Let $n$ be a positive integer. Assume that $n$ numbers are to be chosen from the table $\begin{array}{cccc}0 & 1 & \cdots & n-1\\ n & n+1 & \cdots & 2n-1\\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots\\(n-1)n & (n-1)n+1 & \cdots & n^2-1\end{array} $ with no two of them from the same row or the same column. Find the maximal value of the product of these $n$ numbers.

Let $A,B,C$ be points in that order along a line, such that $AB=20$ and $BC=18$. Let $\omega$ be a circle of nonzero radius centered at $B$, and let $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$ be tangents to $\omega$ through $A$ and $C$, respectively. Let $K$ be the intersection of $\ell_1$ and $\ell_2$. Let $X$ lie on segment $\overline{KA}$ and $Y$ lie on segment $\overline{KC}$ such that $XY\|BC$ and $XY$ is tangent to $\omega$. What is the largest possible integer length for $XY$?

Let $ABC$ be an acute, scalene triangle with circumcenter $O$, circumcircle $(O)$, orthocenter $H$. Line $AH$ meets $(O)$ again at $D \neq A$. Let $E, F$ be the midpoint of segments $AB, AC$ respectively. The line through $H$ and perpendicular to $HF$ meets line $BC$ at $K$. a) Line $DK$ meets $(O)$ again at $Y \neq D$. Prove that the intersection of line $BY$ and the perpendicular bisector of $BK$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $OFY$. b) The line through $H$ and perpendicular to $HE$ meets line $BC$ at $L$. Line $DL$ meets $(O)$ again at $Z \neq D$. Let $M$ be the intersection of lines $BZ, OE$; $N$ be the intersection of lines $CY, OF$; $P$ be the intersection of lines $BY, CZ$. Let $T$ be the intersection of lines $YZ, MN$ and $d$ be the line through $T$ and perpendicular to $OA$. Prove that $d$ bisects $AP$.

Let $ABC$ be an actue triangle with $AB<AC$. Let $\Gamma$ be its circumcircle, $I$ its incenter and $P$ is a point on $\Gamma$ such that $\angle API=90^{\circ}$. Let $Q$ be a point on $\Gamma$ such that $$QB\cdot\tan \angle B=QC\cdot \tan \angle C$$ Consider a point $R$ such that $PR$ is tangent to $\Gamma$ and $BR=CR$. Prove that the points $A, Q, R$ are colinear.

For how many integers $k$ does the following system of equations has a solution other than $a=b=c=0$ in the set of real numbers? \begin{align*} \begin{cases} a^2+b^2=kc(a+b),\\ b^2+c^2 = ka(b+c),\\ c^2+a^2=kb(c+a).\end{cases}\end{align*}

In $\triangle ABC$, $AB>AC$, $l$ is tangent line of the circumscribed circle of $\triangle ABC$ that passes $A$. The circle with center $A$ and radius $AC$, intersects segment $AB$ at $D$, and line $l$ at $E, F$ ($F,B$ are on the same side). Prove that lines $DE, DF$ pass the incenter and an excenter of $\triangle ABC$ respectively.

The area of $\triangle EBD$ is one third of the area of $3-4-5$ $ \triangle ABC$. Segment $DE$ is perpendicular to segment $AB$. What is $BD$? [asy] unitsize(10mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); dotfactor=4; pair A=(0,0), B=(5,0), C=(1.8,2.4), D=(5-4sqrt(3)/3,0), E=(5-4sqrt(3)/3,sqrt(3)); pair[] ps={A,B,C,D,E}; draw(A--B--C--cycle); draw(E--D); draw(rightanglemark(E,D,B)); dot(ps); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,SE); label("$C$",C,N); label("$D$",D,S); label("$E$",E,NE); label("$3$",midpoint(A--C),NW); label("$4$",midpoint(C--B),NE); label("$5$",midpoint(A--B),SW);[/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{4}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \sqrt{5} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{9}{4} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{4\sqrt{3}}{3} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{5}{2} $

Each of the sides of a square $ S_1$ with area $ 16$ is bisected, and a smaller square $ S_2$ is constructed using the bisection points as vertices. The same process is carried out on $ S_2$ to construct an even smaller square $ S_3$. What is the area of $ S_3$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac {1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4$

Let $M$ be a set of $13$ positive integers with the property that $\forall \ m\in M, \ 100\leq m\leq 999$. Prove that there exists a subset $S\subset M$ and a combination of arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division – without using parentheses) between the elements of $S$, such that the value of the resulting expression is a rational number in the interval $(3,4)$.

Consider $x_1,\ldots,x_n>0$. Show that there exists $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n\in \{-1,1\}$ such that \[a_1x_1^2+a_2x_2^2+\ldots +a_nx_n^2\geqslant (a_1x_1+a_2x_2+\ldots +a_nx_n)^2.\] [i]Laurențiu Panaitopol[/i]

In the coordinate plane, suppose that the parabola $C: y=-\frac{p}{2}x^2+q\ (p>0,\ q>0)$ touches the circle with radius 1 centered on the origin at distinct two points. Find the minimum area of the figure enclosed by the part of $y\geq 0$ of $C$ and the $x$-axis.

Find all natural numbers $n$ for which there exist non-zero and distinct real numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ satisfying \[ \left\{a_i+\dfrac{(-1)^i}{a_i} \, \Big | \, 1 \leq i \leq n\right\} = \{a_i \mid 1 \leq i \leq n\}. \]

Let there be given nine lattice points (points with integral coordinates) in three dimensional Euclidean space. Show that there is a lattice point on the interior of one of the line segments joining two of these points.

Given sets $A = \{1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 16, 17\}$, $B = \{2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18\}$, if a positive integer leaves a remainder (the smallest non-negative remainder) that belongs to $A$ when divided by 19, then that positive integer is called an $\alpha$ number. If a positive integer leaves a remainder that belongs to $B$ when divided by 19, then that positive integer is called a $\beta$ number. (1) For what positive integer $n$, among all its positive divisors, are the numbers of $\alpha$ divisors and $\beta$ divisors equal? (2) For which positive integers $k$, are the numbers of $\alpha$ divisors less than the numbers of $\beta$ divisors? For which positive integers $l$, are the numbers of $\alpha$ divisors greater than the numbers of $\beta$ divisors?

Given two circles intersecting at points $A$ and $B$. A certain circle touches the first at point $A$, intersects the second at point $M$ and intersects the straight line $AB$ at point $P$ ($M$ and $P$ are different from $B$). Prove that the straight line $MP$ passes through a fixed point of the plane (for any change in the third circle).

Determine all sequences of integers $a_1, a_2,. . .,$ such that: (i) $1 \le a_i \le n$ for all $1 \le i \le n$. (ii) $| a_i - a_j| = | i - j |$ for any $1 \le i, j \le n$

Let $[a, b] = ab - a - b$. Shaq sees the numbers $2, 3, \dots , 101$ written on a blackboard. Let $V$ be the largest number that Shaq can obtain by repeatedly choosing two numbers $a, b$ on the board and replacing them with $[a, b]$ until there is only one number left. Suppose $N$ is the integer with $N!$ nearest to $V$. Find the nearest integer to $10^6 \cdot \tfrac{|V-N!|}{N!}$.

Four circles of radius $ 1$ are each tangent to two sides of a square and externally tangent to a circle of radius $ 2$, as shown. What is the area of the square? [asy]unitsize(5mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); real h=3*sqrt(2)/2; pair O0=(0,0), O1=(h,h), O2=(-h,h), O3=(-h,-h), O4=(h,-h); pair X=O0+2*dir(30), Y=O2+dir(45); draw((-h-1,-h-1)--(-h-1,h+1)--(h+1,h+1)--(h+1,-h-1)--cycle); draw(Circle(O0,2)); draw(Circle(O1,1)); draw(Circle(O2,1)); draw(Circle(O3,1)); draw(Circle(O4,1)); draw(O0--X); draw(O2--Y); label("$2$",midpoint(O0--X),NW); label("$1$",midpoint(O2--Y),SE);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 32 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 22 \plus{} 12\sqrt {2}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 16 \plus{} 16\sqrt {3}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 48 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 36 \plus{} 16\sqrt {2}$

For any real numbers sequence $\{x_n\}$ ,suppose that $\{y_n\}$ is a sequence such that: $y_1=x_1, y_{n+1}=x_{n+1}-(\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n} {x^2_i})^{ \frac{1}{2}}$ ${(n \ge 1})$ . Find the smallest positive number $\lambda$ such that for any real numbers sequence $\{x_n\}$ and all positive integers $m$ , have $\frac{1}{m}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m} {x^2_i}\le\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{m} {\lambda^{m-i}y^2_i} .$ (High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University )

We observe that number $10001=73\cdot137$ is not prime. Show that every member of infinite sequence $10001, 100010001, 1000100010001,...$ is not prime

Consider an $N\times N$ matrix, where $N$ is an odd positive integer, such that all its entries are $-1,0$ or $1$. Consider the sum of the numbers in every line and every column. Prove that at least two of the $2N$ sums are equal.

In a convex quadrilateral $PQRS$, $PQ =RS$, $(\sqrt{3} +1 )QR = SP$ and $\angle RSP - \angle SQP = 30^{\circ}$. Prove that $\angle PQR - \angle QRS = 90^{\circ}.$

Prove that, for all $n\in\mathbb{N}$, on $ [n-4\sqrt{n}, n+4\sqrt{n}]$ exists natural number $k=x^3+y^3$ where $x$, $y$ are nonnegative integers.

In the octagon below all sides have the length $1$ and all angles are equal. Determine the distance between the corners $A$ and $B$. [img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i6TAFDvcQ8w/XzXCRhnV_kI/AAAAAAAAMVw/rKrQMfPYYJIaCwl8hhdVHdqO4fIn8O7cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s0/2011%2BMogh%2Bp2.png[/img]

If $n$ is a natural number, prove that the number $(n+1)(n+2)\cdots(n+10)$ is not a perfect square.