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Find the eigenvalues and their multiplicities of the Laplace operator $\Delta = \text{div grad}$ on a sphere of radius $R$ in Euclidean space of dimension $n$.
Prove that the incenter coincides with the circumcenter of a tetrahedron if and only if each pair of opposite edges are of equal length.
Let's write p,q, and r as three distinct prime numbers, where 1 is not a prime. Which of the following is the smallest positive perfect cube leaving $ n \equal{} pq^2r^4$ as a divisor? $ \textbf{(A)}\ p^8q^8r^8\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ (pq^2r^2)^3\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ (p^2q^2r^2)^3\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ (pqr^2)^3\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4p^3q^3r^3$
Find the minimum possible sum of lengths of edges of a prism all of whose edges are tangent of a unit sphere. [Muller-Pfeiffer].
A solid in the shape of a right circular cone is 4 inches tall and its base has a 3-inch radius. The entire surface of the cone, including its base, is painted. A plane parallel to the base of the cone divides the cone into two solids, a smaller cone-shaped solid $C$ and a frustum-shaped solid $F$, in such a way that the ratio between the areas of the painted surfaces of $C$ and $F$ and the ratio between the volumes of $C$ and $F$ are both equal to $k$. Given that $k=m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m+n$.
Are there such pairwise distinct natural numbers $ m, n, p, q$ satisfying $ m \plus{} n \equal{} p \plus{} q$ and $ \sqrt{m} \plus{} \sqrt[3]{n} \equal{} \sqrt{p} \plus{} \sqrt[3]{q} > 2004$ ?
The sum $\sqrt[3] {5+2\sqrt{13}}+\sqrt[3]{5-2\sqrt{13}}$ equals $\text{(A)} \ \frac 32 \qquad \text{(B)} \ \frac{\sqrt[3]{65}}{4} \qquad \text{(C)} \ \frac{1+\sqrt[6]{13}}{2} \qquad \text{(D)} \ \sqrt[3]{2} \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{none of these}$
For a given integer $n\geq2$, a pyramid of height $n$ if defined as a collection of $1^2+2^2+\dots+n^2$ stone cubes of equal size stacked in $n$ layers such that the cubes in the $k$-th layer form a square with sidelength $n+1-k$ and every cube (except for the ones in the bottom layer) rests on four cubes in the layer below. Some of the cubes are made of sandstone, some are made of granite. The top cube is made of granite, and to ensure the stability of the piramid, for each granite cube (except for the ones in the bottom layer), at least three out of four of the cubes supporting it have to be granite. What is the minimum possible number of granite cubes in such an arrangement?
A straight cone is given inside a rectangular parallelepiped $B$, with the apex at one of the vertices, say $T$ , of the parallelepiped, and the base touching the three faces opposite to $T .$ Its axis lies at the long diagonal through $T.$ If $V_1$ and $V_2$ are the volumes of the cone and the parallelepiped respectively, prove that \[V_1 \leq \frac{\sqrt 3 \pi V_2}{27}.\]
Paint the maximum number of vertices of the cube red so that you cannot select three of the red vertices that form an equilateral triangle.
A square piece of paper has sides of length $ 100$. From each corner a wedge is cut in the following manner: at each corner, the two cuts for the wedge each start at distance $ \sqrt {17}$ from the corner, and they meet on the diagonal at an angle of $ 60^\circ$ (see the figure below). The paper is then folded up along the lines joining the vertices of adjacent cuts. When the two edges of a cut meet, they are taped together. The result is a paper tray whose sides are not at right angles to the base. The height of the tray, that is, the perpendicular distance between the plane of the base and the plane formed by the upper edges, can be written in the form $ \sqrt [n]{m}$, where $ m$ and $ n$ are positive integers, $ m < 1000$, and $ m$ is not divisible by the $ n$th power of any prime. Find $ m \plus{} n$. [asy]import math; unitsize(5mm); defaultpen(fontsize(9pt)+Helvetica()+linewidth(0.7)); pair O=(0,0); pair A=(0,sqrt(17)); pair B=(sqrt(17),0); pair C=shift(sqrt(17),0)*(sqrt(34)*dir(75)); pair D=(xpart(C),8); pair E=(8,ypart(C)); draw(O--(0,8)); draw(O--(8,0)); draw(O--C); draw(A--C--B); draw(D--C--E); label("$\sqrt{17}$",(0,2),W); label("$\sqrt{17}$",(2,0),S); label("cut",midpoint(A--C),NNW); label("cut",midpoint(B--C),ESE); label("fold",midpoint(C--D),W); label("fold",midpoint(C--E),S); label("$30^\circ$",shift(-0.6,-0.6)*C,WSW); label("$30^\circ$",shift(-1.2,-1.2)*C,SSE);[/asy]
Four swallows are catching a fly. At first, the swallows are at the four vertices of a tetrahedron, and the fly is in its interior. Their maximal speeds are equal. Prove that the swallows can catch the fly.
A sphere is inscribed in a truncated right circular cone as shown. The volume of the truncated cone is twice that of the sphere. What is the ratio of the radius of the bottom base of the truncated cone to the radius of the top base of the truncated cone? [asy] real r=(3+sqrt(5))/2; real s=sqrt(r); real Brad=r; real brad=1; real Fht = 2*s; import graph3; import solids; currentprojection=orthographic(1,0,.2); currentlight=(10,10,5); revolution sph=sphere((0,0,Fht/2),Fht/2); //draw(surface(sph),green+white+opacity(0.5)); //triple f(pair t) {return (t.x*cos(t.y),t.x*sin(t.y),t.x^(1/n)*sin(t.y/n));} triple f(pair t) { triple v0 = Brad*(cos(t.x),sin(t.x),0); triple v1 = brad*(cos(t.x),sin(t.x),0)+(0,0,Fht); return (v0 + t.y*(v1-v0)); } triple g(pair t) { return (t.y*cos(t.x),t.y*sin(t.x),0); } surface sback=surface(f,(3pi/4,0),(7pi/4,1),80,2); surface sfront=surface(f,(7pi/4,0),(11pi/4,1),80,2); surface base = surface(g,(0,0),(2pi,Brad),80,2); draw(sback,rgb(0,1,0)); draw(sfront,rgb(.3,1,.3)); draw(base,rgb(.4,1,.4)); draw(surface(sph),rgb(.3,1,.3)); [/asy] $ \textbf {(A) } \dfrac {3}{2} \qquad \textbf {(B) } \dfrac {1+\sqrt{5}}{2} \qquad \textbf {(C) } \sqrt{3} \qquad \textbf {(D) } 2 \qquad \textbf {(E) } \dfrac {3+\sqrt{5}}{2} $
$ABCDA'B'C'D'$ is a cube (with $ABCD$ and $A'B'C'D'$ faces, and $AA', BB', CC', DD'$ edges). $L$ is a line which intersects or is parallel to the lines $AA', BC$ and $DB'$. $L$ meets the line $BC$ at $M$ (which may be the point at infinity). Let $m = |BM|$. The plane $MAA'$ meets the line $B'C'$ at $E$. Show that $|B'E| = m$. The plane $MDB'$ meets the line $A'D'$ at $F$. Show that $|D'F| = m$. Hence or otherwise show how to construct the point $P$ at the intersection of $L$ and the plane $A'B'C'D'$. Find the distance between $P$ and the line $A'B'$ and the distance between $P$ and the line $A'D'$ in terms of $m$. Find a relation between these two distances that does not depend on $m$. Find the locus of $M$. Let $S$ be the envelope of the line $L$ as $M$ varies. Find the intersection of $S$ with the faces of the cube.
Let $Q_n$ be the product of the squares of even numbers less than or equal to $n$ and $K_n$ equal to the product of cubes of odd numbers less than or equal to $n$. What is the highest power of $98$, that [b]a)[/b]$Q_n$, [b]b)[/b] $K_n$ or [b]c)[/b] $Q_nK_n$ divides? If one divides $Q_{98}K_{98}$ by the highest power of $98$, then one get a number $N$. By which power-of-two number is $N$ still divisible?
For which arrangements of two infinite circular cylinders does their intersection lie in a plane?
Let $A_1B_1C_1D_1A_2B_2C_2D_2$ be a unit cube, with $A_1B_1C_1D_1$ and $A_2B_2C_2D_2$ opposite square faces, and let $M$ be the center of face $A_2 B_2 C_2 D_2$. Rectangular pyramid $MA_1B_1C_1D_1$ is cut out of the cube. If the surface area of the remaining solid can be expressed in the form $a + \sqrt{b}$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime, find $a+b$. [i]Author: Alex Zhu[/i]
Let $ABCD$ be a regular tetrahedron. To an arbitrary point $M$ on one edge, say $CD$, corresponds the point $P = P(M)$ which is the intersection of two lines $AH$ and $BK$, drawn from $A$ orthogonally to $BM$ and from $B$ orthogonally to $AM$. What is the locus of $P$ when $M$ varies ?
Let $s_1$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $8,12,\cdots$ and let $s_2$ be the sum of the first $n$ terms of the arithmetic sequence $17,19\cdots$. Assume $n\ne 0$. Then $s_1=s_2$ for: $\text{(A)} \ \text{no value of n} \qquad \text{(B)} \ \text{one value of n} \qquad \text{(C)} \ \text{two values of n}$ $\text{(D)} \ \text{four values of n} \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{more than four values of n}$
$n$ assistants start simultaneously from one vertex of a cube-shaped planet with edge length $1$. Each assistant moves along the edges of the cube at a constant speed of $2, 4, 8, \cdots, 2^n$, and can only change their direction at the vertices of the cube. The assistants can pass through each other at the vertices, but if they collide at any point that is not a vertex, they will explode. Determine the maximum possible value of $n$ such that the assistants can move infinitely without any collisions.
[i]a)[/i] The solid $S$ is defined as the intersection of the six spheres with the six edges of a regular tetrahedron $T$, with edge length $1$, as diameters. Prove that $S$ contains two points at a distance $\frac{1}{\sqrt 6}.$ [i]b)[/i] Using the same assumptions in [i]a)[/i], prove that no pair of points in $S$ has a distance larger than $\frac{1}{\sqrt 6}.$
Let $ S$ be the set of all points with coordinates $ (x,y,z)$, where $ x, y,$ and $ z$ are each chosen from the set $ \{ 0, 1, 2\}$. How many equilateral triangles have all their vertices in $ S$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 72 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 76 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 80 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 84 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 88$
Let $ABCDS$ be a (not neccessarily straight) pyramid with a rectangular base $ABCD$ and acute triangular faces $ABS,BCS,CDS,DAS$. We consider all cuboids which are inscribed inside the pyramid with its base being in the plane $ABCD$ and its upper vertexes are in the triangular faces (one in each). Find the locus of the midpoints of these cuboids.
We consider a fixed point $P$ in the interior of a fixed sphere$.$ We construct three segments $PA, PB,PC$, perpendicular two by two$,$ with the vertexes $A, B, C$ on the sphere$.$ We consider the vertex $Q$ which is opposite to $P$ in the parallelepiped (with right angles) with $PA, PB, PC$ as edges$.$ Find the locus of the point $Q$ when $A, B, C$ take all the positions compatible with our problem.
[b]a)[/b] prove that for every compressed set $K$ in the space $\mathbb R^3$, the function $f:\mathbb R^3 \longrightarrow \mathbb R$ that $f(p)=inf\{|p-k|,k\in K\}$ is continuous. [b]b)[/b] prove that we cannot cover the sphere $S^2\subseteq \mathbb R^3$ with it's three closed sets, such that none of them contain two antipodal points.