Let $P(X)=X^n+a_1X^{n-1}+\ldots+a_n$ be a plynomial with real roots $x_1. x_2,\ldots,x_n$. Denote $E_k=x_1^k+x_2^k+\ldots+x_n^k, \forall k\in\mathbb{N}$. There exists an $m\in\mathbb{N}$ such that $E_m=E_{m+1}=E_{m+2}=1$. Find $\max\{P(-2),P(2)\}$.

Find the largest real number $k$, such that for any positive real numbers $a,b$, $$(a+b)(ab+1)(b+1)\geq kab^2$$

We are given coins of $1,2,5,10,20,50$ lipas and of $1$ kuna (Croatian currency: $1$ kuna = $100$ lipas). Prove that if a bill of $M$ lipas can be paid by $N$ coins, then a bill of $N$ kunas can be paid by M coins.

Solve the system of equations $$\begin{cases} x^2+ [y]=10 \\ y^2+[x]=13 \end{cases}$$ ($[x]$ is the integer part of $x$, $[x]$ is equal to the largest integer not exceeding $x$. For example, $[3,33] = 3$, $[2] = 2$, $[- 3.01] = -4$).

Determine the least possible value of $f(1998),$ where $f:\Bbb{N}\to \Bbb{N}$ is a function such that for all $m,n\in {\Bbb N}$, \[f\left( n^{2}f(m)\right) =m\left( f(n)\right) ^{2}. \]

Find all functions $f:\mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ (from the set of real numbers to itself) where$$f(x-y)+xf(x-1)+f(y)=x^2$$for all reals $x,y.$ Proposed by [b]cj13609517288[/b]

Let $a,b$ be real numbers grater then $4$. Show that at least one of the trinomials $x^2+ax+b$ or $x^2+bx+a$ has two different real zeros.

Let $f(x)$ be a non-constant polynomial with non-negative integer coefficients. Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $n$, for which $f(n)$ is not divisible by any of $f(2)$, $f(3)$, ..., $f(n-1)$.

Let $n$ be a fixed positive integer. - Show that there exist real polynomials $p_1, p_2, p_3, \cdots, p_k \in \mathbb{R}[x_1, \cdots, x_n]$ such that \[(x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n)^2 + p_1(x_1, \cdots, x_n)^2 + p_2(x_1, \cdots, x_n)^2 + \cdots + p_k(x_1, \cdots, x_n)^2 = n(x_1^2 + x_2^2 + \cdots + x_n^2)\] - Find the least natural number $k$, depending on $n$, such that the above polynomials $p_1, p_2, \cdots, p_k$ exist.

Let $a, b, c, d, e$ be distinct real numbers. Prove that the equation \[(x - a)(x - b)(x - c)(x - d) + (x - a)(x - b)(x - c)(x - e)\] \[+(x - a)(x - b)(x - d)(x - e) + (x - a)(x - c)(x - d)(x - e)\] \[+(x - b)(x - c)(x - d)(x - e) = 0\] has four distinct real solutions.

Let $a,b,c$ be nonzero real numbers such that $a+b+c \neq 0$. Assume that $$\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{c} = \frac{1}{a+b+c}$$ Show that for any odd integer $k$, $$\frac{1}{a^k} + \frac{1}{b^k} + \frac{1}{c^k} = \frac{1}{a^k+b^k+c^k}.$$

The real function $f$ is defined for $\forall$ $x\in \mathbb{R}$ and $f(0)=0$. Also $f(9+x)=f(9-x)$ and $f(x-10)=f(-x-10)$ for $\forall$ $x\in \mathbb{R}$. What’s the least number of zeros $f$ can have in the interval $[0;2014]$? Does this change, if $f$ is also continuous?

a) Find two sets $X,Y$ such that $X\cap Y =\emptyset$, $X\cup Y = \mathbb Q^{\star}_{+}$ and $Y = \{a\cdot b \mid a,b \in X \}$. b) Find two sets $U,V$ such that $U\cap V =\emptyset$, $U\cup V = \mathbb R$ and $V = \{x+y \mid x,y \in U \}$.

For real numbers $a$ and $b$, let $f(x) = ax + b$ and $g(x) = x^2 - x$. Suppose that $g(f(2)) = 2, g(f(3)) = 0$, and $g(f(4)) = 6$. Find $g(f(5))$.

Let $ P(x) \equal{} (x \minus{} 1)(x \minus{} 2)(x \minus{} 3)$. For how many polynomials $ Q(x)$ does there exist a polynomial $ R(x)$ of degree 3 such that $ P(Q(x)) \equal{} P(x) \cdot R(x)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 19\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 22\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 24\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 27\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 32$

Given a positive integer $n$ and $I = \{1, 2,..., k\}$ with $k$ is a positive integer. Given positive integers $a_1, a_2, ..., a_k$ such that for all $i \in I$: $1 \le a_i \le n$ and $$\sum_{i=1}^k a_i \ge 2(n!).$$ Show that there exists $J \subseteq I$ such that $$n! + 1 \ge \sum_{j \in J}a_j >\sqrt {n! + (n - 1)n}$$

Given a polynomial \[P(x) = ab(a - c)x^3 + (a^3 - a^2c + 2ab^2 - b^2c + abc)x^2 +(2a^2b + b^2c + a^2c + b^3 - abc)x + ab(b + c),\] where $a, b, c \neq 0$, prove that $P(x)$ is divisible by \[Q(x) = abx^2 + (a^2 + b^2)x + ab\] and conclude that $P(x_0)$ is divisible by $(a + b)^3$ for $x_0 = (a + b + 1)^n, n \in \mathbb N$.

For a sequence $ a_i \in \mathbb{R}, i \in \{0, 1, 2, \ldots\}$ we have $ a_0 \equal{} 1$ and \[ a_{n\plus{}1} \equal{} a_n \plus{} \sqrt{a_{n\plus{}1} \plus{} a_n} \quad \forall n \in \mathbb{N}.\] Prove that this sequence is unique and find an explicit formula for this recursively defined sequence.

Let $n \ge 2$ be an integer and $M= \{1,2,\ldots,n\}.$ For each $k \in \{1,2,\ldots,n-1\}$ we define $$x_k= \frac{1}{n+1} \sum_{\substack{A \subset M \\ |A|=k}} (\min A + \max A).$$ Prove that the numbers $x_k$ are integers and not all of them are divisible by $4.$ [hide=Notations]$|A|$ is the cardinal of $A$ $\min A$ is the smallest element in $A$ $\max A$ is the largest element in $A$[/hide]

If $a, b, c$ and $d$ are positive real numbers such that $a + b + c + d = 2$, prove that $$\frac{a^2}{(a^2+1)^2}+\frac{b^2}{(b^2+1)^2}+\frac{c^2}{(c^2+1)^2}+\frac{d^2}{(d^2+1)^2} \le \frac{16}{25}$$

Let $f$ be a function from $\mathbb Z$ to $\mathbb R$ which is bounded from above and satisfies $f(n)\le\frac12(f(n-1)+f(n+1))$ for all $n$. Show that $f$ is constant.

Find all infinite sequences $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ of positive integers satisfying the following properties: (a) $a_1 < a_2 < a_3 < \cdots$, (b) there are no positive integers $i$, $j$, $k$, not necessarily distinct, such that $a_i+a_j=a_k$, (c) there are infinitely many $k$ such that $a_k = 2k-1$.

[b]p25.[/b] Compute: $$\frac{ \sum^{\infty}_{i=0}\frac{(2\pi)^{4i+1}}{(4i+1)!}}{\sum^{\infty}_{i=0}\frac{(2\pi)^{4i+1}}{(4i+3)!}}$$ [b]p26.[/b] Suppose points $A, B, C, D$ lie on a circle $\omega$ with radius $4$ such that $ABCD$ is a quadrilateral with $AB = 6$, $AC = 8$, $AD = 7$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on $\omega$ such that $AE$ and $AF$ are respectively the angle bisectors of $\angle BAC$ and $\angle DAC$. Compute the area of quadrilateral $AECF$. [b]p27.[/b] Let $P(x) = x^2 - ax + 8$ with a a positive integer, and suppose that $P$ has two distinct real roots $r$ and $s$. Points $(r, 0)$, $(0, s)$, and $(t, t)$ for some positive integer t are selected on the coordinate plane to form a triangle with an area of $2021$. Determine the minimum possible value of $a + t$. [b]p28.[/b] A quartic $p(x)$ has a double root at $x = -\frac{21}{4}$ , and $p(x) - 1344x$ has two double roots each $\frac14$ less than an integer. What are these two double roots? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Omar made a list of all the arithmetic progressions of positive integer numbers such that the difference is equal to $2$ and the sum of its terms is $200$. How many progressions does Omar's list have?

Let $ a, b, c, d \in \mathbb {R}, $ $ b \neq0. $ Find the functions of the $ f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} $ such that $ f (x + d \cdot f (y)) = ax + by + c, $ for all $ x, y \in \mathbb{R}. $