Alan, Barb, Cory, and Doug are on the golf team, Doug, Emma, Fran, and Greg are on the swim team, and Greg, Hope, Inga, and Alan are on the tennis team. These nine people sit in a circle in random order. The probability that no two people from the same team sit next to each other is $\tfrac{m}{n}$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m + n.$

For each positive integer $\,n,\;S(n)\,$ is defined to be the greatest integer such that, for every positive integer $\,k\leq S(n),\;n^{2}\,$ can be written as the sum of $\,k\,$ positive squares. [b]a.)[/b] Prove that $\,S(n)\leq n^{2}-14\,$ for each $\,n\geq 4$. [b]b.)[/b] Find an integer $\,n\,$ such that $\,S(n)=n^{2}-14$. [b]c.)[/b] Prove that there are infintely many integers $\,n\,$ such that $S(n)=n^{2}-14.$

Does there exist a convex polyhedron in which each internal angle of each of its faces is either a right angle or an obtuse angle, and which has exactly $100$ edges? Justify your answer.

We say a finite set $S$ of points with $|S|\ge3$ is [i]good[/i] if for any three distinct elements of $S$, they are non-collinear and the orthocenter of them is also in $S$. Find all good sets.

a)Find a matrix $A\in \mathcal{M}_3(\mathbb{C})$ such that $A^2\neq O_3$ and $A^3=O_3$. b)Let $n,p\in\{2,3\}$. Prove that if there is bijective function $f:\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})\rightarrow \mathcal{M}_p(\mathbb{C})$ such that $f(XY)=f(X)f(Y),\ \forall X,Y\in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$, then $n=p$. [i]Ion Savu[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $AB < AC$. As shown below, $T$ is the point on $\overline{BC}$ such that $\overline{AT}$ is tangent to the circumcircle of $\triangle{}ABC$. Additionally, $H$ and $O$ are the orthocenter and circumcenter of $\triangle{}ABC$, respectively. Suppose that $\overline{CH}$ passes through the midpoint of $\overline{AT}$. Prove that $\overline{AO}$ bisects $\overline{CH}$. [asy] size(8cm); pair A = dir(132.5); pair B = dir(200); pair C = dir(340); draw(A--B--C--cycle, black); draw(circumcircle(A, B, C), black); pair O = circumcenter(A, B, C); pair U = 2*C*A/(C+A); pair V = 2*A*B/(A+B);pair T = extension(U, V, B, C); draw(A--T); draw(T--B);pair X = (T+A)/2; pair H = (A+B+C); draw(A--H); pair Y = (H+C)/2; draw(H--X, dashed); draw(C--H); draw(O--Y, dashed); draw(A--O); dot("$A$", A, dir(A)); dot("$B$", B, SW); dot("$C$", C, dir(C)); dot("$O$", O, NE); dot("$T$", T, dir(T)); dot("$H$", H, SW); dot("$X$", X, NW); dot("$Y$", Y, SW); [/asy]

Given an acute triangle $ PBC$ with $ PB\neq PC.$ Points $ A,D$ lie on $ PB,PC,$ respectively. $ AC$ intersects $ BD$ at point $ O.$ Let $ E,F$ be the feet of perpendiculars from $ O$ to $ AB,CD,$ respectively. Denote by $ M,N$ the midpoints of $ BC,AD.$ $ (1)$: If four points $ A,B,C,D$ lie on one circle, then $ EM\cdot FN \equal{} EN\cdot FM.$ $ (2)$: Determine whether the converse of $ (1)$ is true or not, justify your answer.

A sphere $S$ is tangent to the edges $AB,BC,CD,DA$ of a tetrahedron $ABCD$ at the points $E,F,G,H$ respectively. The points $E,F,G,H$ are the vertices of a square. Prove that if the sphere is tangent to the edge $AC$, then it is also tangent to the edge $BD.$

Let $ A\equal{}\{1,2,\ldots, 2008\}$. We will say that set $ X$ is an $ r$-set if $ \emptyset \neq X \subset A$, and $ \sum_{x\in X} x \equiv r \pmod 3$. Let $ X_r$, $ r\in\{0,1,2\}$ be the set of $ r$-sets. Find which one of $ X_r$ has the most elements.

The twelve-sided figure shown has been drawn on $1 \text{ cm}\times 1 \text{ cm}$ graph paper. What is the area of the figure in $\text{cm}^2$? [asy] unitsize(8mm); for (int i=0; i<7; ++i) { draw((i,0)--(i,7),gray); draw((0,i+1)--(7,i+1),gray); } draw((1,3)--(2,4)--(2,5)--(3,6)--(4,5)--(5,5)--(6,4)--(5,3)--(5,2)--(4,1)--(3,2)--(2,2)--cycle,black+2bp); [/asy] $\textbf{(A) } 12 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 12.5 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 13.5 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 14$

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 $P$.

Solve the equation $7^x -3^y =4$ in positive integers.

Let $x, y, z$ be real numbers greater than $1$ such that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=2$. Prove that \[\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{y-1}+\sqrt{z-1}\leq \sqrt{x+y+z}.\]

Show that we cannot tile a $10 x 10$ board with $25$ pieces of type $A$, or with $25$ pieces of type $B$, or with $25$ pieces of type $C$.

The function $\psi : \mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ is defined by $\psi (n)=\sum_{k=1}^n\gcd (k,n)$. $(a)$ Prove that $\psi (mn)=\psi (m)\psi (n)$ for every two coprime $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$. $(b)$ Prove that for each $a\in\mathbb{N}$ the equation $\psi (x)=ax$ has a solution.

Find integer $ n$ with $ 8001 < n < 8200$ such that $ 2^n \minus{} 1$ divides $ 2^{k(n \minus{} 1)! \plus{} k^n} \minus{} 1$ for all integers $ k > n$.

The incircle of a right-angled triangle $ABC$ touches its catheti $AC$ and $BC$ at points $B_1$ and $A_1$, the hypotenuse touches the incircle at point $C_1$. Lines $C_1A_1$ and $C_1B_1$ meet $CA$ and $CB$ respectively at points $B_0$ and $A_0$. Prove that $AB_0 = BA_0$. (J. Zajtseva, D. Shvetsov )

Find all function $ f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x \plus{} y)(f(x) \minus{} y) \equal{} xf(x) \minus{} yf(y) \] for all $ x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.

Prove that the inequality \[ \frac{ x+y}{x^2-xy+y^2 } \leq \frac{ 2\sqrt 2 }{\sqrt{ x^2 +y^2 } } \] holds for all real numbers $x$ and $y$, not both equal to 0.

Find the value of $x$ that satisfies $\log_{3}(\log_9x)=\log_9(\log_3x)$

Assume that $M \subset N$ has the property that every two numbers $m,n$ of $M$ satisfy $|m-n| \ge mn/25$. Prove that the set $M$ contains no more than $9$ elements. Decide whether there exists such set M.

Consider the prime numbers $n_1< n_2 <...< n_{31}$. Prove that if $30$ divides $n_1^4 + n_2^4+...+n_{31}^4$, then among these numbers one can find three consecutive primes.

A convex, closed figure lies inside a given circle. The figure is seen from every point of the circumference at a right angle (that is, the two rays drawn from the point and supporting the convex figure are perpendicular). Prove that the center of the circle is a center of symmetry of the figure.

Are there polynomials $P, Q$ with real coefficients, such that $P(P(x))\cdot Q(Q(x))$ has exactly $2023$ distinct real roots and $P(Q(x)) \cdot Q(P(x))$ has exactly $2024$ distinct real roots?

For any given $k$ points in a plane, we define the diameter of the points as the maximum distance between any two points among the given points. Suppose $n$ points are there in a plane with diameter $d$. Show that we can always find a circle with radius $\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}d$ such that all points lie inside the circle.