Problem

Source: VMO 2023 day 2 P7

Tags: vmo, geometry, homothety, vmo 2023, Inequality, mixtilinear, circumcircle



Let $\triangle{ABC}$ be a scalene triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. Incircle $(I)$ of the $\triangle{ABC}$ is tangent to the sides $BC,CA,AB$ at $M,N,P$ respectively. Denote $\Omega_A$ to be the circle passing through point $A$, external tangent to $(I)$ at $A'$ and cut again $AB,AC$ at $A_b,A_c$ respectively. The circles $\Omega_B,\Omega_C$ and points $B',B_a,B_c,C',C_a,C_b$ are defined similarly. $a)$ Prove $B_cC_b+C_aA_c+A_bB_a \ge NP+PM+MN$. $b)$ Suppose $A',B',C'$ lie on $AM,BN,CP$ respectively. Denote $K$ as the circumcenter of the triangle formed by lines $A_bA_c,B_cB_a,C_aC_b.$ Prove $OH//IK$.