Found problems: 1311
2002 Iran MO (3rd Round), 2
$f: \mathbb R\longrightarrow\mathbb R^{+}$ is a non-decreasing function. Prove that there is a point $a\in\mathbb R$ that \[f(a+\frac1{f(a)})<2f(a)\]
2012 Singapore MO Open, 2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ so that $(x+y)(f(x)-f(y))=(x-y)f(x+y)$ for all $x,y$ that belongs to $\mathbb{R}$.
2008 China Team Selection Test, 3
Let $ z_{1},z_{2},z_{3}$ be three complex numbers of moduli less than or equal to $ 1$. $ w_{1},w_{2}$ are two roots of the equation $ (z \minus{} z_{1})(z \minus{} z_{2}) \plus{} (z \minus{} z_{2})(z \minus{} z_{3}) \plus{} (z \minus{} z_{3})(z \minus{} z_{1}) \equal{} 0$. Prove that, for $ j \equal{} 1,2,3$, $\min\{|z_{j} \minus{} w_{1}|,|z_{j} \minus{} w_{2}|\}\leq 1$ holds.
1995 Korea National Olympiad, Problem 2
find all functions from the nonegative integers into themselves, such that: $2f(m^2+n^2)=f^2(m)+f^2(n)$ and for $m\geq n$ $f(m^2)\geq f(n^2)$.
2011 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 1
If $\min \left \{ \frac{ax^2+b}{\sqrt{x^2+1}} \mid x \in \mathbb{R}\right \} = 3$, then (1) Find the range of $b$; (2) for every given $b$, find $a$.
1993 Poland - Second Round, 4
Let $ (x_n)$ be the sequence of natural number such that: $ x_1\equal{}1$ and $ x_n<x_{n\plus{}1}\leq 2n$ for $ 1\leq n$. Prove that for every natural number $ k$, there exist the subscripts $ r$ and $ s$, such that $ x_r\minus{}x_s\equal{}k$.
2011 Pre - Vietnam Mathematical Olympiad, 1
Let a sequence $\left\{ {{x_n}} \right\}$ defined by:
\[\left\{ \begin{array}{l}
{x_0} = - 2 \\
{x_n} = \frac{{1 - \sqrt {1 - 4{x_{n - 1}}} }}{2},\forall n \ge 1 \\
\end{array} \right.\]
Denote $u_n=n.x_n$ and ${v_n} = \prod\limits_{i = 0}^n {\left( {1 + x_i^2} \right)} $. Prove that $\left\{ {{u_n}} \right\}$, $\left\{ {{v_n}} \right\}$ have finite limit.
2009 Baltic Way, 5
Let $f_0=f_1=1$ and $f_{i+2}=f_{i+1}+f_i$ for all $n\ge 0$. Find all real solutions to the equation
\[x^{2010}=f_{2009}\cdot x+f_{2008}\]
1996 Iran MO (3rd Round), 4
Determine all functions $f : \mathbb N_0 \rightarrow \mathbb N_0 - \{1\}$ such that
\[f(n + 1) + f(n + 3) = f(n + 5)f(n + 7) - 1375, \qquad \forall n \in \mathbb N.\]
2004 Turkey MO (2nd round), 4
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}\to \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying the condition $f(n)-f(n+f(m))=m$ for all $m,n\in \mathbb{Z}$
2004 Romania Team Selection Test, 3
Find all one-to-one mappings $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ such that for all positive integers $n$ the following relation holds:
\[ f(f(n)) \leq \frac {n+f(n)} 2 . \]
2000 Turkey MO (2nd round), 2
Let define $P_{n}(x)=x^{n-1}+x^{n-2}+x^{n-3}+ \dots +x+1$ for every positive integer $n$. Prove that for every positive integer $a$ one can find a positive integer $n$ and polynomials $R(x)$ and $Q(x)$ with integer coefficients such that \[P_{n}(x)= [1+ax+x^{2}R(x)] Q(x).\]
1987 IMO Longlists, 76
Given two sequences of positive numbers $\{a_k\}$ and $\{b_k\} \ (k \in \mathbb N)$ such that:
[b](i)[/b] $a_k < b_k,$
[b](ii) [/b] $\cos a_kx + \cos b_kx \geq -\frac 1k $ for all $k \in \mathbb N$ and $x \in \mathbb R,$
prove the existence of $\lim_{k \to \infty} \frac{a_k}{b_k}$ and find this limit.
2003 USAMO, 3
Let $n \neq 0$. For every sequence of integers \[ A = a_0,a_1,a_2,\dots, a_n \] satisfying $0 \le a_i \le i$, for $i=0,\dots,n$, define another sequence \[ t(A)= t(a_0), t(a_1), t(a_2), \dots, t(a_n) \] by setting $t(a_i)$ to be the number of terms in the sequence $A$ that precede the term $a_i$ and are different from $a_i$. Show that, starting from any sequence $A$ as above, fewer than $n$ applications of the transformation $t$ lead to a sequence $B$ such that $t(B) = B$.
2004 Iran MO (2nd round), 2
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^{\geq 0}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a function such that $f(x)-3x$ and $f(x)-x^3$ are ascendant functions. Prove that $f(x)-x^2-x$ is an ascendant function, too.
(We call the function $g(x)$ ascendant, when for every $x\leq{y}$ we have $g(x)\leq{g(y)}$.)
2009 Middle European Mathematical Olympiad, 6
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be real numbers such that for every two of the equations
\[ x^2\plus{}ax\plus{}b\equal{}0, \quad x^2\plus{}bx\plus{}c\equal{}0, \quad x^2\plus{}cx\plus{}a\equal{}0\]
there is exactly one real number satisfying both of them. Determine all possible values of $ a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2$.
2010 Victor Vâlcovici, 1
Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+$ such that \[ f(2x+f(y))=x+y +f(f(x)) , \ \ \ \forall x,y \in \mathbb{R}^+.\]
Oliforum Contest II 2009, 1
Find all non empty subset $ S$ of $ \mathbb{N}: \equal{} \{0,1,2,\ldots\}$ such that $ 0 \in S$ and exist two function $ h(\cdot): S \times S \to S$ and $ k(\cdot): S \to S$ which respect the following rules:
i) $ k(x) \equal{} h(0,x)$ for all $ x \in S$
ii) $ k(0) \equal{} 0$
iii) $ h(k(x_1),x_2) \equal{} x_1$ for all $ x_1,x_2 \in S$.
[i](Pierfrancesco Carlucci)[/i]
2024 Czech-Polish-Slovak Junior Match, 2
Among all triples $(a,b,c)$ of natural numbers satisfying
\[(a+14\sqrt{3})(b-14c\sqrt{3})=2024,\]
determine the one with the maximal value of $a$.
1996 Vietnam National Olympiad, 1
Find all $ f: \mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ so that :
$ f(n) \plus{} f(n \plus{} 1) \equal{} f(n \plus{} 2)f(n \plus{} 3) \minus{} 1996$
2005 China Northern MO, 5
Let $x, y, z$ be positive real numbers such that $x^2 + xy + y^2 = \frac{25}{4}$, $y^2 + yz + z^2 = 36$, and $z^2 + zx + x^2 = \frac{169}{4}$. Find the value of $xy + yz + zx$.
2012 China National Olympiad, 3
Prove for any $M>2$, there exists an increasing sequence of positive integers $a_1<a_2<\ldots $ satisfying:
1) $a_i>M^i$ for any $i$;
2) There exists a positive integer $m$ and $b_1,b_2,\ldots ,b_m\in\left\{ -1,1\right\}$, satisfying $n=a_1b_1+a_2b_2+\ldots +a_mb_m$ if and only if $n\in\mathbb{Z}/ \{0\}$.
2008 Gheorghe Vranceanu, 1
Determine all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying the condition $ f(xy) \le xf(y)$ for all real numbers $ x$ and $ y$.
1985 IMO Longlists, 70
Let $C$ be a class of functions $f : \mathbb N \to \mathbb N$ that contains the functions $S(x) = x + 1$ and $E(x) = x - [\sqrt x]^2$ for every $x \in \mathbb N$. ($[x]$ is the integer part of $x$.) If $C$ has the property that for every $f, g \in C, f + g, fg, f \circ g \in C$, show that the function $\max(f(x) - g(x), 0)$ is in $C$, for all $f; g \in C$.
2010 District Olympiad, 3
Find all the functions $ f: \mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that
\[ 3f(f(f(n))) \plus{} 2f(f(n)) \plus{} f(n) \equal{} 6n, \quad \forall n\in \mathbb{N}.\]