Let $n$ be an integer greater than $1$. Let $x\in\mathbb R$. (a) Evaluate $S(x,n)=\sum(x+p)(x+q)$, where the summation is over all pairs $(p,q)$ of different numbers from $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$. (b) Do there exist integers $x,n$ for which $S(x,n)=0$?

Let $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ be an increasing sequence of positive integers. Assume that there is a constant $M>0$ satisfying$$0<a_{n+1}-a_n<M.a_n^{5/8},\forall n\ge 1.$$ Prove that: there exists a real number $A$ such that for each $k\in \mathbb{Z}^+,[A^{3^k}]$ is an element of $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}.$

The polynomial $P (x)$ is such that the polynomials $P (P (x))$ and $P (P (P (x)))$ are strictly monotone on the whole real axis. Prove that $P (x)$ is also strictly monotone on the whole real axis.

For which real $a$ are there distinct reals $x$, $y$ such that $$\begin{cases} x = a - y^2 \\ y = a - x^2 \,\,\, ? \end {cases}$$

Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers for which the following is true: $acscx + b cot x \ge 1$, for all $0 <x < \pi$ Find the least value of $a^2 + b$.

A function $ f: R^3\rightarrow R$ for all reals $ a,b,c,d,e$ satisfies a condition: \[ f(a,b,c)\plus{}f(b,c,d)\plus{}f(c,d,e)\plus{}f(d,e,a)\plus{}f(e,a,b)\equal{}a\plus{}b\plus{}c\plus{}d\plus{}e\] Show that for all reals $ x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ ($ n\geq 5$) equality holds: \[ f(x_1,x_2,x_3)\plus{}f(x_2,x_3,x_4)\plus{}\ldots \plus{}f(x_{n\minus{}1},x_n,x_1)\plus{}f(x_n,x_1,x_2)\equal{}x_1\plus{}x_2\plus{}\ldots\plus{}x_n\]

Let $m$ and $n$ be two positive integers greater than $1$. Prove that there are $m$ positive integers $N_1$ , $\ldots$ , $N_m$ (some of them may be equal) such that \[\sqrt{m}=\sum_{i=1}^m{(\sqrt{N_i}-\sqrt{N_i-1})^{\frac{1}{n}}.}\]

Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x^2 + yf(z)) = xf(x) + zf(y) , \] for all $x, y, z \in \mathbb{R}$.

Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all real numbers $x, y$ \[f(x + y)=f(f(x)) + y + 2022\]

a) Find an integer $a$ for which $(x - a)(x - 10) + 1$ factors in the product $(x + b)(x + c)$ with integers $b$ and $c$. b) Find nonzero and nonequal integers $a, b, c$ so that $x(x - a)(x - b)(x - c) + 1$ factors into the product of two polynomials with integer coefficients.

Let us define $f$ and $g$ by $f(x) = x^5 +5x^4 +5x^3 +5x^2 +1$, $g(x) = x^5 +5x^4 +3x^3 -5x^2 -1$. Determine all prime numbers $p$ such that, for at least one integer $x, 0 \le x < p-1$, both $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are divisible by $p$. For each such $p$, find all $x$ with this property.

Let $a_0, a_1, . . . , a_N$ be real numbers satisfying $a_0 = a_N = 0$ and \[a_{i+1} - 2a_i + a_{i-1} = a^2_i\] for $i = 1, 2, . . . , N - 1.$ Prove that $a_i\leq 0$ for $i = 1, 2, . . . , N- 1.$

Given a number $\overline{abcd}$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$, represent the digits of $\overline{abcd}$, find the minimum value of \[\frac{\overline{abcd}}{a+b+c+d}\] where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are distinct [hide=Answer]$\overline{abcd}=1089$, minimum value of $\dfrac{\overline{abcd}}{a+b+c+d}=60.5$[/hide]

p1. Two integers $m$ and $n$ are said to be [i]coprime [/i] if there are integers $a$ and $ b$ such that $am + bn = 1$. Show that for each integer $p$, the pair of numbers formed by $21p + 4$ and $14p + 3$ are always coprime. p2. Two farmers, Person $A$ and Person $B$ intend to change the boundaries of their land so that it becomes like a straight line, not curvy as in image below. They do not want the area of ​​their origin to be reduced. Try define the boundary line they should agree on, and explain why the new boundary does not reduce the area of ​​their respective origins. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/4/d/ec771d15716365991487f3705f62e4566d0e41.png[/img] p3. The system of equations of four variables is given: $\left\{\begin{array}{l} 23x + 47y - 3z = 434 \\ 47x - 23y - 4w = 183 \\ 19z + 17w = 91 \end{array} \right. $ where $x, y, z$, and $w$ are positive integers. Determine the value of $(13x - 14y)^3 - (15z + 16w)^3$ p4. A person drives a motorized vehicle so that the material used fuel is obtained at the following graph. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/f/58e9f210fafe18bfb2d9a3f78d90ff50a847b2.png[/img] Initially the vehicle contains $ 3$ liters of fuel. After two hours, in the journey of fuel remains $ 1$ liter. a. If in $ 1$ liter he can cover a distance of $32$ km, what is the distance taken as a whole? Explain why you answered like that? b. After two hours of travel, is there any acceleration or deceleration? Explain your answer. c. Determine what the average speed of the vehicle is. p5. Amir will make a painting of the circles, each circle to be filled with numbers. The circle's painting is arrangement follows the pattern below. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/8/2/533bed783440ea8621ef21d88a56cdcb337f30.png[/img] He made a rule that the bottom four circles would be filled with positive numbers less than $10$ that can be taken from the numbers on the date of his birth, i.e. $26 \,\, - \,\, 12 \,\, - \,\,1961$ without recurrence. Meanwhile, the circles above will be filled with numbers which is the product of the two numbers on the circles in underneath. a. In how many ways can he place the numbers from left to right, right on the bottom circles in order to get the largest value on the top circle? Explain. b. On another occasion, he planned to put all the numbers on the date of birth so that the number of the lowest circle now, should be as many as $8$ circles. He no longer cares whether the numbers are repeated or not . i. In order to get the smallest value in the top circle, how should the numbers be arranged? ii. How many arrays are worth considering to produce the smallest value?

Consider the equation $n^2+(n+1)^4=5(n+2)^3$ (a) Show that any integer of the form $3m+1$ or $3m+2$ can not be a solution of this equation. (b) Does the equation have a solution in positive integers?

Determine all real polynomials $P(z)$ for which there exists a unique real polynomial $Q(x)$ satisfying the conditions $Q(0)= 0$, $x + Q(y + P(x))= y + Q(x + P(y))$ for all $x,y \in R$.

Let $\omega$ be a complex number satisfying $\omega^{2048} = 1$ and $\omega^{1024} \neq 1$. Find the unique ordered pair of nonnegative integers $(p, q)$ satisfying \[ 2^p - 2^q = \sum_{0 \leq m < n \leq 2047} (\omega^m + \omega^n)^{2048}. \]

Find all unbounded functions $f:\mathbb Z \rightarrow \mathbb Z$ , such that $f(f(x)-y)|x-f(y)$ holds for any integers $x,y$.

Find the sum of all positive integers $N$ such that $s =\sqrt[3]{2 + \sqrt{N}} + \sqrt[3]{2 - \sqrt{N}}$ is also a positive integer

Are there real numbers $a, b$ and $c$ such that for all real $x$ and $y$ the following inequality holds: $$|x + a| + |x + y + b| + |y + c| > |x| + |x + y| + |y|?$$

[i](a)[/i] Show that there exists exactly one function $ f : \mathbb Q^+ \to \mathbb Q^+$ satisfying the following conditions: [b](i)[/b] if $0 < q < \frac 12$, then $f(q)=1+f \left( \frac{q}{1-2q} \right);$ [b](ii)[/b] if $1 < q \leq 2$, then $f(q) = 1+f(q + 1);$ [b](iii)[/b] $f(q)f(1/q) = 1$ for all $q \in \mathbb Q^+.$ [i](b)[/i] Find the smallest rational number $q \in \mathbb Q^+$ such that $f(q) = \frac{19}{92}.$

Let ${(a_n)}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ and ${(b_n)}_{n=0}^{\infty}$ be real squences such that $a_0=40$, $b_0=41$ and for all $n\geq 0$ the given equalities hold. $$a_{n+1}=a_n+\frac{1}{b_n} \hspace{0.5 cm} \text{and} \hspace{0.5 cm} b_{n+1}=b_n+\frac{1}{a_n}$$ Find the least possible positive integer value of $k$ such that the value of $a_k$ is strictly bigger than $80$.

Given positive real numbers $a,b,c,d$ such that $ \frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{d}+\frac{d}{a}=6 \quad \text{and} \quad \frac{b}{a}+\frac{c}{b}+\frac{d}{c}+\frac{a}{d}=36.$ Prove the inequality ${{a}^{2}}+{{b}^{2}}+{{c}^{2}}+{{d}^{2}}>ab+ac+ad+bc+bd+cd.$

Find the positive integer $n$ that satisfies the equation $$n^2 - \lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor = 2018$$

Let $1 \leq k \leq n.$ Consider all finite sequences of positive integers with sum $n.$ Find $T(n,k),$ the total number of terms of size $k$ in all of the sequences.