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point sharing

Unread post by Tahmid Hasan » Sat May 14, 2011 11:30 am

$D,E,F$ are the midpoints of $BC,AC,AB$ of a triangle respectively.prove that h circumcircles of $ \Delta AEF ,\Delta BDF ,\Delta CDE $ share a point.locate the point(it co-incides with a well-defined point.) :!:
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Re: point sharing

Unread post by Moon » Thu May 26, 2011 7:20 pm

Actually this problem can be generalized further. For any three points $D,E,F$ those three circles will have a common point. (The point is known as the Miquel Point.)

Here in this special case the circumcenter of $\triangle ABC$ is the Miquel point.
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Re: point sharing

Unread post by Tahmid Hasan » Thu May 26, 2011 9:39 pm

isn't it called pivot's point?
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Re: point sharing

Unread post by Moon » Thu May 26, 2011 10:29 pm

Yeah, some people mentioned in the math camp that it is also called Pivot point. However, afaik this point is called Miquel point.
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