Let $T_a, T_b$ and $T_c$ be the tangent points of the incircle $\Omega$ of the triangle $ABC$ with the sides $BC, CA$ and $AB{}$ respectively. Let $X, Y$ and $Z{}$ be points on the circle $\Omega$ such that $A{}$ lies on the ray $YX$, $B{}$ lies on the ray $ZY$ and $C{}$ lies on the ray $XZ$. Let $P{}$ be the intersection point of the segments $ZX$ and $T_bT_c$, and similarly $Q=XY \cap T_cT_a$ and $R=YZ\cap T_aT_b$. Prove that the points $A, B$ and $C{}$ lie on the lines $RP, PQ$ and $QR{}$, respectively. [i]Proposed by L. Shatunov (11th grade student)[/i]

Find the smallest positive interger number $n$ such that there exists $n$ real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ satisfied three conditions as follow: a. $a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n>0$; b. $a_1^3+a_2^3+\cdots+a_n^3<0$; c. $a_1^5+a_2^5+\cdots+a_n^5>0$.

$100$ people came to the party. Then those who had no acquaintances among those who came left. Among those who remained, then those who had exactly $1$ friend , also left. Then those who had exactly $2$, $3$, $4$,$ . .$ , $99$ acquaintances among those remaining at the time of their departure did the same..What is the largest number of people left at the end?

Find all real $ a$, such that there exist a function $ f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ satisfying the following inequality: \[ x\plus{}af(y)\leq y\plus{}f(f(x)) \] for all $ x,y\in\mathbb{R}$

Circle $\Gamma$ has radius $10$, center $O$, and diameter $\overline{AB}$. Point $C$ lies on $\Gamma$ such that $AC = 12$. Let $P$ be the circumcenter of $\vartriangle AOC$. Line $AP$ intersects $\Gamma$ at $Q$, where $Q$ is different from $A$. Then the value of $\frac{AP}{AQ}$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{m}{n}$, where m and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $m + n$.

Find all pairs of integers $(a,b)$ such that $a^2+ab+1\mid b^2+ab+a+b-1$.

Determine the number of sequences of positive integers $1 = x_0 < x_1 < \dots < x_{10} = 10^{5}$ with the property that for each $m=0,\dots,9$ the number $\tfrac{x_{m+1}}{x_m}$ is a prime number. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

On a mathematical competition $ n$ problems were given. The final results showed that: (i) on each problem, exactly three contestants scored $ 7$ points; (ii) for each pair of problems, exactly one contestant scored $ 7$ points on both problems. Prove that if $ n \geq 8$, then there is a contestant who got $ 7$ points on each problem. Is this statement necessarily true if $ n \equal{} 7$?

Philipe has two congruent regular $4046$-gons. He invites Philomena to a trick he's planning: he'll give her one of the $4046$-gons and she will paint in red $2023$ vertices of her polygon. Without knowing which vertices she chose, he'll paint $k$ vertices of the remaining polygon. After this, he wants to rotate the polygons so that each painted vertices from Philomena's polygon is corresponding to some painted vertice from Philipe's polygon. What is the minimal value of $k$ for which he can choose his vertices so that, no matter how she paints her polygon, the trick is always possible.

A strictly increasing sequence of positive integers $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots$ has the property that for every positive integer $k$, the subsequence $a_{2k-1}, a_{2k}, a_{2k+1}$ is geometric and the subsequence $a_{2k}, a_{2k+1}, a_{2k+2}$ is arithmetic. Suppose that $a_{13} = 2016$. Find $a_1$.

Find the number of odd three digit positive integers $x$ satisfying $x^2 \equiv 1 \pmod{8}$ and the product of the digits of $x$ is odd. [i]Lightning 1.2[/i]

Let ${\bf R}$ denote the set of all real numbers. Find all functions $f$ from ${\bf R}$ to ${\bf R}$ satisfying: (i) there are only finitely many $s$ in ${\bf R}$ such that $f(s)=0$, and (ii) $f(x^4+y)=x^3f(x)+f(f(y))$ for all $x,y$ in ${\bf R}$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with circumcenter $O$ and circumcircle $\Omega$. Choose points $D, E$ from sides $AB, AC$, respectively, and let $\ell$ be the line passing through $A$ and perpendicular to $DE$. Let $\ell$ intersect the circumcircle of triangle $ADE$ and $\Omega$ again at points $P, Q$, respectively. Let $N$ be the intersection of $OQ$ and $BC$, $S$ be the intersection of $OP$ and $DE$, and $W$ be the orthocenter of triangle $SAO$. Prove that the points $S$, $N$, $O$, $W$ are concyclic. [i]Proposed by Li4 and me.[/i]

Let $M$ be the maximum value of $(6x-3y-8z)$, subject to $2x^2+3y^2+4z^2 = 1$. Find $[M]$.

Let $n>1$ be an integer. Suppose we are given $2n$ points in the plane such that no three of them are collinear. The points are to be labelled $A_1, A_2, \dots , A_{2n}$ in some order. We then consider the $2n$ angles $\angle A_1A_2A_3, \angle A_2A_3A_4, \dots , \angle A_{2n-2}A_{2n-1}A_{2n}, \angle A_{2n-1}A_{2n}A_1, \angle A_{2n}A_1A_2$. We measure each angle in the way that gives the smallest positive value (i.e. between $0^{\circ}$ and $180^{\circ}$). Prove that there exists an ordering of the given points such that the resulting $2n$ angles can be separated into two groups with the sum of one group of angles equal to the sum of the other group.

Let $R$ and $T$ be points respectively on sides $[BC]$ and $[CD]$ of a square $ABCD$ with side length $6$ such that $|CR|+|RT|+|TC|=12$. What is $\tan (\widehat{RAT})$ $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\sqrt 3 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt 3 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \dfrac 13 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \dfrac 12 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 1 $

To every natural number $k, k \geq 2$, there corresponds a sequence $a_n(k)$ according to the following rule: \[a_0 = k, \qquad a_n = \tau(a_{n-1}) \quad \forall n \geq 1,\] in which $\tau(a)$ is the number of different divisors of $a$. Find all $k$ for which the sequence $a_n(k)$ does not contain the square of an integer.

If the function $f$ is defined by \[ f(x)=\frac{cx}{2x+3} , ~~~x\neq -\frac 32 , \] satisfies $x=f(f(x))$ for all real numbers $x$ except $-\frac 32$, then $c$ is $\text{(A)} \ -3 \qquad \text{(B)} \ - \frac{3}{2} \qquad \text{(C)} \ \frac{3}{2} \qquad \text{(D)} \ 3 \qquad \text{(E)} \ \text{not uniquely determined}$

Suppose that $I$ is the incenter of triangle $ABC$. The perpendicular to line $AI$ from point $I$ intersects sides $AC$ and $AB$ at points $B'$ and $C'$ respectively. Points $B_1$ and $C_1$ are placed on half lines $BC$ and $CB$ respectively, in such a way that $AB=BB_1$ and $AC=CC_1$. If $T$ is the second intersection point of the circumcircles of triangles $AB_1C'$ and $AC_1B'$, prove that the circumcenter of triangle $ATI$ lies on the line $BC$

The diagonals of trapezoid $ABCD$ ($BC\parallel AD$) meet at point $O$. Points $M$ and $N$ lie on the segments $BC$ and $AD$ respectively. The tangent to the circle $AMC$ at $C$ meets the ray $NB$ at point $P$; the tangent to the circle $BND$ at $D$ meets the ray $MA$ at point $R$. Prove that $\angle BOP =\angle AOR$.

$605$ spheres of same radius are divided in two parts. From one part, upright "pyramid" is made with square base. From the other part, upright "pyramid" is made with equilateral triangle base. Both "pyramids" are put together from equal numbers of sphere rows. Find number of spheres in every "pyramid"

Let $a, b, c, p, q, r$ be positive integers with $p, q, r \ge 2$. Denote \[Q=\{(x, y, z)\in \mathbb{Z}^3 : 0 \le x \le a, 0 \le y \le b , 0 \le z \le c \}. \] Initially, some pieces are put on the each point in $Q$, with a total of $M$ pieces. Then, one can perform the following three types of operations repeatedly: (1) Remove $p$ pieces on $(x, y, z)$ and place a piece on $(x-1, y, z)$ ; (2) Remove $q$ pieces on $(x, y, z)$ and place a piece on $(x, y-1, z)$ ; (3) Remove $r$ pieces on $(x, y, z)$ and place a piece on $(x, y, z-1)$. Find the smallest positive integer $M$ such that one can always perform a sequence of operations, making a piece placed on $(0,0,0)$, no matter how the pieces are distributed initially.

Let $x > 1$ be a non-integer number. Prove that \[\biggl( \frac{x+\{x\}}{[x]} - \frac{[x]}{x+\{x\}} \biggr) + \biggl( \frac{x+[x]}{ \{x \} } - \frac{ \{ x \}}{x+[x]} \biggr) > \frac 92 \]

We consider a prism which has the upper and inferior basis the pentagons: $A_{1}A_{2}A_{3}A_{4}A_{5}$ and $B_{1}B_{2}B_{3}B_{4}B_{5}$. Each of the sides of the two pentagons and the segments $A_{i}B_{j}$ with $i,j=1,\ldots$,5 is colored in red or blue. In every triangle which has all sides colored there exists one red side and one blue side. Prove that all the 10 sides of the two basis are colored in the same color.

Niki usually leaves her cell phone on. If her cell phone is on but she is not actually using it, the battery will last for $24$ hours. If she is using it constantly, the battery will last for only $3$ hours. Since the last recharge, her phone has been on $9$ hours, and during that time she has used it for $60$ minutes. If she doesn't talk any more but leaves the phone on, how many more hours will the battery last? $\textbf{(A)}\ 7\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 11\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 14\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 15$