給定一圓 以及 上的三個定點 , 同時給定一實數 , . 設 為 上不等於 的一個動點, 並讓 是 線段上滿足 的點。令 為三角形 與三角形 的兩外接圓的第二個交點。證明: 當 變動時, 會落在一定圓上。
Solution
In the proof, we will use to denote the directed angle between line and line . Let be the point on segment satisfying . We will show: either , or else ; both cases guarantee that the point moves on a certain circle passing through the point and tangent to line at the point . This is exactly the statement we wish to prove.
Denote the circumcircles of triangle and triangle by respectively. The three lines , , are pairwise the common radical axes of the three circles , so these three lines are pairwise parallel, or else they are concurrent at a point .
First suppose these three lines are mutually parallel, as in Figure 1. Then the three segments , , have a common perpendicular bisector; reflecting through this perpendicular bisector maps segment to segment , and sends to . Therefore lies on segment , and ; hence .
Next suppose the three lines , , are concurrent at , as in Figure 2. Applying Miquel's theorem in triangle , we obtain that the four points all lie on the same circle . Let be the reflection of over the perpendicular bisector of . It is easy to see that also lies on , and that and are congruent. Since is similar to , it is also similar to .


Since , we know that and correspond to each other in the similar triangles , respectively. Moreover, since and have the same orientation, we have . On the other hand, since all lie on , we obtain . Therefore , that is, the three points are collinear.
Finally, we have , which is exactly what we wanted. Q.E.D.