Let $M$ be the midpoint of the side $BC$ of triangle $ABC$. The bisector of the exterior angle of point $A$ intersects the side $BC$ in $D$. Let the circumcircle of triangle $ADM$ intersect the lines $AB$ and $AC$ in $E$ and $F$ respectively. If the midpoint of $EF$ is $N$, prove that $MN\parallel AD$.

Let $a$, $b$ be two distinct real numbers and let $c$ be a positive real numbers such that $a^4 - 2019a = b^4 - 2019b = c$. Prove that $- \sqrt{c} < ab < 0$.

There are given $1000$ integers $a_1,... , a_{1000}$. Their squares $a^2_1, . . . , a^2_{1000}$ are written in a circle. It so happened that the sum of any $41$ consecutive numbers on this circle is a multiple of $41^2$. Is it necessarily true that every integer $a_1,... , a_{1000}$ is a multiple of $41$? (Boris Frenkin)

A box whose shape is a parallelepiped can be completely filled with cubes of side $1.$ If we put in it the maximum possible number of cubes, each of volume $2$, with the sides parallel to those of the box, then exactly $40$ percent of the volume of the box is occupied. Determine the possible dimensions of the box.

Side lengths $a,b,c$ of a triangle satisfy $\frac{a^3+b^3+c^3}{a+b+c}= c^2$. Find the measure of the angle opposite to side $c$.

Two circles $C_1$ and $C_2$ touch each other externally in a point $P$. At point $C_1$ there is a point $Q$ such that the tangent line in $Q$ at $C_1$ intersects the circle $C_2$ at points $A$ and $B$. The line $QP$ still intersects $C_2$ at point $C$. Prove that triangle $ABC$ is isosceles.

Find all triples of primes $(p,q,r)$ such that $p^q=2021+r^3$

If $x \ge 0$, then $\sqrt{x \sqrt{x \sqrt{x}}} = $ $ \textbf{(A)}\ x\sqrt{x}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ x\sqrt[4]{x}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \sqrt[8]{x}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \sqrt[8]{x^{3}}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \sqrt[8]{x^{7}} $

Let $a, b, c$ be the side lengths of a triangle. Prove that $2 (a^3 + b^3 + c^3) < (a + b + c) (a^2 + b^2 + c^2) \le 3 (a^3 + b^3 + c^3)$

How many integers $100 \le x \le 999$ have the property that, among the six digits in $\lfloor 280 + \frac{x}{100} \rfloor$ and $x$, exactly two are identical?

Find the sum of all integer bases $b>9$ for which $17_b$ is a divisor of $97_b.$

Points $ A_{1}$, $ B_{1}$, $ C_{1}$ are chosen on the sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$ of a triangle $ ABC$ respectively. The circumcircles of triangles $ AB_{1}C_{1}$, $ BC_{1}A_{1}$, $ CA_{1}B_{1}$ intersect the circumcircle of triangle $ ABC$ again at points $ A_{2}$, $ B_{2}$, $ C_{2}$ respectively ($ A_{2}\neq A, B_{2}\neq B, C_{2}\neq C$). Points $ A_{3}$, $ B_{3}$, $ C_{3}$ are symmetric to $ A_{1}$, $ B_{1}$, $ C_{1}$ with respect to the midpoints of the sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$ respectively. Prove that the triangles $ A_{2}B_{2}C_{2}$ and $ A_{3}B_{3}C_{3}$ are similar.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Find the locus of the points $M$, in the interior of $\bigtriangleup ABC$, such that $AB-FG= \frac{MF.AG+MG.BF}{CM}$, where $F$ and $G$ are the feet of the perpendiculars from $M$ to the lines $BC$ and $AC$, respectively.

Let $n\geq 3$ be integer. Given a regular $n$-polygon $P$ with side length 4 on the plane $z=0$ in the $xyz$-space.Llet $G$ be a circumcenter of $P$. When the center of the sphere $B$ with radius 1 travels round along the sides of $P$, denote by $K_n$ the solid swept by $B$. Answer the following questions. (1) Take two adjacent vertices $P_1,\ P_2$ of $P$. Let $Q$ be the intersection point between the perpendicular dawn from $G$ to $P_1P_2$, prove that $GQ>1$. (2) (i) Express the area of cross section $S(t)$ in terms of $t,\ n$ when $K_n$ is cut by the plane $z=t\ (-1\leq t\leq 1)$. (ii) Express the volume $V(n)$ of $K_n$ in terms of $n$. (3) Denote by $l$ the line which passes through $G$ and perpendicular to the plane $z=0$. Express the volume $W(n)$ of the solid by generated by a rotation of $K_n$ around $l$ in terms of $n$. (4) Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \frac{V(n)}{W(n)} .$

An ant climbs either two inches or three inches each day. In how many ways can the ant climb twelve inches, if the order of its climbing sequence matters? $\textbf{(A) }8\qquad\textbf{(B) }9\qquad\textbf{(C) }10\qquad\textbf{(D) }12\qquad\textbf{(E) }14$

Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ is isosceles with $AB = AC$ and $\angle ABC = 2\angle BAC$. Compute $\frac{AB}{BC}$ .

Find all non decreasing functions or non increasing function $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$ $$ f(x+f(y))=f(x)+f(y) \text{ or } f(f(f(x)))+y$$ .

There are $n$ points in the page such that no three of them are collinear.Prove that number of triangles that vertices of them are chosen from these $n$ points and area of them is 1,is not greater than $\frac23(n^2-n)$.

Given a positive integer $n$, consider a triangular array with entries $a_{ij}$ where $i$ ranges from $1$ to $n$ and $j$ ranges from $1$ to $n-i+1$. The entries of the array are all either $0$ or $1$, and, for all $i > 1$ and any associated $j$ , $a_{ij}$ is $0$ if $a_{i-1,j} = a_{i-1,j+1}$, and $a_{ij}$ is $1$ otherwise. Let $S$ denote the set of binary sequences of length $n$, and define a map $f \colon S \to S$ via $f \colon (a_{11}, a_{12},\cdots ,a_{1n}) \to (a_{n1}, a_{n-1,2}, \cdots , a_{1n})$. Determine the number of fixed points of $f$.

The radius of the circumcircle of triangle $\Delta$ is $R$ and the radius of the inscribed circle is $r$. Prove that a circle of radius $R + r$ has an area more than $5$ times the area of triangle $\Delta$.

Five congruent circles have centers at the vertices of a regular pentagon so that each of the circles is tangent to its two neighbors. A sixth circle (shaded in the diagram below) congruent to the other five is placed tangent to two of the five. If this sixth circle is allowed to roll without slipping around the exterior of the figure formed by the other five circles, then it will turn through an angle of $k$ degrees before it returns to its starting position. Find $k$. [asy] import graph; size(6cm); pen dps = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dps); filldraw(circle((2.96,2.58), 1),grey); draw(circle((-1,3), 1)); draw(circle((1,3), 1)); draw(circle((1.62,1.1), 1)); draw(circle((0,-0.08), 1)); draw(circle((-1.62,1.1), 1)); [/asy]

For positive integers $a>b>1$, define \[x_n = \frac {a^n-1}{b^n-1}\] Find the least $d$ such that for any $a,b$, the sequence $x_n$ does not contain $d$ consecutive prime numbers. [i]V. Senderov[/i]

Let \[\begin{array}{cccc}a_{1,1}& a_{1,2}& a_{1,3}& \dots \\ a_{2,1}& a_{2,2}& a_{2,3}& \dots \\ a_{3,1}& a_{3,2}& a_{3,3}& \dots \\ \vdots & \vdots & \vdots & \ddots \end{array}\] be a doubly infinite array of positive integers, and suppose each positive integer appears exactly eight times in the array. Prove that $a_{m,n}> mn$ for some pair of positive integers $(m,n)$.

Prove that the equation \[ x^n + 1 = y^{n+1}, \] where $n$ is a positive integer not smaller then 2, has no positive integer solutions in $x$ and $y$ for which $x$ and $n+1$ are relatively prime.

Determine all real numbers $x > 1, y > 1$, and $z > 1$,satisfying the equation $x+y+z+\frac{3}{x-1}+\frac{3}{y-1}+\frac{3}{z-1}=2(\sqrt{x+2}+\sqrt{y+2}+\sqrt{z+2})$