Determine the radius of a sphere $S$ that passes through the centroids of each face of a given tetrahedron $T$ inscribed in a unit sphere with center $O$. Also, determine the distance from $O$ to the center of $S$ as a function of the edges of $T.$

For positive integers $a$ and $b$, let $M(a,b) = \tfrac{\text{lcm}(a,b)}{\gcd(a,b)},$ and for each positive integer $n \ge 2,$ define \[x_n = M(1, M(2, M(3, \dots , M(n - 2, M(n - 1, n))\cdots))).\] Compute the number of positive integers $n$ such that $2 \le n \le 2021$ and $5x_n^2 + 5x_{n+1}^2 = 26x_nx_{n+1}.$

Let $x$ and $y$ be two positive real numbers, such that $x + y = 1$. Prove that $$\left(1 +\frac{1}{x}\right)\left(1 +\frac{1}{y}\right) \ge 9$$

Determine $ m > 0$ so that $ x^4 \minus{} (3m\plus{}2)x^2 \plus{} m^2 \equal{} 0$ has four real solutions forming an arithmetic series: i.e., that the solutions may be written $ a, a\plus{}b, a\plus{}2b,$ and $ a\plus{}3b$ for suitable $ a$ and $ b$. A. 1 B. 3 C. 7 D. 12 E. None of these

We call a positive integer [i]good number[/i], if it is divisible by squares of all its prime factors. Show that there are infinitely many pairs of consequtive numbers both are [i]good[/i].

(i) Find a formula for $S_n = -1^2 \times 2 + 2^2 \times 3 - 3^2 \times 4 + 4^2 \times 5 -... + (-l)^n n^2 \times (n + 1)$ in terms of the positive integer $n$. Justify your answer. (As an example, one has $1 + 2 + 3 +...+n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}$) (ii) Using your formula in (i), find the value of $ -1^2 \times 2 + 2^2 \times 3 - 3^2 \times 4 + 4^2 \times 5 -... + (-l)^{100} 100^2 \times (100 + 1)$

Find the number of positive integers x satisfying the following two conditions: 1. $x<10^{2006}$ 2. $x^{2}-x$ is divisible by $10^{2006}$

Find all positive integers $ n$ for which there exist integers $ a,b,c$ such that $ a\plus{}b\plus{}c\equal{}0$ and the number $ a^{n}\plus{}b^{n}\plus{}c^{n}$ is prime.

In the set of all positive real numbers define the operation $a * b = a^b$ . Find all positive rational numbers for which $a * b = b * a$.

Let $\mathbb{R}^{+}$ be the set of positive real numbers. Find all real numbers $a$ for which there exists a function $f :\mathbb{R}^{+} \to \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that $3(f(x))^{2}=2f(f(x))+ax^{4}$, for all $x \in \mathbb{R}^{+}$.

Find all positive integers $n$, such that $\sigma(n) =\tau(n) \lceil {\sqrt{n}} \rceil$.

Let $(a_n)_{n=0}^{\infty}$ be a sequence of real numbers defined as follows: [list] [*] $a_0 = 3$, $a_1 = 2$, and $a_2 = 12$; and [*] $2a_{n + 3} - a_{n + 2} - 8a_{n + 1} + 4a_n = 0$ for $n \geq 0$. [/list] Show that $a_n$ is always a strictly positive integer.

Let $Q$ be an $n$-by-$n$ real orthogonal matrix, and let $u\in \mathbb{R}^n$ be a unit column vector (that is, $u^Tu=1$). Let $P=I-2uu^T$, where $I$ is the $n$-by-$n$ identity matrix. Show that if $1$ is not an eigenvalue of $Q$, then $1$ is an eigenvalue of $PQ$.

Given an acute triangle $ABC, H$ is the foot of the altitude drawn from the point $A$ on the line $BC, P$ and $K \ne H$ are arbitrary points on the segments $AH$ and$ BC$ respectively. Segments $AC$ and $BP$ intersect at point $B_1$, lines $AB$ and $CP$ at point $C_1$. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the projections of point $H$ on the lines $KB_1$ and $KC_1$, respectively. Prove that points $A, P, X$ and $Y$ lie on one circle.

On $\triangle ABC$ let points $D,E$ on sides $AB,BC$ respectivily such that $AD=DE=EC$ and $AE \ne DC$. Let $P$ the intersection of lines $AE, DC$, show that $\angle ABC=60$ if $AP=CP$.

Let $\Gamma(s)$ denote Euler's gamma function. Construct an even entire function $F(s)$ that does not vanish everywhere, for which the quotient $F(s)/\Gamma(s)$ is bounded on the right halfplane $\{\Re(s)>0\}$.

Triangle $ABC$ is given. The circle $\omega$ with center $I$ is tangent at points $D,E,F$ to segments $BC,AC,AB$ respectively. When $ABC$ is rotated $180$ degrees about point $I$, triangle $A'B'C'$ results. Lines $AD, B'C'$ meet at $U$, lines $BE, A'C'$ meet at $V$, and lines $CF, A'B'$ meet at $W$. Line $BC$ meets $A'C', A'B'$ at points $D_1, D_2$ respectively. Line $AC$ meets $A'B', B'C'$ at $E_1, E_2$ respectively. Line $AB$ meets $B'C', A'C'$ at $F_1,F_2$ respectively. Six (not necessarily convex) quadrilaterals were colored orange: \[AUIF_2 , C'FIF_2 , BVID_1 , A'DID_2 , CWIE_1 , B'EIE_2\] Six other quadrilaterals were colored green: \[AUIE_2 , C'FIF_1 , BVIF_2 , A'DID_1 , CWID_2 , B'EIE_1\] Prove that the sum of the green areas equals the sum of the orange areas.

If $ x$ is positive and $ \log{x} \ge \log{2} \plus{} \frac{1}{2}\log{x}$, then: $ \textbf{(A)}\ {x}\text{ has no minimum or maximum value}\qquad \\ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{the maximum value of }{x}\text{ is }{1}\qquad \\ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{the minimum value of }{x}\text{ is }{1}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{the maximum value of }{x}\text{ is }{4}\qquad \\ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{the minimum value of }{x}\text{ is }{4}$

Find all real solutions of $$ \begin{matrix} \sqrt{9+x_1}+ \sqrt{9+x_2}+...+ \sqrt{9+x_{100}}=100\sqrt{10}\\ \sqrt{16-x_1}+ \sqrt{16-x_2}+...+ \sqrt{16-x_{100}}=100\sqrt{15} \end{matrix}$$

Let $ABCD$ be a rectangle with diagonals of length $10.$ Let $P$ be the midpoint of $\overline{AD},$ $S$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BC},$ and $T$ be the midpoint of $\overline{CD}.$ Points $Q$ and $R$ are chosen on $\overline{AB}$ such that $AP=AQ$ and $BR=BS,$ and minor arcs $\widehat{PQ}$ and $\widehat{RS}$ centered at $A$ and $B,$ respectively, are drawn. Circle $\omega$ is tangent to $\overline{CD}$ at $T$ and externally tangent to $\widehat{PQ}$ and $\widehat{RS}.$ Suppose that the radius of $\omega$ is $\tfrac{43}{18}.$ Then the sum of all possible values of the area of $ABCD$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{a+b\sqrt{c}}{d},$ where $a,\ b,\ c,$ and $d$ are positive integers, $b$ and $d$ are relatively prime, and $c$ is prime. Find $a+b+c+d.$

Find all pairs $(m, n)$ of integers such that $n^2 - 3mn + m - n = 0$.

For any positive integer $x$, we set $$ g(x) = \text{ largest odd divisor of } x, $$ $$ f(x) = \begin{cases} \frac{x}{2} + \frac{x}{g(x)} & \text{ if } x \text{ is even;} \\ 2^{\frac{x+1}{2}} & \text{ if } x \text{ is odd.} \end{cases} $$ Consider the sequence $(x_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}$ defined by $x_1 = 1$, $x_{n + 1} = f(x_n)$. Show that the integer $2018$ appears in this sequence, determine the least integer $n$ such that $x_n = 2018$, and determine whether $n$ is unique or not.

Suppose real numbers $a, b, c, d$ satisfy $a + b + c + d = 17$ and $ab + bc + cd + da = 46$. If the minimum possible value of $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2$ can be expressed as a rational number $\frac{p}{q}$ in simplest form, find $p + q$.

In triangle $ABC$ , $w$ is a circle which passes through $B,C$ and intersects $AB,AC$ at $E,F$ respectively. $BF,CE$ intersect the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $B',C'$ respectively. Let $A'$ be a point on $BC$ such that $\angle C'A'B=\angle B'A'C$ . Prove that if we change $w$, then all the circumcircles of triangles $A'B'C'$ passes through a common point.

Let $a,b$ complex numbers. Show that if the roots of the equation $z^2+az+b=0$ and 0 form a triangle with the right angle at the origin, then $a^2=2b\neq0.$ Also determine whether the opposite implication holds.