Found problems: 348
2014 IMC, 3
Let $f(x)=\frac{\sin x}{x}$, for $x>0$, and let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that $|f^{(n)}(x)|<\frac{1}{n+1}$, where $f^{(n)}$ denotes the $n^{\mathrm{th}}$ derivative of $f$.
(Proposed by Alexander Bolbot, State University, Novosibirsk)
2012 NIMO Problems, 2
For which positive integer $n$ is the quantity $\frac{n}{3} + \frac{40}{n}$ minimized?
[i]Proposed by Eugene Chen[/i]
2007 Putnam, 2
Suppose that $ f: [0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ has a continuous derivative and that $ \int_0^1f(x)\,dx\equal{}0.$
Prove that for every $ \alpha\in(0,1),$
\[ \left|\int_0^{\alpha}f(x)\,dx\right|\le\frac18\max_{0\le x\le 1}|f'(x)|\]
2009 Turkey MO (2nd round), 2
Show that
\[ \frac{(b+c)(a^4-b^2c^2)}{ab+2bc+ca}+\frac{(c+a)(b^4-c^2a^2)}{bc+2ca+ab}+\frac{(a+b)(c^4-a^2b^2)}{ca+2ab+bc} \geq 0 \]
for all positive real numbers $a, \: b , \: c.$
1991 Arnold's Trivium, 5
Calculate the $100$th derivative of the function
\[\frac{1}{x^2+3x+2}\]
at $x=0$ with $10\%$ relative error.
1999 Putnam, 4
Sum the series \[\sum_{m=1}^\infty\sum_{n=1}^\infty\dfrac{m^2n}{3^m(n3^m+m3^n)}.\]
2002 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 2
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that the polynomial \[ Q(x)=(x^2+6x+10) \cdot P^2(x)-1 \] is the square of a polynomial with integer coefficients.
2009 USA Team Selection Test, 9
Prove that for positive real numbers $x$, $y$, $z$, \[ x^3(y^2+z^2)^2 + y^3(z^2+x^2)^2+z^3(x^2+y^2)^2 \geq xyz\left[xy(x+y)^2 + yz(y+z)^2 + zx(z+x)^2\right].\] [i]Zarathustra (Zeb) Brady.[/i]
2008 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 7
([b]5[/b]) Find $ p$ so that $ \lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}x^p\left(\sqrt[3]{x\plus{}1}\plus{}\sqrt[3]{x\minus{}1}\minus{}2\sqrt[3]{x}\right)$ is some non-zero real number.
2005 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 6
Calculate the following indefinite integrals.
[1] $\int \sin x\cos ^ 3 x dx$
[2] $\int \frac{dx}{(1+\sqrt{x})\sqrt{x}}dx$
[3] $\int x^2 \sqrt{x^3+1}dx$
[4] $\int \frac{e^{2x}-3e^{x}}{e^x}dx$
[5] $\int (1-x^2)e^x dx$
2021 JHMT HS, 10
A polynomial $P(x)$ of some degree $d$ satisfies $P(n) = n^3 + 10n^2 - 12$ and $P'(n) = 3n^2 + 20n - 1$ for $n = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2.$ Also, $P$ has $d$ distinct (not necessarily real) roots $r_1, r_2, \ldots, r_d.$ The value of
\[ \sum_{k=1}^{d}\frac{1}{4 - r_k^2} \]
can be expressed as a common fraction $\tfrac{p}{q}.$ What is the value of $p + q?$
2002 VJIMC, Problem 1
Differentiable functions $f_1,\ldots,f_n:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ are linearly independent. Prove that there exist at least $n-1$ linearly independent functions among $f_1',\ldots,f_n'$.
1976 USAMO, 2
If $ A$ and $ B$ are fixed points on a given circle and $ XY$ is a variable diameter of the same circle, determine the locus of the point of intersection of lines $ AX$ and $ BY$. You may assume that $ AB$ is not a diameter.
2018 Moscow Mathematical Olympiad, 1
The graphs of a square trinomial and its derivative divide the coordinate plane into four parts. How many roots does this
square trinomial has?
Oliforum Contest I 2008, 3
Let $ a,b,c$ be three pairwise distinct real numbers such that $ a\plus{}b\plus{}c\equal{}6\equal{}ab\plus{}bc\plus{}ca\minus{}3$. Prove that $ 0<abc<4$.
PEN O Problems, 1
Suppose all the pairs of a positive integers from a finite collection \[A=\{a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots \}\] are added together to form a new collection \[A^{*}=\{a_{i}+a_{j}\;\; \vert \; 1 \le i < j \le n \}.\] For example, $A=\{ 2, 3, 4, 7 \}$ would yield $A^{*}=\{ 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 \}$ and $B=\{ 1, 4, 5, 6 \}$ would give $B^{*}=\{ 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 \}$. These examples show that it's possible for different collections $A$ and $B$ to generate the same collections $A^{*}$ and $B^{*}$. Show that if $A^{*}=B^{*}$ for different sets $A$ and $B$, then $|A|=|B|$ and $|A|=|B|$ must be a power of $2$.
1975 Miklós Schweitzer, 7
Let $ a<a'<b<b'$ be real numbers and let the real function $ f$ be continuous on the interval $ [a,b']$ and differentiable in its interior. Prove that there exist $ c \in (a,b), c'\in (a',b')$ such that \[ f(b)\minus{}f(a)\equal{}f'(c)(b\minus{}a),\] \[ f(b')\minus{}f(a')\equal{}f'(c')(b'\minus{}a'),\] and $ c<c'$.
[i]B. Szokefalvi Nagy[/i]
1986 Polish MO Finals, 4
Find all $n$ such that there is a real polynomial $f(x)$ of degree $n$ such that $f(x) \ge f'(x)$ for all real $x$.
1998 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 4
Find the range of $ f(A)=\frac{\sin A(3\cos^{2}A+\cos^{4}A+3\sin^{2}A+\sin^{2}A\cos^{2}A)}{\tan A (\sec A-\sin A\tan A)} $ if $A\neq \dfrac{n\pi}{2}$.
2010 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 561
Evaluate
\[ \int_{\minus{}1}^1 \frac{1\plus{}2x^2\plus{}3x^4\plus{}4x^6\plus{}5x^8\plus{}6x^{10}\plus{}7x^{12}}{\sqrt{(1\plus{}x^2)(1\plus{}x^4)(1\plus{}x^6)}}dx.\]
1994 IMC, 3
Let $f$ be a real-valued function with $n+1$ derivatives at each point of $\mathbb R$. Show that for each pair of real numbers $a$, $b$, $a<b$, such that
$$\ln\left( \frac{f(b)+f'(b)+\cdots + f^{(n)} (b)}{f(a)+f'(a)+\cdots + f^{(n)}(a)}\right)=b-a$$
there is a number $c$ in the open interval $(a,b)$ for which
$$f^{(n+1)}(c)=f(c)$$
1996 Romania National Olympiad, 1
Let $I \subset \mathbb{R}$ be a nondegenerate interval and $f:I \to \mathbb{R}$ a differentiable function. We denote $J= \left\{ \frac{f(b)-f(a)}{b-a} : a,b \in I, a<b \right\}.$ Prove that:
$a)$ $J$ is an interval;
$b)$ $J \subset f'(I),$ and the set $f'(I) \setminus J$ contains at most two elements;
$c)$ Using parts $a)$ and $b),$ deduce that $f'$ has the intermediate value property.
2009 AIME Problems, 4
A group of children held a grape-eating contest. When the contest was over, the winner had eaten $ n$ grapes, and the child in $ k$th place had eaten $ n\plus{}2\minus{}2k$ grapes. The total number of grapes eaten in the contest was $ 2009$. Find the smallest possible value of $ n$.
PEN G Problems, 27
Let $1<a_{1}<a_{2}<\cdots$ be a sequence of positive integers. Show that \[\frac{2^{a_{1}}}{{a_{1}}!}+\frac{2^{a_{2}}}{{a_{2}}!}+\frac{2^{a_{3}}}{{a_{3}}!}+\cdots\] is irrational.
2011 China National Olympiad, 2
Let $a_i,b_i,i=1,\cdots,n$ are nonnegitive numbers,and $n\ge 4$,such that $a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n=b_1+b_2+\cdots+b_n>0$.
Find the maximum of $\frac{\sum_{i=1}^n a_i(a_i+b_i)}{\sum_{i=1}^n b_i(a_i+b_i)}$