Three circular arcs
and
connect the points
and
These arcs lie in the same half-plane defined by line
in such a way that arc
lies between the arcs
and
Point
lies on the segment
Let
, and
be three rays starting at
lying in the same half-plane,
being between
and
For
denote by
the point of intersection of
and
(see the Figure below). Denote by
the curved quadrilateral, whose sides are the segments
and arcs
and
We say that this quadrilateral is
if there exists a circle touching these two segments and two arcs. Prove that if the curved quadrilaterals {{ INVALID LATEX }} are circumscribed, then the curved quadrilateral
is circumscribed, too.
Proposed by Géza Kós, Hungary
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Three circular arcs $\gamma_1, \gamma_2,$ and $\gamma_3$ connect the points $A$ and $C.$ These arcs lie in the same half-plane defined by line $AC$ in such a way that arc $\gamma_2$ lies between the arcs $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_3.$ Point $B$ lies on the segment $AC.$ Let $h_1, h_2$, and $h_3$ be three rays starting at $B,$ lying in the same half-plane, $h_2$ being between $h_1$ and $h_3.$ For $i, j = 1, 2, 3,$ denote by $V_{ij}$ the point of intersection of $h_i$ and $\gamma_j$ (see the Figure below). Denote by $\widehat{V_{ij}V_{kj}}\widehat{V_{kl}V_{il}}$ the curved quadrilateral, whose sides are the segments $V_{ij}V_{il},$ $V_{kj}V_{kl}$ and arcs $V_{ij}V_{kj}$ and $V_{il}V_{kl}.$ We say that this quadrilateral is $circumscribed$ if there exists a circle touching these two segments and two arcs. Prove that if the curved quadrilaterals $\widehat{V_{11}V_{21}}\widehat{V_{22}V_{12}}, \widehat{V_{12}V_{22}}\widehat{V_{23}V_{13}},\widehat{V_{21}V_{31}}\widehat{V_{...$ are circumscribed, then the curved quadrilateral $\widehat{V_{22}V_{32}}\widehat{V_{33}V_{23}}$ is circumscribed, too.
Proposed by Géza Kós, Hungary