Find $a, b, c, d$ such that for all $x$ the equality $|| x | -1 | = a | x | + b | x-1 | + c | x + 1 | + d$ holds.

Find the maximum and the minimum values of $S = (1 - x_1)(1 -y_1) + (1 - x_2)(1 - y_2)$ for real numbers $x_1, x_2, y_1,y_2$ with $x_1^2 + x_2^2 = y_1^2 + y_2^2 = 2013$.

Let $a, b, c$ be real numbers satisfying the condition $18ab + 9ca + 29bc = 1$. Find the minimum value of the expression $T = 42a^2 + 34b^2 + 43c^2$.

Do there exist functions $f$ and $g$, $f : R \to R$, $g : R \to R$ such that $f(x + f(y)) = y^2 + g(x)$ for all real $x$ and $y$ ? (I. Gorodnin)

Find all the functions $f : \mathbb R^+ \to \mathbb R$ satisfying the identity \[f(x)f(y)=y^{\alpha}f\left(\frac x2 \right) + x^{\beta} f\left(\frac y2 \right) \qquad \forall x,y \in \mathbb R^+\] Where $\alpha,\beta$ are given real numbers.

The function $F (x)$ is defined on $R$ and has a second derivative for each value of the variable. Prove that there is a point $x_0$ such that the product $ F(x_0) F''(x_0)$ is non-negative. PS. In my [url=http://www.1543.su/olympiads/soros/20002001/1/1soros00.htm]source[/url], it is not clear if it means $ F(x_0) F''(x_0)$ or $ F(x_0) F'(x_0)$.

Let $ \{a_n\}^{\infty}_1$ be a sequence of real numbers such that $ a_1 \equal{} 2,$ and \[ a_{n\plus{}1} \equal{} a^2_n \minus{} a_n \plus{} 1, \forall n \in \mathbb{N}.\] Prove that \[ 1 \minus{} \frac{1}{2003^{2003}} < \sum^{2003}_{i\equal{}1} \frac{1}{a_i} < 1.\]

A car drove from one city to another. She drove the first third of the journey at a speed of $50$ km/h, the second third at $60$ km/h, and the last third at $70$ km/h. What is the average speed of the car along the entire journey?

Find all functions $f : \Bbb{Q}_{>0}\to \Bbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that $$f(xy)\cdot \gcd\left( f(x)f(y), f(\frac{1}{x})f(\frac{1}{y})\right) = xyf(\frac{1}{x})f(\frac{1}{y}),$$ for all $x, y \in \Bbb{Q}_{>0,}$ where $\gcd(a, b)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of $a$ and $b.$

Find all monic polynomials $f(x)$ in $\mathbb Z[x]$ such that $f(\mathbb Z)$ is closed under multiplication. [i]By Mohsen Jamali[/i]

Positive numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_n, b_1, b_2,...,b_n$ satisfy the condition $a_1+a_2+...+a_n=b_1+ b_2+...+b_n=1$. Find the smallest possible value of the sum $$\frac{a_1^2}{a_1+b_1}+\frac{a_2^2}{a_2+b_2}+...+\frac{a_n^2}{a_n+b_n}$$ (V.Kolbun)

Given a natural number $ n \geq 2 $. Let $ a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_n $, $ b_1, b_2, \ldots , b_n $ be real numbers. Prove that the following conditions are equivalent: - For any real numbers $ x_1 \leq x_2 \leq \ldots \leq x_n $ holds the inequality $$\sum_{i=1}^n a_i x_i \leq \sum_{i=1}^n b_i x_i.$$ - For every natural number $ k\in \{1,2,\ldots, n-1\} $ holds the inequality $$ \sum_{i=1}^k a_i \geq \sum_{i=1}^k b_i, \ \ \text{ and } \\ \ \sum_{i=1}^n a_i = \sum_{i=1 }^n b_i.$$

Find the value of $(1+2)(1+2^2)(1+2^4)(1+2^8)...(1+2^{2048})$.

The numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ ( $n\ge 3$) satisfy the relations $$a_1=a_n = 0, a_{k-1}+ a_{k+1}\le 2a_k \,\,\, (k = 2, 3,..., n-1)$$ Prove that the numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ are non-negative.

$\begin{cases} x^3-ax^2+b^3=0 \\x^3-bx^2+c^3=0 \\ x^3-cx^2+a^3=0 \end{cases}$ Prove that system hasn`t solutions if $a,b,c$ are different.

Determine if there exist functions $f, g : R \to R$ satisfying for every $x \in R$ the following equations $f(g(x)) = x^3$ and $g(f(x)) = x^2$.

What is the largest integer that is a divisor of \[ (n\plus{}1)(n\plus{}3)(n\plus{}5)(n\plus{}7)(n\plus{}9) \]for all positive even integers $ n$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 11 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 15 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 165$

Let $x_0, x_1, \ldots$ be a sequence of real numbers such that $x_n = \frac{1 + x_{n -1}}{x_{n - 2}}$ for $n \geq 2$. Find the number of ordered pairs of positive integers $(x_0, x_1)$ such that the sequence gives $x_{2018} = \frac{1}{1000}$.

[b]p1.[/b] What is the smallest possible value for the product of two real numbers that differ by ten? [b]p2.[/b] Determine the number of positive integers $n$ with $1 \le n \le 400$ that satisfy the following: $\bullet$ $n$ is a square number. $\bullet$ $n$ is one more than a multiple of $5$. $\bullet$ $n$ is even. [b]p3.[/b] How many positive integers less than $2019$ are either a perfect cube or a perfect square but not both? [b]p4.[/b] Felicia draws the heart-shaped figure $GOAT$ that is made of two semicircles of equal area and an equilateral triangle, as shown below. If $GO = 2$, what is the area of the figure? [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/3/c/388daa657351100f408ab3f1185f9ab32fcca5.png[/img] [b]p5.[/b] For distinct digits $A, B$, and $ C$: $$\begin{tabular}{cccc} & A & A \\ & B & B \\ + & C & C \\ \hline A & B & C \\ \end{tabular}$$ Compute $A \cdot B \cdot C$. [b]p6 [/b] What is the difference between the largest and smallest value for $lcm(a,b,c)$, where $a,b$, and $c$ are distinct positive integers between $1$ and $10$, inclusive? [b]p7.[/b] Let $A$ and $B$ be points on the circumference of a circle with center $O$ such that $\angle AOB = 100^o$. If $X$ is the midpoint of minor arc $AB$ and $Y$ is on the circumference of the circle such that $XY\perp AO$, find the measure of $\angle OBY$ . [b]p8. [/b]When Ben works at twice his normal rate and Sammy works at his normal rate, they can finish a project together in $6$ hours. When Ben works at his normal rate and Sammy works as three times his normal rate, they can finish the same project together in $4$ hours. How many hours does it take Ben and Sammy to finish that project if they each work together at their normal rates? [b][b]p9.[/b][/b] How many positive integer divisors $n$ of $20000$ are there such that when $20000$ is divided by $n$, the quotient is divisible by a square number greater than $ 1$? [b]p10.[/b] What’s the maximum number of Friday the $13$th’s that can occur in a year? [b]p11.[/b] Let circle $\omega$ pass through points $B$ and $C$ of triangle $ABC$. Suppose $\omega$ intersects segment $AB$ at a point $D \ne B$ and intersects segment $AC$ at a point $E \ne C$. If $AD = DC = 12$, $DB = 3$, and $EC = 8$, determine the length of $EB$. [b]p12.[/b] Let $a,b$ be integers that satisfy the equation $2a^2 - b^2 + ab = 18$. Find the ordered pair $(a,b)$. [b]p13.[/b] Let $a,b,c$ be nonzero complex numbers such that $a -\frac{1}{b}= 8, b -\frac{1}{c}= 10, c -\frac{1}{a}= 12.$ Find $abc -\frac{1}{abc}$ . [b]p14.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ be an equilateral triangle of side length $1$. Let $\omega_0$ be the incircle of $\vartriangle ABC$, and for $n > 0$, define the infinite progression of circles $\omega_n$ as follows: $\bullet$ $\omega_n$ is tangent to $AB$ and $AC$ and externally tangent to $\omega_{n-1}$. $\bullet$ The area of $\omega_n$ is strictly less than the area of $\omega_{n-1}$. Determine the total area enclosed by all $\omega_i$ for $i \ge 0$. [b]p15.[/b] Determine the remainder when $13^{2020} +11^{2020}$ is divided by $144$. [b]p16.[/b] Let $x$ be a solution to $x +\frac{1}{x}= 1$. Compute $x^{2019} +\frac{1}{x^{2019}}$ . [b]p17. [/b]The positive integers are colored black and white such that if $n$ is one color, then $2n$ is the other color. If all of the odd numbers are colored black, then how many numbers between $100$ and $200$ inclusive are colored white? [b]p18.[/b] What is the expected number of rolls it will take to get all six values of a six-sided die face-up at least once? [b]p19.[/b] Let $\vartriangle ABC$ have side lengths $AB = 19$, $BC = 2019$, and $AC = 2020$. Let $D,E$ be the feet of the angle bisectors drawn from $A$ and $B$, and let $X,Y$ to be the feet of the altitudes from $C$ to $AD$ and $C$ to $BE$, respectively. Determine the length of $XY$ . [b]p20.[/b] Suppose I have $5$ unit cubes of cheese that I want to divide evenly amongst $3$ hungry mice. I can cut the cheese into smaller blocks, but cannot combine blocks into a bigger block. Over all possible choices of cuts in the cheese, what’s the largest possible volume of the smallest block of cheese? PS. You had better use hide for answers.

Prove that any continuos function $ f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ with \[ f(x)\equal{}\left\{ \begin{aligned} a_1x\plus{}b_1\ ,\ \text{for } x\le 1 \\ a_2x\plus{}b_2\ ,\ \text{for } x>1 \end{aligned} \right.\] where $ a_1,a_2,b_1,b_2\in \mathbb{R}$, can be written as: \[ f(x)\equal{}m_1x\plus{}n_1\plus{}\epsilon|m_2x\plus{}n_2|\ ,\ \text{for } x\in \mathbb{R}\] where $ m_1,m_2,n_1,n_2\in \mathbb{R}$ and $ \epsilon\in \{\minus{}1,\plus{}1\}$.

$n(n\geq2)$ is a given intenger, and $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ are real numbers. For any $i=1,2,\cdots ,n$, $$a_i\neq -1,a_{i+2}=\frac{a_i^2+a_i}{a_{i+1}+1}.$$ Prove: $a_1=a_2=\cdots=a_n$. (Note: $a_{n+1}=a_1,a_{n+2}=a_2$.)

Let $x, y$ and $z$ be nonnegative real numbers satisfying the following conditions: (1) $x + cy \le 36$,(2) $2x+ 3z \le 72$, where $c$ is a given positive number. Prove that if $c \ge 3$ then the maximum of the sum $x + y + z$ is $36$, while if $c < 3$, the maximum of the sum is $24 + \frac{36}{c}$ .

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 $a_{2018}-a_{2017}$.

Let $ p$ be a prime number. Let $ h(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that $ h(0),h(1),\dots, h(p^2\minus{}1)$ are distinct modulo $ p^2.$ Show that $ h(0),h(1),\dots, h(p^3\minus{}1)$ are distinct modulo $ p^3.$

If $x^x = 2012^{2012^{2013}}$ , find $x$.