The difference between the cubes of two consecutive positive integers is equal to $n^2$ for a positive integer $n$. Show that $n$ is the sum of two squares.

In isosceles $\triangle ABC$, $AB=AC$, points $D,E,F$ lie on segments $BC,AC,AB$ such that $DE\parallel AB$, $DF\parallel AC$. The circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ $\omega_1$ and the circumcircle of $\triangle AEF$ $\omega_2$ intersect at $A,G$. Let $DE$ meet $\omega_2$ at $K\neq E$. Points $L,M$ lie on $\omega_1,\omega_2$ respectively such that $LG\perp KG, MG\perp CG$. Let $P,Q$ be the circumcenters of $\triangle DGL$ and $\triangle DGM$ respectively. Prove that $A,G,P,Q$ are concyclic.

Given a triangle $ABC$ and external points $X, Y$ , and $Z$ such that $\angle BAZ = \angle CAY , \angle CBX = \angle ABZ$, and $\angle ACY = \angle BCX$, prove that $AX,BY$ , and $CZ$ are concurrent.

Prove \[ \frac{1}{\cos 0^\circ \cos 1^\circ} + \frac{1}{\cos 1^\circ \cos 2^\circ} + \cdots + \frac{1}{\cos 88^\circ \cos 89^\circ} = \frac{\cos 1^\circ}{\sin^2 1^\circ}. \]

Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer, and suppose $x_1,x_2,\cdots ,x_n$ are positive real numbers such that $x_1+x_2+\cdots +x_n=1.$ Prove that $$x_1^{1-x_2}+x_2^{1-x_3}\cdots+x_{n-1}^{1-x_n}+x_n^{1-x_1}<2.$$ [i] ~Sutanay Bhattacharya[/i]

[i](7 pts)[/i] Fix a positive integer $n$. Pick $4n$ equally spaced points on a circle and color them alternately blue and red. You use $n$ blue chords to pair the $2n$ blue points, and you use $n$ red chords to pair the $2n$ red points. If some blue chord intersects some other red chord, then such a pair of chords is called a "good pair." (a) [i](1 pts)[/i] For the case $n = 3$, explicitly show that there are at least $3$ distinct ways to pair the $2n$ blue points and the $2n$ red points such that there are a total of $3$ good pairs ($2$ configurations of chord pairings are [i]not[/i] considered distinct if one of them can be "rotated" to the other). (b) [i](6 pts)[/i] Now suppose that $n$ is arbitrary. Find, with proof, the minimum number of good pairs under all possible configurations of chord pairings.

$ABCD$ is an isosceles trapezium such that $AD=BC$, $AB=5$ and $CD=10$. A point $E$ on the plane is such that $AE\perp{EC}$ and $BC=EC$. The length of $AE$ can be expressed as $a\sqrt{b}$, where $a$ and $b$ are integers and $b$ is not divisible by any square number other than $1$. Find the value of $(a+b)$.

Evaluate the following : \[ \int_{0}^{\infty}\left(x-\frac{x^3}{2}+\frac{x^5}{2\cdot 4}-\frac{x^7}{2\cdot 4\cdot 6}+\cdots \right)\;\left(1+\frac{x^2}{2^2}+\frac{x^4}{2^2\cdot 4^2}+\frac{x^6}{2^2\cdot 4^2\cdot 6^2}+\cdots \right)\,\mathrm{d}x \]

The natural numbers are written in succession, forming a sequence of digits$$12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031\ldots$$Determine how many digits the natural number has that contributes to this sequence with the digit in position $10^{2000}$. Clarification: The natural number that contributes to the sequence with the digit in position $10$ has $2$ digits, because it is $10$; The natural number that contributes to the sequence with the digit at position $10^2$ has $2$ digits, because it is $55$.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. There are $n$ ants walking along a line at constant nonzero speeds. Different ants need not walk at the same speed or walk in the same direction. Whenever two or more ants collide, all the ants involved in this collision instantly change directions. (Different ants need not be moving in opposite directions when they collide, since a faster ant may catch up with a slower one that is moving in the same direction.) The ants keep walking indefinitely. Assuming that the total number of collisions is finite, determine the largest possible number of collisions in terms of $n$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with midpoint $M$ of $AB$. The point $D$ lies on the segment $MB$ and $I_1, I_2$ denote the incenters of $\triangle ADC$ and $\triangle BDC$. Given that $\angle I_1MI_2=90^{\circ}$, show that $CA=CB$.

Alicia bought some number of disposable masks, of which she uses one per day. After she uses each of her masks, she throws out half of them (rounding up if necessary) and reuses each of the remaining masks, repeating this process until she runs out of masks. If her masks lasted her $222$ days, how many masks did she start out with?

What is the largest area of a right triangle, the vertices of which are located at distances $a$, $b$ and $c$ from a certain point (where $a$ is the distance to the vertex of the right angle)?

A lattice point in the plane is a point both of whose coordinates are integers. Each lattice point has four neighboring points: upper, lower, left, and right. Let $k$ be a circle with radius $r \geq 2$, that does not pass through any lattice point. An interior boundary point is a lattice point lying inside the circle $k$ that has a neighboring point lying outside $k$. Similarly, an exterior boundary point is a lattice point lying outside the circle $k$ that has a neighboring point lying inside $k$. Prove that there are four more exterior boundary points than interior boundary points.

In triangle $ABC$, $\angle ACB=50^{\circ}$ and $\angle CBA=70^{\circ}$. Let $D$ be a foot of perpendicular from point $A$ to side $BC$, $O$ circumcenter of $ABC$ and $E$ antipode of $A$ in circumcircle $ABC$. Find $\angle DAE$

In the decimal expansion of $\sqrt{2}=1.4142\dots$, Isabelle finds a sequence of $k$ successive zeroes where $k$ is a positive integer. Show that the first zero of this sequence can occur no earlier than at the $k$-th position after the decimal point.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $P$ a point inside the triangle such that the centers $M_B$ and $M_A$ of the circumcircles $k_B$ and $k_A$ of triangles $ACP$ and $BCP$, respectively, lie outside the triangle $ABC$. In addition, we assume that the three points $A, P$ and $M_A$ are collinear as well as the three points $B, P$ and $M_B$. The line through $P$ parallel to side $AB$ intersects circles $k_A$ and $k_B$ in points $D$ and $E$, respectively, where $D, E \ne P$. Show that $DE = AC + BC$. [i](Proposed by Walther Janous)[/i]

A manufacturer built a machine which will address $500$ envelopes in $8$ minutes. He wishes to build another machine so that when both are operating together they will address $500$ envelopes in $2$ minutes. The equation used to find how many minutes $x$ it would require the second machine to address $500$ envelopes alone is: $\textbf{(A)}\ 8-x=2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \dfrac{1}{8}+\dfrac{1}{x}=\dfrac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac{500}{8}+\dfrac{500}{x}=500 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac{x}{2}+\dfrac{x}{8}=1 \qquad\\ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{None of these answers}$

Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon such that $\angle ABC = \angle AED = 90^\circ$. Suppose that the midpoint of $CD$ is the circumcenter of triangle $ABE$. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of triangle $ACD$. Prove that line $AO$ passes through the midpoint of segment $BE$.

Investigate whether for two positive integers $m$ and $n$ the numbers $m^2 + n$ and $n^2 + m$ can be both squares of integers.

Let $S$ be a finite set of positive integers such that none of them has a prime factor greater than three. Show that the sum of the reciprocals of the elements in $S$ is smaller than three.

Given a prime $p$, show that there exists a positive integer $n$ such that the decimal representation of $p^n$ has a block of $2002$ consecutive zeros.

How many four-digit numbers $ N$ have the property that the three-digit number obtained by removing the leftmost digit is one ninth of $ N$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 7 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8$

If $x > 10$, what is the greatest possible value of the expression \[ {( \log x )}^{\log \log \log x} - {(\log \log x)}^{\log \log x} ? \] All the logarithms are base 10.

For $a, b \ge 0$ we define $a * b = \frac{a+b+1}{ab+12}$ . Compute $0*(1*(2*(... (2003*(2004*2005))...)))$.