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Tags: geometry, circumcircle, incenter, analytic geometry, geometric transformation, homothety, trigonometry



Let $ A^{\prime}$ be an arbitrary point on the side $ BC$ of a triangle $ ABC$. Denote by $ \mathcal{T}_{A}^{b}$, $ \mathcal{T}_{A}^{c}$ the circles simultanously tangent to $ AA^{\prime}$, $ A^{\prime}B$, $ \Gamma$ and $ AA^{\prime}$, $ A^{\prime}C$, $ \Gamma$, respectively, where $ \Gamma$ is the circumcircle of $ ABC$. Prove that $ \mathcal{T}_{A}^{b}$, $ \mathcal{T}_{A}^{c}$ are congruent if and only if $ AA^{\prime}$ passes through the Nagel point of triangle $ ABC$. (If $ M,N,P$ are the points of tangency of the excircles of the triangle $ ABC$ with the sides of the triangle $ BC$, $ CA$ and $ AB$ respectively, then the Nagel point of the triangle is the intersection point of the lines $ AM$, $ BN$ and $ CP$.)