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有关该软件如何帮助生成 IMO 2020 问题 4 的故事,请参阅 AoPS 论坛帖子artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h2883216p25677071
I started with a cyclic quadrilateral $SCDQ$ (this is a step of the solution to the original problem) with $T$ being the intersection point of its diagonals.
I wanted some equal lengths to create magic - so I thought I would draw points $B$ and $E$ on the internal bisector of $\angle STC$ such that $TB=TD$ and $TE=TC$ and $B,T,E$ lying on a line in this order.
I put this into my software GeoGen and it suggested two things:
1. If I intersect $BQ$ and $SE$ at $A$, I'd have $AB=AE$.
2. If I intersect both $AB$ and $SE$ with $CD$ at $P$ and $R$, I'd have $P,Q,R,S$ concyclic.
I proved these two, understood the situation and then restated it.
In my first version, I had $B,T,E$ collinear and $AB=AE$. One day before the deadline for proposals, I was reviewing my solution and realized I'm not using the collinearity of $B,T,E$ that much - it dawned on me I can just have $\angle ABT = \angle AET$ and the proof would still work. And that was the end.
I'm very happy about the problem being used. Not so happy that it was the only geometry, just like many of us.
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