Determin integers $ m,\ n\ (m>n>0)$ for which the area of the region bounded by the curve $ y\equal{}x^2\minus{}x$ and the lines $ y\equal{}mx,\ y\equal{}nx$ is $ \frac{37}{6}$.

A circle is randomly chosen in a circle of radius $1$ in the sense that a point is randomly chosen for its center, then a radius is chosen at random so that the new circle is contained in the original circle. What is the probability that the new circle contains the center of the original circle?

Evaluate $\lim_{x\to 1^-}\prod_{n=0}^{\infty}\left(\frac{1+x^{n+1}}{1+x^n}\right)^{x^n}$.

Let $ x$ be chosen at random from the interval $ (0,1)$. What is the probability that \[ \lfloor\log_{10}4x\rfloor \minus{} \lfloor\log_{10}x\rfloor \equal{} 0? \]Here $ \lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer that is less than or equal to $ x$. $ \textbf{(A) } \frac 18 \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac 3{20} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac 16 \qquad \textbf{(D) } \frac 15 \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac 14$

Find the area of the region bounded by $C: y=-x^4+8x^3-18x^2+11$ and the tangent line which touches $C$ at distinct two points.

Consider a triangle $ABC$ and $I$ its incenter. The line $(AI)$ meets the circumcircle of $ABC$ in $D$. Let $E$ and $F$ be the orthogonal projections of $I$ on $(BD)$ and $(CD)$ respectively. Assume that $IE+IF=\frac{1}{2}AD$. Calculate $\angle{BAC}$. [color=red][Moderator edited: Also discussed at http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=5088 .][/color]

Let be two real numbers $ a<b $ and a differentiable function $ f:[a,b]\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that has a bounded derivative. Show that if $ \frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a} $ is equal to the global supremum or infimum of $ f', $ then $ f $ is polynomial with degree $ 1. $ [i]Cătălin Țigăeru[/i]

Answer the following questions : $\textbf{(a)}~$ A natural number $k$ is called stable if there exist $k$ distinct natural numbers $a_1, a_2,\cdots, a_k$, each $a_i>1$, such that $$\frac{1}{a_1}+\frac{1}{a_2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{a_k}=1$$ Show that if $k$ is stable, then $(k+1)$ is also stable. Using this or otherwise, find all stable numbers. $\textbf{(b)}$ Let $f$ be a differentiable function defined on a subset $A$ of the real numbers. Define $$f^*(y):=\max_{x\in A} \left\{yx-f(x)\right\}$$ whenever the above maximum is finite. For the function $f(x)=\ln x$, determine the set of points for which $f^*$ is defined and find an expression for $f^*(y)$ involving only $y$ and constants.

Determine the least odd number $a > 5$ satisfying the following conditions: There are positive integers $m_1,m_2, n_1, n_2$ such that $a=m_1^2+n_1^2$, $a^2=m_2^2+n_2^2$, and $m_1-n_1=m_2-n_2.$

Let $ x$,$ y$, and $ z$ be three positive real numbers whose sum is $ 1$. If no one of these numbers is more than twice any other, then the minimum possible value of the product $ xyz$ is $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{32}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{36}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{4}{125}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1}{127}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

The real numbers $a_0,a_1,a_2,\ldots$ satisfy $1=a_0\le a_1\le a_2\le\ldots. b_1,b_2,b_3,\ldots$ are defined by $b_n=\sum_{k=1}^n{1-{a_{k-1}\over a_k}\over\sqrt a_k}$. [b]a.)[/b] Prove that $0\le b_n<2$. [b]b.)[/b] Given $c$ satisfying $0\le c<2$, prove that we can find $a_n$ so that $b_n>c$ for all sufficiently large $n$.

Answer the following questions: (1) Find the value of $a$ for which $S=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi} (x-a\sin 3x)^2dx$ is minimized, then find the minimum value. (2) Find the vlues of $p,\ q$ for which $T=\int_{-\pi}^{\pi} (\sin 3x-px-qx^2)^2dx$ is minimized, then find the minimum value.

Let $ A$, $ B$, and $ C$ be three distinct points on the graph of $ y\equal{}x^2$ such that line $ AB$ is parallel to the $ x$-axis and $ \triangle{ABC}$ is a right triangle with area $ 2008$. What is the sum of the digits of the $ y$-coordinate of $ C$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 16 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 17 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 18 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 19 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 20$

For $f(x)=x^4+|x|,$ let $I_1=\int_0^\pi f(\cos x)\ dx,\ I_2=\int_0^\frac{\pi}{2} f(\sin x)\ dx.$ Find the value of $\frac{I_1}{I_2}.$

In a non-obtuse triangle $ABC$, prove that \[ \frac{\sin A \sin B}{\sin C} + \frac{\sin B \sin C}{\sin A} + \frac{\sin C \sin A}{ \sin B} \ge \frac 52. \][i]Proposed by Ryan Alweiss[/i]

In decimal representation, we call an integer [i]$k$-carboxylic[/i] if and only if it can be represented as a sum of $k$ distinct integers, all of them greater than $9$, whose digits are the same. For instance, $2008$ is [i]$5$-carboxylic[/i] because $2008=1111+666+99+88+44$. Find, with an example, the smallest integer $k$ such that $8002$ is [i]$k$-carboxylic[/i].

Find the nondecreasing functions $ f:[0,1]\rightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that satisfy $$ \left| \int_0^1 f(x)e^{nx} dx\right|\le 2008 , $$ for any nonnegative integer $ n. $ [i]Mihai Piticari[/i]

Define $f(x)=\int^x_0\int^x_0e^{u^2v^2}dudv$. Calculate $2f''(2)+f'(2)$.

Given a triangle $OAB$ with the vetices $O(0,\ 0,\ 0),\ A(1,\ 0,\ 0),\ B(1,\ 1,\ 0)$ in the $xyz$ space. Let $V$ be the cone obtained by rotating the triangle around the $x$-axis. Find the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the cone $V$ around the $y$-axis.

Compute $\int_{0}^{\infty} t^5e^{-t}dt$

Suppose that $ f: \mathbb R^2\rightarrow \mathbb R$ is a non-negative and continuous function that $ \iint_{\mathbb R^2}f(x,y)dxdy\equal{}1$. Prove that there is a closed disc $ D$ with the least radius possible such that $ \iint_D f(x,y)dxdy\equal{}\frac12$.

Prove that the inequality \[ \frac{ x+y}{x^2-xy+y^2 } \leq \frac{ 2\sqrt 2 }{\sqrt{ x^2 +y^2 } } \] holds for all real numbers $x$ and $y$, not both equal to 0.

Let $B$ be an integer greater than 10 such that everyone of its digits belongs to the set $\{1,3,7,9\}$. Show that $B$ has a [b]prime divisor[/b] greater than or equal to 11.

Let $ a,b,c,d$ be real numbers with sum 0. Prove the inequality: \[ (ab \plus{} ac \plus{} ad \plus{} bc \plus{} bd \plus{} cd)^2 \plus{} 12\geq 6(abc \plus{} abd \plus{} acd \plus{} bcd). \]

The number $ 121_b$, written in the integral base $ b$, is the square of an integer, for $ \textbf{(A)}\ b \equal{} 10,\text{ only} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ b \equal{} 10 \text{ and } b \equal{} 5, \text{ only} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2 \leq b \leq 10 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ b > 2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{no value of }b$