Let $\mathbb{N}$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that \[ f(m+n)f(m-n) = f(m^2) \] for $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$.

Let $n$ be a given positive integer. Ana and Bob play the following game: Ana chooses a polynomial $p$ of degree $n$ with integer coefficients. In each round, Bob can choose a finite set $S$ of positive integers, and Ana responds with a list containing the values of the polynomial $p$ evaluated at the elements of $S$ with multiplicity (sorted in increasing order). Determine, in terms of $n$, the smallest positive integer $k$ such that Bob can always determine the polynomial $p$ in at most $k$ rounds. [i]Proposed by: Andrei Chirita, Cambridge[/i]

Find all functions $f\colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$, \[xf(x+f(y))=(y-x)f(f(x)).\] [i]Proposed by Nikola Velov, Macedonia[/i]

(a) Find all positive integers $n$ for which the equation $(a^a)^n = b^b$ has a solution in positive integers $a,b$ greater than $1$. (b) Find all positive integers $a, b$ satisfying $(a^a)^5=b^b$

Find all pairs $(x, y)$ of real numbers satisfying the system : $\begin{cases} x + y = 3 \\ x^4 - y^4 = 8x - y \end{cases}$

Find all polynomials $p(x)$ of degree $5$ such that $p(x) + 1$ is divisible by $(x-1)^3$ and $p(x) - 1$ is divisible by $(x+1)^3$.

Three numbers $a,b,c$ belong to $[0,\pi /2]$ interval with $$\cos a = a, \sin(\cos b) = b, \cos(\sin c ) = c$$ Sort those numbers in increasing order.

On the plane, a Cartesian coordinate system is chosen. Given points $ A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$ on the parabola $ y \equal{} x^2$, and points $ B_1,B_2,B_3,B_4$ on the parabola $ y \equal{} 2009x^2$. Points $ A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4$ are concyclic, and points $ A_i$ and $ B_i$ have equal abscissas for each $ i \equal{} 1,2,3,4$. Prove that points $ B_1,B_2,B_3,B_4$ are also concyclic.

$\lim _{x \rightarrow 0^{+}} \frac{[x]}{\tan x}$ where $[x]$ is the greatest integer function [list=1] [*] -1 [*] 0 [*] 1 [*] Does not exists [/list]

$x,y,z$ are positive real numbers such that: $$xyz+x+y+z=6$$ $$xyz+2xy+yz+zx+z=10$$ Find the maximum value of: $$(xy+1)(yz+1)(zx+1)$$

Find four distinct positive integers, $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$, such that each of the four sums $a+b+c$, $a+b+d$,$a+c+d$, and $b+c+d$ is the square of an integer. Show that infinitely many quadruples $(a,b,c,d)$ with this property can be created.

Compute the sum $$\sum_{k=0}^{1273}\frac{1}{1 + tan^{2548}\left(\frac{k\pi}{2548}\right)}$$

Find all the real numbers $k$ that have the following property: For any non-zero real numbers $a$ and $b$, it is true that at least one of the following numbers: $$a, b,\frac{5}{a^2}+\frac{6}{b^3}$$is less than or equal to $k$.

Are there natural solution of $$a^3+b^3=11^{2018}$$ ?

[b]p1.[/b] Catherine's teacher thinks of a number and asks her to subtract $5$ and then multiply the result by $6$. Catherine accidentally switches the numbers by subtracting 6 and multiplying by $5$ to get $30$. If Catherine had not swapped the numbers, what would the correct answer be? [b]p2.[/b] At Acton Boxborough Regional High School, desks are arranged in a rectangular grid-like configuration. In order to maintain proper social distancing, desks are required to be at least 6 feet away from all other desks. Assuming that the size of the desks is negligible, what is the maximum number of desks that can fit in a $25$ feet by $25$ feet classroom? [b]p3.[/b] Joshua hates writing essays for homework, but his teacher Mr. Meesh assigns two essays every $3$ weeks. However, Mr. Meesh favors Joshua, so he allows Joshua to skip one essay out of every $4$ that are assigned. How many essays does Joshua have to write in a $24$-week school year? [b]p4.[/b] Libra likes to read, but she is easily distracted. If a page number is even, she reads the page twice. If a page number is an odd multiple of three, she skips it. Otherwise, she reads the page exactly once. If Libra's book is $405$ pages long, how many pages in total does she read if she starts on page $1$? (Reading the same page twice counts as two pages.) [b]p5.[/b] Let the GDP of an integer be its Greatest Divisor that is Prime. For example, the GDP of $14$ is $7$. Find the largest integer less than $100$ that has a GDP of $3$. [b]p6.[/b] As has been proven by countless scientific papers, the Earth is a flat circle. Bob stands at a point on the Earth such that if he walks in a straight line, the maximum possible distance he can travel before he falls off is $7$ miles, and the minimum possible distance he can travel before he falls off is $3$ miles. Then the Earth's area in square miles is $k\pi$ for some integer $k$. Compute $k$. [b]p7.[/b] Edward has $2$ magical eggs. Every minute, each magical egg that Edward has will double itself. But there's a catch. At the end of every minute, Edward's brother Eliot will come outside and smash one egg on his forehead, causing Edward to lose that egg permanently. For example, starting with $2$ eggs, after one minute there will be $3$ eggs, then $5$, $9$, and so on. After $1$ hour, the number of eggs can be expressed as $a^b + c$ for positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$ where $a > 1$, and $a$ and $c$ are as small as possible. Find $a + b + c$. [b]p8.[/b] Define a sequence of real numbers $a_1$, $a_2$, $a_3$, $..$, $a_{2019}$, $a_{2020}$ with the property that $a_n =\frac{a_{n-1} + a_n + a_{n+1}}{3}$ for all $n = 2$, $3$, $4$, $5$,$...$, $2018$, $2019$. Given that $a_1 = 1$ and $a_{1000} = 1999$, find $a_{2020}$. [b]p9.[/b] In $\vartriangle ABC$ with $AB = 10$ and $AC = 12$, points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{AC}$, respectively, such that $AD = 4$ and $AE = 5$. If the area of quadrilateral $BCED$ is $40$, find the area of $\vartriangle ADE$. [b]p10.[/b] A positive integer is called powerful if every prime in its prime factorization is raised to a power greater than or equal to $2$. How many positive integers less than 100 are powerful? [b]p11.[/b] Let integers $A,B < 10, 000$ be the populations of Acton and Boxborough, respectively. When $A$ is divided by $B$, the remainder is $1$. When $B$ is divided by $A$, the remainder is $2020$. If the sum of the digits of $A$ is $17$, find the total combined population of Acton and Boxborough. [b]p12.[/b] Let $a_1$, $a_2$, $...$, $a_n$ be an increasing arithmetic sequence of positive integers. Given $a_n - a_1 = 20$ and $a^2_n - a^2_{n-1} = 63$, find the sum of the terms in the arithmetic sequence. [b]p13.[/b] Bob rolls a cubical, an octahedral and a dodecahedral die ($6$, $8$ and $12$ sides respectively) numbered with the integers from $1$ to $6$, $1$ to $8$ and $1$ to $12$ respectively. If the probability that the sum of the numbers on the cubical and octahedral dice equals the number on the dodecahedral die can be written as $\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m, n$ are relatively prime positive integers, compute $n - m$. [b]p14.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be inscribed in a circle with center $O$ with $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, $AC = 15$. Let the foot of the perpendicular from $A$ to BC be $D$ and let $AO$ intersect $BC$ at $E$. Given the length of $DE$ can be expressed as $\frac{m}{n}$ where $m$, $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find $m + n$. [b]p15.[/b] The set $S$ consists of the first $10$ positive integers. A collection of $10$ not necessarily distinct integers is chosen from $S$ at random. If a particular number is chosen more than once, all but one of its occurrences are removed. Call the set of remaining numbers $A$. Let $\frac{a}{b}$ be the expected value of the number of the elements in $A$, where $a, b$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find the reminder when $a + b$ is divided by $1000$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Evaluate $\sum_{n=1}^{1994}{\left((-1)^{n}\cdot\left(\frac{n^2 + n + 1}{n!}\right)\right)}$ .

Initially the equation $$\star \frac{1}{x-1} \star \frac{1}{x-2} \star \frac{1}{x-4} ... \star \frac{1}{x-2^{2023}}=0$$ is written on the board. In each turn Aslı and Zehra deletes one of the stars in the equation and writes $+$ or $-$ instead. The first move is performed by Aslı and continues in order. What is the maximum number of real solutions Aslı can guarantee after all the stars have been replaced by signs?

Let $\{u_n\}_ {n\ge 1}$ be given sequence satisfying the conditions: $u_1 = 0$, $u_2 = 1$, $u_{n+1} = u_{n-1} + 2n - 1$ for $n \ge 2$. 1) Calculate $u_5$. 2) Calculate $u_{100} + u_{101}$.

Prove that all postive real numbers $a,b,c$ with $a+b+c=4$ satisfy the inequality $$\frac{ab}{\sqrt[4]{3c^2+16}}+ \frac{bc}{\sqrt[4]{3a^2+16}}+ \frac{ca}{\sqrt[4]{3b^2+16}} \le\frac43 \sqrt[4]{12}$$

Solve the equation $\cos^2{x}+\cos^2{2x}+\cos^2{3x}=1$

$f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a function such that for $\forall x,y\in \mathbb{R}$ the equation $f(xy+x+y)=f(xy)+f(x)+f(y)$ is true. Prove that $f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)$ for $\forall$ $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$.

If $x +\frac{1}{x} = 5$, what is the value of $x^3 +\frac{1}{x^3} $ ?

Find all functions $f :[0, +\infty) \rightarrow [0, +\infty)$ for which $f(f(x)+f(y)) = xy f (x+y)$ for every two non-negative real numbers $x$ and $y$.

Determine whether there exist two reals $x,y$ and a sequence $\{a_n\}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ of nonzero reals such that $a_{n+2}=xa_{n+1}+ya_n$ for all $n\ge0$ and for every positive real number $r$, there exist positive integers $i,j$ such that $|a_i|<r<|a_j|$. [i]Alex Zhu.[/i]

Solve for integers $x,y,z$: \[ \{ \begin{array}{ccc} x + y &=& 1 - z \\ x^3 + y^3 &=& 1 - z^2 . \end{array} \]