A triangle $ABC$ has its orthocentre $H$ distinct from its vertices and from the circumcenter $O$ of $\triangle ABC$. Denote by $M, N$ and $P$ respectively the circumcenters of triangles $HBC, HCA$ and $HAB$. Show that the lines $AM, BN, CP$ and $OH$ are concurrent.
Problem
Source: 2018HKTST1 P6
Tags: geometry
22.08.2017 14:56
A homothety with center \(A\) with ratio \(\frac{1}{2}\) maps \(BC\) to the midline \(B'C'\). This maps \(M\) to the circumcenter of \(H'B'C'\) where \(H'\) is the midpoint of \(AH\). But it is well-known that the circumcenter we are looking for is the nine-point center, so done.
22.08.2017 15:36
This is also very easy with complex numbers; since M, N, P are $b+c, c+a, a+b$, respectively, and $h=a+b+c$, we can easily find that the intersection of all of these lines is $\frac{a+b+c}{2}$.
22.08.2017 17:32
$AHMO$, etc. are parallelograms, thus we are done. Best regards, sunken rock
19.04.2018 20:27
It's very easy problem. Show that R(ABC)=R(AHC) and CH=PO ==> CP passing trough mindpoint of OH.
03.02.2019 19:37
center of $\odot (BHC)$ is the reflection of $O$ over $BC$, which forms $AHMO$ (parallelogram) $\implies$ $AM,BN,CP$ concur at $N_9$ which is the nine point circle WRT $\Delta ABC$ $\in OH$
23.08.2019 11:57
By angle chasing, we can quickly see that PNM is similar to CBA and by considering the circles, we can quickly get angle HMN=HBA=HAC=HNM so HN=HM, so PMN is congruent to CAB as well and then we basically have H is the circumcentre of PMN and O is the orthocentre of PMN then OM=AH, HM=AO, so AHMO is a parallelogram and AM intersects OH at a point T where T is the mid pt of OH and by symmetry all other lines meet at T as well so the four of them are concurrent