Let $n>1$ be an integer. Find all $r\in \mathbb{R}$ so that the system of equations in real variables $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n$: \begin{align*} &(r\cdot x_1-x_2)(r\cdot x_1-x_3)\dots (r\cdot x_1-x_n)=\\ =&(r\cdot x_2-x_1)(r\cdot x_2-x_3)\dots (r\cdot x_2-x_n)=\\ &\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad \vdots \\ =&(r\cdot x_n-x_1)(r\cdot x_n-x_2)\dots (r\cdot x_n-x_{n-1}) \end{align*} has a solution where the numbers $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n$ are pairwise distinct.

Find all funtions $f : Z_{>0} \to Z_{>0}$ that satisfy $f(f(f(n))) + f(f(n)) + f(n) = 3n$ for all $n \in Z_{>0}$ .

Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients which satisfies \\ $P(2015)=2025$ and $P(x)-10=\sqrt{P(x^{2}+3)-13}$ for every $x\ge 0$ .

For positive real numbers $a,b,c$ with $abc=1$ prove that $\left(a+\frac{1}{b}\right)^{2}+\left(b+\frac{1}{c}\right)^{2}+\left(c+\frac{1}{a}\right)^{2}\geq 3(a+b+c+1)$

Find all polynomials of the form $P(x) = (-1)^nx^n + a_1x^{n-1} + a_2x^{n-2} + ...+ a_{n-1}x + a_n$ with the following two properties: (i) $\{a_1, a_2, . . . , a_n-1, a_n\} =\{0, 1\}$, and (ii) all roots of $P(x)$ are distinct real numbers

Let the sequence $\left \{ a_n \right \}_{n = -2}^\infty$ satisfy $a_{-1} = a_{-2} = 0, a_0 = 1$, and for all non-negative integers $n$, $$n^2 = \sum_{k = 0}^n a_{n - k}a_{k - 1} + \sum_{k = 0}^n a_{n - k}a_{k - 2}$$ Given $a_{2018}$ is rational, find the maximum integer $m$ such that $2^m$ divides the denominator of the reduced form of $a_{2018}$.

For how many nonnegative integer values of $k$ does the equation $7x^2 +kx +11 = 0$ have no real solutions?

Let $a_0,a_1,a_2,\dots $ be a sequence of real numbers such that $a_0=0, a_1=1,$ and for every $n\geq 2$ there exists $1 \leq k \leq n$ satisfying \[ a_n=\frac{a_{n-1}+\dots + a_{n-k}}{k}. \]Find the maximum possible value of $a_{2018}-a_{2017}$.

Find all ordered pairs of positive integers$ (x, y)$ such that:$$x^3+y^3=x^2+42xy+y^2.$$

[u]Set 1[/u] [b]p1.[/b] Find $1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11$. [b]p2.[/b] Find $1 \cdot 11 + 2 \cdot 10 + 3 \cdot 9 + 4 \cdot 8 + 5 \cdot 7 + 6 \cdot 6$. [b]p3.[/b] Let $\frac{1}{1\cdot 2} +\frac{1}{2\cdot 3} +\frac{1}{3\cdot 4} +\frac{1}{4\cdot 5} +\frac{1}{5\cdot 6} +\frac{1}{6\cdot 7} +\frac{1}{7\cdot 8} +\frac{1}{8\cdot 9} +\frac{1}{9\cdot 10} +\frac{1}{10\cdot 11} =\frac{m}{n}$ , where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers that share no prime divisors. Find $m + n$. [u]Set 2[/u] [b]p4.[/b] Define $0! = 1$ and let $n! = n \cdot (n - 1)!$ for all positive integers $n$. Find the value of $(2! + 0!)(1! + 8!)$. [b]p5.[/b] Rachel’s favorite number is a positive integer $n$. She gives Justin three clues about it: $\bullet$ $n$ is prime. $\bullet$ $n^2 - 5n + 6 \ne 0$. $\bullet$ $n$ is a divisor of $252$. What is Rachel’s favorite number? [b]p6.[/b] Shen eats eleven blueberries on Monday. Each day after that, he eats five more blueberries than the day before. For example, Shen eats sixteen blueberries on Tuesday. How many blueberries has Shen eaten in total before he eats on the subsequent Monday? [u]Set 3[/u] [b]p7.[/b] Triangle $ABC$ satisfies $AB = 7$, $BC = 12$, and $CA = 13$. If the area of $ABC$ can be expressed in the form $m\sqrt{n}$, where $n$ is not divisible by the square of a prime, then determine $m + n$. [b]p8.[/b] Sebastian is playing the game Split! on a coordinate plane. He begins the game with one token at $(0, 0)$. For each move, he is allowed to select a token on any point $(x, y)$ and take it off the plane, replacing it with two tokens, one at $(x + 1, y)$, and one at $(x, y + 1)$. At the end of the game, for a token on $(a, b)$, it is assigned a score $\frac{1}{2^{a+b}}$ . These scores are summed for his total score. Determine the highest total score Sebastian can get in $100$ moves. [b]p9.[/b] Find the number of positive integers $n$ satisfying the following two properties: $\bullet$ $n$ has either four or five digits, where leading zeros are not permitted, $\bullet$ The sum of the digits of $n$ is a multiple of $3$. [u]Set 4[/u] [b]p10.[/b] [i]A unit square rotated $45^o$ about a vertex, Sweeps the area for Farmer Khiem’s pen. If $n$ is the space the pigs can roam, Determine the floor of $100n$.[/i] If $n$ is the area a unit square sweeps out when rotated 4$5$ degrees about a vertex, determine $\lfloor 100n \rfloor$. Here $\lfloor x \rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/b/1/129efd0dbd56dc0b4fb742ac80eaf2447e106d.png[/img] [b]p11.[/b][i] Michael is planting four trees, In a grid, three rows of three, If two trees are close, Then both are bulldozed, So how many ways can it be?[/i] In a three by three grid of squares, determine the number of ways to select four squares such that no two share a side. [b]p12.[/b] [i]Three sixty-seven Are the last three digits of $n$ cubed. What is $n$?[/i] If the last three digits of $n^3$ are $367$ for a positive integer $n$ less than $1000$, determine $n$. [u]Set 5[/u] [b]p13.[/b] Determine $\sqrt[4]{97 + 56\sqrt{3}} + \sqrt[4]{97 - 56\sqrt{3}}$. [b]p14. [/b]Triangle $\vartriangle ABC$ is inscribed in a circle $\omega$ of radius $12$ so that $\angle B = 68^o$ and $\angle C = 64^o$ . The perpendicular from $A$ to $BC$ intersects $\omega$ at $D$, and the angle bisector of $\angle B$ intersects $\omega$ at $E$. What is the value of $DE^2$? [b]p15.[/b] Determine the sum of all positive integers $n$ such that $4n^4 + 1$ is prime. [u]Set 6[/u] [b]p16.[/b] Suppose that $p, q, r$ are primes such that $pqr = 11(p + q + r)$ such that $p\ge q \ge r$. Determine the sum of all possible values of $p$. [b]p17.[/b] Let the operation $\oplus$ satisfy $a \oplus b =\frac{1}{1/a+1/b}$ . Suppose $$N = (...((2 \oplus 2) \oplus 2) \oplus ... 2),$$ where there are $2018$ instances of $\oplus$ . If $N$ can be expressed in the form $m/n$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, then determine $m + n$. [b]p18.[/b] What is the remainder when $\frac{2018^{1001} - 1}{2017}$ is divided by $2017$? PS. You had better use hide for answers. Last sets have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4h2777307p24369763]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Let $a, b, c, \lambda$ be positive real numbers with $\lambda \geq 1/4$. Show that $$\frac{a}{\sqrt{b^2+\lambda bc+c^2}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{c^2+\lambda ca+a^2}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt{a^2+\lambda ab+b^2}} \geq \frac{3}{\sqrt{\lambda +2}}.$$

One point of the plane is called $rational$ if both coordinates are rational and $irrational$ if both coordinates are irrational. Check whether the following statements are true or false: [b]a)[/b] Every point of the plane is in a line that can be defined by $2$ rational points. [b]b)[/b] Every point of the plane is in a line that can be defined by $2$ irrational points. This maybe is not algebra so sorry if I putted it in the wrong category!

Let $\mathbb{N} = \{1,2,3, \ldots\}$. Determine if there exists a strictly increasing function $f: \mathbb{N} \mapsto \mathbb{N}$ with the following properties: (i) $f(1) = 2$; (ii) $f(f(n)) = f(n) + n, (n \in \mathbb{N})$.

Let $\mathbb{F}_p$ denote the field of integers modulo a prime $p,$ and let $n$ be a positive integer. Let $v$ be a fixed vector in $\mathbb{F}_p^n,$ let $M$ be an $n\times n$ matrix with entries in $\mathbb{F}_p,$ and define $G:\mathbb{F}_p^n\to \mathbb{F}_p^n$ by $G(x)=v+Mx.$ Let $G^{(k)}$ denote the $k$-fold composition of $G$ with itself, that is, $G^{(1)}(x)=G(x)$ and $G^{(k+1)}(x)=G(G^{(k)}(x)).$ Determine all pairs $p,n$ for which there exist $v$ and $M$ such that the $p^n$ vectors $G^{(k)}(0),$ $k=1,2,\dots,p^n$ are distinct.

Solve the following equation in $\mathbb{R}^+$ : \[\left\{\begin{matrix} \frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=2010\\ x+y+z=\frac{3}{670} \end{matrix}\right.\]

Prove that for all positive real numbers $x, y$ holds the inequality $$x^4 + y^3 + x^2 + y + 1 > \frac92 xy.$$

Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers. Prove that \[(\frac{a}{a+b})^{5}+(\frac{b}{b+c})^{5}+(\frac{c}{c+d})^{5}+(\frac{d}{d+a})^{5}\ge \frac{1}{8}\]

Determine all nonzero integers $a$ for which there exists two functions $f,g:\mathbb Q\to\mathbb Q$ such that \[f(x+g(y))=g(x)+f(y)+ay\text{ for all } x,y\in\mathbb Q.\] Also, determine all pairs of functions with this property. [i]Vasile Pop[/i]

Determine the number of quadratic polynomials $P(x) = p_1x^2 + p_2x - p_3$, where $p_1$, $p_2$, $p_3$ are not necessarily distinct (positive) prime numbers less than $50$, whose roots are distinct rational numbers.

find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z} $ such that $f(m+n)+f(m)f(n)=n^2(f(m)+1)+m^2(f(n)+1)+mn(2-mn)$ holds for all $m,n \in \mathbb{Z}$

a) Prove that in an infinite sequence ${a_k}$ of integers, pairwise distinct and each member greater than $1$, one can find $100$ members for which $a_k > k$. b) Prove that in an infinite sequence ${a_k}$ of integers, pairwise distinct and each member greater than $1$ there are infinitely many such numbers $a_k$ such that $a_k > k$. (A Andjans, Riga) PS. (a) for juniors (b) for seniors

Find all real pairs $(x,y)$ that solve the system of equations \begin{align} x^5 &= 21x^3+y^3 \\ y^5 &= x^3+21y^3. \end{align}

Let $S$ be the set of all polynomials of the form $z^3+az^2+bz+c$, where $a$, $b$, and $c$ are integers. Find the number of polynomials in $S$ such that each of its roots $z$ satisfies either $\left\lvert z \right\rvert = 20$ or $\left\lvert z \right\rvert = 13$.

$\omega$ is a complex number such that $\omega^{2013} = 1$ and $\omega^m \neq 1$ for $m=1,2,\ldots,2012$. Find the number of ordered pairs of integers $(a,b)$ with $1 \le a, b \le 2013$ such that \[ \frac{(1 + \omega + \cdots + \omega^a)(1 + \omega + \cdots + \omega^b)}{3} \] is the root of some polynomial with integer coefficients and leading coefficient $1$. (Such complex numbers are called [i]algebraic integers[/i].) [i]Victor Wang[/i]

Consider the sequence of polynomials $P_0(x) = 2$, $P_1(x) = x$ and $P_n(x) = xP_{n-1}(x) - P_{n-2}(x)$ for $n \geq 2$. Let $x_n$ be the greatest zero of $P_n$ in the the interval $|x| \leq 2$. Show that $$\lim \limits_{n \to \infty}n^2\left(4-2\pi +n^2\int \limits_{x_n}^2P_n(x)dx\right)=2\pi - 4-\frac{\pi^3}{12}$$