Alice and the Mad Hatter are playing a game. At the start of the game, three $2024$’s are written on the blackboard. Then, Alice and the Mad Hatter alternate turns, with the Mad Hatter starting. On the Mad Hatter’s turn, he must pick one of the numbers on the blackboard and increase it by $1$. On Alice’s turn, she must: - pick one of the numbers on the blackboard and decrease it by 1, and then - replace the two numbers $a$ and $b$ on the blackboard which were not chosen by the Mad Hatter on the previous turn with $\sqrt{ab}$. Alice wins if, on the start of her turn, any of the three numbers are less than $1$. Can the Mad Hatter prevent Alice from winning?

A dart is thrown at a square dartboard of side length $2$ so that it hits completely randomly. What is the probability that it hits closer to the center than any corner, but within a distance $1$ of a corner?

The function $\varphi(x,y,z)$ defined for all triples $(x,y,z)$ of real numbers, is such that there are two functions $f$ and $g$ defined for all pairs of real numbers, such that \[\varphi(x,y,z) = f(x+y,z) = g(x,y+z)\] for all real numbers $x,y$ and $z.$ Show that there is a function $h$ of one real variable, such that \[\varphi(x,y,z) = h(x+y+z)\] for all real numbers $x,y$ and $z.$

4) find all polynom with coeffs a permutation of $[1,...,n]$ and all roots rational

We consider the set \begin{align*} \mathbb{C}^{\nu} = \{ (z_1,z_2, \ldots , z_{\nu}) \in \mathbb{C} \},\qquad \nu \geq 2 \end{align*} and the function $\phi : \mathbb{C}^{\nu} \longrightarrow \mathbb{C}^{\nu}$ mapping every element $(z_1,z_2, \ldots , z_{\nu}) \in \mathbb{C}^{\nu}$ to \begin{align*}\phi ( z_1,z_2, \ldots , z_{\nu})= \left( z_1-z_2, z_2-z_3, \ldots, z_{\nu}-z_1 \right) \end{align*} We also consider the $\nu-$tuple $(\omega_0, \omega_1, \ldots , \omega_{\nu-1} )$ $\in \mathbb{C}^{\nu}$ of the $n-$th roots of $-1$, where \begin{align*} \omega_{\mu} = \cos \left( \frac{\pi + 2\mu \pi }{\nu} \right) + \iota \sin \left( \frac{\pi + 2\mu \pi}{\nu} \right) \qquad \mu =0,1, \ldots , \nu -1 \end{align*} Let after $\kappa$ (where $\kappa$ $\in$ $\mathbb{N}$ ), successive applications of $\phi$ to the element $(\omega_0, \omega_1, \ldots , \omega_{\nu-1} )$, we obtain the element \begin{align*} \phi ^{(\kappa)} \left( \omega_0, \omega_1, \ldots , \omega_{\nu-1} \right) =\left( Z_{\kappa 1}, Z_{\kappa 2}, \ldots , Z_{\kappa \nu } \right) \end{align*} Determine [list=i] [*] the values of $\nu$ for which all coordinates of $\phi ^{(\kappa)} \left( \omega_0, \omega_1, \ldots , \omega_{\nu-1} \right) $ have measures less than or equal to $1$ [*] for $\nu =4$, the minimal value of $\kappa \in \mathbb{N}$, for which \begin{align*} \mid Z_{\kappa i} \mid \geq 2^{100} \qquad \qquad 1 \le i \le 4 \end{align*}

Let $x_1, x_2, x_3, y_1, y_2, y_3$ be real numbers in $[-1, 1]$. Find the maximum value of \[(x_1y_2-x_2y_1)(x_2y_3-x_3y_2)(x_3y_1-x_1y_3).\]

Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid, where $AD\parallel BC$, $BC<AD$, and $AB\cap DC=T$. A circle $k_1$ is inscribed in $\Delta BCT$ and a circle $k_2$ is an excircle for $\Delta ADT$ which is tangent to $AD$ (opposite to $T$). Prove that the tangent line to $k_1$ through $D$, different than $DC$, is parallel to the tangent line to $k_2$ through $B$, different than $BA$.

Let $ABCD$ be the cyclic quadrilateral. Suppose that there exists some line $l$ parallel to $BD$ which is tangent to the inscribed circles of triangles $ABC, CDA$. Show that $l$ passes through the incenter of $BCD$ or through the incenter of $DAB$. [i](Proposed by Fedir Yudin)[/i]

In the rectangular coordinate system every point with integer coordinates is called laticeal point. Let $P_n(n, n + 5)$ be a laticeal point and denote by $f(n)$ the number of laticeal points on the open segment $(OP_n)$, where the point $0(0,0)$ is the coordinates system origine. Calculate the number $f(1) +f(2) + f(3) + ...+ f(2002) + f(2003)$.

Let $ m,n > 1$ are integers which satisfy $ n|4^m \minus{} 1$ and $ 2^m|n \minus{} 1$. Is it a must that $ n \equal{} 2^{m} \plus{} 1$?

Prove that, for a function $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$, the following $2$ statements are equivalent: a) $f$ is differentiable, with continuous first derivative. b) For any $a\in\mathbb{R}$ and for any two sequences $(x_n)_{n\geq 1},(y_n)_{n\geq 1}$, convergent to $a$, such that $x_n \neq y_n$ for any positive integer $n$, the sequence $\left(\frac{f(x_n)-f(y_n)}{x_n-y_n}\right)_{n\geq 1}$ is convergent.

Let $ABCD$ a convex quadrilateral (this means that all interior angles are smaller than $180^o$), such that there exist a point $M$ on line segment $AB$ and a point $N$ on line segment $BC$ having the property that $AN$ cuts the quadrilateral in two parts of equal area, and such that the same property holds for $CM$. Prove that $MN$ cuts the diagonal $BD$ in two segments of equal length.

Let $a\equiv 1\pmod{4}$ be a positive integer. Show that any polynomial $Q\in\mathbb{Z}[X]$ with all positive coefficients such that $$Q(n+1)((a+1)^{Q(n)}-a^{Q(n)})$$ is a perfect square for any $n\in\mathbb{N}^{\ast}$ must be a constant polynomial. [i]Proposed by Vlad Matei, Romania[/i]

Let $P(z)=a_nz^n+a_{n-1}z^{n-1}+\ldots+a_mz^m$ be a polynomial with complex coefficients such that $a_m\neq 0, a_n\neq 0$ and $n>m$. Prove that \[\text{max}_{|z|=1}\{|P(z)|\}\ge\sqrt{2|a_ma_n|+\sum_{k=m}^{n} |a_k|^2}\]

Point $ A$ lies at $ (0, 4)$ and point $ B$ lies at $ (3, 8)$. Find the $ x$-coordinate of the point $ X$ on the $ x$-axis maximizing $ \angle AXB$.

A $9\times 9$ array is filled with integers from 1 to 81. Prove that there exists $k\in\{1,2,3,\ldots, 9\}$ such that the product of the elements in the row $k$ is different from the product of the elements in the column $k$ of the array.

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB < AC$ and $\Gamma$ the circumference that passes through $A,\ B$ and $C$. Let $D$ be the point diametrically opposite $A$ on $\Gamma$ and $\ell$ the tangent through $D$ to $\Gamma$. Let $P, Q$ and $R$ be the intersection points of $B C$ with $\ell$, of $A P$ with $\Gamma$ such that $Q \neq A$ and of $Q D$ with the $A$-altitude of the triangle $ABC$, respectively. Define $S$ to be the intersection of $AB$ with $\ell$ and $T$ to be the intersection of $A C$ with $\ell$. Show that $S$ and $T$ lie on the circumference that passes through $A, Q$ and $R$.

Three $\text{A's}$, three $\text{B's}$, and three $\text{C's}$ are placed in the nine spaces so that each row and column contain one of each letter. If $\text{A}$ is placed in the upper left corner, how many arrangements are possible? [asy] size((80)); draw((0,0)--(9,0)--(9,9)--(0,9)--(0,0)); draw((3,0)--(3,9)); draw((6,0)--(6,9)); draw((0,3)--(9,3)); draw((0,6)--(9,6)); label("A", (1.5,7.5)); [/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 3\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 6 $

Let $f:\mathbb{R}\backslash0 \rightarrow \mathbb{R}\backslash0$ be a non-constant, continuous function defined such that $f(3^x2^y)=\frac{y}{x}f(3^y)$ for any $x,y \neq 0.$ Compute $\frac{f(1296)}{f(6)}.$ [i]Proposed by Richard Chen and Zachary Perry[/i]

In the addition shown below $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ are distinct digits. How many different values are possible for $D$? \[\begin{array}{lr} &ABBCB \\ +& BCADA \\ \hline & DBDDD \end{array}\] $\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }4\qquad\textbf{(C) }7\qquad\textbf{(D) }8\qquad\textbf{(E) }9$

A quadrilateral is circumscribed around a circle. Its diagonals intersect at the center of the circle. Prove that the quadrilateral is a rhombus.

Prove that $x = y = z = 1$ is the only positive solution of the system \[\left\{ \begin{array}{l} x+y^2 +z^3 = 3\\ y+z^2 +x^3 = 3\\ z+x^2 +y^3 = 3\\ \end{array} \right. \]

Let $n$ be a fixed odd positive integer. For each odd prime $p$, define $$a_p=\frac{1}{p-1}\sum_{k=1}^{\frac{p-1}{2}}\bigg\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\bigg\}.$$ Prove that there is a real number $c$ such that $a_p = c$ for infinitely many primes $p$. [i]Note: $\left\{x\right\} = x - \left\lfloor x\right\rfloor$ is the fractional part of $x$.[/i]

A positive integer $a$ is said to [i]reduce[/i] to a positive integer $b$ if when dividing $a$ by its units digits the result is $b$. For example, 2015 reduces to $\frac{2015}{5} = 403$. Find all the positive integers that become 1 after some amount of reductions. For example, 12 is one such number because 12 reduces to 6 and 6 reduces to 1.

A difficult mathematical competition consisted of a Part I and a Part II with a combined total of $28$ problems. Each contestant solved $7$ problems altogether. For each pair of problems, there were exactly two contestants who solved both of them. Prove that there was a contestant who, in Part I, solved either no problems or at least four problems.