Found problems: 563
Let n be a positive integer. Find all complex numbers $x_{1}$, $x_{2}$, ..., $x_{n}$ satisfying the following system of equations:
$x_{1}+2x_{2}+...+nx_{n}=0$,
$x_{1}^{2}+2x_{2}^{2}+...+nx_{n}^{2}=0$,
...
$x_{1}^{n}+2x_{2}^{n}+...+nx_{n}^{n}=0$.
Let $Z\subset \mathbb{C}$ be a set of $n$ complex numbers, $n\geqslant 2.$ Prove that for any positive integer $m$ satisfying $m\leqslant n/2$ there exists a subset $U$ of $Z$ with $m$ elements such that\[\Bigg|\sum_{z\in U}z\Bigg|\leqslant\Bigg|\sum_{z\in Z\setminus U}z\Bigg|.\][i]Vasile Pop[/i]
How many nonzero complex numbers $z$ have the property that $0, z,$ and $z^3,$ when represented by points in the complex plane, are the three distinct vertices of an equilateral triangle?
$\textbf{(A) }0\qquad\textbf{(B) }1\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }4\qquad\textbf{(E) }\text{infinitely many}$
Find the locus of all numbers $z\in\mathbb C$ in complex plane satisfying $$z+\bar z=a\cdot|z|,$$ where $a\in\mathbb R$ is given.
Given complex numbers $x,y,z$, with $|x|^2+|y|^2+|z|^2=1$. Prove that: $$|x^3+y^3+z^3-3xyz| \le 1$$
[b]a)[/b] Let be a nonnegative integer $ n. $ Solve in the complex numbers the equation $ z^n\cdot\Re z=\bar z^n\cdot\Im z. $
[b]b)[/b] Let be two complex numbers $ v,d $ satisfying $ v+1/v=d/\bar d +\bar d/d. $ Show that
$$ v^n+1/v^n=d^n/\bar d^n + \bar d^n/d^n, $$
for any nonnegative integer $ n. $
During the weekends, Eli delivers milk in the complex plane. On Saturday, he begins at $z$ and delivers milk to houses located at $z^3,z^5,z^7,\ldots,z^{2013}$ in that order; on Sunday, he begins at $1$ and delivers milk to houses located at $z^2,z^4,z^6,\ldots,z^{2012}$ in that order. Eli always walks directly (in a straight line) between two houses. If the distance he must travel from his starting point to the last house is $\sqrt{2012}$ on both days, find the real part of $z^2$.
Find all polynomials $P (x)$ with complex coefficients such that $$P (x^2) = P (x) · P (x + 2)$$
for any complex number $x.$
Let $z$ be a complex number such that $z,z^2,z^3$ are all collinear in the complex plane . Show that $z$ is a real number .
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[*]Let $A$ be a matrix from $\mathcal{M}_{2}(\mathbb{C})$, $A\neq aI_{2}$,
for any $a\in\mathbb{C}$. Prove that the matrix $X$ from $\mathcal{M}
_{2}(\mathbb{C})$ commutes with $A$, that is, $AX=XA$, if and only if there
exist two complex numbers $\alpha$ and $\alpha^{\prime}$, such that $X=\alpha
A+\alpha^{\prime}I_{2}$.
[*]Let $A$, $B$ and $C$ be matrices from $\mathcal{M}_{2}(\mathbb{C})$, such
that $AB\neq BA$, $AC=CA$ and $BC=CB$. Prove that $C$ commutes with all
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Regular $2n$-gon is inscribed in the unit circle. Find the sum of the squares of all sides and diagonal lengths in the $2n$-gon.
The solutions to the equations $z^2=4+4\sqrt{15}i$ and $z^2=2+2\sqrt 3i,$ where $i=\sqrt{-1},$ form the vertices of a parallelogram in the complex plane. The area of this parallelogram can be written in the form $p\sqrt q-r\sqrt s,$ where $p,$ $q,$ $r,$ and $s$ are positive integers and neither $q$ nor $s$ is divisible by the square of any prime number. What is $p+q+r+s?$
$\textbf{(A) } 20 \qquad
\textbf{(B) } 21 \qquad
\textbf{(C) } 22 \qquad
\textbf{(D) } 23 \qquad
\textbf{(E) } 24 $
Find all triplets $ (a,b,c) $ of nonzero complex numbers having the same absolute value and which verify the equality:
$$ \frac{a}{b} +\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a} =-1 $$
Given complex numbers $a, b, c$, let $|a+b|=m, |a-b|=n$. If $mn \neq 0$, Show that
\[\max \{|ac+b|,|a+bc|\} \geq \frac{mn}{\sqrt{m^2+n^2}}\]
Let $z_1,z_2,...,z_n$ be complex numbers satisfying $|z_i - 1| \leq r$ for some $r$ in $(0,1)$. Show that
\[ \left | \sum_{i=1}^n z_i \right | \cdot \left | \sum_{i=1}^n \frac{1}{z_i} \right | \geq n^2(1-r^2).\]
[b]a)[/b] Show that the solution of the equation $ |z-i|=1 $ in $ \mathbb{C} $ is the set $ \{ 2e^{i\alpha} \sin\alpha |\alpha\in [0,\pi ) \} . $
[b]b)[/b] Let be $ n\ge 1 $ complex numbers $ z_1,z_2,\ldots ,z_n $ that verify the inequalities
$$ \left| z_k-i \right|\le 1,\quad\forall k\in\{ 1,2,\ldots ,n \} . $$
Prove that there exists a complex number $ w $ such that $ |w-i|\le 1 $ and $ w^n=z_1z_2\cdots z_n. $
[i]Dan-Ștefan Marinescu[/i]
Let $ g: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$, $ \omega \in \mathbb{C}$, $ a \in \mathbb{C}$, $ \omega^3 \equal{} 1$, and $ \omega \ne 1$. Show that there is one and only one function $ f: \mathbb{C} \rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ such that
\[ f(z) \plus{} f(\omega z \plus{} a) \equal{} g(z),z\in \mathbb{C}
\]
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle. On the small arc $AB{}$ of its circumcircle $\Omega$, consider the point $N{}$ such that the small arc $NB$ measures $30^\circ{}$. The perpendiculars from $N{}$ onto $AC$ and $AB$ intersect $\Omega$ again at $P{}$ and $Q{}$ respectively. Let $H_1,H_2$ and $H_3$ be the orthocenters of the triangles $NAB, QBC$ and $CAP$ respectively.
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[*]Prove that the triangle $NPQ$ is equilateral.
[*]Prove that the triangle $H_1H_2H_3$ is equilateral.
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Let $f\in\mathbb{Z}[X]$ be an irreducible polynomial over the ring of integer polynomials, such that $|f(0)|$ is not a perfect square. Prove that if the leading coefficient of $f$ is 1 (the coefficient of the term having the highest degree in $f$) then $f(X^2)$ is also irreducible in the ring of integer polynomials.
[i]Mihai Piticari[/i]
Let $w_1, w_2, \dots, w_n$ be complex numbers. A line $L$ in the complex plane is called a mean line for the points $w_1, w_2, \dots, w_n$ if $L$ contains points (complex numbers) $z_1, z_2, \dots, z_n$ such that
\[ \sum_{k = 1}^n (z_k - w_k) = 0. \]
For the numbers $w_1 = 32 + 170i$, $w_2 = -7 + 64i$, $w_3 = -9 +200i$, $w_4 = 1 + 27i$, and $w_5 = -14 + 43i$, there is a unique mean line with $y$-intercept 3. Find the slope of this mean line.
For some complex number $\omega$ with $|\omega| = 2016$, there is some real $\lambda>1$ such that $\omega, \omega^{2},$ and $\lambda \omega$ form an equilateral triangle in the complex plane. Then, $\lambda$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{a + \sqrt{b}}{c}$, where $a,b,$ and $c$ are positive integers and $b$ is squarefree. Compute $\sqrt{a+b+c}$.
$z=x+i y$ where $x$ and $y$ are two real numbers. Find the locus of the point $(x, y)$ in the plane, for which $\frac{z+i}{z-i}$ is purely imaginary (that is, it is of the form $i b$ where $b$ is a real number). [Here, $i=\sqrt{-1}$
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[*] A straight line
[*] A circle
[*] A parabole
[*] None of these
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Prove that if $n$ can be written as $n=a^2+ab+b^2$, then also $7n$ can be written that way.
Let $\zeta= e^{2\pi i/99}$ and $\omega e^{2\pi i/101}$. The polynomial $$x^{9999} + a_{9998}x^{9998} + ...+ a_1x + a_0$$ has roots $\zeta^m + \omega^n$ for all pairs of integers $(m, n)$ with $0 \le m < 99$ and $0 \le n < 101$. Compute $a_{9799} + a_{9800} + ...+ a_{9998}$.
Solve the following system for real $x,y,z$
\[ \{ \begin{array}{ccc} x+ y -z & =& 4 \\ x^2 - y^2 + z^2 & = & -4 \\ xyz & =& 6. \end{array} \]