Suppose $A\in{M_2(\mathbb{C})}$ is not a scalar matrix. Let $S=\{B\in{M_2(\mathbb{C})}|\ AB=BA\}$. If $X,\ Y\in{S}$, then prove that $XY=YX$.

Let $p$ be an odd prime. Show that $\frac{1}{\pi}\cdot\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{1}{p}\right)$ is irrational. (Note: $\cos^{-1}\left(x\right)$ is defined to be the unique $y$ with $0\leq y\leq\pi$ such that $\cos\left(y\right)=x$.)

Find the least positive integer $n$ such that \[ \frac 1{\sin 45^\circ\sin 46^\circ}+\frac 1{\sin 47^\circ\sin 48^\circ}+\cdots+\frac 1{\sin 133^\circ\sin 134^\circ}=\frac 1{\sin n^\circ}. \]

Let $n$ be a positive integer and consider an arrangement of $2n$ blocks in a straight line, where $n$ of them are red and the rest blue. A swap refers to choosing two consecutive blocks and then swapping their positions. Let $A$ be the minimum number of swaps needed to make the first $n$ blocks all red and $B$ be the minimum number of swaps needed to make the first $n$ blocks all blue. Show that $A+B$ is independent of the starting arrangement and determine its value.

Let $f :\mathbb R \to\mathbb R$ a function $ n \geq 2$ times differentiable so that: $ \lim_{x \to \infty} f(x) = l \in \mathbb R$ and $ \lim_{x \to \infty} f^{(n)}(x) = 0$. Prove that: $ \lim_{x \to \infty} f^{(k)}(x) = 0 $ for all $ k \in \{1, 2, \dots, n - 1\} $, where $f^{(k)}$ is the $ k $ - th derivative of $f$.

Prove that if a lattice parallellogram contains an odd number of lattice points, then its centroid.

We call S $(n)$ the sum of the digits of the integer $n$. For example, $S (327)=3+2+7=12$. Find the value of $$A=S(1)-S(2)+S(3)-S(4)+...+S(2011)-S(2012).$$ ($A$ has $2012$ terms).

A point $(a,b)$ in the plane is called [i]sparkling[/i] if it also lies on the line $ax+by=1$. Find the maximum possible distance between two sparkling points. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

Let $n \geq 3$ be a positive integer. Find the maximum number of diagonals in a regular $n$-gon one can select, so that any two of them do not intersect in the interior or they are perpendicular to each other.

Let $A_{10}$ denote the answer to problem $10$. Two circles lie in the plane; denote the lengths of the internal and external tangents between these two circles by $x$ and $y$, respectively. Given that the product of the radii of these two circles is $15/2$, and that the distance between their centers is $A_{10}$, determine $y^2-x^2$.

Find the least positive integer $ n$ for which $ \frac{n\minus{}13}{5n\plus{}6}$ is non-zero reducible fraction. $ \textbf{(A)}\ 45 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 68 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 155 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 226 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

Determine the smallest possible value of the expression $$\frac{ab+1}{a+b}+\frac{bc+1}{b+c}+\frac{ca+1}{c+a}$$ where $a,b,c \in \mathbb{R}$ satisfy $a+b+c = -1$ and $abc \leqslant -3$

Find the unique integer $\overline{CA7DB}$ with nonzero digits so that $\overline{ABCD} \cdot 3 = \overline{CA7DB}.$

[i]Reduced name[/i] of a natural number $A$ with $n$ digits ($n \ge 2$) a number of $n-1$ digits obtained by deleting one of the digits of $A$: For example, the [i]reduced names[/i] of $1024$ is $124$, $104$ and $120$. Determine how many seven-digit numbers cannot be written as the sum of one natural numbers $A$ and a [i]reduced name[/i] of $A$.

Prove that if the function $ ax^2 + bx + c $ takes an integer value for every integer value of the variable $ x $, then $ 2a $, $ a + b $, $ c $ are integers and vice versa.

Suppose that $S\subseteq \mathbb Z$ has the following property: if $a,b\in S$, then $a+b\in S$. Further, we know that $S$ has at least one negative element and one positive element. Is the following statement true? There exists an integer $d$ such that for every $x\in \mathbb Z$, $x\in S$ if and only if $d|x$. [i]proposed by Mahyar Sefidgaran[/i]

[asy] draw(unitsquare);draw((0,0)--(.25,sqrt(3)/4)--(.5,0)); label("Z",(0,1),NW);label("Y",(1,1),NE);label("A",(0,0),SW);label("X",(1,0),SE);label("B",(.5,0),S);label("P",(.25,sqrt(3)/4),N); //Credit to Zimbalono for the diagram[/asy] Equilateral triangle $ABP$ (see figure) with side $AB$ of length $2$ inches is placed inside square $AXYZ$ with side of length $4$ inches so that $B$ is on side $AX$. The triangle is rotated clockwise about $B$, then $P$, and so on along the sides of the square until $P$ returns to its original position. The length of the path in inches traversed by vertex $P$ is equal to $\textbf{(A) }20\pi/3\qquad\textbf{(B) }32\pi/3\qquad\textbf{(C) }12\pi\qquad\textbf{(D) }40\pi/3\qquad \textbf{(E) }15\pi$

Define an ordered quadruple of integers $(a, b, c, d)$ as interesting if $1 \le a<b<c<d \le 10$, and $a+d>b+c$. How many ordered quadruples are there?

Prove that there exist infinitely many positive integers $ n$ such that $ p \equal{} nr,$ where $ p$ and $ r$ are respectively the semiperimeter and the inradius of a triangle with integer side lengths.

In a triangle $ABC$, let $A'$ be a point on the segment $BC$, $B'$ be a point on the segment $CA$ and $C'$ a point on the segment $AB$ such that $$ \frac{AB'}{B'C}= \frac{BC'}{C'A} =\frac{CA'}{A'B}=k,$$ where $k$ is a positive constant. Let $\triangle$ be the triangle formed by the interesctions of $AA'$, $BB'$ and $CC'$. Prove that the areas of $\triangle $ and $ABC$ are in the ratio $$\frac{(k-1)^{2}}{k^2 +k+1}.$$

Given an $ABC$ acute triangle with $O$ the center of the circumscribed circle. Suppose that $\omega$ is a circle that is tangent to the line $AO$ at point $A$ and also tangent to the line $BC$. Prove that $\omega$ is also tangent to the circumcircle of the triangle $BOC$.

Let $X= a1b9$ and $Y ab = 51ab$ be two positive integers where $a$ and $b$ are digits. $X$ is known to be multiple of a positive two-digit number $n$ and $Y$ is the next multiple of that number $n$. Find the number $n$ and the digits $a$ and $b$. Justify why there are no other possibilities.

There are $n$ values of $x$ in the interval $0<x<2\pi$ where $f(x)=\sin(7\pi\cdot\sin(5x))=0$. For $t$ of these $n$ values of $x$, the graph of $y=f(x)$ is tangent to the $x$-axis. Find $n+t$.

[b]7.[/b] Consider four real numbers $t_{1},t_{2},t_{3},t_{4}$ such that each is less than the sum of the others. Show that there exists a tetrahedron whose faces have areas $t_{1},t_{2}, t_{3}$ and $t_{4},$ respectively. [b](G. 9)[/b]

Find all strictly ascending functions $f$ such that for all $x\in \mathbb R$, \[f(1-x)=1-f(f(x)).\]