A remarkable incidence theorem with applications to triangle geometry (Q1312702)

The author gives three different proofs for the validity in elementary geometry of an apparently new configuration theorem, which reads as follows: If (a) the triplets \(A_ 1\), \(A_ 2\), \(A_ 3\); \(B_ 1\), \(B_ 2\), \(B_ 3\), \(B_ 1'\), \(B_ 2'\), \(B_ 3'\) are not collinear; (b) \(B_ i,B_ i'\in A_{i+1} \setminus \{A_{i+1}, _{i+2}\}\); (c) \(C_ i= A_ i B_ i'\cap B_{i+1} B_{i+2}\), \(C_ i'= A_ i B_ i\cap B_{i+1}' B_{i+2}'\); (d) \(S_ i= B_{i+2}\cap B_ i' B_{i+1}'\), \(S_ i'= B_ i' B_{i+2}'\cap B_ i B_{i+1}\); (e) the lines \(B_ 1 C_ 1\), \(B_ 2 C_ 2\), \(B_ 3 C_ 3\) are concurrent in \(P\); then, for all \(i=1,2,3\), the following hold: (1) \(P\in B_ i' C_ i'\); (2) \(P\in A_ i S_ i\); (3) \(P\in A_ i S_ i'\); and (4) the points \(B_ 1\), \(B_ 2\), \(B_ 3\), \(B_ 1'\), \(B_ 2'\), \(B_ 3'\) lie on a conic section. The author concludes by establishing a relationship between this configuration theorem and several special points of a triangle (the circumcenter, the Feuerbach, Gergonne and Lemoine points).