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Let $n \geq 3$ be an integer and $F$ be the focus of the parabola $y^2=2px$. A regular polygon $A_1 A_2 \ldots A_n$ has the center in $F$ and none of its vertices lie on $Ox$. $\left( FA_1 \right., \left( FA_2 \right., \ldots, \left( FA_n \right.$ intersect the parabola at $B_1,B_2,\ldots,B_n$. Prove that \[ FB_1 + FB_2 + \ldots + FB_n > np . \] [i]Calin Popescu[/i]
$n$ being a given integer, find all functions $f\colon \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}$, such that for all integers $x,y$ we have $f\left( {x + y + f(y)} \right) = f(x) + ny$.
Suppose that $x$, $y$, and $z$ are real numbers such that $x + y + z = 3$ and $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 6$. What is the largest possible value of $z$?
Let $G$ be a simple graph with 100 vertices such that for each vertice $u$, there exists a vertice $v \in N \left ( u \right )$ and $ N \left ( u \right ) \cap N \left ( v \right ) = \o $. Try to find the maximal possible number of edges in $G$. The $ N \left ( . \right )$ refers to the neighborhood.
Let $ x$, $ y$, $ z \in\mathbb{R}^+$ satisfying $ xyz = 1$. Prove that \[ \frac {(x + y - 1)^2}{z} + \frac {(y + z - 1)^2}{x} + \frac {(z + x - 1)^2}{y}\geqslant x + y + z\mbox{.}\]
Find all real positive solutions (if any) to \begin{align*} x^3+y^3+z^3 &= x+y+z, \mbox{ and} \\ x^2+y^2+z^2 &= xyz. \end{align*}
$a,b,c$ are the length of three sides of a triangle. Let $A= \frac{a^2 +bc}{b+c}+\frac{b^2 +ca}{c+a}+\frac{c^2 +ab}{a+b}$, $B=\frac{1}{\sqrt{(a+b-c)(b+c-a)}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{(b+c-a)(c+a-b)}}$$+\frac{1}{\sqrt{(c+a-b)(a+b-c)}}$. Prove that $AB \ge 9$.
$25$ students are on exams. Exam consists of some questions with $5$ variants of answer. Every two students gave same answer for not more than $1$ question. Prove, that there are not more than $6$ questions in exam.
Let $ a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that \[ \frac{a^3}{c(a^2 + bc)} + \frac{b^3}{a(b^2 + ca)} + \frac{c^3}{b(c^2 +ab )} \ge \frac{3}{2} . \]
Determine all positive integers $x$, $y$ and $z$ such that $x^5 + 4^y = 2013^z$. ([i]Serbia[/i])
Find all functions $f$ from the set of real numbers to itself satisfying \[ f(x(1+y)) = f(x)(1 + f(y)) \] for all real numbers $x, y$.
Find all pairs of integers $a,b$ for which there exists a polynomial $P(x) \in \mathbb{Z}[X]$ such that product $(x^2+ax+b)\cdot P(x)$ is a polynomial of a form \[ x^n+c_{n-1}x^{n-1}+\cdots+c_1x+c_0 \] where each of $c_0,c_1,\ldots,c_{n-1}$ is equal to $1$ or $-1$.
Let $T$ be a tree with $n$ vertices; that is, a connected simple graph on $n$ vertices that contains no cycle. For every pair $u$, $v$ of vertices, let $d(u,v)$ denote the distance between $u$ and $v$, that is, the number of edges in the shortest path in $T$ that connects $u$ with $v$. Consider the sums \[W(T)=\sum_{\substack{\{u,v\}\subseteq V(T)\\ u\neq v}}d(u,v) \quad \text{and} \quad H(T)=\sum_{\substack{\{u,v\}\subseteq V(T)\\ u\neq v}}\frac{1}{d(u,v)}\] Prove that \[W(T)\cdot H(T)\geq \frac{(n-1)^3(n+2)}{4}.\]
Let $f(x)=\sin x+2\cos x+3\tan x$, using radian measure for the variable $x$. In what interval does the smallest positive value of $x$ for which $f(x)=0$ lie? $\textbf{(A) } (0,1) \qquad \textbf{(B) } (1,2) \qquad \textbf{(C) } (2,3) \qquad \textbf{(D) } (3,4) \qquad \textbf{(E) } (4,5)$
(a) Find all strictly monotone functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(x+f(y))=f(x)+y\quad\text{for all real}\ x,y. \] (b) If $n>1$ is an integer, prove that there is no strictly monotone function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x+f(y))=f(x)+y^n\quad \text{for all real}\ x, y.\]
Show that for every positive integer $n$ we have: $$\sum_{k=0}^{n}\left(\frac{2n+1-k}{k+1}\right)^k=\left(\frac{2n+1}{1}\right)^0+\left(\frac{2n}{2}\right)^1+...+\left(\frac{n+1}{n+1}\right)^n\leq 2^n$$ [i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $abc=1$. Determine the smallest possible value of $$\frac{a^3+8}{a^3(b+c)}+\frac{b^3+8}{b^3(a+c)}+\frac{c^3+8}{c^3(b+a)}$$
Let $x,y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $xy+yz+zx=3xyz$. Prove that $$x^2y+y^2z+z^2x \geq 2(x+y+z)-3.$$ In which cases do we have equality?
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a + b + c = 1$. Prove that $$\sqrt[3]{\left (\frac{1+a}{b+c}\right )^{\frac{1-a}{bc}}\left (\frac{1+b}{c+a}\right )^{\frac{1-b}{ca}}\left (\frac{1+c}{a+b}\right )^{\frac{1-c}{ab}}} \geq 64 $$
Let $ x, y, z $ be positive real numbers. Prove that \[ \frac{2x^2 + xy}{(y+ \sqrt{zx} + z )^2} + \frac{2y^2 + yz}{(z+ \sqrt{xy} + x )^2} + \frac{2z^2 + zx}{(x+ \sqrt{yz} +y )^2} \ge 1 \]
Prove that for $ x,y\in\mathbb{R^ \plus{} }$, $ \frac {1}{(1 \plus{} \sqrt {x})^{2}} \plus{} \frac {1}{(1 \plus{} \sqrt {y})^{2}} \ge \frac {2}{x \plus{} y \plus{} 2}$
Let $n\geq2$ be a positive integer, with divisors $1=d_1<d_2<\,\ldots<d_k=n$. Prove that $d_1d_2+d_2d_3+\,\ldots\,+d_{k-1}d_k$ is always less than $n^2$, and determine when it is a divisor of $n^2$.
Let $n$ be a positive integer greater than $2$. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying: $(f(x+y))^{n} = f(x^{n})+f(y^{n}),$ for all integers $x,y$
Prove that, for all positive real numbers $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, the inequality \[ \frac {1}{a^3 \plus{} b^3 \plus{} abc} \plus{} \frac {1}{b^3 \plus{} c^3 \plus{} abc} \plus{} \frac {1}{c^3 \plus{} a^3 \plus{} abc} \leq \frac {1}{abc} \] holds.
Find all real numbers $x,y,z\geq 1$ satisfying \[\min(\sqrt{x+xyz},\sqrt{y+xyz},\sqrt{z+xyz})=\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{y-1}+\sqrt{z-1}.\]