5.109. a) Let B1,C1, and D1 be the projections of point P onto the lines AB,AC, and AD. The points B1,C1, and D1 lie on a circle with diameter AP. The lines B1C1,C1D1, and D1B1 are the Simson lines of point P with respect to the triangles ABC,ACD, and ADB, respectively. Therefore, the projections of point P onto the Simson lines of these triangles lie on a single line - the Simson line of the triangle B1C1D1. Similarly, it can be shown that any triple of the considered points lies on a single line.
b) Let P be a point on the circumcircle of the n-gon A1…An; B2,B3,…,Bn be the projections of point P onto the lines A1A2,…,A1An. The points B2,…,Bn lie on a circle with diameter A1P. We will prove by induction that the Simson line of point P with respect to the n-gon A1…An coincides with the Simson line of point P with respect to the (n−1)-gon B2…Bn (for n=4 this was proven in part a). By the induction hypothesis, the Simson line of the (n−1)-gon A1A3…An coincides with the Simson line of the (n−2)-gon B3…Bn. Therefore, the projections of point P onto the Simson lines of the (n−1)-gons, whose vertices are obtained by sequentially excluding points A2,…,An from the set A1,…,An, lie on the Simson line of the (n−1)-gon B2…Bn. And the projection of point P onto the Simson line of the (n−1)-gon A2…An lies on the same line because our reasoning shows that any n−1 of the considered n projection points lie on a single line.