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1954 Putnam, B1

Show that the equation $x^2 -y^2 =a^3$ has always integral solutions for $x$ and $y$ whenever $a$ is a positive integer.

2002 AMC 12/AHSME, 12

For how many integers $ n$ is $ \frac{n}{20\minus{}n}$ the square of an integer? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 10$

2002 IMC, 12

Let $f:\mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a convex function whose gradient $\nabla f$ exists at every point of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ and satisfies the condition $$\exists L>0\; \forall x_{1},x_{2}\in \mathbb{R}^{n}:\;\; ||\nabla f(x_{1})-\nabla f(x_{2})||\leq L||x_{1}-x_{2}||.$$ Prove that $$ \forall x_{1},x_{2}\in \mathbb{R}^{n}:\;\; ||\nabla f(x_{1})-\nabla f(x_{2})||^{2}\leq L\langle\nabla f(x_{1})-\nabla f(x_{2}), x_{1}-x_{2}\rangle. $$

2021 IMO Shortlist, A2

Which positive integers $n$ make the equation \[\sum_{i=1}^n \sum_{j=1}^n \left\lfloor \frac{ij}{n+1} \right\rfloor=\frac{n^2(n-1)}{4}\] true?

2021 Kyiv City MO Round 1, 8.3

The $1 \times 1$ cells located around the perimeter of a $3 \times 3$ square are filled with the numbers $1, 2, \ldots, 8$ so that the sums along each of the four sides are equal. In the upper left corner cell is the number $8$, and in the upper left is the number $6$ (see the figure below). [img]https://i.ibb.co/bRmd12j/Kyiv-MO-2021-Round-1-8-2.png[/img] How many different ways to fill the remaining cells are there under these conditions? [i]Proposed by Mariia Rozhkova[/i]

2015 European Mathematical Cup, 2

Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc=1$. Prove that $$\frac{a+b+c+3}{4}\geqslant \frac{1}{a+b}+\frac{1}{b+c}+\frac{1}{c+a}.$$ [i]Dimitar Trenevski[/i]

2016 IMO Shortlist, G1

Triangle $BCF$ has a right angle at $B$. Let $A$ be the point on line $CF$ such that $FA=FB$ and $F$ lies between $A$ and $C$. Point $D$ is chosen so that $DA=DC$ and $AC$ is the bisector of $\angle{DAB}$. Point $E$ is chosen so that $EA=ED$ and $AD$ is the bisector of $\angle{EAC}$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $CF$. Let $X$ be the point such that $AMXE$ is a parallelogram. Prove that $BD,FX$ and $ME$ are concurrent.

2012 IMO Shortlist, G6

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcenter $O$ and incenter $I$. The points $D,E$ and $F$ on the sides $BC,CA$ and $AB$ respectively are such that $BD+BF=CA$ and $CD+CE=AB$. The circumcircles of the triangles $BFD$ and $CDE$ intersect at $P \neq D$. Prove that $OP=OI$.

2018 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, P1, 1

Tags: inequalities
Let $\alpha$ be an arbitrary positive real number. Determine for this number $\alpha$ the greatest real number $C$ such that the inequality$$\left(1+\frac{\alpha}{x^2}\right)\left(1+\frac{\alpha}{y^2}\right)\left(1+\frac{\alpha}{z^2}\right)\geq C\left(\frac{x}{z}+\frac{z}{x}+2\right)$$ is valid for all positive real numbers $x, y$ and $z$ satisfying $xy + yz + zx =\alpha.$ When does equality occur? [i](Proposed by Walther Janous)[/i]

2021 Brazil EGMO TST, 5

Let $S$ be a set, such that for every positive integer $n$, we have $|S\cap T|=1$, where $T=\{n,2n,3n\}$. Prove that if $2\in S$, then $13824\notin S$.

2024 APMO, 3

Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be positive reals. Show that $$\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{2^i}(\frac{2}{1+a_i})^{2^i} \geq \frac{2}{1+a_1a_2\ldots a_n}-\frac{1}{2^n}.$$

2018 AMC 12/AHSME, 5

How many subsets of $\{2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\}$ contain at least one prime number? $\textbf{(A)} \text{ 128} \qquad \textbf{(B)} \text{ 192} \qquad \textbf{(C)} \text{ 224} \qquad \textbf{(D)} \text{ 240} \qquad \textbf{(E)} \text{ 256}$

2022 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Let $A$ be a countable set, some of its countable subsets are selected such that; the intersection of any two selected subsets has at most one element. Find the smallest $k$ for which one can ensure that we can color elements of $A$ with $k$ colors such that each selected subsets exactly contain one element of one of the colors and an infinite number of elements of each of the other colors.

2002 China Team Selection Test, 1

Circle $ O$ is inscribed in a trapzoid $ ABCD$, $ \angle{A}$ and $ \angle{B}$ are all acute angles. A line through $ O$ intersects $ AD$ at $ E$ and $ BC$ at $ F$, and satisfies the following conditions: (1) $ \angle{DEF}$ and $ \angle{CFE}$ are acute angles. (2) $ AE\plus{}BF\equal{}DE\plus{}CF$. Let $ AB\equal{}a$, $ BC\equal{}b$, $ CD\equal{}c$, then use $ a,b,c$ to express $ AE$.

1982 Austrian-Polish Competition, 5

Tags: algebra
Show that [0,1] cannot be partitioned into two disjoints sets A and B such that B=A+a for some real a.

1963 AMC 12/AHSME, 34

In triangle ABC, side $a = \sqrt{3}$, side $b = \sqrt{3}$, and side $c > 3$. Let $x$ be the largest number such that the magnitude, in degrees, of the angle opposite side $c$ exceeds $x$. Then $x$ equals: $\textbf{(A)}\ 150 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 120\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 105 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 90 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 60$

1998 Niels Henrik Abels Math Contest (Norwegian Math Olympiad) Round 2, 9

In the triangle $ ABC$ we have $ AB \equal{} 5$ and $ AC \equal{} 6$. The area of the triangle when the $ \angle ACB$ is as large as possible is $ \text{(A)}\ 15 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 5 \sqrt{7} \qquad \text{(C)}\ \frac{7}{2} \sqrt{7} \qquad \text{(D)}\ 3 \sqrt{11} \qquad \text{(E)}\ \frac{5}{2} \sqrt{11}$

1985 IberoAmerican, 3

Tags: vieta , algebra
Find all the roots $ r_{1}$, $ r_{2}$, $ r_{3}$ y $ r_{4}$ of the equation $ 4x^{4}\minus{}ax^{3}\plus{}bx^{2}\minus{}cx\plus{}5 \equal{} 0$, knowing that they are real, positive and that: \[ \frac{r_{1}}{2}\plus{}\frac{r_{2}}{4}\plus{}\frac{r_{3}}{5}\plus{}\frac{r_{4}}{8}\equal{} 1.\]

2018 Korea Winter Program Practice Test, 3

Denote $A_{DE}$ by the foot of perpendicular line from $A$ to line $DE$. Given concyclic points $A,B,C,D,E,F$, show that the three points determined by the lines $A_{FD}A_{DE}$ , $B_{DE}B_{EF}$ , $C_{EF}C_{FD}$, and the three points determined by the lines $D_{CA}D_{AB}$ , $E_{AB}E_{BC}$ , $F_{BC}F_{CA}$ are concyclic.

Kyiv City MO Juniors 2003+ geometry, 2017.8.4

On the sides $BC$ and $CD$ of the square $ABCD$, the points $M$ and $N$ are selected in such a way that $\angle MAN= 45^o$. Using the segment $MN$, as the diameter, we constructed a circle $w$, which intersects the segments $AM$ and $AN$ at points $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Prove that the points $B, P$ and $Q$ lie on the same line.

2015 Romania Masters in Mathematics, 1

Does there exist an infinite sequence of positive integers $a_1, a_2, a_3, . . .$ such that $a_m$ and $a_n$ are coprime if and only if $|m - n| = 1$?

2024 Singapore MO Open, Q3

Prove that for every positive integer $n$ there exists an $n$-digit number divisible by $5^n$ all of whose digits are odd.

2023 MOAA, 11

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Let $s(n)$ denote the sum of the digits of $n$ and let $p(n)$ be the product of the digits of $n$. Find the smallest integer $k$ such that $s(k)+p(k)=49$ and $s(k+1)+p(k+1)=68$. [i]Proposed by Anthony Yang[/i]

2002 Baltic Way, 15

A spider and a fly are sitting on a cube. The fly wants to maximize the shortest path to the spider along the surface of the cube. Is it necessarily best for the fly to be at the point opposite to the spider? (“Opposite” means “symmetric with respect to the centre of the cube”.)

2016 China Girls Math Olympiad, 4

Let $n$ is a positive integers ,$a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_n\in\{0,1,\cdots,n\}$ . For the integer $j$ $(1\le j\le n)$ ,define $b_j$ is the number of elements in the set $\{i|i\in\{1,\cdots,n\},a_i\ge j\}$ .For example :When $n=3$ ,if $a_1=1,a_2=2,a_3=1$ ,then $b_1=3,b_2=1,b_3=0$ . $(1)$ Prove that $$\sum_{i=1}^{n}(i+a_i)^2\ge \sum_{i=1}^{n}(i+b_i)^2.$$ $(2)$ Prove that $$\sum_{i=1}^{n}(i+a_i)^k\ge \sum_{i=1}^{n}(i+b_i)^k,$$ for the integer $k\ge 3.$