Trying to find Sylvester's triangle problem proof

MathNugget

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If ABC is a triangle, O is the intersection of the perpendicular bisectors, and H is the orthocenter (intersection of heights / altitudes) not so sure these are the proper words. (I attached a pdf with what I could find so far. it's part of a bigger exercise, but I am not following up the part where it proves what I want).

This is what I'd like to see how it's proven: OA+OB+OC=OH\overrightarrow{OA} + \overrightarrow{OB} + \overrightarrow{OC} = \overrightarrow{OH} . Proving that OA+OB+OC=ONN=H\overrightarrow{OA} + \overrightarrow{OB} + \overrightarrow{OC} = \overrightarrow{ON} \Longrightarrow N = H doesn't really do it.

I can see that, alternatively, it's enough to prove 2OU=AH2 \overrightarrow{OU} = \overrightarrow{AH}, where U is the middle of BC.

I found this result is Sylvester 's triangle problem. Still cannot fully understand if the proof is complete, or if maybe there's a way to prove those things without starting with the conclusion.
 

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