Olympiad problems

2004 France Team Selection Test, 1

Let $n$ be a positive integer, and $a_1,...,a_n, b_1,..., b_n$ be $2n$ positive real numbers such that $a_1 + ... + a_n = b_1 + ... + b_n = 1$. Find the minimal value of $ \frac {a_1^2} {a_1 + b_1} + \frac {a_2^2} {a_2 + b_2} + ...+ \frac {a_n^2} {a_n + b_n}$.

2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 403

Tags: calculus , integration , calculus computations

Evaluate $ \int_0^1 \frac{2e^{2x}\plus{}xe^x\plus{}3e^x\plus{}1}{(e^x\plus{}1)^2(e^x\plus{}x\plus{}1)^2}\ dx$.

2012 Gulf Math Olympiad, 4

Tags: number theory , geometry , calculus , integration , 3d geometry , sphere , modular arithmetic

Fawzi cuts a spherical cheese completely into (at least three) slices of equal thickness. He starts at one end, making successive parallel cuts, working through the cheese until the slicing is complete. The discs exposed by the first two cuts have integral areas. [list](i) Prove that all the discs that he cuts have integral areas. (ii) Prove that the original sphere had integral surface area if, and only if, the area of the second disc that he exposes is even.[/list]

2002 CentroAmerican, 6

Tags: symmetry , integration , calculus , geometry

A path from $ (0,0)$ to $ (n,n)$ on the lattice is made up of unit moves upward or rightward. It is balanced if the sum of the x-coordinates of its $ 2n\plus{}1$ vertices equals the sum of their y-coordinates. Show that a balanced path divides the square with vertices $ (0,0)$, $ (n,0)$, $ (n,n)$, $ (0,n)$ into two parts with equal area.

PEN H Problems, 54

Tags: calculus , integration , quadratic , perimeter , geometry , ratio

Show that the number of integral-sided right triangles whose ratio of area to semi-perimeter is $p^{m}$, where $p$ is a prime and $m$ is an integer, is $m+1$ if $p=2$ and $2m+1$ if $p \neq 2$.

1978 Putnam, A3

Tags: polynomial , integration , logarithm , calculus , algebra , calculus computations

Find the value of $ k\ (0<k<5)$ such that $ \int_0^{\infty} \frac{x^k}{2\plus{}4x\plus{}3x^2\plus{}5x^3\plus{}3x^4\plus{}4x^5\plus{}2x^6}\ dx$ is minimal.

2010 District Olympiad, 4

Tags: calculus , limit , calculus computations

Prove that exists sequences $ (a_n)_{n\ge 0}$ with $ a_n\in \{\minus{}1,\plus{}1\}$, for any $ n\in \mathbb{N}$, such that: \[ \lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}\left(\sqrt{n\plus{}a_1}\plus{}\sqrt{n\plus{}a_2}\plus{}...\plus{}\sqrt{n\plus{}a_n}\minus{}n\sqrt{n\plus{}a_0}\right)\equal{}\frac{1}{2}\]

1950 Miklós Schweitzer, 6

Tags: calculus , advanced fields , derivative , function

Consider an arc of a planar curve; let the radius of curvature at any point of the arc be a differentiable function of the arc length and its derivative be everywhere different from zero; moreover, let the total curvature be less than $ \frac{\pi}{2}$. Let $ P_1,P_2,P_3,P_4,P_5$ and $ P_6$ be any points on this arc, subject to the only condition that the radius of curvature at $ P_k$ is greater than at $ P_j$ if $ j<k$. Prove that the radius of the circle passing through the points $ P_1,P_3$ and $ P_5$ is less than the radius of the circle through $ P_2,P_4$ and $ P_6$

2012 District Olympiad, 1

Tags: real analysis , calculus , integration , limit

Let $a,b,c$ three positive distinct real numbers. Evaluate: \[\lim_{t\to \infty} \int_0^t \frac{1}{(x^2+a^2)(x^2+b^2)(x^2+c^2)}dx\]

2010 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 541

Tags: function , integration , calculus computations , calculus

Find the functions $ f(x),\ g(x)$ satisfying the following equations. (1) $ f'(x) \equal{} 2f(x) \plus{} 10,\ f(0) \equal{} 0$ (2) $ \int_0^x u^3g(u)du \equal{} x^4 \plus{} g(x)$

1999 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 3

Tags: trigonometry , calculus , integration , function

Find \[\int_{-4\pi\sqrt{2}}^{4\pi\sqrt{2}}\left(\dfrac{\sin x}{1+x^4}+1\right)dx.\]

2009 Tuymaada Olympiad, 4

Tags: polynomial , derivative , floor function , algebra , combinatorics , calculus

Each of the subsets $ A_1$, $ A_2$, $ \dots,$ $ A_n$ of a 2009-element set $ X$ contains at least 4 elements. The intersection of every two of these subsets contains at most 2 elements. Prove that in $ X$ there is a 24-element subset $ B$ containing neither of the sets $ A_1$, $ A_2$, $ \dots,$ $ A_n$.

2010 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 602

Tags: counting , logarithm , floor function , function , derangement , calculus , integration

Prove the following inequality. \[\frac{e-1}{n+1}\leqq\int^e_1(\log x)^n dx\leqq\frac{(n+1)e+1}{(n+1)(n+2)}\ (n=1,2,\cdot\cdot\cdot) \] 1994 Kyoto University entrance exam/Science

1941 Putnam, A2

Tags: calculus , derivative

Find the $n$-th derivative with respect to $x$ of $$\int_{0}^{x} \left(1+\frac{x-t}{1!}+\frac{(x-t)^{2}}{2!}+\ldots+\frac{(x-t)^{n-1}}{(n-1)!}\right)e^{nt} dt.$$

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 849

Tags: calculus , integration , calculus computations , function

Evaluate $\int_1^{e^2} \frac{(2x^2+2x+1)e^{x}}{\sqrt{x}}\ dx.$

2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 476

Tags: parabola , function , calculus computations , conic , geometry , calculus , integration

Suppose a parabola with the axis as the $ y$ axis, concave up and touches the graph $ y\equal{}1\minus{}|x|$. Find the equation of the parabola such that the area of the region surrounded by the parabola and the $ x$ axis is maximal.

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 816

Tags: combinatorial geometry , rotation , geometry , integration , calculus computations , geometric transformation , calculus

Find the volume of the solid of a circle $x^2+(y-1)^2=4$ generated by a rotation about the $x$-axis.

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 828

Tags: function , integration , calculus , calculus computations , trigonometry

Find a function $f(x)$, which is differentiable and $f'(x) $ is continuous, such that $\int_0^x f(t)\cos (x-t)\ dt=xe^{2x}.$

1963 AMC 12/AHSME, 20

Tags: calculus , integration

Two men at points $R$ and $S$, $76$ miles apart, set out at the same time to walk towards each other. The man at $R$ walks uniformly at the rate of $4\dfrac{1}{2}$ miles per hour; the man at $S$ walks at the constant rate of $3\dfrac{1}{4}$ miles per hour for the first hour, at $3\dfrac{3}{4}$ miles per hour for the second hour, and so on, in arithmetic progression. If the men meet $x$ miles nearer $R$ than $S$ in an integral number of hours, then $x$ is: $\textbf{(A)}\ 10 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 8 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2$