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    Abstract. In this article, we give another purely synthetic proof the Lemoine's theorem that the symmedian point of a triangle is the unique point which is the centroid of its own pedal triangle.

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    Abstract. In this article, we give another purely synthetic proof the Lemoine's theorem that the symmedian point of a triangle is the unique point which is the centroid of its own pedal triangle.

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    Abstract. In this article, we give another purely synthetic proof the Lemoine's theorem that the symmedian point of a triangle is the unique point which is the centroid of its own pedal triangle.

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    Forum Geometricorum
    Volume 17 (2017) 119–121. b b

    FORUM GEOM
    ISSN 1534-1178

    Another Purely Synthetic Proof of Lemoine’s Theorem

    Nguyen Tien Dung

    Abstract. In this article, we give another purely synthetic proof the Lemoine’s
    theorem that the symmedian point of a triangle is the unique point which is the
    centroid of its own pedal triangle.

    Tran Quang Hung [6] proposed a new proof using similar triangles and cyclic
    quadrilaterals of Lemoine’s theorem on the symmedian point of a triangle.

    Lemoine’s Theorem ([6]). Given a triangle ABC, a point P is the centroid of its
    own pedal triangle with reference to ABC if and only if P is the symmedian point
    of the triangle ABC.

    In this article, we shall give another synthetic proof of the theorem, also using
    similar triangles and cyclic quadrilaterals.
    Lemma 1. Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral. The diagonal AC is a symmedian
    of triangle ABD if and only if CA is a symmedian of triangle CBD.

    B M D

    Figure 1

    Proof. We only need to prove that if AC is a symmedian of the triangle ABD,


    then CA is a symmedian of triangle CBD. Let M be the midpoint of the segment
    BC. As ∠BAM = ∠CAD and ∠ABM = ∠ACD, the triangles ABM and
    Publication Date: April 24, 2017. Communicating Editor: Paul Yiu.
    120 T. D. Nguyen

    AB BM
    ACD are similar. It follows that = , and AB · CD = AC · BM . Since
    AC CD
    AB · CD + BC · DA = AC · BD by Ptolemy’s theorem, we have BC · DA =
    AC AD
    AC · DM = AC · BM . Notice that = and ∠CAD = ∠CBM . The
    BC BM
    triangles ACD and BCM are similar. Hence, ∠ACD = ∠BCM , and CA is a
    symmedian of triangle CBD. 
    Proof of Lemoine’s Theorem. Denote by D, E and F the orthogonal projections of
    P onto BC, CA and AB respectively. The line AP intersects the circumcircle of
    triangle ABC again at Q. Let M be the midpoint of BC and let L be the reflection
    of F through P .

    P E

    L
    B M C
    D

    Figure 2

    We can see that the quadrilaterals AEP F , BF P D and CDP E are cyclic. As
    ∠P F E = ∠P AE = ∠QBC and ∠P EF = ∠P AF = ∠BCQ, the triangles
    P F E and QBC are similar. It follows that F E · BQ = F P · BC = F L · BM .
    Hence, triangles EF L and M BQ are also similar.
    (a) If P is the symmedian point of triangle ABC, AQ is a symmedian of the
    triangle. According to Lemma 1, QA is the symmedian of the triangle QBC.
    As the triangles EF L and M BQ are similar, ∠ELF = ∠M QB = ∠AQC =
    ∠ABC = ∠DP L; so DP k EL. Similarly, EP k DL. The quadrilateral DP EL
    is a parallelogram. It follows that P L bisects DE. Therefore, F P is a median of
    the triangle DEF . Similarly, EP is also a median of the same triangle. Hence, P
    is the centroid of the triangle DEF .
    (b) If P is the centroid of triangle DEF , the quadrilateral DP EL is a paral-
    lelogram. Since triangles EF L and M BQ are similar, ∠BQM = ∠F LE =
    ∠DP L = ∠ABC = ∠AQC. It follows that QA is a symmedian of triangle
    QBC. By Lemma 1, AP is a symmedian of triangle ABC. Similarly, BP is also
    a symmedian of the same triangle ABC. It follows that P is the symmedian point
    of triangle ABC.
    Another purely synthetic proof of Lemoine’s theorem 121

    References
    [1] J.-P. Ehrmann, Hyacinthos message 95, January 8, 2000.
    [2] D. Grinberg, New proof of the symmedian point to be the centroid of its pedal triangle, and the
    converse, available at
    http://www.cip.ifi.lmu.de/∼grinberg/geometry2.html.
    [3] R. Honsberger, Episodes of 19th and 20th Century Euclidean Geometry, Math. Assoc. America,
    1995.
    [4] C. Kimberling, Encyclopedia of Triangle Centers, avaiable at
    http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/encyclopedia/ETC.html.
    [5] C. Pohoata, A short proof of Lemoine’s theorem, Forum Geom., 8 (2008) 97–98.
    [6] Q. H. Tran, A simple synthetic proof of Lemoine’s theorem, Forum Geom., 17 (2017) 93–95.
    [7] B. Wolk, Hyacinthos message 19, December 27, 1999.
    [8] P. Yiu, Introduction to the Geometry of the Triangle, Florida Atlantic University Lecture Notes,
    2001; with corrections, 2013, available at
    http://math.fau.edu/Yiu/Geometry.html.

    Nguyen Tien Dung: No 24, 3 Quarter, Phuc Loi Ward, Long Bien District, Hanoi, Vietnam
    E-mail address: [email protected]

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