Find a irreducible fraction with denominator not greater than 2005, that is closest to $\frac{9}{25}$ but is not $\frac{9}{25}$

The sequence $\{a_n\}$ is defined as follows: $a_1$ is a positive rational number, $a_n= \frac{p_n}{q_n}$, ($n= 1,2,…$) is a positive integer, where $p_n$ and $q_n$ are positive integers that are relatively prime, then $a_{n+1} = \frac{p_n^2+2015}{p_nq_n}$ Is there a$_1>2015$, making the sequence $\{a_n\}$ a bounded sequence? Justify your conclusion.

For $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$, solve the system of equations \[ \begin{cases} (x-y)(x^3+y^3)=7 \\ (x+y)(x^3-y^3)=3 \end{cases} \]

The real numbers $a$, $b$, $c$ are such that $a+b+c+ab+bc+ca+abc \geq 7$. Prove that $\sqrt{a^2+b^2+2}+\sqrt{b^2+c^2+2}+\sqrt{c^2+a^2+2} \geq 6$

How many integers belong to ($a,2008a$), where $a$ ($a > 0$) is given.

A shop sells golf balls, golf clubs and golf hats. Golf balls can be purchased at a rate of $25$ cents for two balls. Golf hats cost $\$1$ each. Golf clubs cost $\$10$ each. At this shop, Ross purchased $100$ items for a total cost of exactly $\$100$ (Ross purchased at least one of each type of item). How many golf hats did Ross purchase?

Let $ {\mathbb Q}^ \plus{}$ be the set of positive rational numbers. Construct a function $ f : {\mathbb Q}^ \plus{} \rightarrow {\mathbb Q}^ \plus{}$ such that \[ f(xf(y)) \equal{} \frac {f(x)}{y} \] for all $ x$, $ y$ in $ {\mathbb Q}^ \plus{}$.

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]

$p$ is a polynomial with integer coefficients and for every natural $n$ we have $p(n)>n$. $x_k $ is a sequence that: $x_1=1, x_{i+1}=p(x_i)$ for every $N$ one of $x_i$ is divisible by $N.$ Prove that $p(x)=x+1$

Professor Oak is feeding his $100$ Pokémon. Each Pokémon has a bowl whose capacity is a positive real number of kilograms. These capacities are known to Professor Oak. The total capacity of all the bowls is $100$ kilograms. Professor Oak distributes $100$ kilograms of food in such a way that each Pokémon receives a non-negative integer number of kilograms of food (which may be larger than the capacity of the bowl). The [i]dissatisfaction level[/i] of a Pokémon who received $N$ kilograms of food and whose bowl has a capacity of $C$ kilograms is equal to $\lvert N-C\rvert$. Find the smallest real number $D$ such that, regardless of the capacities of the bowls, Professor Oak can distribute food in a way that the sum of the dissatisfaction levels over all the $100$ Pokémon is at most $D$. [i]Oleksii Masalitin, Ukraine[/i]

Solve the following system of equations in real numbers: $$\left\{\begin{array}{l}x^2=y^2+z^2,\\x^{2024}=y^{2024}+z^{2024},\\x^{2025}=y^{2025}+z^{2025}.\end{array}\right.$$ [i]Proposed by Mykhailo Shtandenko, Anton Trygub, Bogdan Rublov[/i]

Let $p>5$ be a prime number. For any integer $x$, define \[{f_p}(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{p-1} \frac{1}{(px+k)^2}\] Prove that for any pair of positive integers $x$, $y$, the numerator of $f_p(x) - f_p(y)$, when written as a fraction in lowest terms, is divisible by $p^3$.

Consider all finite sequences of positive real numbers each of whose terms is at most $3$ and the sum of whose terms is more than $100$. For each such sequence, let $S$ denote the sum of the subsequence whose sum is the closest to $100$, and define the [i]defect[/i] of this sequence to be the value $|S-100|$. Find the maximum possible value of the defect.

Denote $f(x) = x^4 + 2x^3 - 2x^2 - 4x+4$. Prove that there are infinitely many primes $p$ that satisfies the following. For all positive integers $m$, $f(m)$ is not a multiple of $p$.

Let $A, B$, and $C$ be three points on the edge of a circular chord such that $B$ is due west of $C$ and $ABC$ is an equilateral triangle whose side is $86$ meters long. A boy swam from $A$ directly toward $B$. After covering a distance of $x$ meters, he turned and swam westward, reaching the shore after covering a distance of $y$ meters. If $x$ and $y$ are both positive integers, determine $y.$

Solve the system in reals: $\frac{4-a}{b}=\frac{5-b}{a}=\frac{10}{a^2+b^2}$.

Let $a_1=1$ and $a_{n+1}=2/(2+a_n)$ for all $n\geqslant 1$. Similarly, $b_1=1$ and $b_{n+1}=3/(3+b_n)$ for all $n\geqslant 1$. Which is greater between $a_{2022}$ and $b_{2022}$? [i]Proposed by P. Kozhevnikov[/i]

The real numbers $a, b, x$ satisfy the inequalities $| a + x + b | \le 1, | 4a + 2x + b | \le1, | 9a + 6x + 4b | \le 1$. Prove that $| x | \le15$.

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 $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}.$

Let $f(x)$ be a quotient of two quadratic polynomials. Given that $f(n) = n^3$ for all $n \in \{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$, compute $f(0)$.

(i) Find a formula for $S_n = -1^2 \times 2 + 2^2 \times 3 - 3^2 \times 4 + 4^2 \times 5 -... + (-l)^n n^2 \times (n + 1)$ in terms of the positive integer $n$. Justify your answer. (As an example, one has $1 + 2 + 3 +...+n = \frac{n(n+1)}{2}$) (ii) Using your formula in (i), find the value of $ -1^2 \times 2 + 2^2 \times 3 - 3^2 \times 4 + 4^2 \times 5 -... + (-l)^{100} 100^2 \times (100 + 1)$

Given $a,b,c$ ,$(a, b,c \in (0,2)$), with $a + b + c = ab+bc+ca$, prove that $$\frac{a^2}{a^2-a+1}+\frac{b^2}{b^2-b+1}+\frac{c^2}{c^2-c+1} \le 3$$ (D. Pirshtuk)

Let $(a_n)$ be sequnce of positive integers such that first $k$ members $a_1,a_2,...,a_k$ are distinct positive integers, and for each $n>k$, number $a_n$ is the smallest positive integer that can't be represented as a sum of several (possibly one) of the numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_{n-1}$. Prove that $a_n=2a_{n-1}$ for all sufficently large $n$.

Denote by $R_{>0}$ the set of all positive real numbers. Find all functions $f: R_{>0} \to R_{>0}$ such that for all $x,y \in R_{>0}$ the following equation holds $$f(y)f(x+f(y))=f(1+xy)$$

Write the number $1000$ as the sum of at least two consecutive positive integers. How many (different) ways are there to write it?