The equation $z(z+i)(z+3i)=2002i$ has a zero of the form $a+bi$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive real numbers. Find $a$. $\textbf{(A) }\sqrt{118}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\sqrt{210}\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\sqrt{210}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\sqrt{2002}\qquad\textbf{(E) }100\sqrt2$

Let us consider one variable polynomials with the senior coefficient equal to one. We shall say that two polynomials $P(x)$ and $Q(x)$ commute, if $P(Q(x))=Q(P(x))$ (i.e. we obtain the same polynomial, having collected the similar terms). a) For every a find all $Q$ such that the $Q$ degree is not greater than three, and $Q$ commutes with $(x^2 - a)$. b) Let $P$ be a square polynomial, and $k$ is a natural number. Prove that there is not more than one commuting with $P$ $k$-degree polynomial. c) Find the $4$-degree and $8$-degree polynomials commuting with the given square polynomial $P$. d) $R$ and $Q$ commute with the same square polynomial $P$. Prove that $Q$ and $R$ commute. e) Prove that there exists a sequence $P_2, P_3, ... , P_n, ...$ ($P_k$ is $k$-degree polynomial), such that $P_2(x) = x^2 - 2$, and all the polynomials in this infinite sequence pairwise commute.

Find all functions $f : R \to R$ which satisfy for all $x, y \in R$ the relation $f(f(f(x) + y) + y) = x + y + f(y)$

Evaluate $\sec'' \frac{\pi}4 +\sec'' \frac{3\pi}4+\sec'' \frac{5\pi}4+\sec'' \frac{7\pi}4$. (Here $\sec''$ means the second derivative of $\sec$).

[b]p1[/b]. Points $P_1,P_2,P_3,... ,P_n$ lie on a plane such that $P_aP_b = 1$,$P_cP_d = 2$, and $P_eP_f = 2018$ for not necessarily distinct indices $a,b,c,d,e, f \in \{1, 2,... ,n\}$. Find the minimum possible value of $n$. [b]p2.[/b] Find the coefficient of the $x^2y^4$ term in the expansion of $(3x +2y)^6$. [b]p3.[/b] Find the number of positive integers $n < 1000$ such that $n$ is a multiple of $27$ and the digit sum of $n$ is a multiple of $11$. [b]p4.[/b] How many times do the minute hand and hour hand of a $ 12$-hour analog clock overlap in a $366$-day leap year? [b]p5.[/b] Find the number of ordered triples of integers $(a,b,c)$ such that $(a +b)(b +c)(c + a) = 2018$. [b]p6.[/b] Let $S$ denote the set of the first $2018$ positive integers. Call the score of a subset the sum of its maximal element and its minimal element. Find the sum of score $(x)$ over all subsets $s \in S$ [b]p7.[/b] How many ordered pairs of integers $(a,b)$ exist such that $1 \le a,b \le 20$ and $a^a$ divides $b^b$? [b]p8.[/b] Let $f$ be a function such that for every non-negative integer $p$, $f (p)$ equals the number of ordered pairs of positive integers $(a,n)$ such that $a^n = a^p \cdot n$. Find $\sum^{2018}_{p=0}f (p)$. [b]p9.[/b] A point $P$ is randomly chosen inside a regular octagon $A_1A_2A_3A_4A_5A_6A_7A_8$. What is the probability that the projections of $P$ onto the lines $\overleftrightarrow{A_i A_{i+1}}$ for $i = 1,2,... ,8$ lie on the segments $\overline{A_iA_{i+1}}$ for $i = 1,2,... ,8$ (where indices are taken $mod \,\, 8$)? [b]p10. [/b]A person keeps flipping an unfair coin until it flips $3$ tails in a row. The probability of it landing on heads is $\frac23$ and the probability it lands on tails is $\frac13$ . What is the expected value of the number of the times the coin flips? PS. You had better use hide for answers.

Let a sequence $(a_i)_{i=10}^{\infty}$ be defined as follows: [list=a] [*] $a_{10}$ is some positive integer, which can of course be written in base 10. [*] For $i \geq 10$ if $a_i > 0$, let $b_i$ be the positive integer whose base-$(i + 1)$ representation is the same as $a_i$'s base-$i$ representation. Then let $a_{i + 1} = b_i - 1$. If $a_i = 0$, $a_{i + 1} = 0$. [/list] For example, if $a_{10} = 11$, then $b_{10} = 11_{11} (= 12_{10})$; $a_{11} = 11_{11} - 1 = 10_{11} (= 11_{10})$; $b_{11} = 10_{12} (= 12_{10})$; $a_{12} = 11$. Does there exist $a_{10}$ such that $a_i$ is strictly positive for all $i \geq 10$?

Let $x_1, x_2, ..., x_{2004}$ be a sequence of integer numbers such that $x_{k+3}=x_{k+2}+x_{k}x_{k+1}$, $\forall 1 \le k \le 2001$. Is it possible that more than half of the elements are negative?

Show that $\frac{(x + y + z)^2}{3} \ge x\sqrt{yz} + y\sqrt{zx} + z\sqrt{xy}$ for all non-negative reals $x, y, z$.

For which positive integers $n$ do there exist two polynomials $f$ and $g$ with integer coefficients of $n$ variables $x_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n$ such that the following equality is satisfied: \[\sum_{i=1}^n x_i f(x_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n) = g(x_1^2, x_2^2, \ldots , x_n^2) \ ? \]

At what values of $a$ does each of the equations $x^2 + ax + 1996 = 0$ or $x^2 + 1996x + a = 0$ have two integer roots?

Consider rows of the form: $[x], [2x], [3x], ...$ Proof that, if $N \in N$ does not occur in the sequence $([n x])$, then there is an $n \in N$ with $n - 1 < \frac{N}{x}< n -\frac{1}{x}$ Prove that, for $x, y \notin Q$: $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} = 1$, then each $N \in N$ term is either of $([nx])$ or of $([ny])$.

Arrange the numbers $\cos 2, \cos 4, \cos 6$ and $\cos 8$ from the biggest to the smallest where $2,4,6,8$ are given as radians.

Prove that any polynomial of the form $1+a_nx^n + a_{n+1}x^{n+1} + \cdots + a_kx^k$ ($k\ge n$) has at least $n-2$ non-real roots (counting multiplicity), where the $a_i$ ($n\le i\le k$) are real and $a_k\ne 0$. [i]David Yang.[/i]

Let $\displaystyle M$ be a set composed of $\displaystyle n$ elements and let $\displaystyle \mathcal P (M)$ be its power set. Find all functions $\displaystyle f : \mathcal P (M) \to \{ 0,1,2,\ldots,n \}$ that have the properties (a) $\displaystyle f(A) \neq 0$, for $\displaystyle A \neq \phi$; (b) $\displaystyle f \left( A \cup B \right) = f \left( A \cap B \right) + f \left( A \Delta B \right)$, for all $\displaystyle A,B \in \mathcal P (M)$, where $\displaystyle A \Delta B = \left( A \cup B \right) \backslash \left( A \cap B \right)$.

The sequence $1,2,3,4,0,9,6,9,4,8,7,\ldots$ is formed so that each term, starting from the fifth, is the units digit of the sum of the previous four. (a) Do the digits $2,0,0,4$ occur in the sequence in this order? (b) Will the initial digits $1,2,3,4$ ever occur again in this order?

Let $ f(x) \equal{} x^8 \plus{} 4x^6 \plus{} 2x^4 \plus{} 28x^2 \plus{} 1.$ Let $ p > 3$ be a prime and suppose there exists an integer $ z$ such that $ p$ divides $ f(z).$ Prove that there exist integers $ z_1, z_2, \ldots, z_8$ such that if \[ g(x) \equal{} (x \minus{} z_1)(x \minus{} z_2) \cdot \ldots \cdot (x \minus{} z_8),\] then all coefficients of $ f(x) \minus{} g(x)$ are divisible by $ p.$

Which of the two numbers is bigger : $\sqrt{1997}+2\sqrt{1999} + 2\sqrt{2001} + \sqrt{2003}$ or $2\sqrt{1998} +2\sqrt{2000}+2\sqrt{2002}$ ?

Find all the triples of integers $ (a, b,c)$ such that: \[ \begin{array}{ccc}a\plus{}b\plus{}c &\equal{}& 24\\ a^{2}\plus{}b^{2}\plus{}c^{2}&\equal{}& 210\\ abc &\equal{}& 440\end{array}\]

Cris has the equation $-2x^2 + bx + c = 0$, and Cristian increases the coefficients of the Cris equation by $1$, obtaining the equation $-x^2 + (b + 1) x + (c + 1) = 0$. Mariloli notices that the real solutions of the Cristian's equation are the squares of the real solutions of the Cris equation. Find all possible values that can take the coefficients $b$ and $c$.

Let $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, $n\geq 2$. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}_{>0}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}_{>0}$ such that $$f(x_1+\dots +x_n)^2=\sum_{i=1}^nf(x_i) ^2+ 2\sum_{i<j}f(x_ix_j),$$ for all $x_1,\dots ,x_n\in\mathbb{R}_{>0}$. [i]Proposed by Andrei Vila[/i]

Find all triples $(x,y,z)$ of positive real numbers such that $$ \begin{cases} 2x^2+y^3=3 \\ 3y^2+z^3=4 \\ 4z^2+x^3=5 \\ \end{cases} $$ [i]M. Zorka[/i]

Let $S \subset [0, 1]$ be a set of 5 points with $\{0, 1\} \subset S$. The graph of a real function $f : [0, 1] \to [0, 1]$ is continuous and increasing, and it is linear on every subinterval $I$ in $[0, 1]$ such that the endpoints but no interior points of $I$ are in $S$. We want to compute, using a computer, the extreme values of $g(x, t) = \frac{f(x+t)-f(x)}{ f(x)-f(x-t)}$ for $x - t, x + t \in [0, 1]$. At how many points $(x, t)$ is it necessary to compute $g(x, t)$ with the computer?

Let $f(x) = x^4 + 2x^3 - x - 1$. (a) Prove that $f(x)$ cannot be written as the product of two non-constant polynomials with integer coefficients. (b) Find the exact values of the 4 roots of $f(x)$.

A cubic polynomial $f$ satisfies $f(0)=0, f(1)=1, f(2)=2, f(3)=4$. What is $f(5)$?

Let $a$ , $b$, $c$ and $d$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c+d=8$. Prove that $\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{4}{c}+\frac{16}{d}\geq8$