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Suppose that $a,b,c$ are complex numbers with $a+b+c = 0$, $|abc| = 1$, $|b| = |c|$, and $$\frac{9-\sqrt{33}}{48} \le \cos^2 \left( arg \left( \frac{b}{a} \right) \right)\le \frac{9+\sqrt{33}}{48} .$$ Find the maximum possible value of $|-a^6+b^6+c^6|$.
Let $P(x) = x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 + x$ be a polynomial with four distinct roots that lie on a circle in the complex plane. Prove that $ab\ne 9$.
Prove that $ \left\{ (x,y)\in\mathbb{C}^2 |x^2+y^2=1 \right\} =\{ (1,0)\}\cup \left\{ \left( \frac{z^2-1}{z^2+1} ,\frac{2z}{z^2+1} \right) | z\in\mathbb{C}\setminus \{\pm \sqrt{-1}\} \right\} . $
Let $x,y$ be complex numbers such that $\dfrac{x^2+y^2}{x+y}=4$ and $\dfrac{x^4+y^4}{x^3+y^3}=2$. Find all possible values of $\dfrac{x^6+y^6}{x^5+y^5}$.
Let $a, b$ be positive real numbers, and let $x, y$ be complex numbers such that $|x| = a$ and $|y| = b$. Find the minimal and maximal value of \[\left|\frac{x + y}{1 + x\overline{y}}\right|\]
(a) Prove or find a counter-example: For every two complex numbers $z,w$ the following inequality holds: $$|z|+|w|\le|z+w|+|z-w|.$$(b) Prove that for all $z_1,z_2,z_3,z_4\in\mathbb C$: $$\sum_{k=1}^4|z_k|\le\sum_{1\le i<j\le4}|z_i+z_j|.$$
Let $z_1,z_2$ and $z_3$ be complex numbers of modulus $1,$ such that $|z_i-z_j|\geq\sqrt{2}$ for all $i\neq j\in\{1,2,3\}.$ Prove that \[|z_1+z_2|+|z_2+z_3|+|z_3+z_2|\leq 3.\][i]Mathematical Gazette[/i]
On the semicircle with diameter $AB$ and center $O$ point $D$ is marked. Points $E$ and $F$ are the midpoints of minor arcs $AD$ and $BD$ respectively. It turned out that the line connecting orthocenters of $ADF$ and $BDE$ passes through $O$ Find $\angle AOD$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcenter $O$, incenter $I$, and circumcircle $\Gamma$. It is known that $AB = 7$, $BC = 8$, $CA = 9$. Let $M$ denote the midpoint of major arc $\widehat{BAC}$ of $\Gamma$, and let $D$ denote the intersection of $\Gamma$ with the circumcircle of $\triangle IMO$ (other than $M$). Let $E$ denote the reflection of $D$ over line $IO$. Find the integer closest to $1000 \cdot \frac{BE}{CE}$. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
A set $A_1 , A_2 , A_3 , A_4$ of 4 points in the plane is said to be [i]Athenian[/i] set if there is a point $P$ of the plane satsifying (*) $P$ does not lie on any of the lines $A_i A_j$ for $1 \leq i < j \leq 4$; (**) the line joining $P$ to the mid-point of the line $A_i A_j$ is perpendicular to the line joining $P$ to the mid-point of $A_k A_l$, $i,j,k,l$ being distinct. (a) Find all [i]Athenian[/i] sets in the plane. (b) For a given [i]Athenian[/i] set, find the set of all points $P$ in the plane satisfying (*) and (**)
Find the smallest positive number $\lambda $ , such that for any complex numbers ${z_1},{z_2},{z_3}\in\{z\in C\big| |z|<1\}$ ,if $z_1+z_2+z_3=0$, then $$\left|z_1z_2 +z_2z_3+z_3z_1\right|^2+\left|z_1z_2z_3\right|^2 <\lambda .$$
Let $ f:\mathbb{C}\longrightarrow\mathbb{C} $ be an holomorphic function which has the property that there exist three positive real numbers $ a,b,c $ such that $ |f(z)|\geqslant a|z|^b , $ for any complex numbers $ z $ with $ |z|\geqslant c. $ Prove that $ f $ is polynomial with degree at least $ \lceil b\rceil . $
Find all complex solutions to the system \begin{align*} (a+ic)^3+(ia+b)^3+(-b+ic)^3&=-6,\\ (a+ic)^2+(ia+b)^2+(-b+ic)^2&=6,\\ (1+i)a+2ic&=0.\end{align*}
Let $S = \left\{ 1,2, \dots, 2014 \right\}$. Suppose that \[ \sum_{T \subseteq S} i^{\left\lvert T \right\rvert} = p + qi \] where $p$ and $q$ are integers, $i = \sqrt{-1}$, and the summation runs over all $2^{2014}$ subsets of $S$. Find the remainder when $\left\lvert p\right\rvert + \left\lvert q \right\rvert$ is divided by $1000$. (Here $\left\lvert X \right\rvert$ denotes the number of elements in a set $X$.) [i]Proposed by David Altizio[/i]
Prove that the real and imaginary part of the number $ \prod_{j=1}^n (j^3+\sqrt{-1}) $ is positive, for any natural numbers $ n. $ [i]Nicolae Mușuroia[/i]
The complex numbers $z$ and $w$ satisfy the system \begin{align*}z+\frac{20i}{w}&=5+i,\\w+\frac{12i}{z}&=-4+10i.\end{align*} Find the smallest possible value of $|zw|^2$.
Let $\{x\}$ be a sequence of positive reals $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$, defined by: $x_1 = 1, x_2 = 9, x_3=9, x_4=1$. And for $n \geq 1$ we have: \[x_{n+4} = \sqrt[4]{x_{n} \cdot x_{n+1} \cdot x_{n+2} \cdot x_{n+3}}.\] Show that this sequence has a finite limit. Determine this limit.
Find all pairs of complex numbers $(z,w) \in \mathbb{C}^2$ such that the relation \[|z^{2n}+z^nw^n+w^{2n} | = 2^{2n}+2^n+1 \] holds for all positive integers $n$.
Let $A=\{a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_{2010}\}$ and $B=\{b_1,b_2,\cdots,b_{2010}\}$ be two sets of complex numbers. Suppose \[\sum_{1\leq i<j\leq 2010} (a_i+a_j)^k=\sum_{1\leq i<j\leq 2010}(b_i+b_j)^k\] holds for every $k=1,2,\cdots, 2010$. Prove that $A=B$.
Prove that for $\forall$ $z\in \mathbb{C}$ the following inequality is true: $|z|^2+2|z-1|\geq 1$, where $"="$ is reached when $z=1$.
(a) Let $z_1,z_2$ be complex numbers such that $z_1z_2=1$ and $|z_1-z_2|=2$. Let $A,B,M_1,M_2$ denote the points in complex plane corresponding to $-1,1,z_1,z_2$, respectively. Show that $AM_1BM_2$ is a trapezoid and compute the lengths of its non-parallel sides. Specify the particular cases. (b) Let $\mathcal C_1$ and $\mathcal C_2$ be circles in the plane with centers $O_1$ and $O_2$, respectively, and with radius $d\sqrt2$, where $2d=O_1O_2$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be two variable points on $\mathcal C_1$ and $\mathcal C_2$ respectively, both on $O_1O_2$ on on different sides of $O_1O_2$, such that $PQ=2d$. Prove that the locus of midpoints $I$ of segments $PQ$ is the same as the locus of points $M$ with $MO_1\cdot MO_2=m$ for some $m$.
Let $ a,b,c$ be 3 complex numbers such that \[ a|bc| \plus{} b|ca| \plus{} c|ab| \equal{} 0.\] Prove that \[ |(a\minus{}b)(b\minus{}c)(c\minus{}a)| \geq 3\sqrt 3 |abc|.\]
(a) Solve for $\theta\in\mathbb{R}$: $\cos(4\theta) = \cos(3\theta)$ (b) $\cos\left(\frac{2\pi}{7}\right)$, $\cos\left(\frac{4\pi}{7}\right)$ and $\cos\left(\frac{6\pi}{7}\right)$ are the roots of an equation of the form $ax^3+bx^2+cx+d = 0$ where $a, b, c, d$ are integers. Determine $a, b, c$ and $d$.
Suppose that $T\in \mathbb N$ is given. Find all functions $f:\mathbb Z \to \mathbb C$ such that, for all $m\in \mathbb Z$ we have $f(m+T)=f(m)$ and: $$\forall a,b,c \in \mathbb Z: f(a)\overline{f(a+b)f(a+c)}f(a+b+c)=1.$$ Where $\overline{a}$ is the complex conjugate of $a$.
What is the sum of the roots of $z^{12} = 64$ that have a positive real part? $\textbf{(A) }2 \qquad\textbf{(B) }4 \qquad\textbf{(C) }\sqrt{2} +2\sqrt{3}\qquad\textbf{(D) }2\sqrt{2}+ \sqrt{6} \qquad\textbf{(E) }(1 + \sqrt{3}) + (1+\sqrt{3})i$