Problem

Source: ELMO 2014 Shortlist G5, by Sammy Luo

Tags: geometry, circumcircle, trigonometry, geometry proposed



Let $P$ be a point in the interior of an acute triangle $ABC$, and let $Q$ be its isogonal conjugate. Denote by $\omega_P$ and $\omega_Q$ the circumcircles of triangles $BPC$ and $BQC$, respectively. Suppose the circle with diameter $\overline{AP}$ intersects $\omega_P$ again at $M$, and line $AM$ intersects $\omega_P$ again at $X$. Similarly, suppose the circle with diameter $\overline{AQ}$ intersects $\omega_Q$ again at $N$, and line $AN$ intersects $\omega_Q$ again at $Y$. Prove that lines $MN$ and $XY$ are parallel. (Here, the points $P$ and $Q$ are isogonal conjugates with respect to $\triangle ABC$ if the internal angle bisectors of $\angle BAC$, $\angle CBA$, and $\angle ACB$ also bisect the angles $\angle PAQ$, $\angle PBQ$, and $\angle PCQ$, respectively. For example, the orthocenter is the isogonal conjugate of the circumcenter.) Proposed by Sammy Luo