At the $ABC$ triangle the midpoints of $BC, AC, AB$ are respectively $D, E, F$ and the triangle tangent to the incircle at $G$, $H$ and $I$ in the same order.The midpoint of $AD$ is $J$. $BJ$ and $AG$ intersect at point $K$. The $C-$centered circle passing through $A$ cuts the $[CB$ ray at point $X$. The line passing through $K$ and parallel to the $BC$ and $AX$ meet at $U$. $IU$ and $BC$ intersect at the $P$ point. There is $Y$ point chosen at incircle. $PY$ is tangent to incircle at point $Y$. Prove that $D, E, F, Y$ are cyclic.

Suppose that the function $h:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ has continuous partial derivatives and satisfies the equation \[h(x,y)=a\frac{\partial h}{\partial x}(x,y)+b\frac{\partial h}{\partial y}(x,y)\] for some constants $a,b.$ Prove that if there is a constant $M$ such that $|h(x,y)|\le M$ for all $(x,y)$ in $\mathbb{R}^2,$ then $h$ is identically zero.

For any $k \in \mathbb{Z},$ define $$F_k=X^4+2(1-k)X^2+(1+k)^2.$$ Find all values $k \in \mathbb{Z}$ such that $F_k$ is irreducible over $\mathbb{Z}$ and reducible over $\mathbb{Z}_p,$ for any prime $p.$ [i]Marius Vladoiu[/i]

A convex $ABCDE$ is inscribed in a unit circle, $AE$ being its diameter. If $AB = a$, $BC = b$, $CD = c$, $DE = d$ and $ab = cd =\frac{1}{4}$, compute $AC + CE$ in terms of $a, b, c, d.$

Prove that there exists a positive real number $C$ with the following property: for any integer $n\ge 2$ and any subset $X$ of the set $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ such that $|X|\ge 2$, there exist $x,y,z,w \in X$(not necessarily distinct) such that \[0<|xy-zw|<C\alpha ^{-4}\] where $\alpha =\frac{|X|}{n}$.

Find the product of all values of $d$ such that $x^{3} +2x^{2} +3x +4 = 0$ and $x^{2} +dx +3 = 0$ have a common root.

Let $N \geq 2$ be an integer, and let $\mathbf a$ $= (a_1, \ldots, a_N)$ and $\mathbf b$ $= (b_1, \ldots b_N)$ be sequences of non-negative integers. For each integer $i \not \in \{1, \ldots, N\}$, let $a_i = a_k$ and $b_i = b_k$, where $k \in \{1, \ldots, N\}$ is the integer such that $i-k$ is divisible by $n$. We say $\mathbf a$ is $\mathbf b$-[i]harmonic[/i] if each $a_i$ equals the following arithmetic mean: \[a_i = \frac{1}{2b_i+1} \sum_{s=-b_i}^{b_i} a_{i+s}.\] Suppose that neither $\mathbf a $ nor $\mathbf b$ is a constant sequence, and that both $\mathbf a$ is $\mathbf b$-[i]harmonic[/i] and $\mathbf b$ is $\mathbf a$-[i]harmonic[/i]. Prove that at least $N+1$ of the numbers $a_1, \ldots, a_N,b_1, \ldots, b_N$ are zero.

Determine the minimum value of the expression $2x^4 - 2x^2y^2 + y^4 - 8x^2 + 18$ where $x, y \in R$.

Let $n = 2k + 1$ be an odd positive integer, and $m$ be an integer realtively prime to $n{}$. For each $j =1,2,\ldots,k$ we define $p_j$ as the unique integer from the interval $[-k, k]$ congruent to $m\cdot j$ modulo $n{}$. Prove that there are equally many pairs $(i,j)$ for which $1\leqslant i<j\leqslant k$ which satisfy $|p_i|>|p_j|$ as those which satisfy $p_ip_j<0$.

Find all $x, y, z \in \left (0, \frac{1}{2}\right )$ such that $$ \begin{cases} (3 x^{2}+y^{2}) \sqrt{1-4 z^{2}} \geq z; \\ (3 y^{2}+z^{2}) \sqrt{1-4 x^{2}} \geq x; \\ (3 z^{2}+x^{2}) \sqrt{1-4 y^{2}} \geq y. \end{cases} $$ [i]Proposed by Ngo Van Trang, Vietnam[/i]

In a right-angled triangle $ABC$ ($\angle A = 90^o$), the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ intersects the line $AC$ in $K$ and the perpendicular bisector of $BK$ intersects the line $AB$ in $L$. If the line $CL$ be the internal bisector of angle $C$, find all possible values for angles $B$ and $C$. by Mahdi Etesami Fard

Ali, Bonnie, Carlo, and Dianna are going to drive together to a nearby theme park. The car they are using has $4$ seats: $1$ Driver seat, $1$ front passenger seat, and $2$ back passenger seat. Bonnie and Carlo are the only ones who know how to drive the car. How many possible seating arrangements are there? $\textbf{(A)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 12 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 24$

All points in the plane are colored in $n$ colors. In each line, there are point of no more than two colors. What is the maximum number of colors?

Let a rad number be a palindrome such that the square root of the sum of its digits is irrational. Find the number of $4$-digit rad numbers. [i]Lightning 2.2[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle A = 90^{\circ}$. Points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $AC$ and $AB$, respectively, such that $\angle ABD = \angle DBC$ and $\angle ACE = \angle ECB$. Segments $BD$ and $CE$ meet at $I$. Determine whether or not it is possible for segments $AB$, $AC$, $BI$, $ID$, $CI$, $IE$ to all have integer lengths.

Let $a$ be a real number. Determine, for all $a$, all pairs $(x,y)$ of real numbers such that $(x-y^2)(y-x^2)+x^3+y^3=a $.

If $y=(\log_23)(\log_34)\cdots(\log_n[n+1])\cdots(\log_{31}32)$ then $\textbf{(A) }4<y<5\qquad\textbf{(B) }y=5\qquad\textbf{(C) }5<y<6\qquad$ $\textbf{(D) }y=6\qquad \textbf{(E) }6<y<7$

Natural numbers are placed in an infinite grid. Such that the number in each cell is equal to the number of its adjacent cells having the same number. Find the most distinct numbers this infinite grid can have. (Two cells of the grid are adjacent if they have a common vertex)

Which of the following statements is false? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{All equilateral triangles are congruent to each other.}$ $ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{All equilateral triangles are convex.}$ $ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{All equilateral triangles are equilangular.}$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{All equilateral triangles are regular polygons.}$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{All equilateral triangles are similar to each other.}$

Let $\mathcal{S}$ be a regular 18-gon, and for two vertices in $\mathcal{S}$ define the $\textit{distance}$ between them to be the length of the shortest path along the edges of $\mathcal{S}$ between them (e.g. adjacent vertices have distance 1). Find the number of ways to choose three distinct vertices from $\mathcal{S}$ such that no two of them have distance 1, 8, or 9.

Prove for any $M>2$, there exists an increasing sequence of positive integers $a_1<a_2<\ldots $ satisfying: 1) $a_i>M^i$ for any $i$; 2) There exists a positive integer $m$ and $b_1,b_2,\ldots ,b_m\in\left\{ -1,1\right\}$, satisfying $n=a_1b_1+a_2b_2+\ldots +a_mb_m$ if and only if $n\in\mathbb{Z}/ \{0\}$.

An architect is building a structure that will place vertical pillars at the vertices of regular hexagon $ABCDEF$, which is lying horizontally on the ground. The six pillars will hold up a flat solar panel that will not be parallel to the ground. The heights of the pillars at $A$, $B$, and $C$ are $12,9,$ and $10$ meters, respectively. What is the height, in meters, of the pillar at $E$? $\textbf{(A) }9\qquad\textbf{(B) }6\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(C) }8\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(D) }17\qquad\textbf{(E) }12\sqrt3$

Show in an acute triangle $ABC$ that $\cot A + \cot B + \cot C \ge \dfrac{12[ABC]}{a^2+b^2+c^2}$.

Let $A_1A_2 . . . A_n$ be a cyclic convex polygon whose circumcenter is strictly in its interior. Let $B_1, B_2, ..., B_n$ be arbitrary points on the sides $A_1A_2, A_2A_3, ..., A_nA_1$, respectively, other than the vertices. Prove that $\frac{B_1B_2}{A_1A_3}+ \frac{B_2B_3}{A_2A_4}+...+\frac{B_nB_1}{A_nA_2}>1$.

Let $f$ be a random permutation on $\{1, 2, \dots, 100\}$ satisfying $f(1) > f(4)$ and $f(9)>f(16)$. The probability that $f(1)>f(16)>f(25)$ can be written as $\frac mn$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $100m+n$. Note: In other words, $f$ is a function such that $\{f(1), f(2), \ldots, f(100)\}$ is a permutation of $\{1,2, \ldots, 100\}$. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]