A new characterization of the Nagel point (Q2480665)

Let \(\Gamma\) be the incircle and \(I\) the incenter of the triangle \(ABC\), and let \(A'\), \(B'\), \(C'\) be the points where \(\Gamma\) touches the sides \(BC\), \(CA\), \(AB\). Let the rays \(A'I\), \(B'I\), \(C'I\) meet \(\Gamma\) at \(A''\), \(B''\), \(C''\). The paper under review proves that the lines \(AA''\), \(BB''\), \(CC''\) are concurrent and that they concur at the Nagel point of \(ABC\). This attractive result appears as Problem 121 in [National Math. Mag. 10, 281 (1936); solution, ibid. 11, 56--57 (1937)], and it appears also on pages 30--31 of \textit{R.~Honsberger}'s book [Episodes in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Euclidean Geometry. New Mathematical Library. 37. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America. (1995; Zbl 0829.01001)], where the author feels \textit{it is not unworthy of a theorem status on its own}; see also pages 17--21 of [USA and International Mathematical Olympiads 2001. Washington, DC: The Mathematical Association of America. (2002; Zbl 1054.00003)]. A more general form is obtained by taking any circle \(\Gamma^*\) concentric with \(\Gamma\), letting \(A^*\), \(B^*\), \(C^*\) be the points where the rays \(A'I\), \(B'I\), \(C'I\) meet \(\Gamma^*\), and showing that \(AA^*\), \(BB^*\), \(CC^*\) are concurrent. This is done by \textit{V.~Konečný} in [Problem 1320, Math. Mag. 62, 137 (1989); solution, ibid. 63, 130--131 (1990)], and a generalization to higher dimensional simplices is given by \textit{J.~N.~Boyd} and \textit{P.~N.~Raychowdhury} in [Int. J. Math. Math. Sci. 22, No.~2, 423--430 (1999; Zbl 0939.51025)].