Let $ f ( x , y ) = ( x + y ) / 2 , g ( x , y ) = \sqrt { x y } , h ( x , y ) = 2 x y / ( x + y ) $, and let $$ S = \{ ( a , b ) \in \mathrm { N } \times \mathrm { N } | a \neq b \text { and } f( a , b ) , g ( a , b ) , h ( a , b ) \in \mathrm { N } \} $$ where $\mathbb{N}$ denotes the positive integers. Find the minimum of $f$ over $S$.

How many polynomials of the form $x^5 + ax^4 + bx^3 + cx^2 + dx + 2020$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are real numbers, have the property that whenever $r$ is a root, so is $\frac{-1+i\sqrt{3}}{2} \cdot r$? (Note that $i=\sqrt{-1}$) $\textbf{(A) } 0 \qquad \textbf{(B) }1 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 4$

What is the maximum number of points of intersection of the graphs of two different fourth degree polynomial functions $ y \equal{} p(x)$ and $ y \equal{} q(x)$, each with leading coefficient $ 1$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8$

$ A$ and $ B$ play the following game with a polynomial of degree at least 4: \[ x^{2n} \plus{} \_x^{2n \minus{} 1} \plus{} \_x^{2n \minus{} 2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} \_x \plus{} 1 \equal{} 0 \] $ A$ and $ B$ take turns to fill in one of the blanks with a real number until all the blanks are filled up. If the resulting polynomial has no real roots, $ A$ wins. Otherwise, $ B$ wins. If $ A$ begins, which player has a winning strategy?

Let $n \geqslant 3$ be a positive integer and let $\left(a_{1}, a_{2}, \ldots, a_{n}\right)$ be a strictly increasing sequence of $n$ positive real numbers with sum equal to 2. Let $X$ be a subset of $\{1,2, \ldots, n\}$ such that the value of \[ \left|1-\sum_{i \in X} a_{i}\right| \] is minimised. Prove that there exists a strictly increasing sequence of $n$ positive real numbers $\left(b_{1}, b_{2}, \ldots, b_{n}\right)$ with sum equal to 2 such that \[ \sum_{i \in X} b_{i}=1. \]

Solve the equation $|x^2 -1|+ |x^2 - 4| = mx$ as a function of the parameter $m$. Which pairs $(x,m)$ of integers satisfy this equation?

For a given natural number $ n\ge 2, $ find all $ \text{n-tuples} $ of nonnegative real numbers which have the property that each one of the numbers forming the $ \text{n-tuple} $ is the square of the sum of the other $ n-1 $ ones. [i]Mugur Acu[/i]

All russian olympiad 2016,Day 2 ,grade 9,P8 : Let $a, b, c, d$ be are positive numbers such that $a+b+c+d=3$ .Prove that$$\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{c^2}+\frac{1}{d^2}\le\frac{1}{a^2b^2c^2d^2}$$ All russian olympiad 2016,Day 2,grade 11,P7 : Let $a, b, c, d$ be are positive numbers such that $a+b+c+d=3$ .Prove that $$\frac{1}{a^3}+\frac{1}{b^3}+\frac{1}{c^3}+\frac{1}{d^3}\le\frac{1}{a^3b^3c^3d^3}$$ Russia national 2016

The natural number $m\geq 2$ is given.Sequence of natural numbers $(b_0,b_1,\ldots,b_m)$ is called concave if $b_k+b_{k-2}\le2b_{k-1}$ for all $2\le k\le m.$ Prove that there exist not greater than $2^m$ concave sequences starting with $b_0 =1$ or $b_0 =2$

Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the condition \[f(f(x) + y) = 2x + f(f(y) - x)\quad \text{ for all } x, y \in\mathbb{R}.\]

Let $\mathbb{Q}_{>0}$ denote the set of all positive rational numbers. Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{Q}_{>0}\to \mathbb{Q}_{>0}$ satisfying $$f(x^2f(y)^2)=f(x)^2f(y)$$ for all $x,y\in\mathbb{Q}_{>0}$

There are $n{}$ currencies in a country, numbered from 1 to $n{}.$ In each currency, only non-negative integers are possible amounts of money. A person can have only one currency at any time. A person can exchange all the money he has from currency $i{}$ to currency $j{}$ at the rate of $\alpha_{ij}$ which is a positive real number. If he had $d{}$ units of currency $i{}$ he instead receives $\alpha_{ij}d$ units of currency $j{}$ while this number is rounded to the nearest integer; a number of the form $t-1/2$ is rounded to $t{}$ for any integer $t{}.$ It is known that $\alpha_{ij}\alpha_{jk}=\alpha_{ik}$ and $\alpha_{ii}=1$ for every $i,j,k.$ Can there be a person who can get rich indefinitely? [i]Proposed by I. Bogdanov[/i]

Let $a$ and $b$ be relatively prime integers with $a>b>0$ and $\tfrac{a^3-b^3}{(a-b)^3}=\tfrac{73}{3}$. What is $a-b$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5 $

$A$ graph $G$ arises from $G_{1}$ and $G_{2}$ by pasting them along $S$ if $G$ has induced subgraphs $G_{1}$, $G_{2}$ with $G=G_{1}\cup G_{2}$ and $S$ is such that $S=G_{1}\cap G_{2}.$ A is graph is called [i]chordal[/i] if it can be constructed recursively by pasting along complete subgraphs, starting from complete subgraphs. For a graph $G(V,E)$ define its Hilbert polynomial $H_{G}(x)$ to be $H_{G}(x)=1+Vx+Ex^2+c(K_{3})x^3+c(K_{4})x^4+\ldots+c(K_{w(G)})x^{w(G)},$ where $c(K_{i})$ is the number of $i$-cliques in $G$ and $w(G)$ is the clique number of $G$. Prove that $H_{G}(-1)=0$ if and only if $G$ is chordal or a tree.

Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $a^2+b^2-c^2$ divides $P(a)+P(b)-P(c)$, for all integers $a,b,c$.

Let $\mathcal M$ be the set of all polynomial functions $f$ of degree at most 3 such that \[\forall x\in[-1,1]:\ |f(x)|\le 1.\] Denote $a$ the (possibly zero) coefficient of $f$ at $x^3.$ Show that there is a positive number $k$ such that \[\forall f\in\mathcal M:\ |a|\le k\] and find the least $k$ with this property.

Prove that there is no non-constant polynomial $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $P(n)$ is a prime number for all positive integers $n$.

Find all polinomials $ P(x)$ with real coefficients, such that $ P(\sqrt {3}(a \minus{} b)) \plus{} P(\sqrt {3}(b \minus{} c)) \plus{} P(\sqrt {3}(c \minus{} a)) \equal{} P(2a \minus{} b \minus{} c) \plus{} P( \minus{} a \plus{} 2b \minus{} c) \plus{} P( \minus{} a \minus{} b \plus{} 2c)$ for any $ a$,$ b$ and $ c$ real numbers

Consider the polynomial $P_n(x) = \binom {n}{2}+\binom {n}{5}x+\binom {n}{8}x^2 + \cdots + \binom {n}{3k+2}x^{3k}$ where $n \ge 2$ is a natural number and $k = \left\lfloor \frac{n-2}{3} \right \rfloor$ [b](a)[/b] Prove that $P_{n+3}(x)=3P_{n+2}(x)-3P_{n+1}(x)+(x+1)P_n(x)$ [b](b)[/b] Find all integer numbers $a$ such that $P_n(a^3)$ is divisible by $3^{ \lfloor \frac{n-1}{2} \rfloor}$ for all $n \ge 2$

If $a > b > 0$, prove the inequality $$\frac{(a-b)^2}{8a}< \frac{a+b}{2}- \sqrt{ab} < \frac{(a-b)^2}{8b}.$$

Calculate $\sqrt{5,44...4}$ (the decimal point is followed by $100$ fours) with approximation to: a) $10^{-100}$, b) $10^{-200}$

Prove that a real number $x$ is rational if and only if the sequence $x, x+1, x+2, x+3, ..., x+n, ...$ contains, at least least three terms in geometric progression.

Let $p$ be prime and $ k > 1$ be a divisor of $p-1$. Show that if a polynomial of degree $k$ with integer coefficients attains every possible value modulo $ p$ that is $(0,1,\dots, p-1)$ at integer inputs then its leading coefficient must be divisible by $p$. [hide=Note]Note: the leading coefficient of a polynomial of degree d is the coefficient of the $x_d$ term.[/hide]

Let $\mathbb{N}^*=\{1,2,\ldots\}$. Find al the functions $f: \mathbb{N}^*\rightarrow \mathbb{N}^*$ such that: (1) If $x<y$ then $f(x)<f(y)$. (2) $f\left(yf(x)\right)=x^2f(xy)$ for all $x,y \in\mathbb{N}^*$.

[b]p1.[/b] The length of the side $AB$ of the trapezoid with bases $AD$ and $BC$ is equal to the sum of lengths $|AD|+|BC|$. Prove that bisectors of angles $A$ and $B$ do intersect at a point of the side $CD$. [b]p2.[/b] Polynomials $P(x) = x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + 1$ and $Q(x) = x^4 + cx^3 + bx^2 + ax + 1$ have two common roots. Find these common roots of both polynomials. [b]p3.[/b] A girl has a box with $1000$ candies. Outside the box there is an infinite number of chocolates and muffins. A girl may replace: $\bullet$ two candies in the box with one chocolate bar, $\bullet$ two muffins in the box with one chocolate bar, $\bullet$ two chocolate bars in the box with one candy and one muffin, $\bullet$ one candy and one chocolate bar in the box with one muffin, $\bullet$ one muffin and one chocolate bar in the box with one candy. Is it possible that after some time it remains only one object in the box? [b]p4.[/b] There are $9$ straight lines drawn in the plane. Some of them are parallel some of them intersect each other. No three lines do intersect at one point. Is it possible to have exactly $17$ intersection points? [b]p5.[/b] It is known that $x$ is a real number such that $x+\frac{1}{x}$ is an integer. Prove that $x^n+\frac{1}{x^n}$ is an integer for any positive integer $n$. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].