Define $ x\otimes y \equal{} x^3 \minus{} y$. What is $ h\otimes (h\otimes h)$? $ \textbf{(A) } \minus{} h\qquad \textbf{(B) } 0\qquad \textbf{(C) } h\qquad \textbf{(D) } 2h\qquad \textbf{(E) } h^3$

Let $ V$ be a bounded, closed, convex set in $ \mathbb{R}^n$, and denote by $ r$ the radius of its circumscribed sphere (that is, the radius of the smallest sphere that contains $ V$). Show that $ r$ is the only real number with the following property: for any finite number of points in $ V$, there exists a point in $ V$ such that the arithmetic mean of its distances from the other points is equal to $ r$. [i]Gy. Szekeres[/i]

[i]a)[/i] Let $M$ be the set of the lengths of the edges of an octahedron whose sides are congruent quadrangles. Prove that $M$ has at most three elements. [i]b)[/i] Let an octahedron whose sides are congruent quadrangles be given. Prove that each of these quadrangles has two equal sides meeting at a common vertex.

A positive integer is called [i]Tiranian[/i] if it can be written as $x^2+6xy+y^2$, where $x$ and $y$ are (not necessarily distinct) positive integers. The integer $36^{2023}$ is written as the sum of $k$ Tiranian integers. What is the smallest possible value of $k$? [i]Proposed by Miroslav Marinov, Bulgaria[/i]

Let $a_{1},a_{2},...,a_{n}$ be positive real number $(n \geq 2)$,not all equal,such that $\sum_{k=1}^n a_{k}^{-2n}=1$,prove that: $\sum_{k=1}^n a_{k}^{2n}-n^2.\sum_{1 \leq i<j \leq n}(\frac{a_{i}}{a_{j}}-\frac{a_{j}}{a_{i}})^2 >n^2$

At certain store, a package of 3 apples and 12 oranges costs 5 dollars, and a package of 20 apples and 5 oranges costs 13 dollars. Given that apples and oranges can only be bought in these two packages, what is the minimum nonzero amount of dollars that must be spent to have an equal number of apples and oranges? [i]Ray Li[/i]

[color=darkred]Let $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous and strictly decreasing function with $g(\mathbb{R})=(-\infty,0)$ . Prove that there are no continuous functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ with the property that there exists a natural number $k\ge 2$ so that : $\underbrace{f\circ f\circ\ldots\circ f}_{k\text{ times}}=g$ . [/color]

The circles $\omega$ and $\Omega$ touch each other internally at $A{}$. In a larger circle $\Omega$ consider the chord $CD$ which touches $\omega$ at $B{}$. It is known that the chord $AB$ is not a diameter of $\omega$. The point $M{}$ is the middle of the segment $AB{}$. Prove that the circumcircle of the triangle $CMD$ passes through the center of $\omega$. [i]Proposed by P. Bibikov[/i]

$\triangle ABC$, $\angle A=23^{\circ},\angle B=46^{\circ}$. Let $\Gamma$ be a circle with center $C$, radius $AC$. Let the external angle bisector of $\angle B$ intersects $\Gamma$ at $M,N$. Find $\angle MAN$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $D$ be a point on $BC$ such that $AB+BD=AC+CD$. The line $AD$ intersects the incircle of triangle $ABC$ at $X$ and $Y$ where $X$ is closer to $A$ than $Y$ i. Suppose $BC$ is tangent to the incircle at $E$, prove that: 1) $EY$ is perpendicular to $AD$; 2) $XD=2IM$ where $I$ is the incentre and $M$ is the midpoint of $BC$.

if $x,y,z>0$ are postive real numbers such that $x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=x^{2}y^{2}+y^{2}z^{2}+z^{2}x^{2}$ prove that \[((x-y)(y-z)(z-x))^{2}\leq 2((x^{2}-y^{2})^{2}+(y^{2}-z^{2})^{2}+(z^{2}-x^{2})^{2})\]

Let $m$ be an integer, $m \ge 2$. Each student in a school is practising $m$ hobbies the most. Among any $m$ students there exist two students who have a common hobby. Find the smallest number of students for which there must exist a hobby which is practised by at least $3$ students .

In a triangle $ABC$, $I$ is the incentre and $D$ the intersection point of $AI$ and $BC$. Show that $AI+CD=AC$ if and only if $\angle B=60^{\circ}+\frac{_1}{^3}\angle C$.

Let $\ell$ be a real number satisfying the equation $\tfrac{(1+\ell)^2}{1+\ell^2}=\tfrac{13}{37}$. Then \[\frac{(1+\ell)^3}{1+\ell^3}=\frac mn,\] where $m$ and $n$ are positive coprime integers. Find $m+n$.

Let $ ABCDEF$ be a convex hexagon with $ AB \equal{} BC \equal{} CD$ and $ DE \equal{} EF \equal{} FA$, such that $ \angle BCD \equal{} \angle EFA \equal{} \frac {\pi}{3}$. Suppose $ G$ and $ H$ are points in the interior of the hexagon such that $ \angle AGB \equal{} \angle DHE \equal{} \frac {2\pi}{3}$. Prove that $ AG \plus{} GB \plus{} GH \plus{} DH \plus{} HE \geq CF$.

For a positive integer $a$, define $F_1 ^{(a)}=1$, $F_2 ^{(a)}=a$ and for $n>2$, $F_n ^{(a)}=F_{n-1} ^{(a)}+F_{n-2} ^{(a)}$. A positive integer is fibonatic when it is equal to $F_n ^{(a)}$ for a positive integer $a$ and $n>3$. Prove that there are infintely many not fibonatic integers.

Two positive integers $m$ and $n$ are called [i]similar [/i] if one of them can be obtained from the other one by swapping two digits (note that a $0$-digit cannot be swapped with the leading digit). Find the greatest integer $N$ such that N is divisible by $13$ and any number similar to $N$ is not divisible by $13$.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and a circle $\Gamma'$ be drawn lying outside the triangle, touching its incircle $\Gamma$ externally, and also the two sides $AB$ and $AC$. Show that the ratio of the radii of the circles $\Gamma'$ and $\Gamma$ is equal to $\tan^ 2 { \left( \dfrac{ \pi - A }{4} \right) }.$

The length of the hypotenuse $BC$ of a right triangle $ABC$ is $a$, and on it the points $M$ and $N$ are taken such that $BM = NC = k$, with $k < a/2$. Assuming that (only) the data $a$ and $k$ are known, calculate: a) The value of the sum of the squares of the lengths $AM$ and $AN$. b) The ratio of the areas of triangles $ABC$ and $AMN$. c) The area enclosed by the circle that passes through the points $A, M' , N'$ , where $M'$ is the orthogonal projection of $M$ onto $AC$ and $N'$ that of $N$ onto $AB$.

Let $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dots$ be the sequence such that $x_0=1$ and for $n\ge 0,$ \[x_{n+1}=\ln(e^{x_n}-x_n)\] (as usual, the function $\ln$ is the natural logarithm). Show that the infinite series \[x_0+x_1+x_2+\cdots\] converges and find its sum.

Let $h_a, h_b, h_c$ be the lengths of the altitudes of a triangle $ABC$ from $A, B, C$ respectively. Let $P$ be any point inside the triangle. Show that \[\frac{PA}{h_b+h_c} + \frac{PB}{h_a+h_c} + \frac{PC}{h_a+h_b} \ge 1.\]

Let $\vartriangle ABC$ have $AB = 14$, $BC = 30$, $AC = 40$ and $\vartriangle AB'C'$ with $AB' = 7\sqrt6$, $B'C' = 15\sqrt6$, $AC' = 20\sqrt6$ such that $\angle BAB' = \frac{5\pi}{12}$ . The lines $BB'$ and $CC'$ intersect at point $D$. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of $\vartriangle BCD$, and let $O' $ be the circumcenter of $\vartriangle B'C'D$. Then the length of segment $OO'$ can be expressed as $\frac{a+b \sqrt{c}}{ d}$ , where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are positive integers such that $a$ and $d$ are relatively prime, and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a+b+c+d$

Show that for every real $x \ge \frac12$ there is an integer $n$ such that $|x - n^2| \le \sqrt{x-\frac{1}{4}}$.

Let $a,b,c$ and $m$ ($0 \le m \le 26$) be integers such that $a + b + c = (a - b)(b- c)(c - a) = m$ (mod $27$) then $m$ is (A): $0$, (B): $1$, (C): $25$, (D): $26$ (E): None of the above.

Jasper and Rose are playing a game. Twenty-six $32$-ounce jugs are in a line, labeled Quart $\text{A}$ through Quart $\text{Z}$ from left to right. All twenty-six jugs are initially full. Jasper and Rose take turns making one of the following two moves: [list] [*] remove a positive integer number of ounces (possibly all) from the leftmost nonempty jug, or [*] remove an [i]equal[/i] positive integer number of ounces from the two leftmost nonempty jugs, possibly emptying them. Neither player may remove more ounces from a jug than it currently contains. [/list] Jasper plays first. A player’s score is the number of ounces they take from Quart $\text{Z}.$ If both players play to maximize their score, compute the maximum score that Jasper can guarantee.