_C$ be the excentral triangle. We claim the desired point is $P$, the exsimilicenter of $(DEF)$ and $(I_AI_BI_C)$. This lies on the line joining their centers, which is the Euler line of $I_AI_BI_C$. It's well known that $O$ is on this Euler line (by incircle inversion), so $P\in OI$. It suffices now to show that $P$ has equal power with respect to the circles $\omega_A$, $\omega_B$, $\omega_C$. Note that the triangles $DEF$ and $I_AI_BI_C$ are homothetic (USAMTS Round 2 anyone?), so $P=I_AD\cap I_BE\cap I_CF$. Let the scale factor be $k$, so $PI_A/PD=PI_B/PE=PI_C/PF=k$.

The main idea to this problem is ISL 2002 G7, but we'll show the relevant pieces here without citation. We'll show that $I_AD$ passes through $X$, the tangency point of $\omega_A$ and the incircle, and that the other intersection $X'$ of $I_AD$ with $\omega_A$ is the midpoint of $I_AD$. This finishes, because then the power of $P$ with respect to $\omega_A$ is
\[PX\cdot PX' = PX\cdot PD\cdot\frac{k+1}{2} = \frac{k+1}{2}\mathrm{Pow}_{(DEF)}(P),\]which is symmetric in $A$, $B$, $C$. Now we'll show the claims.

It's well known that $M,D,I_A$ are collinear (here $M$ is the midpoint of the altitude $AU$), so to show $X,D,I_A$ collinear, it suffices to show that $X,M,D$ collinear, or that $M$ is on the polar of $T$ with respect to $\omega:=(DEF)$, or that $T$ is on the polar of $M$ with respect to $\omega$. Here $T$ is the intersection of the common tangent to $\omega$ and $\omega_A$ with $BC$. Define the projective map from line $AU$ to line $BC$ by sending $G\in AU$ to the intersection of the polar of $G$ with respect to $\omega$ with $BC$. This preserves cross ratio, so
\[-1=(AU;M\infty) = (SD;T'\infty),\]where $S=EF\cap BC$, and $T'$ is the intersection of the polar of $M$ with $BC$. It suffices to show that $T'=T$, so it suffices to show $T$ is the midpoint of $DS$. Indeed, we have
\[TD^2=TX^2=TB\cdot TC,\]so $B$ and $C$ are harmonic conjugate in $DS'$, where $S'=2D-T$. But we know $(BC;DS)=-1$, so we're done. This shows that $X,D,I_A$ collinear.

Now we'll show that $X'$ is the midpoint of $DI_A$. Note that $TD=TS=TX$, so $X$ is on the semicircle with diameter $DS$, so $\angle DXS=\pi/2$. Furthermore, we have $(BC;DS)=-1$, so we must have that $XD$ and $XS$ are the internal and external angle bisectors of $\angle BXC$. Thus, $X'$ is the arc midpoint of $BC$ in $\omega_A$, so $X'L$ is the perpendicular bisector of $BC$, where $L$ is the arc midpoint of $BC$ in $(ABC)$. Thus, $X'L\parallel DI$, and since $L$ is the midpoint of $II_A$, we see that $X'$ is the midpoint of $DI_A$.

This completes the proof as we showed how the above claims imply the problem.
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khina wrote:
Surprisingly, I don't think anyone has this sol yet. It's actually rather short, but yeah this problem is really cute. I do think that it is kind of ruined by 2002 ISL G7 though because this makes it more of an "extension" than a standalone problem, but this is still a pretty cool problem.

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Why can you use brianchon ?
would you pleas explain it more ?
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Let $D,E,F$ the touching points of $\omega$ on $BC,CA,AB$ and $A_1$ be the tangency point of $\omega_A, \omega$. Define $B_1,C_1$ similarly. Furthermore, let $X=EF \cap BC$ and $M_A$ the midpoint of $XD$. $Y,Z,M_B,M_C$ are defined similarly.

By ISL 2002 G7, $A_1,D,I_A$ are collinear, where $I_A$ is the $A$-excenter of $ABC$. Therefore, $A_2=A_1A_1 \cap BC$ satisfies $A_2A_1^2=A_2B.A_2C$, but since it's well known that $(B,C;D;X)=-1$, and the midpoint $M_A$ of $XD$ also satisfies $XD^2=XB.XC$, we have that $A_2=X$. Furthermore, $X,Y,Z$ are collinear, because $XYZ$ is the radical axis of $(ABC), \omega$ (all of them have same power of point WRT $(ABC),\omega$).

Now, observe that $\Pi_{\omega}(X)=DA_1, \Pi_{\omega}(Y)=EB_1,\Pi_{\omega}(Z)=FC_1$, so since $X,Y,Z$ are collinear, $DA_1,EB_1,FC_1$ are concurrent. Let $P= DA_1 \cap EB_1 \cap FC_1$. By La Hire's Theorem, $\Pi_{\omega}(P)= \ell$, where $\ell$ is the line $XYZ$. Thus, $IP \perp \ell$. On the other hand, since $\ell$ is the radical axis of $(ABC), \omega$, we have that $OI \perp \ell$, so $O,I,P$ are collinear. By Pascal's Theorem on $EEB_1FFC_1$ and $B_1B_1EC_1C_1F$, we have that $Q_A=B_1B_1 \cap C_1C_1$ lies on $AP$. Also, by the Radical Axis Theorem on $\omega_B,\omega_C,\omega$, $Q_A$ lies on $AA'$, so $P$ lies on $AA'$. Similarly $P$ lies on $BB',CC'$, and since $P \in OI$, we are done.

$\blacksquare$
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GeronimoStilton
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Solution with help from khina :heart_eyes:

Let $\omega$ denote the incircle. The first step is to identify the concurrence point. Let $\triangle DEF$ denote the intouch triangle and $\triangle I_AI_BI_C$ denote the excentral triangle of $\triangle ABC$. Since the two triangles are similar with parallel sides they have a center of homothety $T$ that lies on the line through the two circumcenters of the triangles, or $IO$. We spend the rest of the proof showing $T$ lies on $AA'$, which suffices by symmetry.

By ISL 2002 G7, the circle through $B$ and $C$ tangent to $\omega$ passes through the second intersection of $DI_A$ and $\omega$, or $U$. Define $V,W$ similarly. It is enough to show that $EV,FW,AA'$ concur. Clearly $A_1=WW\cap VV$ lies on $AA'$, so it is enough to show $AA_1,EV,FW$ concur. Now the problem ought to be true no matter what configuration $E,V,F,W$ form: take a homography sending $EV\cap FW$ to the center of $\omega$, then the result follows by symmetry, since $A=EE\cap FF$ and $A_1=VV\cap WW$.
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Let $\triangle I_AI_BI_C$ and $\triangle DEF$ be the excentral and incentral triangles of $\triangle ABC,$ respectively, and let $\omega_A,\omega_B,$ and $\omega_C$ touch $\omega$ at $P,Q,$ and $R,$ respectively. Also, let $S=\overline{QQ}\cap\overline{RR},$ $T=\overline{EQ}\cap\overline{FR}$ and $U=\overline{ER}\cap\overline{FQ},$ noticing $S$ lies on $\overline{AA'}$ by Radical Axis. By ISL 2002/G7, $P,Q,$ and $R$ lie on $\overline{DI_A},\overline{EI_B},$ and $\overline{FI_C},$ and by Vietnam TST 2003/2, $T$ lies on $\overline{IO}$ and $\overline{DI_A}.$ Also, $S$ and $A$ both lie on $\overline{TU}$ by Pascal on $QQFRRE$ and $EERFFQ,$ respectively. Similarly, $T$ also lies on $\overline{BB'}$ and $\overline{CC'}.$ $\square$
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crazyeyemoody907
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[asy]
//setup
size(13cm); 
pen blu,grn,lightblu; blu=RGB(102,153,255); grn=RGB(0,204,0); lightblu=RGB(196,216,255);
//defns
pair A,B,C,I,O,D,E,F,H; A=(-1,10); B=(0,0); C=(14,0); I=incenter(A,B,C); O=circumcenter(A,B,C); D=foot(I,B,C); E=foot(I,C,A); F=foot(I,A,B); H=D+E+F-2*I;
path w=incircle(A,B,C);

pair Ka,Kb,Kc; Ka=extension(E,F,B,C); Kb=extension(D,F,A,C); Kc=extension(D,E,A,B);
path ya,yb,yc; ya=circle((Ka+D)/2,distance(D,Ka)/2); yb=circle((Kb+E)/2,distance(E,Kb)/2); yc=circle((Kc+F)/2,distance(F,Kc)/2);
pair Ja,Jb,Jc; Ja=foot(D,Ka,2I-D); Jb=foot(E,Kb,2I-E); Jc=foot(F,Kc,2I-F); 
path wa,wb,wc; wa=circumcircle(B,C,Ja); wb=circumcircle(C,A,Jb); wc=circumcircle(A,B,Jc);

pair Ta=foot(D,E,F); pair U=2*circumcenter(I,Jb,Jc)-I; 
pair X=extension(D,Ja,E,Jb);
//draw
filldraw(D--E--F--cycle,lightblu,blu);
draw(A--B--C--A--D--E--F--D--Ka--F,blu); draw(w,blu+dashdotted);
draw(D--Ta,purple+dotted);
draw(ya,purple); draw(yb,purple); draw(yc,purple);
draw(4*I-3*H--3*H-2*I,linewidth(1));
draw(D--Ja^^E--Jb^^F--Jc,grn+linewidth(1));
draw(wb,red); draw(wc,red);
draw(Jb--U--Jc,red);
draw(A--U,magenta+linewidth(1));
clip((-7,-15)--(-7,12)--(13,12)--(15,10)--(15,-15)--cycle);


//label
label("$A$",A,dir(120)); label("$B$",B,-dir(80)); label("$C$",C,dir(-50));
label("$D$",D,dir(120)); label("$E$",E,dir(90)); label("$F$",F,dir(120)); 
label("$K_a$",Ka,-dir(20));label("$J_a$",Ja,dir(20)); 
label("$J_b$",Jb,-dir(80)); label("$J_c$",Jc,dir(70)); 
label("$U$",U,-dir(90)); label("$X$",X,dir(-90)); 
label("$\textcolor{red}{\omega_b}$",(14,1.2)); label("$\textcolor{red}{\omega_c}$",(-4,8));
label("$\textcolor[rgb]{.6,0,1}{\gamma_a}$",(-5,2.8));
label("$\textcolor[rgb]{.6,0,1}{\gamma_b}$",(6.5,10.5));
label("$\textcolor[rgb]{.6,0,1}{\gamma_c}$",(6,-4));
[/asy]
This is actually a nice config... let $K_a=\overline{EF}\cap\overline{BC}$, $\gamma_a=(K_aD)$, and cyclic variants. Let $H,\ell$ denote the orthocenter and Euler line of $\triangle DEF$, respectively.

Observe that $\overline{OI}$ is just $\ell$, and that $\gamma_a$, etc are coaxial Apollonian circles. Define $X$ as the radical center of $\gamma_a,\gamma_b,\gamma_c,\omega$ (which exists since the former 3 circles are coaxial). We'll show this is the desired concurrency point. Also, define $J_a=\omega_a\cap\gamma_a\cap\omega$ and variants. Clearly, $\overline{DJ_a}$ is the raxis of $(\gamma_a,\omega)$, i.e. $X\in\overline{DJ_a}$.

Lemma 1: $\ell$ is the raxis of $\gamma_a$ and variants.
Proof
To finish, let tangents to $\omega$ at $J_b,J_c$ meet @ $U$; then, $\overline{AU}$ is the raxis of $\omega_b,\omega_c$. Clearly this is the polar of $\overline{J_bJ_c}\cap\overline{EF}$. Recalling that $X=\overline{EJ_b}\cap\overline{FJ_c}$, follows by Brokard that $X\in\overline{AU}$, the end.

Remark: This concurrency point also appears inm Brazil 2013/6...
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IAmTheHazard
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Let $DEF$ be the intouch triangle and $\omega$ be the incircle. Let $T_A$ be the intersection of the midlines of $\triangle BDF$ and $\triangle CDE$, i.e. the radical center of $B$, $C$, and $\omega$; define $T_B$ and $T_C$ similarly. Then $\omega_A$ is the circle $(BCT_A)$ by a well-known lemma. Finally, let $M_A$ be the midpoint of arc $BC$ not containing $A$, and define $M_B$ and $M_C$ similarly.

Now note that $AA'$, $BB'$, and $CC'$ concur by radical center. Invert about this point fixing $\omega_A$, $\omega_B$, and $\omega_C$. Then $\omega$ is sent to some circle internally tangent to $\omega_A,\omega_B,\omega_C$, and hence the radical center lies on the line joining $I$ with the center of this circle. Note that $\overline{T_BT_C}$, $\overline{EF}$, and $\overline{M_BM_C}$ are all parallel, and cyclic variants hold. Thus $\triangle T_AT_BT_C$ and $\triangle DEF$ are homothetic. Since $D$ is the "lowest" point in $\omega$, $T_A$ is thus the "lowest" point in $(T_AT_BT_C)$; since it's also clearly the "lowest" point in $(BCT_A)$ it follows that $(T_AT_BT_C)$ and $(BCT_A)$ are tangent. Cyclic variants hold as well, so it follows that $\omega$ gets sent to $(T_AT_BT_C)$. Further, note that $\triangle T_AT_BT_C$ and $\triangle M_AM_BM_C$ are homothetic. Since $\overline{T_AM_A}$ is the perpendicular bisector of $\overline{BC}$ and similar statements hold, it follows that $O$ is the center of homothety; hence $O$ is also the center of $(T_AT_BT_C)$, which finishes. $\blacksquare$
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Let the tangency points of the circles be $T_A$, $T_B$, and $T_C$. Let $P$ be the radical center. Let $DEF$ by the intouch triangle of $ABC$. Then we know that the intersections of the tangents at $T_B$ and $T_C$ to the incircle are on AA' by radax. Also the intersection of the tangents at $E$ and $F$ are on the radax. Then in follows that $FT_C \cap ET_B$ is on $AA'$ since it is known that quadrilaterals with incircles have the same intersection of diagonals as their tangential quadrilateral. Now let $X$, $Y$, and $Z$ be the poles of $DT_A$, $ET_B$, $FT_C$. Observe that since $XT_A^2=XB \cdot XC$ that $X$ is on the radical axis of $(ABC)$ and $(DEF)$. So $XYZ$ is a line that is exactly the radax of $(ABC)$ and $(DEF)$. Then the pole of $XYZ$ must be on $T_AD$, $T_BE$, and $T_CF$. Thus the pole of $XYZ$ is $P$ from the concurrences from earlier. Since $XYZ \perp OI$, it follows that $P$ is on $OI$, so we are done.
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DottedCaculator
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https://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/texer/a/atxwdqpk.png?time=1708984849006

Let $DEF$ be the intouch triangle, let $I_A$, $I_B$, and $I_C$ be the excenters. Let $A_1$ be the foot from $I$ to $DI_A$, let $A_2$ be the reflection of $D$ over $A_1$, and let $M_A$ be the midpoint of $DI_A$. Since $BCA_1II_A$ is cyclic, $DB\cdot DC=DA_1\cdot DI_A=DA_2\cdot DM_A$, which implies $BCA_2M_A$ is cyclic. Since $A_2$ lies on the incircle and $DM_A$, the homothety centered at $A_2$ mapping $D$ to $M_A$ must map the incircle to the circumcircle of $BCA_2M_A$, so $A_2$ lies on $\omega_A$.

Therefore, since $DEF$ and $I_AI_BI_C$ are homothetic, the triangle formed by the midpoints of $DI_A$, $EI_B$, and $FI_C$, which is $M_AM_BM_C$ is homothetic to $DEF$. Let $X$ be the center of homothety of those triangles. $\operatorname{Pow}_{\omega_A}(X)=XA_2\cdot XM_A=\operatorname{Pow}_{(DEF)}(X)\frac{XM_A}{XD}$, so since $\frac{XM_A}{XD}$ is the ratio of homothety from $M_AM_BM_C$ to $DEF$, $X$ is the point of concurrency of $AA'$, $BB'$, and $CC'$, which lies on $IO$.
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Let $DEF$ be the contact triangle of $ABC$, and let $I_AI_BI_C$ be the excentral triangle. We claim the desired point is $P$, the exsimilicenter of $(DEF)$ and $(I_AI_BI_C)$.
We claim that the intersection of $\omega_A$ and the incircle lies on the line $I_AD$.
Lets take base of altitude of $A$ as $D$ and the midpoint of $AD$ as $M$, intersection of $EF$ and $BC$ as $Y$, antipode of $D$ wrt incircle as $Z$, the intersection of incircle and $I_AD$ as $K$.
We can easily see that by taking a pencil on $D$ that $LDKZ$ is a harmonic quadrilateral. Which implies that $Y$, $L$ and $Z$ are collinear. Because $(Y, D; B, C) = -1$ and take $X$ as midpoint of segment $YD$ it becomes clear that $XD^2 = XB \cdot XC$ it further implies that $XK$ is tangent to $\omega_A$ which proves the claim.
Then we can further assume that midpoint of $I_AD$ lies on $\omega_A$. This comes from that $KI_A$ is angle bisector of $\angle BKC$ and midpoint of $KI_A$ lying on the perpendicular bisector of $BC$.
Now finally we just have to prove that power of point of $P$ wrt to the three circles are equal. If we take the midpoints of $I_AD$, $I_BE$ and $I_CF$ as $V$, $U$ and $W$.
Which is same as proving $T_AP \cdot PV=T_BP \cdot PU$ which comes from the fact that triangles $(DEF)$ and $(I_AI_BI_C)$ are homothetic. $T_AT_BDE$ is cyclic and
$DE$ and $UV$ being parallel implies the result. Now the homothety form $P$ takes circumcenter of $(I_AI_BI_C)$ to $I$ so it means that $P$ lies on the Euler line of triangle $(I_AI_BI_C)$ which is indeed $OI$ proving the result.
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Nvm this solution has been posted before. Why is this question so projective however.

First I claim that if $\omega_a$ is tangent to incircle $\omega=(DEF)$ at $T_a$ and other cyclic definitions then $T_aD$, $T_bE$, $T_cF$ concur on $OI$. Let the tangents at $T_a$ and $D$ of $\omega$ concur at $S_a$. Takes the polar dual of this entire configuration. I claim that the poles of $T_aD$, $T_bE$ and $T_cF$, which are $S_a$, $S_b$ and $S_c$ respectively, are collinear. Note however $S_aT_a^2=S_aB\cdot S_aC$, and hence $S_a$s power to both $\omega$ and $\Omega=(ABC)$ are the same. Hence $S_a$, $S_b$, $S_c$ lie on the radical axis of $\Omega$ and $\omega$. Hence we are done as then $\overline{S_aS_bS_c}$s pole, $S$, is a point on $OI$.

Now consider $A_1$ as the intersection of the tangent to $T_b$ and $T_c$ to $\omega$; I claim that $A_1$ lies on $AA_1$, which is just the radical axis of $\omega_b$ and $\omega_c$. However this follows from radical axis from $\omega$, $\omega_b$ and $\omega_c$. However $AA_1$ also passes through $S$ by Brianchon on the degenerate hexagon $AFXA’T_cYE$ and $AXT_bA’YE$ ($X=\overline{AF}\cap\overline{A’T_b}$ and $Y=\overline{AE}\cap\overline{A’T_c}$). Thus we are done (surprisingly quickly!)
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Let $Q$ and $R$ be the points of tangency of $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ with the incircle, let $I_B$ and $I_C$ be the $B-$excenter and the $C-$excenter respectively, let $E$ and $F$ be the points of tangency of the incircle with $AC$ and $AB$ respectively.
By 2002 ISL G7 we know that $I_B, E, Q$ and $I_C, F, R$ are collinear
We also know that $X_{57}$ is the homothetic center of the intouch triangle and the excentral triangle$\Rightarrow X_{57}\equiv I_BE\cap I_CF$
Let $Y$ be the midpoint of $I_BE$ and $Z$ the midpoint of $I_CF$, we know that $QE$ passes through the midpoint of arc $AC$ in $\omega_B\Rightarrow Y\in \omega_B$, analogously $Z\in\omega_C$, and $EF//I_BI_C$(trivial)
$\Rightarrow \frac{X_{57}Y}{X_{57}E}=\frac{X_{57}Z}{X_{57}F}$ and we know $X_{57}E.X_{57}Q=X_{57}F.X_{57}R$
$\Rightarrow X_{57}Y.X_{57}Q=X_{57}Z.X_{57}R \Rightarrow X_{57}$ is on the radical axis of $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C \Rightarrow A,X_{57},A'$ are colinear $\Rightarrow AA',BB'$ and $CC'$ are concurrent in $X_{57}$ which, being the center of homothecy of the contact triangle and the excentral triangle is on the Euler line of $I_AI_BI_C$ which is the line $IO_\blacksquare$
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Falls apart after 2002 G7 so most proofs of claims will be borrowed from this problem. Let $\triangle DEF$ be the intouch triangle and $\triangle I_aI_bI_c$ the excentral triangle. Let $P$ , $Q$ and $R$ denote the tangency points of $\omega_A$ , $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ with the incircle respectively. Let $L$ , $M$ and $N$ denote the midpoints of segments $DI_a$ , $EI_b$ and $FI_c$ respectively.

From these solutions to Shortlist 2002 G7 we already know that points $P$ , $D$ and $I_a$ (and similarly) are collinear and point $P$ lies on $(BFI_a)$ and $(CEI_a)$ (and similarly) and also from Fake USAMO 2020/3 we know that circles $(AEI_b)$ and $(AFI_c)$ intersect at the $A-$Evan is Old Point $E_{Oa}$ which lies on $(ABC)$. Since $\triangle DEF$ and $\triangle I_aI_bI_c$ are clearly homothetic, lines $DI_a$ , $EI_b$ and $FI_c$ concur at the point $X_{57}$ which must lie on $\overline{IO}$. Also by the Midpoint theorem, $\triangle LMN$ is also homothetic to these two triangles. Thus, we only need to show the following claim.

Claim : Point $X_{57}$ lies on the pairwise radical axes of circles $\omega_A$ , $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$.

Proof : This is a simple length calculation. Note,
\[X_{57}P \cdot X_{57}L=\frac{X_{57}P \cdot X_{57}I_a \cdot X_{57}L}{X_{57}I_a} = \frac{X_{57}B\cdot X_{57}E_{Ob}\cdot X_{57}L}{X_{57}I_a} = \frac{X_{57}B \cdot X_{57}E_{Ob}\cdot X_{57}N}{X_{57}I_c} = \frac{X_{57}R \cdot X_{57}I_c \cdot X_{57}N}{X_{57}I_c}= X_{57}R \cdot X_{57}N\]which implies that $X_{57}$ lies on the radical axis of circles $\omega_A$ and $\omega_C$. Thus $\overline{BX_{57}}$ is the Radical Axis of circles $\omega_A$ and $\omega_C$. A similar argument shows that $\overline{AX_{57}}$ and $\overline{CX_{57}}$ are the other two pairwise Radical Axes. Thus, these lines $AA'$ , $BB'$ and $CC'$ indeed concur at $X_{57}$ which lies on line $IO$.
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We will define some new points.

$\bullet$ Let $\triangle DEF$ and $\triangle I_AI_BI_C$ be the intouch and excentral triangle of $\triangle ABC$. Let $T$ be their homothetic center which is known to exist and to be on $\overline{OI}$.
$\bullet$ Let $D'$ be midpoint of $\overline{DI_A}$. Define $E'$ and $F'$ similarly.
$\bullet$ Let $X$ be tangency point of $\omega_A$ and $\omega$ (the incircle). Define $Y$ and $Z$ similarly.

From IMO Shortlist 2002/G7, we have $X=\overline{DI_A} \cap \omega$ and analogous. Obviously $T=\overline{DI_A} \cap \overline{EI_B} \cap \overline{FI_C}$ and we will prove that $T$ is the radical center of $\omega_A$, $\omega_B$, $\omega_C$ and we will be done.

Claim: $D'$ lies on $\omega_A$ and analogous.
Proof: First see that $D$ lies on $\perp$ bisector of $\overline{BC}$. This is because if we let $M_A$ be the minor arc midpoint of $\widehat{BC}$ then $\overline{D'M_A}$ is $I_A$-midline of $\triangle I_ADI$ and so $\overline{D'M_A} \parallel \overline{ID} \parallel \overline{BC}$ and $M_A$ lies on $\perp$ bisector of $\overline{BC}$ obviously.

Let $D''=\overline{XD} \cap (BXC)$. Then by circles in segment lemma, $D''$ lies of $\perp$ bisector of $\overline{BC}$ and so $D' \equiv D''$ as required. $\square$

Now to finish see that $\triangle D'E'F'$ is also homothetic to $\triangle DEF$ with dilation point $T$ with say factor $\lambda$; and hence \[\text{Pow}(T,\omega_A)=TX \cdot TD'=\frac{\text{Pow}(T,\omega)}{TD} \cdot TD'=\lambda\text{Pow}(T,\omega)\]Which is symmetric in $A$, $B$, $C$ and so done.
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We begin by (re)naming a bunch of points
Let $A_0B_0C_0$ be the orthic triangle.
Let $M_A$ be the midpoint of $A_0, A.$ Define $M_B, M_C$ similarly.
Let $A_1B_1C_1$ be the intouch triangle.
Let $A_2$ denote the second intersection of $A_1, M_A$ with the incircle. 2002 ISLG 7 implies $A_2$ is the tangency of $\omega_a$ with the incircle.
Define $B_2, C_2$ similarly.
Let $A_3$ be the second intersection of $A_2A_1$ with $\omega_a.$ By curvilinear properties, $A_3$ is the midpoint of arc $BC.$ Define $B_3, C_3$ similarly.
Let $S_A$ denote the midpoint of arc $BC$ in $(ABC).$ Let $I_A$ denote the $A$-excenter. By 2002 ISLG 7, it follows $M_A, A_1, A_3, I_A$ are collinear.
Claim: $A_3, B_3, C_3$ have circumcenter $O$
Proof: Take a half homothety centered at $I_A.$ This moves $I\to S_A, A_1\to A_3.$ Thus, $S_AA_3 = \frac r2,$ which is fixed. Thus, $OA_3 = OB_3 = OC_3 = R + \frac r2.$

Note that $DEF, I_AI_BI_C$ are homothetic, but since $A_3B_3C_3$ is the midpoint of respective sides, it follows $DEF$ is homothetic with $A_3B_3C_3.$ Define $X$ to be the homothetic center of these two triangles. Clearly, $X, I, O$ are collinear due to them being the circumcenters of homothetic triangles.
To conclude, note that $XA_2 \cdot XA_3 = XA_2 \cdot XA_1 \cdot \frac{XA_3}{XA_1} = XB_2\cdot XB_1\cdot\frac{XB_3}{XB_1} = XB_2\cdot XB_3$ where the third equality follows from radax on the incircle as well as similar triangles. This implies $X$ lies on the radax of $\omega_a, \omega_b.$ Similar reasoning finishes.
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