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2019 Austrian Junior Regional Competition, 3

Alice and Bob are playing a year number game. There will be two game numbers $19$ and $20$ and one starting number from the set $\{9, 10\}$ used. Alice chooses independently her game number and Bob chooses the starting number. The other number is given to Bob. Then Alice adds her game number to the starting number, Bob adds his game number to the result, Alice adds her number of games to the result, etc. The game continues until the number $2019$ is reached or exceeded. Whoever reaches the number $2019$ wins. If $2019$ is exceeded, the game ends in a draw. $\bullet$ Show that Bob cannot win. $\bullet$ What starting number does Bob have to choose to prevent Alice from winning? (Richard Henner)

2023 ISL, A4

Let $\mathbb R_{>0}$ be the set of positive real numbers. Determine all functions $f \colon \mathbb R_{>0} \to \mathbb R_{>0}$ such that \[x \big(f(x) + f(y)\big) \geqslant \big(f(f(x)) + y\big) f(y)\] for every $x, y \in \mathbb R_{>0}$.

2011 JBMO Shortlist, 6

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral and points $E$ and $F$ on sides $AB,CD$ such that \[\tfrac{AB}{AE}=\tfrac{CD}{DF}=n\] If $S$ is the area of $AEFD$ show that ${S\leq\frac{AB\cdot CD+n(n-1)AD^2+n^2DA\cdot BC}{2n^2}}$

1989 IMO Longlists, 74

For points $ A_1, \ldots ,A_5$ on the sphere of radius 1, what is the maximum value that $ min_{1 \leq i,j \leq 5} A_iA_j$ can take? Determine all configurations for which this maximum is attained. (Or: determine the diameter of any set $ \{A_1, \ldots ,A_5\}$ for which this maximum is attained.)

2014 Contests, 3

Tags: algebra
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be rational numbers for which $a+bc$, $b+ac$ and $a+b$ are all non-zero and for which we have \[\frac{1}{a+bc}+\frac{1}{b+ac}=\frac{1}{a+b}.\] Prove that $\sqrt{(c-3)(c+1)}$ is rational.

2002 USAMTS Problems, 2

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We define the number $s$ as \[s=\sum^{\infty}_{i=1} \dfrac{1}{10^i-1}=\dfrac{1}{9}+\dfrac{1}{99}+\dfrac{1}{999}+\dfrac{1}{9999}+\ldots=0.12232424...\] We can determine the $n$th digit right of the decimal point of $s$ without summing the entire infinite series because after summing the first $n$ terms of the series, the rest of the series sums to less than $\dfrac{2}{10^{n+1}}$. Determine the smallest prime number $p$ for which the $p$th digit right of the decimal point of $s$ is greater than 2. Justify your answer.

2019 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 10

Tags: algebra
Positive real numbers $a$ and $b$ verify $a^5+b^5=a^3+b^3$. Find the greatest possible value of the expression $E=a^2-ab+b^2$.

PEN G Problems, 11

Show that $\cos 1^{\circ}$ is irrational.

1990 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 5

In a country every two towns are connected by exactly one one-way road. Each road is intended either for cars or for cyclists. The roads cross only in towns, otherwise interchanges are used as road junctions. Show that there is a town from which you can go to any other town without changing the means of transport.

Ukrainian TYM Qualifying - geometry, I.13

A candle and a man are placed in a dihedral mirror angle. How many reflections can the man see ?

2014 Saudi Arabia IMO TST, 1

A [i]perfect number[/i] is an integer that equals half the sum of its positive divisors. For example, because $2 \cdot 28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 + 28$, $28$ is a perfect number. [list] [*] [b](a)[/b] A [i]square-free[/i] integer is an integer not divisible by a square of any prime number. Find all square-free integers that are perfect numbers. [*] [b](b)[/b] Prove that no perfect square is a perfect number.[/list]

2021 May Olympiad, 3

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $D$ is a point inside of the triangle, such that $\angle DBC=60^{\circ}$ and $\angle DCB=\angle DAB=30^{\circ}$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $AC$ and $BC$, respectively. Prove that $\angle DMN=90^{\circ}$.

2025 Romania Team Selection Tests, P2

Tags: geometry , incenter
Let $ABC$ be a scalene acute triangle with incentre $I{}$ and circumcentre $O{}$. Let $AI$ cross $BC$ at $D$. On circle $ABC$, let $X$ and $Y$ be the mid-arc points of $ABC$ and $BCA$, respectively. Let $DX{}$ cross $CI{}$ at $E$ and let $DY{}$ cross $BI{}$ at $F{}$. Prove that the lines $FX, EY$ and $IO$ are concurrent on the external bisector of $\angle BAC$. [i]David-Andrei Anghel[/i]

2006 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 19

Tags: gauss
When the celebrated German mathematician Karl Gauss (1777-1855) was nine years old, he was asked to add all the integers from 1 through 100. He quickly added 1 and 100, 2 and 99, and so on for 50 pairs of numbers each adding in 101. His answer was 50 · 101=5,050. Now find the sum of all the digits in the integers from 1 through 1,000,000 (i.e. all the digits in those numbers, not the numbers themselves).

1992 India National Olympiad, 8

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Determine all pairs $(m,n)$ of positive integers for which $2^{m} + 3^{n}$ is a perfect square.

2016 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 3

The three points $A, B, C$ form a triangle. $AB=4, BC=5, AC=6$. Let the angle bisector of $\angle A$ intersect side $BC$ at $D$. Let the foot of the perpendicular from $B$ to the angle bisector of $\angle A$ be $E$. Let the line through $E$ parallel to $AC$ meet $BC$ at $F$. Compute $DF$.

1992 IMO, 1

Find all integers $\,a,b,c\,$ with $\,1<a<b<c\,$ such that \[ (a-1)(b-1)(c-1) \] is a divisor of $abc-1.$

1995 Taiwan National Olympiad, 6

Let $a,b,c,d$ are integers such that $(a,b)=(c,d)=1$ and $ad-bc=k>0$. Prove that there are exactly $k$ pairs $(x_{1},x_{2})$ of rational numbers with $0\leq x_{1},x_{2}<1$ for which both $ax_{1}+bx_{2},cx_{1}+dx_{2}$ are integers.

1993 Austrian-Polish Competition, 5

Solve in real numbers the system $$\begin{cases} x^3 + y = 3x + 4 \\ 2y^3 + z = 6y + 6 \\ 3z^3 + x = 9z + 8\end{cases}$$

2005 Morocco TST, 1

Find all the positive primes $p$ for which there exist integers $m,n$ satisfying : $p=m^2+n^2$ and $m^3+n^3-4$ is divisible by $p$.

2017 AMC 12/AHSME, 8

Tags: 3d geometry
The region consisting of all points in three-dimensional space within $3$ units of line segment $\overline{AB}$ has volume $216\pi$. What is the length $AB$? $\textbf{(A)}\ 6\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 12\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 18\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 20\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 24$

2018 Dutch IMO TST, 2

Find all functions $f : R \to R$ such that $f(x^2)-f(y^2) \le (f(x)+y) (x-f(y))$ for all $x, y \in R$.

2012 ELMO Shortlist, 8

Consider the equilateral triangular lattice in the complex plane defined by the Eisenstein integers; let the ordered pair $(x,y)$ denote the complex number $x+y\omega$ for $\omega=e^{2\pi i/3}$. We define an $\omega$-chessboard polygon to be a (non self-intersecting) polygon whose sides are situated along lines of the form $x=a$ or $y=b$, where $a$ and $b$ are integers. These lines divide the interior into unit triangles, which are shaded alternately black and white so that adjacent triangles have different colors. To tile an $\omega$-chessboard polygon by lozenges is to exactly cover the polygon by non-overlapping rhombuses consisting of two bordering triangles. Finally, a [i]tasteful tiling[/i] is one such that for every unit hexagon tiled by three lozenges, each lozenge has a black triangle on its left (defined by clockwise orientation) and a white triangle on its right (so the lozenges are BW, BW, BW in clockwise order). a) Prove that if an $\omega$-chessboard polygon can be tiled by lozenges, then it can be done so tastefully. b) Prove that such a tasteful tiling is unique. [i]Victor Wang.[/i]

2001 USA Team Selection Test, 3

For a set $S$, let $|S|$ denote the number of elements in $S$. Let $A$ be a set of positive integers with $|A| = 2001$. Prove that there exists a set $B$ such that (i) $B \subseteq A$; (ii) $|B| \ge 668$; (iii) for any $u, v \in B$ (not necessarily distinct), $u+v \not\in B$.

2001 China Team Selection Test, 2

Let \(L_3 = \{3\}\), \(L_n = \{3, 4, \ldots, h\}\) (where \(h > 3\)). For any given integer \(n \geq 3\), consider a graph \(G\) with \(n\) vertices that contains a Hamiltonian cycle \(C\) and has more than \(\frac{n^2}{4}\) edges. For which lengths \(l \in L_n\) must the graph \(G\) necessarily contain a cycle of length \(l\)?