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Source: Turkey Olympic Revenge 2024 P2

August 6, 2024
geometrycomplex numbersSpiral Similarity

Problem Statement

In the plane, three distinct non-collinear points A,B,CA,B,C are marked. In each step, Ege can do one of the following:
[*] For marked points X,YX,Y, mark the reflection of XX across YY.
[*]For distinct marked points X,Y,Z,TX,Y,Z,T which do not form a parallelogram, mark the center of spiral similarity which takes segment XYXY to ZTZT.
[*] For distinct marked points X,Y,Z,TX,Y,Z,T, mark the intersection of lines XYXY and ZTZT.
No matter how the points A,B,CA,B,C are marked in the beginning, can Ege always mark, after finitely many moves,
a) The circumcenter of ABC\triangle ABC.
b) The incenter of ABC\triangle ABC.
Proposed by Deniz Can Karaçelebi