Found problems: 15925
2012 CHMMC Spring, 6
Compute
$$\prod^{12}_{k=1} \left(\prod^{10}_{j=1} \left(e^{2\pi ji/11} - e^{2\pi ki/13}\right) \right) .$$ (The notation $\prod^{b}_{k=a}f(k)$means the product $f(a)f(a + 1)... f(b)$.)
Kvant 2020, M2613
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{N}\rightarrow{\mathbb{N}}$ such that for all positive integers $m$ and $n$ the number $f(m)+n-m$ is divisible by $f(n)$.
2019 China Team Selection Test, 4
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$, such that
1) $f(0,x)$ is non-decreasing ;
2) for any $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$, $f(x,y)=f(y,x)$ ;
3) for any $x,y,z \in \mathbb{R}$, $(f(x,y)-f(y,z))(f(y,z)-f(z,x))(f(z,x)-f(x,y))=0$ ;
4) for any $x,y,a \in \mathbb{R}$, $f(x+a,y+a)=f(x,y)+a$ .
2016 HMIC, 4
Let $P$ be an odd-degree integer-coefficient polynomial. Suppose that $xP(x)=yP(y)$ for infinitely many pairs $x,y$ of integers with $x\ne y$. Prove that the equation $P(x)=0$ has an integer root.
[i]Victor Wang[/i]
2011 ELMO Problems, 4
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\to\mathbb{R}^+$ such that whenever $a>b>c>d>0$ and $ad=bc$,
\[f(a+d)+f(b-c)=f(a-d)+f(b+c).\]
[i]Calvin Deng.[/i]
2022 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Qualification, 4
For a non-negative integer $n$, call a one-variable polynomial $F$ with integer coefficients $n$-[i]good [/i] if:
(a) $F(0) = 1$
(b) For every positive integer $c$, $F(c) > 0$, and
(c) There exist exactly $n$ values of $c$ such that $F(c)$ is prime.
Show that there exist infinitely many non-constant polynomials that are not $n$-good for any $n$.
2007 Stars of Mathematics, 1
Prove that there exists just one function $ f:\mathbb{N}^2\longrightarrow\mathbb{N} $ which simultaneously satisfies:
$ \text{(1)}\quad f(m,n)=f(n,m),\quad\forall m,n\in\mathbb{N} $
$ \text{(2)}\quad f(n,n)=n,\quad\forall n\in\mathbb{N} $
$ \text{(3)}\quad n>m\implies (n-m)f(m,n)=nf(m,n-m), \quad\forall m,n\in\mathbb{N} $
I Soros Olympiad 1994-95 (Rus + Ukr), 9.2
What can be the angle between the hour and minute hands of a clock if it is known that its value has not changed after $30$ minutes?
2016 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 5
Peter wants to create a new multiplication table for the four numbers $1, 2, 3, 4$ in such a way that the product of two of them is also one of them. He wants also that $(a\cdot b)\cdot c = a\cdot (b\cdot c)$ holds and that $ab \ne ac$ and $ba \ne ca$ and $b \ne c$. Peter is successful in constructing the new table. In his new table, $1\cdot 3 = 2$ and $2\cdot 2 = 4$. What is the product $3\cdot 1$ according to Peter's table?
1954 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 272
Find all real solutions of the equation $x^2 + 2x \sin (xy) + 1 = 0$.
Math Hour Olympiad, Grades 8-10, 2015
[u]Round 1[/u]
[b]p1.[/b] Six pirates – Captain Jack and his five crewmen – sit in a circle to split a treasure of $99$ gold coins. Jack must decide how many coins to take for himself and how many to give each crewman (not necessarily the same number to each). The five crewmen will then vote on Jack's decision. Each is greedy and will vote “aye” only if he gets more coins than each of his two neighbors. If a majority vote “aye”, Jack's decision is accepted. Otherwise Jack is thrown overboard and gets nothing. What is the most coins Captain Jack can take for himself and survive?
[b]p2[/b]. Rose and Bella take turns painting cells red and blue on an infinite piece of graph paper. On Rose's turn, she picks any blank cell and paints it red. Bella, on her turn, picks any blank cell and paints it blue. Bella wins if the paper has four blue cells arranged as corners of a square of any size with sides parallel to the grid lines. Rose goes first. Show that she cannot prevent Bella from winning.
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[b]p3.[/b] A $25\times 25$ checkerboard is cut along the gridlines into some number of smaller square boards. Show that the total length of the cuts is divisible by $4$. For example, the cuts shown on the picture have total length $16$, which is divisible by $4$.
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[b]p4.[/b] Each robot in the Martian Army is equipped with a battery that lasts some number of hours. For any two robots, one's battery lasts at least three times as long as the other's. A robot works until its battery is depleted, then recharges its battery until it is full, then goes back to work, and so on. A battery that lasts $N$ hours takes exactly $N$ hours to recharge. Prove that there will be a moment in time when all the robots are recharging (so you can invade the planet).
[b]p5.[/b] A casino machine accepts tokens of $32$ different colors, one at a time. For each color, the player can choose between two fixed rewards. Each reward is up to $\$10$ cash, plus maybe another token. For example, a blue token always gives the player a choice of getting either $\$5$ plus a red token or $\$3$ plus a yellow token; a black token can always be exchanged either for $\$10$ (but no token) or for a brown token (but no cash). A player may keep playing as long as he has a token. Rob and Bob each have one white token. Rob watches Bob play and win $\$500$. Prove that Rob can win at least $\$1000$.
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[u]Round 2[/u]
[b]p6.[/b] The sum of $2015$ rational numbers is an integer. The product of every pair of them is also an integer. Prove that they are all integers.
(A rational number is one that can be written as $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are integers and $n\ne 0$.)
[b]p7.[/b] An $N \times N$ table is filled with integers such that numbers in cells that share a side differ by at most $1$. Prove that there is some number that appears in the table at least $N$ times. For example, in the $5 \times 5$ table below the numbers $1$ and $2$ appear at least $5$ times.
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2002 USAMTS Problems, 4
Let $f(n)$ be the number of ones that occur in the decimal representations of all the numbers from 1 to $n$. For example, this gives $f(8)=1$, $f(9)=1$, $f(10)=2$, $f(11)=4$, and $f(12)=5$. Determine the value of $f(10^{100})$.
2007 Indonesia TST, 2
Let $ a,b,c$ be non-zero real numbers satisfying \[ \dfrac{1}{a}\plus{}\dfrac{1}{b}\plus{}\dfrac{1}{c}\equal{}\dfrac{1}{a\plus{}b\plus{}c}.\] Find all integers $ n$ such that \[ \dfrac{1}{a^n}\plus{}\dfrac{1}{b^n}\plus{}\dfrac{1}{c^n}\equal{}\dfrac{1}{a^n\plus{}b^n\plus{}c^n}.\]
2005 Gheorghe Vranceanu, 1
Solve in the real numbers the equation $ 3^{x+1}=(x-1)(x-3). $
2008 All-Russian Olympiad, 2
Numbers $ a,b,c$ are such that the equation $ x^3 \plus{} ax^2 \plus{} bx \plus{} c$ has three real roots.Prove that if $ \minus{} 2\leq a \plus{} b \plus{} c\leq 0$,then at least one of these roots belongs to the segment $ [0,2]$
2005 APMO, 2
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc=8$. Prove that
\[
\frac{a^2}{\sqrt{(1+a^3)(1+b^3)}} +\frac{b^2}{\sqrt{(1+b^3)(1+c^3)}} +\frac{c^2}{\sqrt{(1+c^3)(1+a^3)}} \geq \frac{4}{3}
\]
2020 Philippine MO, 2
Determine all positive integers $k$ for which there exist positive integers $r$ and $s$ that satisfy the equation $$(k^2-6k+11)^{r-1}=(2k-7)^{s}.$$
1987 AIME Problems, 11
Find the largest possible value of $k$ for which $3^{11}$ is expressible as the sum of $k$ consecutive positive integers.
1986 IMO Longlists, 67
Let $f(x) = x^n$ where $n$ is a fixed positive integer and $x =1, 2, \cdots .$ Is the decimal expansion $a = 0.f (1)f(2)f(3) . . .$ rational for any value of $n$ ?
The decimal expansion of a is defined as follows: If $f(x) = d_1(x)d_2(x) \cdots d_{r(x)}(x)$ is the decimal expansion of $f(x)$, then $a = 0.1d_1(2)d_2(2) \cdots d_{r(2)}(2)d_1(3) . . . d_{r(3)}(3)d_1(4) \cdots .$
2015 USAMO, 1
Solve in integers the equation
\[ x^2+xy+y^2 = \left(\frac{x+y}{3}+1\right)^3. \]
2006 IMC, 5
Show that there are an infinity of integer numbers $m,n$, with $gcd(m,n)=1$ such that the equation $(x+m)^{3}=nx$ has 3 different integer sollutions.
2018 Saudi Arabia IMO TST, 2
a) For integer $n \ge 3$, suppose that $0 < a_1 < a_2 < ...< a_n$ is a arithmetic sequence and $0 < b_1 < b_2 < ... < b_n$ is a geometric sequence with $a_1 = b_1, a_n = b_n$. Prove that a_k > b_k for all $k = 2,3,..., n -1$.
b) Prove that for every positive integer $n \ge 3$, there exist an integer arithmetic sequence $(a_n)$ and an integer geometric sequence $(b_n)$ such that $0 < b_1 < a_1 < b_2 < a_2 < ... < b_n < a_n$.
1977 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 239
Given infinite sequence $a_n$. It is known that the limit of $$b_n=a_{n+1}-a_n/2$$ equals zero. Prove that the limit of $a_n$ equals zero.
1956 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 1
Find all $x,y\in\left(0,\frac{\pi}{2}\right)$ such that
\begin{align*}
\frac{\cos x}{\cos y}&=2\cos^2 y, \\
\frac{\sin x}{\sin y}&=2\sin^2 y.
\end{align*}
2015 Saudi Arabia Pre-TST, 3.2
Prove that the polynomial $P(X) = (X^2-12X +11)^4+23$ can not be written as the product of three non-constant polynomials with integer coefficients.
(Le Anh Vinh)