Symmedians, Lemoine point

The reflecting of the median over the corresponding angle bisector is the symmedian. The angle formed by the symmedian and the angle bisector has the same measure as the angle between the median and the angle bisector, but it is on the other side of the angle bisector. The symmedian $AS_A$ is isogonally conjugate to the median $AM_A.$

There are three symmedians. They are meet at a triangle center called the Lemoine point.

Proportions

Let $\triangle ABC$ be given.

Let $AM$ be the median, $\Omega = \odot ABC, E \in BC, D = AE \cap \Omega \ne A.$

Prove that iff $AE$ is the symmedian than $\frac {BD}{CD} = \frac{AB}{AC}, \frac {BE}{CE} = \left (\frac{AB}{AC} \right )^2.$

Proof

1. Let $AE$ be the symmedian. So $\angle BAD = \angle CAM.$ $\angle BDA = \angle ACB = \angle ACM \implies \triangle ABD \sim \triangle AMC \implies \frac {AM}{MC}= \frac {AB}{BD}.$ Similarly $\triangle ABD \sim \triangle ADC \implies \frac {AM}{MB}= \frac {AC}{CD}.$ $BM = MC \implies \frac {BD}{CD} = \frac{AB}{AC}.$

By applying the Law of Sines we get $\frac{AB}{\sin \angle AEB} = \frac{BE}{\sin \angle BAD}, \frac{CD}{\sin \angle CED} = \frac{CE}{\sin \angle CDE},$ $\frac{AC}{\sin \angle ADC} = \frac{BD}{\sin \angle BAD} \implies$ $\frac {BE}{CE} = \frac{AB}{CD} \cdot \frac {BD}{AC} = \frac{AB^2}{AC^2}.$ Similarly, $\frac {AE}{ED} = \frac{AB^2}{BD^2}.$

2. $\frac {BD}{CD} = \frac{AB}{AC}.$ As point $D$ moves along the fixed arc $BC$ from $B$ to $C$ , the function $F(D) = \frac {BD}{CD}$ monotonically increases from zero to infinity. This means that there is exactly one point at which the condition is satisfied. In this case, point $D$ lies on the symmedian. Similarly for point $E.$

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