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Let $a,b,c$ be three real numbers such that $1 \geq a \geq b \geq c \geq 0$. prove that if $\lambda$ is a root of the cubic equation $x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c = 0$ (real or complex), then $| \lambda | \leq 1.$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $P$ be a point in the plane such that $AP \perp BC$. Let $Q$ and $R$ be the reflections of $P$ in the lines $CA$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $Y$ be the orthogonal projection of $R$ onto $CA$. Let $Z$ be the orthogonal projection of $Q$ onto $AB$. Assume that $H \neq O$ and $Y \neq Z$. Prove that $YZ \perp HO$. [asy] import olympiad; unitsize(30); pair A,B,C,H,O,P,Q,R,Y,Z,Q2,R2,P2; A = (-14.8, -6.6); B = (-10.9, 0.3); C = (-3.1, -7.1); O = circumcenter(A,B,C); H = orthocenter(A,B,C); P = 1.2 * H - 0.2 * A; Q = reflect(A, C) * P; R = reflect(A, B) * P; Y = foot(R, C, A); Z = foot(Q, A, B); P2 = foot(A, B, C); Q2 = foot(P, C, A); R2 = foot(P, A, B); draw(B--(1.6*A-0.6*B)); draw(B--C--A); draw(P--R, blue); draw(R--Y, red); draw(P--Q, blue); draw(Q--Z, red); draw(A--P2, blue); draw(O--H, darkgreen+linewidth(1.2)); draw((1.4*Z-0.4*Y)--(4.6*Y-3.6*Z), red+linewidth(1.2)); draw(rightanglemark(R,Y,A,10), red); draw(rightanglemark(Q,Z,B,10), red); draw(rightanglemark(C,Q2,P,10), blue); draw(rightanglemark(A,R2,P,10), blue); draw(rightanglemark(B,P2,H,10), blue); label("$\textcolor{blue}{H}$",H,NW); label("$\textcolor{blue}{P}$",P,N); label("$A$",A,W); label("$B$",B,N); label("$C$",C,S); label("$O$",O,S); label("$\textcolor{blue}{Q}$",Q,E); label("$\textcolor{blue}{R}$",R,W); label("$\textcolor{red}{Y}$",Y,S); label("$\textcolor{red}{Z}$",Z,NW); dot(A, filltype=FillDraw(black)); dot(B, filltype=FillDraw(black)); dot(C, filltype=FillDraw(black)); dot(H, filltype=FillDraw(blue)); dot(P, filltype=FillDraw(blue)); dot(Q, filltype=FillDraw(blue)); dot(R, filltype=FillDraw(blue)); dot(Y, filltype=FillDraw(red)); dot(Z, filltype=FillDraw(red)); dot(O, filltype=FillDraw(black)); [/asy]
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB<AC$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $AB$ and $AC$, respectively; let $AD$ be an altitude in this triangle. A point $K$ is chosen on the segment $MN$ so that $BK=CK$. The ray $KD$ meets the circumcircle $\Omega$ of $ABC$ at $Q$. Prove that $C, N, K, Q$ are concyclic.
An acute-angled $ABC \ (AB<AC)$ is inscribed into a circle $\omega$. Let $M$ be the centroid of $ABC$, and let $AH$ be an altitude of this triangle. A ray $MH$ meets $\omega$ at $A'$. Prove that the circumcircle of the triangle $A'HB$ is tangent to $AB$. [i](A.I. Golovanov , A.Yakubov)[/i]
Let $ ABC$ be a fixed triangle, and let $ A_1$, $ B_1$, $ C_1$ be the midpoints of sides $ BC$, $ CA$, $ AB$, respectively. Let $ P$ be a variable point on the circumcircle. Let lines $ PA_1$, $ PB_1$, $ PC_1$ meet the circumcircle again at $ A'$, $ B'$, $ C'$, respectively. Assume that the points $ A$, $ B$, $ C$, $ A'$, $ B'$, $ C'$ are distinct, and lines $ AA'$, $ BB'$, $ CC'$ form a triangle. Prove that the area of this triangle does not depend on $ P$. [i]Author: Christopher Bradley, United Kingdom [/i]
Let $ABC$ be an acute angled triangle satisfying the conditions $AB>BC$ and $AC>BC$. Denote by $O$ and $H$ the circumcentre and orthocentre, respectively, of the triangle $ABC.$ Suppose that the circumcircle of the triangle $AHC$ intersects the line $AB$ at $M$ different from $A$, and the circumcircle of the triangle $AHB$ intersects the line $AC$ at $N$ different from $A.$ Prove that the circumcentre of the triangle $MNH$ lies on the line $OH$.
Let $ P(z) \equal{} z^3 \plus{} az^2 \plus{} bz \plus{} c$, where $ a$, $ b$, and $ c$ are real. There exists a complex number $ w$ such that the three roots of $ P(z)$ are $ w \plus{} 3i$, $ w \plus{} 9i$, and $ 2w \minus{} 4$, where $ i^2 \equal{} \minus{} 1$. Find $ |a \plus{} b \plus{} c|$.
Complex numbers of apexes of 20-regular polygon inscribed to unit circle refer to are $Z_1,Z_2,\cdots,Z_{20}$ on complex plane. Then the number of points in $Z_1^{1995},Z_2^{1995},\cdots,Z_{20}^{1995}$ refer to is $\text{(A)}4\qquad\text{(B)}5\qquad\text{(C)}10\qquad\text{(D)}20$
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$. Let $G$ be the point such that the quadrilateral $ABGH$ is a parallelogram. Let $I$ be the point on the line $GH$ such that $AC$ bisects $HI$. Suppose that the line $AC$ intersects the circumcircle of the triangle $GCI$ at $C$ and $J$. Prove that $IJ = AH$.
Two triangles $ABC, A’B’C’$ have the same orthocenter $H$ and the same circumcircle with center $O$. Letting $PQR$ be the triangle formed by $AA’, BB’, CC’$, prove that the circumcenter of $PQR$ lies on $OH$.
Let $a_0=29$, $b_0=1$ and $$a_{n+1} = a_n+a_{n-1}\cdot b_n^{2019}, \qquad b_{n+1}=b_nb_{n-1}$$ for $n\geq 1$. Determine the smallest positive integer $k$ for which $29$ divides $\gcd(a_k, b_k-1)$ whenever $a_1,b_1$ are positive integers and $29$ does not divide $b_1$.
Let $D = \{z\in \mathbb{C}: |z| < 1\}$ be the open unit disk in the complex plane and let $f : D \to D$ be a holomorphic function such that $\lim_{|z|\to 1}|f(z)| = 1$. Let the Taylor series of $f$ be $f(z) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} a_nz^n$. Prove that the number of zeroes of $f$ (counted with multiplicities) equals $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} n|a_n|^2$.
Point $D$ is selected inside acute $\triangle ABC$ so that $\angle DAC = \angle ACB$ and $\angle BDC = 90^{\circ} + \angle BAC$. Point $E$ is chosen on ray $BD$ so that $AE = EC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$. Show that line $AB$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $BEM$. [i]Proposed by Anton Trygub[/i]
If $x,y \in (0, \frac{\pi}{2})$ such as $ (cosx+isiny)^n=cos(nx)+isin(ny)$ for two consecutive positive integers, then the relation is true for all positive integers.
Let in-circle of $ABC$ touch $AB$, $BC$, $AC$ in $C_1$, $A_1$, $B_1$ respectively. Let $H$- intersection point of altitudes in $A_1B_1C_1$, $I$ and $O$-be in-center and circumcenter of $ABC$ respectively. Prove, that $I, O, H$ lies on one line.
Complex numbers $a$, $b$ and $c$ are the zeros of a polynomial $P(z) = z^3+qz+r$, and $|a|^2+|b|^2+|c|^2=250$. The points corresponding to $a$, $b$, and $c$ in the complex plane are the vertices of a right triangle with hypotenuse $h$. Find $h^2$.
In the $9$-gon $ABCDEFGHI$, all sides have equal lengths and all angles are equal. Prove that $|AB| + |AC| = |AE|$. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/2/8c82e8a87bf8a557baaf6ac72b3d18d2ba3965.png[/img]
Let $O$ be the center of the concentric circles $C_1,C_2$ of radii $3$ and $5$ respectively. Let $A\in C_1, B\in C_2$ and $C$ point so that triangle $ABC$ is equilateral. Find the maximum length of $ [OC] $.
What is the sum of the possible values for the complex number $a$ such that the coefficient of the $x^5$ term in the power series expansion of $\tfrac{x^3+ax^2+3x-4}{2x^2+ax+2}$ is $1?$
[b]2.[/b] Find the minimum of $max ( |1+z|, |1+z^{2}|)$ if $z$ runs over all complex numbers. [b](F. 2)[/b]
A sequence of complex numbers $ z_0,z_1,z_2,....$ is defined by the rule \[ z_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} \frac {i z_n}{\overline{z_n}} \]where $ \overline{z_n}$ is the complex conjugate of $ z_n$ and $ i^2 \equal{} \minus{} 1$. Suppose that $ |z_0| \equal{} 1$ and $ z_{2005} \equal{} 1$. How many possible values are there for $ z_0$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2005\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2^{2005}$
Let $ABC$ be an acute, scalene triangle with circumcenter $O$, circumcircle $(O)$, orthocenter $H$. Line $AH$ meets $(O)$ again at $D \neq A$. Let $E, F$ be the midpoint of segments $AB, AC$ respectively. The line through $H$ and perpendicular to $HF$ meets line $BC$ at $K$. a) Line $DK$ meets $(O)$ again at $Y \neq D$. Prove that the intersection of line $BY$ and the perpendicular bisector of $BK$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $OFY$. b) The line through $H$ and perpendicular to $HE$ meets line $BC$ at $L$. Line $DL$ meets $(O)$ again at $Z \neq D$. Let $M$ be the intersection of lines $BZ, OE$; $N$ be the intersection of lines $CY, OF$; $P$ be the intersection of lines $BY, CZ$. Let $T$ be the intersection of lines $YZ, MN$ and $d$ be the line through $T$ and perpendicular to $OA$. Prove that $d$ bisects $AP$.
Let $P$ be a point in the plane. Suppose that $P$ is inside (or on) each of 6 circles $\omega_1$, $\omega_2$, ..., $\omega_6$ in the plane. Prove that there exist distinct $i$ and $j$ so that the center of circle $\omega_i$ is inside (or on) circle $\omega_j$.
Let $O$, $I$, and $\omega$ be the circumcenter, the incenter, and the incircle of nonequilateral $\triangle ABC$. Let $\omega_A$ be the unique circle tangent to $AB$ and $AC$, such that the common chord of $\omega_A$ and $\omega$ passes through the center of $\omega_A$ . Let $O_A$ be the center of $\omega_A$. Define $\omega_B, O_B, \omega_C, O_C$ similarly. If $\omega$ touches $BC$, $CA$, $AB$ at $D$, $E$, $F$ respectively, prove that the perpendiculars from $D$, $E$, $F$ to $O_BO_C , O_CO_A , O_AO_B$ are concurrent on the line $OI$. [i]Pitchayut Saengrungkongka[/i]
An acute triangle $ABC$ is inscribed in a circle of radius 1 with centre $O;$ all the angles of $ABC$ are greater than $45^\circ.$ $B_{1}$ is the foot of perpendicular from $B$ to $CO,$ $B_{2}$ is the foot of perpendicular from $B_{1}$ to $AC.$ Similarly, $C_{1}$ is the foot of perpendicular from $C$ to $BO,$ $C_{2}$ is the foot of perpendicular from $C_{1}$ to $AB.$ The lines $B_{1}B_{2}$ and $C_{1}C_{2}$ intersect at $A_{3}.$ The points $B_{3}$ and $C_{3}$ are defined in the same way. Find the circumradius of triangle $A_{3}B_{3}C_{3}.$ [i]Proposed by F.Bakharev, F.Petrov[/i]