The Simson cubic (Q2768427)

Let \(\Delta=\{A,B,C\}\) be a triangle of the Euclidian plane \(\pi\) and \(\Gamma\) the circumcircle of \(\Delta\). The pedal triangle of a point \(X\) of \(\Gamma\) degenerates to a line \(s(X)\) called the Simson line of \(X\). Denote by \(d\) the polarity with respect to \(\Delta\). Using barycentric coordinates the authors show that \(\{(d\circ s)(X)\mid X\in\Gamma\setminus\Delta\}\) is contained in a cubic \(E\) of the projective extension of \(\pi\). This Simson cubic \(E\) is invariant under the isotomic conjugation \(i\) and the line set \(\{Y\vee i(Y)\mid Y\in E\}\) envelops an ellipse (= ``pivotal conic'' of \(E\)). Generalizing the above the authors take an arbitrary isoconjugation \(\tau\) and characterize the \(\tau\)-invariant circumcubics with pivotal conic. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEReviewer's remark: The 3 equations below Figure 1 need a little correction.