The first term of a sequence is $2014$. Each succeeding term is the sum of the cubes of the digits of the previous term. What is the $2014$ th term of the sequence?

Let $ f_1,f_2,f_3,f_4 $ be four polynomials with real coefficients, having the property that $$ f_1 (1) =f_2 (0), \quad f_2 (1) =f_3 (0),\quad f_3 (1) =f_4 (0),\quad f_4 (1) =f_1 (0) . $$ Prove that there exists a polynomial $ f\in\mathbb{R}[X,Y] $ such that $$ f(X,0)=f_1(X),\quad f(1,Y) =f_2(Y) ,\quad f(1-X,1) =f_3(X),\quad f(0,1-Y)=f_4(Y) . $$

Let $a,b,c\in \mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}$ satisfy $a+b+c=1$. Prove the inequality : \[ \frac{3-b}{a+1}+\frac{a+1}{b+1}+\frac{b+1}{c+1}\ge 4 \]

Show that $\frac{(x - y)^7 + (y - z)^7 + (z - x)^7 - (x - y)(y - z)(z - x) ((x - y)^4 + (y - z)^4 + (z - x)^4)} {(x - y)^5 + (y - z)^5 + (z - x)^5} \ge 3$ holds for all triples of distinct integers $x, y, z$. When does equality hold?

Let $p$ be a positive integer, $p>1.$ Find the number of $m\times n$ matrices with entries in the set $\left\{ 1,2,\dots,p\right\} $ and such that the sum of elements on each row and each column is not divisible by $p.$

For a given parameter $m$, solve the equation \[x(x + 1)(x + 2)(x + 3) + 1 - m = 0.\]

Find $x+y+z$ when $$a_1x+a_2y+a_3z= a$$$$b_1x+b_2y+b_3z=b$$$$c_1x+c_2y+c_3z=c$$ Given that $$a_1\left(b_2c_3-b_3c_2\right)-a_2\left(b_1c_3-b_3c_1\right)+a_3\left(b_1c_2-b_2c_1\right)=9$$$$a\left(b_2c_3-b_3c_2\right)-a_2\left(bc_3-b_3c\right)+a_3\left(bc_2-b_2c\right)=17$$$$a_1\left(bc_3-b_3c\right)-a\left(b_1c_3-b_3c_1\right)+a_3\left(b_1c-bc_1\right)=-8$$$$a_1\left(b_2c-bc_2\right)-a_2\left(b_1c-bc_1\right)+a\left(b_1c_2-b_2c_1\right)=7.$$ [i]2017 CCA Math Bonanza Lightning Round #5.1[/i]

The sequences $\{u_{n}\}$ and $\{v_{n}\}$ are defined by $u_{0} =u_{1} =1$ ,$u_{n}=2u_{n-1}-3u_{n-2}$ $(n\geq2)$ , $v_{0} =a, v_{1} =b , v_{2}=c$ ,$v_{n}=v_{n-1}-3v_{n-2}+27v_{n-3}$ $(n\geq3)$. There exists a positive integer $N$ such that when $n> N$, we have $u_{n}\mid v_{n}$ . Prove that $3a=2b+c$.

The sequence of numbers $a_0,a_1,a_2,...$ is determined by $a_0 = 0$, and $$a_n= \begin{cases} 1+a_{n-1} \,\,\, when\,\,\, n \,\,\, is \,\,\, positive \,\,\, and \,\,\, odd \\ 3a_{n/2} \,\,\,when \,\,\,n \,\,\,is \,\,\,positive \,\,\,and \,\,\,even\end{cases}$$ How many of these numbers are less than $2007$ ?

Let $p$ and $q$ be two positive integers such that $1 \le q \le p$. Also let $a = \left( p +\sqrt{p^2 + q} \right)^2$. a) Prove that the number $a$ is irrational. b) Show that $\{a\} > 0.75$.

Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exists a polynomial $f(x)$ with real coefficients, with the following properties: (1) for each integer $k$, the number $f(k)$ is an integer if and only if $k$ is not divisible by $n$; (2) the degree of $f$ is less than $n$. [i](Hungary) Géza Kós[/i]

Find all $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ continuous functions such that $\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} f(x) =\infty$ and $\forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}, |x-y|>\varphi, \exists n<\varphi^{2023}, n\in \mathbb{N}$ such that $$f^n(x)+f^n(y)=x+y$$

Find all the finite sets $A$ of real positive numbers having at least two elements, with the property that $a^2 + b^2 \in A$ for every $a, b \in A$ with $a \ne b$

[b]p1.[/b] To every face of a given cube a new cube of the same size is glued. The resulting solid has how many faces? [b]p2.[/b] A father and his son returned from a fishing trip. To make their catches equal the father gave to his son some of his fish. If, instead, the son had given his father the same number of fish, then father would have had twice as many fish as his son. What percent more is the father's catch more than his son's? [b]p3.[/b] A radio transmitter has $4$ buttons. Each button controls its own switch: if the switch is OFF the button turns it ON and vice versa. The initial state of switches in unknown. The transmitter sends a signal if at least $3$ switches are ON. What is the minimal number of times you have to push the button to guarantee the signal is sent? [b]p4.[/b] $19$ matches are placed on a table to show the incorrect equation: $XXX + XIV = XV$. Move exactly one match to change this into a correct equation. [b]p5.[/b] Cut the grid shown into two parts of equal area by cutting along the lines of the grid. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/c/1/7f2f284acf3709c2f6b1bea08835d2fb409c44.png[/img] [b]p6.[/b] A family of funny dwarfs consists of a dad, a mom, and a child. Their names are: $A$, $R$, and $C$ (not in order). During lunch, $C$ made the statements: “$R$ and $A$ have different genders” and “$R$ and $A$ are my parents”, and $A$ made the statements “I am $C$'s dad” and “I am $R$'s daughter.” In fact, each dwarf told truth once and told a lie once. What is the name of the dad, what is the name of the child, and is the child a son or a daughter? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

The sequence $(a_n)_{n \in\mathbb{N}}$ is defined by $a_1 = 8, a_2 = 18, a_{n+2} = a_{n+1}a_{n}$. Find all terms which are perfect squares.

Let $\alpha$ be an arbitrary angle and let $x = cos\alpha, y = cosn\alpha$ ($n \in Z$). i) Prove that to each value $x \in [-1, 1]$ corresponds one and only one value of $y$. Thus we can write $y$ as a function of $x, y = T_n(x)$. Compute $T_1(x), T_2(x)$ and prove that $T_{n+1}(x) = 2xT_n(x) - T_{n-1}(x)$. From this it follows that $T_n(x)$ is a polynomial of degree $n$. ii) Prove that the polynomial $T_n(x$) has $n$ distinct roots in $[-1, 1]$.

Five students have the first names Clark, Donald, Jack, Robin and Steve, and have the last names (in a different order) Clarkson, Donaldson, Jackson, Robinson and Stevenson. It is known that Clark is $1$ year older than Clarkson, Donald is $2$ years older than Donaldson, Jack is $3$ years older than Jackson, Robin is $4$ years older than Robinson. Who is older, Steve or Stevenson and what is the difference in their ages?

Determine all real numbers $x$ for which $1+\frac{x}{2} -\frac{x^2}{8} \le \sqrt{1+x} \le 1+\frac{x}{2}$

Given that ${a_n}$ and ${b_n}$ are two sequences of integers defined by \begin{align*} a_1=1, a_2=10, a_{n+1}=2a_n+3a_{n-1} & ~~~\text{for }n=2,3,4,\ldots, \\ b_1=1, b_2=8, b_{n+1}=3b_n+4b_{n-1} & ~~~\text{for }n=2,3,4,\ldots. \end{align*} Prove that, besides the number $1$, no two numbers in the sequences are identical.

Let $a_1,a_2,...,a_9 \ge - 1$ and $a^3_1+a^3_2+...+a^3_9= 0$. Determine the maximal value of $M = a_1 + a_2 + ... + a_9$.

The row $x_1, x_2,…$ is defined by the following recursion $x_1=1$ and $x_{n+1}=x_n+\sqrt{x_n}$ Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^{2018}{\frac{1}{x_n}}<3$.

Decide whether there exists a positive real number \( a < 1 \) such that, for any positive real numbers \( x \) and \( y \), the inequality \[ \frac{2xy^2}{x^2 + y^2} \leq (1 - a)x + ay \] holds true.

Find all solutions of the system $\sqrt[3]{\frac{yz^4}{x^2}}+2wx=0 $ $\sqrt[3]{\frac{xz^4}{y}}+5wy=0 $ $\sqrt[3]{\frac{xy}{x}}+7wz^{-1/3}=0$ $x^{12}+\frac{125}{4}y^5+\frac{343}{2}z^4=16$ where $x, y, z \ge 0$ and $w \in R$ [hide=PS] I attached the system, in case I have any typos[/hide]

The positive integer equal to the expression \[ \sum_{i=0}^{9} \left(i+(-9)^i\right)8^{9-i} \binom{9}{i}\] is divisible by exactly six distinct primes. Find the sum of these six distinct prime factors. [i]Team #7[/i]

Let $a_1,\ldots,a_n$ and $b_1\ldots,b_n$ be $2n$ real numbers. Prove that there exists an integer $k$ with $1\le k\le n$ such that $ \sum_{i=1}^n|a_i-a_k| ~~\le~~ \sum_{i=1}^n|b_i-a_k|.$ (Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Austria)