There are $2^{10}=1024$ possible 10-letter strings in which each letter is either an A or a B. Find the number of such strings that do not have more than 3 adjacent letters that are identical.

Let $n \geq 2$ be a natural number. We consider a $(2n - 1) \times (2n - 1)$ table.Ana and Bob play the following game: starting with Ana, the two of them alternately color the vertices of the unit squares, Ana with red and Bob with blue, in $2n^2$ rounds. Then, starting with Ana, each one forms a vector with origin at a red point and ending at a blue point, resulting in $2n^2$ vectors with distinct origins and endpoints. If the sum of these vectors is zero, Ana wins. Otherwise, Bob wins. Show that Bob has a winning strategy.

$2023$ players participated in a tennis tournament, and any two players played exactly one match. There was no draw in any match, and no player won all the other players. If a player $A$ satisfies the following condition, let $A$ be "skilled player". [b](Condition)[/b] For each player $B$ who won $A$, there is a player $C$ who won $B$ and lost to $A$. It turned out there are exactly $N(\geq 0)$ skilled player. Find the minimum value of $N$.

Three non-negative integers are written on the board. In every step, the three numbers $(a, b, c)$ are being replaced with $a+b, b+c, c+a$. Find the biggest number of steps, after which the number $111$ will appear on the board.

Determine the number of ten-digit positive integers with the following properties: $\bullet$ Each of the digits $0, 1, 2, . . . , 8$ and $9$ is contained exactly once. $\bullet$ Each digit, except $9$, has a neighbouring digit that is larger than it. (Note. For example, in the number $1230$, the digits $1$ and $3$ are the neighbouring digits of $2$ while $2$ and $0$ are the neighbouring digits of $3$. The digits $1$ and $0$ have only one neighbouring digit.) [i](Karl Czakler)[/i]

The girl continues the sequence of letters $ASSARA... $, adding one of the three letters $A$, $R$ or $S$. When adding the next letter, the girl makes sure that no two written sevens of consecutive letters coincide. At some point it turned out that it was impossible to add a new letter according to these rules. What letter could be written last?

Let $s,t$ be given nonzero integers, $(x,y)$ be any (ordered) pair of integers. A sequence of moves is performed as follows: per move $(x,y)$ changes to $(x+t, y-s)$. The pair (x,y) is said to be [i]good [/i] if after some (may be, zero) number of moves described a pair of integers arises that are not relatively prime. a) Determine whether $(s,t)$ is itself a good pair; bj Prove that for any nonzero $s$ and $t$ there is a pair $(x,y)$ which is not good.

Show that, for every integer $r \ge 2$, there exists an $r$-chromatic simple graph (no loops, nor multiple edges) which has no cycle of less than $6$ edges

In a certain state there were 2004 cities connected by roads so that from any city one could get to any other. It is known that when it is prohibited to travel on any of the roads, the least of them any city could be reached to any other. The Minister of Transport and the Minister of Internal Affairs take turns introducing restrictions on the roads while there is possibility, one-way traffic (on one road per turn), and minister, after whose move it became impossible to leave any city to reach any other, immediately resigns. First the Minister of Transport walks. Can any of the ministers force the resignation of another, regardless of his performance? [hide=original wording]В некотором государстве было 2004 города, соединенных дорогами так, что из любого города можно было добраться до любого другого. Известно, что при запрещенном проезде по любой из дорог, по-прежнему из любого города можно было добраться до любого другого. Министр транспорта и министр внутренних дел по очереди вводят на дорогах, пока есть возможность, одностороннее движение (на одной дороге за ход), причем министр, после хода которого из какого-либо города стало невозможно добраться до какого-либо другого, немедленно уходит в отставку. Первым ходит министр транспорта. Может ли кто-либо из министров добиться отставки другого независимо от его игры?[/hide]

Let a set $X$ be given which consists of $2 \cdot n$ distinct real numbers ($n \geq 3$). Consider a set $K$ consisting of some pairs $(x, y)$ of distinct numbers $x, y \in X$, satisfying the two conditions: [b]I.[/b] If $(x, y) \in K$ then $(y, x) \not \in K$. [b]II.[/b] Every number $x \in X$ belongs to at most 19 pairs of $K$. Show that we can divide the set $X$ into 5 non-empty disjoint sets $X_1, X_2, X_3, X_4, X_5$ in such a way that for each $i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5$ the number of pairs $(x, y) \in K$ where $x, y$ both belong to $X_i$ is not greater than $3 \cdot n$.

[b]p1.[/b] A man is walking due east at $2$ m.p.h. and to him the wind appears to be blowing from the north. On doubling his speed to $4$ m.p.h. and still walking due east, the wind appears to be blowing from the nortl^eas^. What is the speed of the wind (assumed to have a constant velocity)? [b]p2.[/b] Prove that any triangle can be cut into three pieces which can be rearranged to form a rectangle of the same area. [b]p3.[/b] An increasing sequence of integers starting with $1$ has the property that if $n$ is any member of the sequence, then so also are $3n$ and $n + 7$. Also, all the members of the sequence are solely generated from the first nummber $1$; thus the sequence starts with $1,3,8,9,10, ...$ and $2,4,5,6,7...$ are not members of this sequence. Determine all the other positive integers which are not members of the sequence. [b]p4.[/b] Three prime numbers, each greater than $3$, are in arithmetic progression. Show that their common difference is a multiple of $6$. [b]p5.[/b] Prove that if $S$ is a set of at least $7$ distinct points, no four in a plane, the volumes of all the tetrahedra with vertices in $S$ are not all equal. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Consider the following two person game. A number of pebbles are situated on the table. Two players make their moves alternately. A move consists of taking off the table $x$ pebbles where $x$ is the square of any positive integer. The player who is unable to make a move loses. Prove that there are infinitely many initial situations in which the second player can win no matter how his opponent plays.

A strip of width $w$ is the set of all points which lie on, or between, two parallel lines distance $w$ apart. Let $S$ be a set of $n$ ($n \ge 3$) points on the plane such that any three different points of $S$ can be covered by a strip of width $1$. Prove that $S$ can be covered by a strip of width $2$.

There are $4$ distinct codes used in an intelligence station, one of them applied in each week. No two codes used in two adjacent weeks are the same code. Knowing that code $A$ is used in the first week, find the probability that code $A$ is used in the seventh week.

Let $X$ be a set of $100$ elements. Find the smallest possible $n$ satisfying the following condition: Given a sequence of $n$ subsets of $X$, $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n$, there exists $1 \leq i < j < k \leq n$ such that $$A_i \subseteq A_j \subseteq A_k \text{ or } A_i \supseteq A_j \supseteq A_k.$$

Let $n\in\mathbb{Z}^+$. Arrange $n$ students $A_1,A_2,...,A_n$ on a circle such that the distances between them are.equal. They each receives a number of candies such that the total amount of candies is $m\geq n$. A configuration is called [i]balance[/i] if for an arbitrary student $A_i$, there will always be a regular polygon taking $A_i$ as one of its vertices, and every student standing at the vertices of this polygon has an equal number of candies. a) Given $n$, find the least $m$ such that we can create a balance configuration. b) In a [i]move[/i], a student can give a candy to the student standing next to him (no matter left or right) on one condition that the receiver has less candies than the giver. Prove that if $n$ is the product of at most $2$ prime numbers and $m$ satisfies the condition in a), then no matter how we distribute the candies at the beginning, one can always create a balance configuration after a finite number of moves.

Three different faces of a regular dodecahedron are selected at random and painted. What is the probability that there is at least one pair of painted faces that share an edge?

Let $S$ be a set of positive integers, each of them having exactly $100$ digits in base $10$ representation. An element of $S$ is called [i]atom[/i] if it is not divisible by the sum of any two (not necessarily distinct) elements of $S$. If $S$ contains at most $10$ atoms, at most how many elements can $S$ have?

Let $n\geq 4$ be a positive integer.Out of $n$ people,each of two individuals play table tennis game(every game has a winner).Find the minimum value of $n$,such that for any possible outcome of the game,there always exist an ordered four people group $(a_{1},a_{2},a_{3},a_{4})$,such that the person $a_{i}$ wins against $a_{j}$ for any $1\leq i<j\leq 4$

Seven cyclists follow one another, in a line, on a narrow way. By the end of the training, each cyclist complains about the style of driving of the one in front of him. They agree to rearrange themselves the next day, so that no cyclist would follow the same cyclist he follows the first day. How many such rearrangements are possible?

For $n$ an odd positive integer, the unit squares of an $n\times n$ chessboard are coloured alternately black and white, with the four corners coloured black. A [i]tromino[/i] is an $L$-shape formed by three connected unit squares. $(a)$ For which values of $n$ is it possible to cover all the black squares with non-overlapping trominoes lying entirely on the chessboard? $(b)$ When it is possible, find the minimum number of trominoes needed.

Celeste has an unlimited amount of each type of $n$ types of candy, numerated type 1, type 2, ... type n. Initially she takes $m>0$ candy pieces and places them in a row on a table. Then, she chooses one of the following operations (if available) and executes it: $1.$ She eats a candy of type $k$, and in its position in the row she places one candy type $k-1$ followed by one candy type $k+1$ (we consider type $n+1$ to be type 1, and type 0 to be type $n$). $2.$ She chooses two consecutive candies which are the same type, and eats them. Find all positive integers $n$ for which Celeste can leave the table empty for any value of $m$ and any configuration of candies on the table. $\textit{Proposed by Federico Bach and Santiago Rodriguez, Colombia}$

$32$ knights live in a kingdom. Some of them are servants of others. A servant may have only one master and any master is more wealthy than any of his servants. A knight having not less than $4$ servants is called a baron. What is the maximum number of barons? (The kingdom is ruled by the law: “My servant’s servant is not my servant”. (A. Tolpygo, Kiev)

Suppose $s,k,t\in \mathbb N$. We've colored each natural number with one of the $k$ colors, such that each color is used infinitely many times. We want to choose a subset $\mathcal A$ of $\mathbb N$ such that it has $t$ disjoint monochromatic $s$-element subsets. What is the minimum number of elements of $A$? [i]Proposed by Navid Adham[/i]

Let $\mathcal P$ be the set of all points in $\mathbb R^n$ with rational coordinates. For the points $A,B \in \mathcal l{P}$, one can move from $A$ to $B$ if the distance $AB$ is $1$. Prove that every point in $\mathcal l{ P}$ can be reached from any other point in $\mathcal{P}$ by a finite sequence of moves if and only if $n \geq 5$.