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2002 China Team Selection Test, 2

There are $ n$ points ($ n \geq 4$) on a sphere with radius $ R$, and not all of them lie on the same semi-sphere. Prove that among all the angles formed by any two of the $ n$ points and the sphere centre $ O$ ($ O$ is the vertex of the angle), there is at least one that is not less than $ \displaystyle 2 \arcsin{\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}}$.

2012 Poland - Second Round, 2

Prove that for tetrahedron $ABCD$; vertex $D$, center of insphere and centroid of $ABCD$ are collinear iff areas of triangles $ABD,BCD,CAD$ are equal.

2004 Baltic Way, 6

A positive integer is written on each of the six faces of a cube. For each vertex of the cube we compute the product of the numbers on the three adjacent faces. The sum of these products is $1001$. What is the sum of the six numbers on the faces?

2005 District Olympiad, 4

Prove that no matter how we number the vertices of a cube with integers from 1 to 8, there exists two opposite vertices in the cube (e.g. they are the endpoints of a large diagonal of the cube), united through a broken line formed with 3 edges of the cube, such that the sum of the 4 numbers written in the vertices of this broken lines is at least 21.

1991 Arnold's Trivium, 92

Find the orders of the subgroups of the group of rotations of the cube, and find its normal subgroups.

1957 Polish MO Finals, 6

A cube is given with base $ ABCD $, where $ AB = a $ cm. Calculate the distance of the line $ BC $ from the line passing through the point $ A $ and the center $ S $ of the face opposite the base.

1994 Tuymaada Olympiad, 8

Prove that in space there is a sphere containing exactly $1994$ points with integer coordinates.

1959 Putnam, B5

Find the equation of the smallest sphere which is tangent to both of the lines $$\begin{pmatrix} x\\y\\z \end{pmatrix} =\begin{pmatrix} t+1\\ 2t+4\\ -3t +5 \end{pmatrix},\;\;\;\begin{pmatrix} x\\y\\z \end{pmatrix} =\begin{pmatrix} 4t-12\\ -t+8\\ t+17 \end{pmatrix}.$$

2001 Polish MO Finals, 2

Given a regular tetrahedron $ABCD$ with edge length $1$ and a point $P$ inside it. What is the maximum value of $\left|PA\right|+\left|PB\right|+\left|PC\right|+\left|PD\right|$.

2006 All-Russian Olympiad, 6

Consider a tetrahedron $SABC$. The incircle of the triangle $ABC$ has the center $I$ and touches its sides $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at the points $E$, $F$, $D$, respectively. Let $A^{\prime}$, $B^{\prime}$, $C^{\prime}$ be the points on the segments $SA$, $SB$, $SC$ such that $AA^{\prime}=AD$, $BB^{\prime}=BE$, $CC^{\prime}=CF$, and let $S^{\prime}$ be the point diametrically opposite to the point $S$ on the circumsphere of the tetrahedron $SABC$. Assume that the line $SI$ is an altitude of the tetrahedron $SABC$. Show that $S^{\prime}A^{\prime}=S^{\prime}B^{\prime}=S^{\prime}C^{\prime}$.

1997 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3

The areas of the faces $ABD,ACD,BCD,BCA$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ are $S_1,S_2,Q_1,Q_2$, respectively. The angle between the faces $ABD$ and $ACD$ equals $\alpha$, and the angle between $BCD$ and $BCA$ is $\beta$. Prove that $$S_1^2+S_2^2-2S_1S_2\cos\alpha=Q_1^2+Q_2^2-2Q_1Q_2\cos\beta.$$

2004 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 11.8

Given a triangular pyramid $ABCD$. Sphere $S_1$ passing through points $A$, $B$, $C$, intersects edges $AD$, $BD$, $CD$ at points $K$, $L$, $M$, respectively; sphere $S_2$ passing through points $A$, $B$, $D$ intersects the edges $AC$, $BC$, $DC$ at points $P$, $Q$, $M$ respectively. It turned out that $KL \parallel PQ$. Prove that the bisectors of plane angles $KMQ$ and $LMP$ are the same.

2014 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 5

Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a circle in the $xy$ plane with radius $1$ and center $(0, 0, 0)$, and let $P$ be a point in space with coordinates $(3, 4, 8)$. Find the largest possible radius of a sphere that is contained entirely in the slanted cone with base $\mathcal{C}$ and vertex $P$.

1991 Vietnam National Olympiad, 3

Three mutually perpendicular rays $O_x,O_y,O_z$ and three points $A,B,C$ on $O_x,O_y,O_z$, respectively. A variable sphere є through $A, B,C$ meets $O_x,O_y,O_z$ again at $A', B',C'$, respectively. Let $M$ and $M'$ be the centroids of triangles $ABC$ and $A'B'C'$. Find the locus of the midpoint of $MM'$.

2000 Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 3

A cube of side $n$ is cut into $n^3$ unit cubes, and m of these cubes are marked so that the centers of any three marked cubes do not form a right-angled triangle with legs parallel to sides of the cube. Find the maximum possible value of $m$.

1959 Polish MO Finals, 3

Given a pyramid with square base $ ABCD $ and vertex $ S $. Find the shortest path whose starting and ending point is the point $ S $ and which passes through all the vertices of the base.

2023 LMT Fall, 22

Consider all pairs of points $(a,b,c)$ and $(d,e, f )$ in the $3$-D coordinate system with $ad +be +c f = -2023$. What is the least positive integer that can be the distance between such a pair of points? [i]Proposed by William Hua[/i]

1967 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 2

Let $ABCD$ be a tetrahedron such that \[AB^2+CD^2=AC^2+BD^2=AD^2+BC^2.\] Show that at least one of its faces is an acute triangle.

1999 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 7

On a sphere with radius $1$, a point $ P $ is given. Three mutually perpendicular the rays emanating from the point $ P $ intersect the sphere at the points $ A $, $ B $ and $ C $. Prove that all such possible $ ABC $ planes pass through fixed point, and find the maximum possible area of the triangle $ ABC $

1982 IMO Longlists, 10

Let $r_1, \ldots , r_n$ be the radii of $n$ spheres. Call $S_1, S_2, \ldots , S_n$ the areas of the set of points of each sphere from which one cannot see any point of any other sphere. Prove that \[\frac{S_1}{r_1^2} + \frac{S_2}{r_2^2}+\cdots+\frac{S_n}{r_n^2} = 4 \pi.\]

2010 Contests, 2

The orthogonal projections of the vertices $A, B, C$ of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ on the opposite faces are denoted by $A', B', C'$ respectively. Suppose that point $A'$ is the circumcenter of the triangle $BCD$, point $B'$ is the incenter of the triangle $ACD$ and $C'$ is the centroid of the triangle $ABD$. Prove that tetrahedron $ABCD$ is regular.

2020 USOJMO, 3

An empty $2020 \times 2020 \times 2020$ cube is given, and a $2020 \times 2020$ grid of square unit cells is drawn on each of its six faces. A [i]beam[/i] is a $1 \times 1 \times 2020$ rectangular prism. Several beams are placed inside the cube subject to the following conditions: [list=] [*]The two $1 \times 1$ faces of each beam coincide with unit cells lying on opposite faces of the cube. (Hence, there are $3 \cdot {2020}^2$ possible positions for a beam.) [*]No two beams have intersecting interiors. [*]The interiors of each of the four $1 \times 2020$ faces of each beam touch either a face of the cube or the interior of the face of another beam. [/list] What is the smallest positive number of beams that can be placed to satisfy these conditions? [i]Proposed by Alex Zhai[/i]

1969 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 6

It is given that $r=\left(3\left(\sqrt6-1\right)-4\left(\sqrt3+1\right)+5\sqrt2\right)R$ where $r$ and $R$ are the radii of the inscribed and circumscribed spheres in a regular $n$-angled pyramid. If it is known that the centers of the spheres given coincide, (a) find $n$; (b) if $n=3$ and the lengths of all edges are equal to a find the volumes of the parts from the pyramid after drawing a plane $\mu$, which intersects two of the edges passing through point $A$ respectively in the points $E$ and $F$ in such a way that $|AE|=p$ and $|AF|=q$ $(p<a,q<a)$, intersects the extension of the third edge behind opposite of the vertex $A$ wall in the point $G$ in such a way that $|AG|=t$ $(t>a)$.

2015 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 5

The nodes of a three dimensional unit cube lattice with all three coordinates even are coloured red and blue otherwise. A convex polyhedron with all vertices red is given. Assuming the number of red points on its border is $n$. How many blue vertices can be on its border?

2013 Miklós Schweitzer, 6

Let ${\mathcal A}$ be a ${C^{\ast}}$ algebra with a unit element and let ${\mathcal A_+}$ be the cone of the positive elements of ${\mathcal A}$ (this is the set of such self adjoint elements in ${\mathcal A}$ whose spectrum is in ${[0,\infty)}$. Consider the operation \[ \displaystyle x \circ y =\sqrt{x}y\sqrt{x},\ x,y \in \mathcal A_+\] Prove that if for all ${x,y \in \mathcal A_+}$ we have \[ \displaystyle (x\circ y)\circ y = x \circ (y \circ y), \] then ${\mathcal A}$ is commutative. [i]Proposed by Lajos Molnár[/i]