Is it possible to choose $1983$ distinct positive integers, all less than or equal to $10^5$, no three of which are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression?

Let $n \geq 3$ be a positive integer. Find the maximum number of diagonals in a regular $n$-gon one can select, so that any two of them do not intersect in the interior or they are perpendicular to each other.

Players $A$ and $B$ play a game on a blackboard that initially contains 2020 copies of the number 1 . In every round, player $A$ erases two numbers $x$ and $y$ from the blackboard, and then player $B$ writes one of the numbers $x+y$ and $|x-y|$ on the blackboard. The game terminates as soon as, at the end of some round, one of the following holds: [list] [*] $(1)$ one of the numbers on the blackboard is larger than the sum of all other numbers; [*] $(2)$ there are only zeros on the blackboard. [/list] Player $B$ must then give as many cookies to player $A$ as there are numbers on the blackboard. Player $A$ wants to get as many cookies as possible, whereas player $B$ wants to give as few as possible. Determine the number of cookies that $A$ receives if both players play optimally.

Twenty-one girls and twenty-one boys took part in a mathematical competition. It turned out that each contestant solved at most six problems, and for each pair of a girl and a boy, there was at least one problem that was solved by both the girl and the boy. Show that there is a problem that was solved by at least three girls and at least three boys.

An $ (n, k) \minus{}$ tournament is a contest with $ n$ players held in $ k$ rounds such that: $ (i)$ Each player plays in each round, and every two players meet at most once. $ (ii)$ If player $ A$ meets player $ B$ in round $ i$, player $ C$ meets player $ D$ in round $ i$, and player $ A$ meets player $ C$ in round $ j$, then player $ B$ meets player $ D$ in round $ j$. Determine all pairs $ (n, k)$ for which there exists an $ (n, k) \minus{}$ tournament. [i]Proposed by Carlos di Fiore, Argentina[/i]

Let $ n$ and $ k$ be positive integers such that $ \frac{1}{2} n < k \leq \frac{2}{3} n.$ Find the least number $ m$ for which it is possible to place $ m$ pawns on $ m$ squares of an $ n \times n$ chessboard so that no column or row contains a block of $ k$ adjacent unoccupied squares.

Let $\{E_1, E_2, \dots, E_m\}$ be a collection of sets such that $E_i \subseteq X = \{1, 2, \dots, 100\}$, $E_i \neq X$, $i = 1, 2, \dots, m$. It is known that every two elements of $X$ is contained together in exactly one $E_i$ for some $i$. Determine the minimum value of $m$.

Assume that the set of all positive integers is decomposed into $ r$ (disjoint) subsets $ A_1 \cup A_2 \cup \ldots \cup A_r \equal{} \mathbb{N}.$ Prove that one of them, say $ A_i,$ has the following property: There exists a positive $ m$ such that for any $ k$ one can find numbers $ a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_k$ in $ A_i$ with $ 0 < a_{j \plus{} 1} \minus{} a_j \leq m,$ $ (1 \leq j \leq k \minus{} 1)$.

In a finite sequence of real numbers the sum of any seven successive terms is negative and the sum of any eleven successive terms is positive. Determine the maximum number of terms in the sequence.

Let $n \geq 1$ be an integer. What is the maximum number of disjoint pairs of elements of the set $\{ 1,2,\ldots , n \}$ such that the sums of the different pairs are different integers not exceeding $n$?

In a group of mathematicians, every mathematician has some friends (the relation of friend is reciprocal). Prove that there exists a mathematician, such that the average of the number of friends of all his friends is no less than the average of the number of friends of all these mathematicians.

Seventeen people correspond by mail with one another-each one with all the rest. In their letters only three different topics are discussed. each pair of correspondents deals with only one of these topics. Prove that there are at least three people who write to each other about the same topic.

In a finite sequence of real numbers the sum of any seven successive terms is negative and the sum of any eleven successive terms is positive. Determine the maximum number of terms in the sequence.

Let $ k,m,n$ be integers such that $ 1 < n \leq m \minus{} 1 \leq k.$ Determine the maximum size of a subset $ S$ of the set $ \{1,2,3, \ldots, k\minus{}1,k\}$ such that no $ n$ distinct elements of $ S$ add up to $ m.$

Let $A = (a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{2001})$ be a sequence of positive integers. Let $m$ be the number of 3-element subsequences $(a_i,a_j,a_k)$ with $1 \leq i < j < k \leq 2001$, such that $a_j = a_i + 1$ and $a_k = a_j + 1$. Considering all such sequences $A$, find the greatest value of $m$.

Is it possible to choose $1983$ distinct positive integers, all less than or equal to $10^5$, no three of which are consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression?

Given is a convex polygon $ P$ with $ n$ vertices. Triangle whose vertices lie on vertices of $ P$ is called [i]good [/i] if all its sides are unit length. Prove that there are at most $ \frac {2n}{3}$ [i]good[/i] triangles. [i]Author: Vyacheslav Yasinskiy, Ukraine[/i]

Among a group of 120 people, some pairs are friends. A [i]weak quartet[/i] is a set of four people containing exactly one pair of friends. What is the maximum possible number of weak quartets ?

Suppose we have a $n$-gon. Some $n-3$ diagonals are coloured black and some other $n-3$ diagonals are coloured red (a side is not a diagonal), so that no two diagonals of the same colour can intersect strictly inside the polygon, although they can share a vertex. Find the maximum number of intersection points between diagonals coloured differently strictly inside the polygon, in terms of $n$. [i]Proposed by Alexander Ivanov, Bulgaria[/i]

In a finite sequence of real numbers the sum of any seven successive terms is negative and the sum of any eleven successive terms is positive. Determine the maximum number of terms in the sequence.

A finite sequence of integers $ a_0, a_1, \ldots, a_n$ is called quadratic if for each $ i$ in the set $ \{1,2 \ldots, n\}$ we have the equality $ |a_i \minus{} a_{i\minus{}1}| \equal{} i^2.$ a.) Prove that any two integers $ b$ and $ c,$ there exists a natural number $ n$ and a quadratic sequence with $ a_0 \equal{} b$ and $ a_n \equal{} c.$ b.) Find the smallest natural number $ n$ for which there exists a quadratic sequence with $ a_0 \equal{} 0$ and $ a_n \equal{} 1996.$

Given is a convex polygon $ P$ with $ n$ vertices. Triangle whose vertices lie on vertices of $ P$ is called [i]good [/i] if all its sides are unit length. Prove that there are at most $ \frac {2n}{3}$ [i]good[/i] triangles. [i]Author: Vyacheslav Yasinskiy, Ukraine[/i]

Given a finite set of points in the plane, each with integer coordinates, is it always possible to color the points red or white so that for any straight line $L$ parallel to one of the coordinate axes the difference (in absolute value) between the numbers of white and red points on $L$ is not greater than $1$?

Let $A$ be a set of $n$ points in the space. From the family of all segments with endpoints in $A$, $q$ segments have been selected and colored yellow. Suppose that all yellow segments are of different length. Prove that there exists a polygonal line composed of $m$ yellow segments, where $m \geq \frac{2q}{n}$, arranged in order of increasing length.

Let $ S \equal{} \{1,2,3,\cdots ,280\}$. Find the smallest integer $ n$ such that each $ n$-element subset of $ S$ contains five numbers which are pairwise relatively prime.