(a) Prove that $(2^{n+1}-1)!$ is divisible by $ \prod_{i=0}^n (2^{n+1-i}-1)^{2^i }$, for every natural number n (b) Define the sequence ($c_n$) by $c_1=1$ and $c_{n}=\frac{4n-6}{n}c_{n-1}$ for $n\ge 2$. Show that each $c_n$ is an integer.

An insect is on a square ceiling side $1$. The insect can jump to the midpoint of the segment joining it to any of the four corners of the ceiling. Show that in $8$ jumps it can get to within $1/100$ of any chosen point on the ceiling

Determine a necessary and sufficient condition for the affixes of three complex numbers $z_1$ , $z_2$ and $z_3$ are the vertices of an equilateral triangle.

In Miss Lies' class there are only students who never lie and students who always lie. All students know which category they belong to. During the day in a class discussion, every student in the class says about every other student or he or she a liar or not. In total, it is said $320$ times that someone is not lying. The next day, one of the students who always lies is sick. There will be one again organize such a class discussion in which no mention is made of the sick pupil. Now it is said $300$ times that someone does lie. How many liars are there in the Miss Lies' class ?

For each integer $n \geq 2$, let $F(n)$ denote the greatest prime factor of $n$. A [i]strange pair[/i] is a pair of distinct primes $p$ and $q$ such that there is no integer $n \geq 2$ for which $F(n)F(n+1)=pq$. Prove that there exist infinitely many strange pairs.

A natural number is called [i]chaotigal [/i] if it and its successor both have the sum of their digits divisible by $2021$. How many digits are in the smallest chaotigal number?

In triangle $ABC$, the points $X$ and $Y$ are chosen on the arc $BC$ of the circumscribed circle of $ABC$ that doesn't contain $A$ so that $\measuredangle BAX = \measuredangle CAY$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of the segment $AX$. Show that $$BM + CM > AY.$$

Find all positive integers $(a,b,c)$ such that $$ab-c,\quad bc-a,\quad ca-b$$ are all powers of $2$. [i]Proposed by Serbia[/i]

Let $ABC$ be a triangle. A circle is tangent to sides $AB, AC$ and to the circumcircle of $ABC$ (internally) at points $P, Q, R$ respectively. Let $S$ be the point where $AR$ meets $PQ$. Show that \[\angle{SBA}\equiv \angle{SCA}\]

Let $100$ discs lie on the plane in such a way that each two of them have a common point. Prove that there exists a point lying inside at least $15$ of these discs. (M. Kharitonov, A. Polyansky)

Farmer John has a (flexible) fence of length $L$ and two straight walls that intersect at a corner perpendicular to each other. He knows that if he doesn't use any walls, he call enclose an maximum possible area of $A_0$, and when he uses one of the walls or both walls, he gets a maximum of area of $A_1$ and $A_2$ respectively. If $n=\frac{A_1}{A_0}+\frac{A_2}{A_1}$, find $\lfloor 1000n\rfloor$. [i]Proposed by Yannick Yao[/i]

There are $13$ marked points on the circumference of a circle with radius $13$. Prove that we can choose three of the marked points which form a triangle with area less than $13$.

Among a set of $2N$ coins, all identical in appearance, $2N - 2$ are real and $2$ are fake. Any two real coins have the same weight . The fake coins have the same weight, which is different from the weight of a real coin. How can one divide the coins into two groups of equal total weight by using a balance at most $4$ times, if (a) $N = 16$, ( b ) $N = 11$ ? (A Shapovalov)

Let a simple polygon be defined as a polygon in which no consecutive sides are parallel and no two non-consecutive sides share a common point. Given that all vertices of a simple polygon $P$ are lattice points (in a Cartesian coordinate system, each vertex has integer coordinates), and each side of $P$ has integer length, prove that the perimeter must be even.

Let $ a$ and $ k$ be positive integers. Let $ a_i$ be the sequence defined by $ a_1 \equal{} a$ and $ a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} a_n \plus{} k\pi(a_n)$ where $ \pi(x)$ is the product of the digits of $ x$ (written in base ten) Prove that we can choose $ a$ and $ k$ such that the infinite sequence $ a_i$ contains exactly $ 100$ distinct terms

Given a finite set $ P$ of prime numbers, prove that there exists a positive integer $ x$ such that it can be written in the form $ a^p \plus{} b^p$ ($ a,b$ are positive integers), for each $ p\in P$, and cannot be written in that form for each $ p$ not in $ P$.

The integer $n$, between 10000 and 99999, is $abcde$ when written in decimal notation. The digit $a$ is the remainder when $n$ is divided by 2, the digit $b$ is the remainder when $n$ is divided by 3, the digit $c$ is the remainder when $n$ is divided by 4, the digit $d$ is the remainder when $n$ is divied by 5, and the digit $e$ is the reminader when $n$ is divided by 6. Find $n$.

Let $A, B, C, D, E$ be five points on a circle such that $|AB| = |CD|$ and $|BC| = |DE|$. The segments $AD$ and $BE$ intersect at $F$. Let $M$ denote the midpoint of segment $CD$. Prove that the circle of center $M$ and radius $ME$ passes through the midpoint of segment $AF$.

Prove that $2^{147} - 1$ is divisible by $343.$

Prove that for no integer $ n$ is $ n^7 \plus{} 7$ a perfect square.

Four positive integers $x,y,z$ and $t$ satisfy the relations \[ xy - zt = x + y = z + t. \] Is it possible that both $xy$ and $zt$ are perfect squares?

Let $n>1 \in \mathbb{N}$ and $a_1, a_2, ..., a_n$ be a sequence of $n$ natural integers. Let: $$b_1 = \left[\frac{a_2 + \cdots + a_n}{n-1}\right], b_i = \left[\frac{a_1 + \cdots + a_{i-1} + a_{i+1} + \cdots + a_n}{n-1}\right], b_n = \left[\frac{a_1 + \cdots + a_{n-1}}{n-1}\right]$$ Define a mapping $f$ by $f(a_1,a_2, \cdots a_n) = (b_1,b_2,\cdots,b_n)$. a) Let $g: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ be a function such that $g(1)$ is the number of different elements in $f(a_1,a_2, \cdots a_n)$ and $g(m)$ is the number od different elements in $f^m(a_1,a_2, \cdots a_n) = f(f^{m-1}(a_1,a_2, \cdots a_n)); m>1$. Prove that $\exists k_0 \in \mathbb{N}$ s.t. for $m \ge k_0$ the function $g(m)$ is periodic. b) Prove that $\sum_{m=1}^k \frac{g(m)}{m(m+1)} < C$ for all $k \in \mathbb{N}$, where $C$ is a function that doesn't depend on $k$.

The $x$ and $y$ figures satisfy a condition: for every $n\ge1$ the number $$xx...x6yy...y4$$ ($n$ times $x$ and $n$ times $y$) is a perfect square. Find all possible $x$ and $y$.

How many $4 \times 4$ arrays whose entries are $0$s and $1$s are there such that the row sums (the sum of the entries in each row) are $1,2,3,$ and $4,$ in some order, and the column sums (the sum of the entries in each column) are also $1,2,3,$ and $4,$ in some order? For example, the array $\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 1 & 1 & 0\\ 1 & 1 & 1 & 1\\ 0 & 1 & 0 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$ satisfies the condition. $\textbf{(A)}144~\textbf{(B)}240~\textbf{(C)}336~\textbf{(D)}576~\textbf{(E)}624$

In a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$, angles $B$ and $D$ are right angles. On on sides $AB$, $BC$, $CD$, $DA$ points $K$, $L$, $M$, $N$ are taken respectively so that $KN \perp AC$ and $LM \perp AC$. Prove that $KM$, $LN$ and $AC$ intersect at one point.