On the domain $0\leq \theta \leq 2\pi:$ (a) Prove that $\sin^{2}\theta \cdot \sin 2\theta$ takes its maximum at $\frac{\pi}{3}$ and $\frac{4 \pi}{3}$ (and hence its minimum at $\frac{2 \pi}{3}$ and $\frac{ 5 \pi}{3}$). (b) Show that $$| \sin^{2} \theta \cdot \sin^{3} 2\theta \cdot \sin^{3} 4 \theta \cdots \sin^{3} 2^{n-1} \theta \cdot \sin 2^{n} \theta |$$ takes its maximum at $\frac{4 \pi}{3}$ (the maximum may also be attained at other points). (c) Derive the inequality: $$ \sin^{2} \theta \cdot \sin^{2} 2\theta \cdots \sin^{2} 2^{n} \theta \leq \left( \frac{3}{4} \right)^{n}.$$

Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral with $\overline{AB}\parallel\overline{CD}$, $AB=16$, $CD=12$, and $BC<AD$. A circle with diameter $12$ is inside of $ABCD$ and tangent to all four sides. Find $BC$.

Let $k$ be a positive integer. Find the maximum value of \[a^{3k-1}b+b^{3k-1}c+c^{3k-1}a+k^2a^kb^kc^k,\] where $a$, $b$, $c$ are non-negative reals such that $a+b+c=3k$.

Solve the system \[(4x)_5+7y=14 \\ (2y)_5 -(3x)_7=74\] in the domain of integers, where $(n)_k$ stands for the multiple of the number $k$ closest to the number $n$.

Let $S$ be the set of positive real numbers. Find all functions $f\colon S^3 \to S$ such that, for all positive real numbers $x$, $y$, $z$ and $k$, the following three conditions are satisfied: (a) $xf(x,y,z) = zf(z,y,x)$, (b) $f(x, ky, k^2z) = kf(x,y,z)$, (c) $f(1, k, k+1) = k+1$. ([i]United Kingdom[/i])

Consider the graphs of $y=2\log{x}$ and $y=\log{2x}$. We may say that: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{They do not intersect}$ $ \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{They intersect at 1 point only}$ $\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{They intersect at 2 points only}$ $\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \text{They intersect at a finite number of points but greater than 2 }$ ${\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{They coincide} } $

Five distinct points $A, B, C, D$ and $E$ lie in this order on a circle of radius $r$ and satisfy $AC = BD = CE = r$. Prove that the orthocentres of the triangles $ACD, BCD$ and $BCE$ are the vertices of a right-angled triangle.

Let $D$ be the set of real numbers excluding $-1$. Find all functions $f: D \to D$ such that for all $x,y \in D$ satisfying $x \neq 0$ and $y \neq -x$, the equality $$(f(f(x))+y)f \left(\frac{y}{x} \right)+f(f(y))=x$$ holds.

Find all pairs of real numbers $a, b$ for which the equation in the domain of the real numbers \[\frac{ax^2-24x+b}{x^2-1}=x\] has two solutions and the sum of them equals $12$.

Find the volume of the solid of the domain expressed by the inequality $x^2-x\leq y\leq x$, generated by a rotation about the line $y=x.$

The real numbers $x_1, x_2, ... , x_n$ belong to the interval $(0,1)$ and satisfy $x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_n = m + r$, where $m$ is an integer and $r \in [0,1)$. Show that $x_1 ^2 + x_2 ^2 + ... + x_n ^2 \leq m + r^2$.

Investigate the boundary of the domain of stability ($\max \text{Re }\lambda_j < 0$) in the space of coefficients of the equation $\dddot{x} + a\ddot{x} + b\dot{x} + cx = 0$.

A function $ f$ has domain $ [0,2]$ and range $ [0,1]$. (The notation $ [a,b]$ denotes $ \{x: a\le x\le b\}$.) What are the domain and range, respectively, of the function $ g$ defined by $ g(x)\equal{}1\minus{}f(x\plus{}1)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ [\minus{}1,1],[\minus{}1,0] \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ [\minus{}1,1],[0,1] \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ [0,2],[\minus{}1,0] \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ [1,3],[\minus{}1,0] \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ [1,3],[0,1]$

Let $ f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n$ be regular functions on a domain of the complex plane, linearly independent over the complex field. Prove that the functions $ f_i\overline{f}_k, \;1 \leq i,k \leq n$, are also linearly independent. [i]L. Lempert[/i]

An angle $x$ is chosen at random from the interval $0^\circ < x < 90^\circ$. Let $p$ be the probability that the numbers $\sin^2 x$, $\cos^2 x$, and $\sin x \cos x$ are not the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Given that $p = d/n$, where $d$ is the number of degrees in $\arctan m$ and $m$ and $n$ are positive integers with $m + n < 1000$, find $m + n$.

Let $(f_i)$ be a sequence of functions defined by: $f_1(x)=x, f_n(x) = \sqrt{f_{n-1}(x)}-\dfrac14$. ($n\in \mathbb{N}, n\ge2$) (a) Prove that $f_n(x) \le f_{n-1}(x)$ for all x where both functions are defined. (b) Find for each $n$ the points of $x$ inside the domain for which $f_n(x)=x$.

Given finitely many open half planes on the Euclidean plane. The boundary lines of these half planes divide the plane into convex domains. Find a polynomial $C(q)$ of degree two so that the following holds: for any $q\ge 1$ integer, if the half planes cover each point of the plane at least $q$ times, then the set of points covered exactly $q$ times is the union of at most $C(q)$ domains. (translated by L. Erdős)

An arithmetic function is a real-valued function whose domain is the set of positive integers. Define the convolution product of two arithmetic functions $ f$ and $ g$ to be the arithmetic function $ f * g$, where \[ (f * g)(n) \equal{} \sum_{ij\equal{}n} f(i) \cdot g(j),\] and $ f^{*k} \equal{} f * f * \ldots * f$ ($ k$ times) We say that two arithmetic functions $ f$ and $ g$ are dependent if there exists a nontrivial polynomial of two variables $ P(x, y) \equal{} \sum_{i,j} a_{ij} x^i y^j$ with real coefficients such that \[ P(f,g) \equal{} \sum_{i,j} a_{ij} f^{*i} * g^{*j} \equal{} 0,\] and say that they are independent if they are not dependent. Let $ p$ and $ q$ be two distinct primes and set \[ f_1(n) \equal{} \begin{cases} 1 & \text{ if } n \equal{} p, \\ 0 & \text{ otherwise}. \end{cases}\] \[ f_2(n) \equal{} \begin{cases} 1 & \text{ if } n \equal{} q, \\ 0 & \text{ otherwise}. \end{cases}\] Prove that $ f_1$ and $ f_2$ are independent.

The first two terms of a sequence are $ a_1 \equal{} 1$ and $ a_2 \equal{} \frac {1}{\sqrt3}$. For $ n\ge1$, \[ a_{n \plus{} 2} \equal{} \frac {a_n \plus{} a_{n \plus{} 1}}{1 \minus{} a_na_{n \plus{} 1}}. \]What is $ |a_{2009}|$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 2 \minus{} \sqrt3\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {1}{\sqrt3}\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2 \plus{} \sqrt3$

Let $f$ and $g$ be two functions such that \[f(x)=\frac{1}{\lfloor | x | \rfloor}, \quad g(x)=\frac{1}{|\lfloor x \rfloor |}.\] Find the domains of $f$ and $g$ and then prove that \[\lim_{x \to -1^+} f(x)= \lim_{x \to 1^- } g(x).\]

(1) Let $x>0,\ y$ be real numbers. For variable $t$, find the difference of Maximum and minimum value of the quadratic function $f(t)=xt^2+yt$ in $0\leq t\leq 1$. (2) Let $S$ be the domain of the points $(x,\ y)$ in the coordinate plane forming the following condition: For $x>0$ and all real numbers $t$ with $0\leq t\leq 1$ , there exists real number $z$ for which $0\leq xt^2+yt+z\leq 1$ . Sketch the outline of $S$. (3) Let $V$ be the domain of the points $(x,\ y,\ z) $ in the coordinate space forming the following condition: For $0\leq x\leq 1$ and for all real numbers $t$ with $0\leq t\leq 1$, $0\leq xt^2+yt+z\leq 1$ holds. Find the volume of $V$. [i]2011 Tokyo University entrance exam/Science, Problem 6[/i]

Let $f(x)=\frac{ax+b}{cx+d}$ $F_n(x)=f(f(f...f(x)...))$ (with $n\ f's$) Suppose that $f(0) \not =0$, $f(f(0)) \not = 0$, and for some $n$ we have $F_n(0)=0$, show that $F_n(x)=x$ (for any valid x).

Find the area of the domain of the system of inequality \[y(y-|x^{2}-5|+4)\leq 0,\ \ y+x^{2}-2x-3\leq 0. \]

Find the area of the domain expressed by the following system inequalities. \[x\geq 0,\ y\geq 0,\ x^{\frac{1}{p}}+y^{\frac{1}{p}} \leq 1\ (p=1,2,\cdots)\]

Find the domain of the pairs of positive real numbers $(a,\ b)$ such that there is a $\theta\ (0<\theta \leq \pi)$ such that $\cos a\theta =\cos b\theta$, then draw the domain on the coordinate plane. 30 points