Let $a_1,a_2,...$ be an arithmetic sequence with the common difference between terms is positive. Assume there are $k$ terms of this sequence creates an geometric sequence with common ratio $d$. Prove that $n\ge 2^{k-1}$.

The numbers $a^2, b^2, c^2$ form an arithmetic progression. Show that the numbers $\frac{1}{b+c},\frac{1}{c+a},\frac{1}{a+b}$ also form arithmetic progression.

Let $S$ be a finite, nonempty set of real numbers such that the distance between any two distinct points in $S$ is an element of $S$. In other words, $|x-y|$ is in $S$ whenever $x \ne y$ and $x$ and $y$ are both in $S$. Prove that the elements of $S$ may be arranged in an arithmetic progression. This means that there are numbers $a$ and $d$ such that $S = \{a, a+d, a+2d, a+3d, ..., a+kd, ...\}$.

Determine all finite sets $M$ of real numbers such that $M$ contains at least $2$ numbers and any two elements of $M$ belong to an arithmetic progression of elements of $M$ with three terms.

One member of an infinite arithmetic sequence in the set of natural numbers is a perfect square. Show that there are infinitely many members of this sequence having this property.

Let $A$ and $B$ be positive integers. Define the arithmetic sequence $a_0, a_1, a_2, ...$ by $a_n = A_n + B$. Suppose that there exists an $n\ge 0$ such that $a_n$ is a square. Let $M$ be a positive integer such that $M^2$ is the smallest square in the sequence. Prove that $M < A +\sqrt{B}$.

Does there exist an infinite non-constant arithmetic progression, each term of which is of the form $a^b$, where $a$ and $b$ are positive integers with $b\ge 2$?

$(CZS 6)$ Let $d$ and $p$ be two real numbers. Find the first term of an arithmetic progression $a_1, a_2, a_3, \cdots$ with difference $d$ such that $a_1a_2a_3a_4 = p.$ Find the number of solutions in terms of $d$ and $p.$

The roots of the equation \[ x^3-3ax^2+bx+18c=0 \] form a non-constant arithmetic progression and the roots of the equation \[ x^3+bx^2+x-c^3=0 \] form a non-constant geometric progression. Given that $a,b,c$ are real numbers, find all positive integral values $a$ and $b$.

Does there exist an angle $ \alpha\in(0,\pi/2)$ such that $ \sin\alpha$, $ \cos\alpha$, $ \tan\alpha$ and $ \cot\alpha$, taken in some order, are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression?

The vertices of a regular $2012$-gon are labeled $A_1,A_2,\ldots, A_{2012}$ in some order. It is known that if $k+\ell$ and $m+n$ leave the same remainder when divided by $2012$, then the chords $A_kA_{\ell}$ and $A_mA_n$ have no common points. Vasya walks around the polygon and sees that the first two vertices are labeled $A_1$ and $A_4$. How is the tenth vertex labeled? [i]Proposed by A. Golovanov[/i]

[i]Centered hexagonal numbers[/i] are the numbers of dots used to create hexagonal arrays of dots. The first four centered hexagonal numbers are 1, 7, 19, and 37 as shown below: [asy] size(250);defaultpen(linewidth(0.4)); dot(origin^^shift(-12,0)*origin^^shift(-24,0)*origin^^shift(-36,0)*origin); int i; for(i=0; i<360; i=i+60) { dot(1*dir(i)^^2*dir(i)^^3*dir(i)); dot(shift(1/2, sqrt(3)/2)*1*dir(i)^^shift(1/2, sqrt(3)/2)*2*dir(i)); dot(shift(1, sqrt(3))*1*dir(i)); dot(shift(-12,0)*origin+1*dir(i)^^shift(-12,0)*origin+2*dir(i)); dot(shift(-12,0)*origin+sqrt(3)*dir(i+30)); dot(shift(-24,0)*origin+1*dir(i)); } label("$1$", (-36, -5), S); label("$7$", (-24, -5), S); label("$19$", (-12, -5), S); label("$37$", (0, -5), S); label("Centered Hexagonal Numbers", (-18,-10), S);[/asy] Consider an arithmetic sequence 1, $a$, $b$ and a geometric sequence 1,$c$,$d$, where $a$,$b$,$c$, and $d$ are all positive integers and $a+b=c+d$. Prove that each centered hexagonal number is a possible value of $a$, and prove that each possible value of $a$ is a centered hexagonal number.

Prove that the arithmetic progression $3,7,11,15,...$. contains infinitely many prime numbers.

Suppose that $S$ is a finite set of real numbers with the property that any two distinct elements of $S$ form an arithmetic progression with another element in $S$. Give an example of such a set with 5 elements and show that no such set exists with more than $5$ elements.

Let $ \,n > 6\,$ be an integer and $ \,a_{1},a_{2},\cdots ,a_{k}\,$ be all the natural numbers less than $ n$ and relatively prime to $ n$. If \[ a_{2} \minus{} a_{1} \equal{} a_{3} \minus{} a_{2} \equal{} \cdots \equal{} a_{k} \minus{} a_{k \minus{} 1} > 0, \] prove that $ \,n\,$ must be either a prime number or a power of $ \,2$.

For a sequence $a_1,a_2,...,a_m$ of real numbers, define the following sets \[A=\{a_i | 1\leq i\leq m\}\ \text{and} \ B=\{a_i+2a_j | 1\leq i,j\leq m, i\neq j\}\] Let $n$ be a given integer, and $n>2$. For any strictly increasing arithmetic sequence of positive integers, determine, with proof, the minimum number of elements of set $A\triangle B$, where $A\triangle B$ $= \left(A\cup B\right) \setminus \left(A\cap B\right).$

If the discriminant of $ ax^2\plus{}2bx\plus{}c\equal{}0$ is zero, then another true statement about $ a$, $ b$, and $ c$ is that: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{they form an arithmetic progression} \\ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{they form a geometric progression} \\ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{they are unequal} \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{they are all negative numbers} \\ \textbf{(E)}\ \text{only b is negative and a and c are positive}$

Let $p$ be a prime and $k$ be a positive integer. Set $S$ contains all positive integers $a$ satisfying $1\le a \le p-1$, and there exists positive integer $x$ such that $x^k\equiv a \pmod p$. Suppose that $3\le |S| \le p-2$. Prove that the elements of $S$, when arranged in increasing order, does not form an arithmetic progression.

Source: 1976 Euclid Part B Problem 2 ----- Given that $x$, $y$, and $2$ are in geometric progression, and that $x^{-1}$, $y^{-1}$, and $9x^{-2}$ are in are in arithmetic progression, then find the numerical value of $xy$.

An arithmetic sequence of five terms is considered $good$ if it contains 19 and 20. For example, $18.5,19.0,19.5,20.0,20.5$ is a $good$ sequence. For every $good$ sequence, the sum of its terms is totalled. What is the total sum of all $good$ sequences?

Is there an arithmetic sequence with a. $2003$ b. infinitely many terms such that each term is a power of a natural number with a degree greater than $1$?

Find an infinite non-constant arithmetic progression of natural numbers such that each term is neither a sum of two squares, nor a sum of two cubes (of natural numbers).

The first three terms of an arithmetic sequence are $ 2x\minus{}3$, $ 5x\minus{}11$, and $ 3x\plus{}1$ respectively. The $ n$th term of the sequence is $ 2009$. What is $ n$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 255 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 502 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1004 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1506 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8037$

For a positive integer $a$, let $S_{a}$ be the set of primes $p$ for which there exists an odd integer $b$ such that $p$ divides $(2^{2^{a}})^{b}-1.$ Prove that for every $a$ there exist infinitely many primes that are not contained in $S_{a}$.

Find three rational numbers $\frac{a}{d}, \frac{b}{d}, \frac{c}{d}$ in their lowest terms such that they form an arithmetic progression and $\frac{b}{a} =\frac{a + 1}{d + 1}, \frac{c}{b} = \frac{b + 1}{d + 1}$.