Found problems: 1340
For $k\ge 1$, define $a_k=2^k$. Let $$S=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\cos^{-1}\left(\frac{2a_k^2-6a_k+5}{\sqrt{(a_k^2-4a_k+5)(4a_k^2-8a_k+5)}}\right).$$ Compute $\lfloor 100S\rfloor$.
For a pair of integers $a$ and $b$, with $0 < a < b < 1000$, set $S\subseteq \{ 1, 2, \dots , 2003\}$ is called a [i]skipping set[/i] for $(a, b)$ if for any pair of elements $s_1, s_2 \in S$, $|s_1 - s_2|\not\in \{ a, b\}$. Let $f(a, b)$ be the maximum size of a skipping set for $(a, b)$. Determine the maximum and minimum values of $f$.
Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers. Prove that the integer
\[a^2+\left\lceil\frac{4a^2}b\right\rceil\]
is not a square. (Here $\lceil z\rceil$ denotes the least integer greater than or equal to $z$.)
[i]Russia[/i]
A rational number $ x$ is called [i]good[/i] if it satisfies: $ x\equal{}\frac{p}{q}>1$ with $ p$, $ q$ being positive integers, $ \gcd (p,q)\equal{}1$ and there exists constant numbers $ \alpha$, $ N$ such that for any integer $ n\geq N$, \[ |\{x^n\}\minus{}\alpha|\leq\dfrac{1}{2(p\plus{}q)}\] Find all the good numbers.
Given a square-free integer $n>2$, evaluate the sum $\sum_{k=1}^{(n-2)(n-1)} \lfloor ({kn})^{1/3} \rfloor$.
Let $a$ and $b$ be two positive integers. Prove that the integer
\[a^2+\left\lceil\frac{4a^2}b\right\rceil\]
is not a square. (Here $\lceil z\rceil$ denotes the least integer greater than or equal to $z$.)
[i]Russia[/i]
Set positive integer $m=2^k\cdot t$, where $k$ is a non-negative integer, $t$ is an odd number, and let $f(m)=t^{1-k}$. Prove that for any positive integer $n$ and for any positive odd number $a\le n$, $\prod_{m=1}^n f(m)$ is a multiple of $a$.
Determine all integers $x$ satisfying
\[ \left[\frac{x}{2}\right] \left[\frac{x}{3}\right] \left[\frac{x}{4}\right] = x^2. \]
($[y]$ is the largest integer which is not larger than $y.$)
Given a finite binary string $S$ of symbols $X,O$ we define $\Delta(S)=n(X)-n(O)$ where $n(X),n(O)$ respectively denote number of $X$'s and $O$'s in a string. For example $\Delta(XOOXOOX)=3-4=-1$. We call a string $S$ $\emph{balanced}$ if every substring $T$ of $S$ has $-2\le \Delta(T)\le 2$. Find number of balanced strings of length $n$.
А positive integer $n{}$ is given. For every $x{}$ consider the sum \[Q(x)=\sum_{k=1}^{10^n}\left\lfloor\frac{x}{k}\right\rfloor.\]Find the difference $Q(10^n)-Q(10^n-1)$.
[i]Alexey Tolpygo[/i]
Let $a_{m,n}$ denote the coefficient of $x^n$ in the expansion $(1+x+x^2)^n$. Prove the inequality for all integers $k\ge 0$ :
\[ 0\le \sum_{\ell=0}^{\left\lfloor{\frac{2k}{3}}\right\rfloor} (-1)^{\ell} a_{k-\ell,\ell}\le 1 \]
Let $k$ be a positive integer congruent to $1$ modulo $4$ which is not a perfect square and let $a=\frac{1+\sqrt{k}}{2}$.
Show that $\{\left \lfloor{a^2n}\right \rfloor-\left \lfloor{a\left \lfloor{an}\right \rfloor}\right \rfloor : n \in \mathbb{N}_{>0}\}=\{1 , 2 , \ldots ,\left \lfloor{a}\right \rfloor\}$.
Let $A$ be a set consist of finite real numbers,$A_1,A_2,\cdots,A_n$ be nonempty sets of $A$, such that
[b](a)[/b] The sum of the elements of $A$ is $0,$
[b](b)[/b] For all $x_i \in A_i(i=1,2,\cdots,n)$,we have $x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_n>0$.
Prove that there exist $1\le k\le n,$ and $1\le i_1<i_2<\cdots<i_k\le n$, such that
\[|A_{i_1}\bigcup A_{i_2} \bigcup \cdots \bigcup A_{i_k}|<\frac{k}{n}|A|.\]
Where $|X|$ denote the numbers of the elements in set $X$.
Let $S$ be a $k$-element set.
[i](a)[/i] Find the number of mappings $f : S \to S$ such that
\[\text{(i) } f(x) \neq x \text{ for } x \in S, \quad \text{(ii) } f(f(x)) = x \text{ for }x \in S.\]
[i](b)[/i] The same with the condition $\text{(i)}$ left out.
Find all natural numbers $ n > 1$ such that $ n^{2}$ does $ \text{not}$ divide $ (n \minus{} 2)!$.
Find the smallest nonnegative integer $n$ for which $\binom{2006}{n}$ is divisible by $7^3$.
Let $ \alpha,\beta$ be real numbers satisfying $ 1 < \alpha < \beta.$ Find the greatest positive integer $ r$ having the following property: each of positive integers is colored by one of $ r$ colors arbitrarily, there always exist two integers $ x,y$ having the same color such that $ \alpha\le \frac {x}{y}\le\beta.$
Determine all positive integers $M$ such that the sequence $a_0, a_1, a_2, \cdots$ defined by \[ a_0 = M + \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textrm{and} \qquad a_{k+1} = a_k\lfloor a_k \rfloor \quad \textrm{for} \, k = 0, 1, 2, \cdots \] contains at least one integer term.
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that\[f\left(\Big \lceil \frac{f(m)}{n} \Big \rceil\right)=\Big \lceil \frac{m}{f(n)} \Big \rceil\]for all $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$.
[i]Proposed by Md. Ashraful Islam Fahim[/i]
Determine the number of $ 8$-tuples of nonnegative integers $ (a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4,b_1,b_2,b_3,b_4)$ satisfying $ 0\le a_k\le k$, for each $ k \equal{} 1,2,3,4$, and $ a_1 \plus{} a_2 \plus{} a_3 \plus{} a_4 \plus{} 2b_1 \plus{} 3b_2 \plus{} 4b_3 \plus{} 5b_4 \equal{} 19$.
Prove that $ \lfloor{(4+\sqrt11)^{n}}\rfloor $ is odd for every natural number n.
For real numbers $x$ and $y$, let $M$ be the maximum value of the expression $x^4y + x^3y + x^2y + xy + xy^2 + xy^3 + xy^4$, subject to $x + y = 3$. Find $[M]$.
Determine all positive integers $n$ for which $\dfrac{n^2+1}{[\sqrt{n}]^2+2}$ is an integer. Here $[r]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $r$.
[b](a)[/b] Let $n$ be a positive integer, prove that
\[ \sqrt{n+1} - \sqrt{n} < \frac{1}{2 \sqrt n}\]
[b](b)[/b] Find a positive integer $n$ for which
\[ \bigg\lfloor 1 +\frac{1}{\sqrt 2} +\frac{1}{\sqrt 3} +\frac{1}{\sqrt 4} + \cdots +\frac{1}{\sqrt n} \bigg\rfloor =12\]
Consider a $m\times n$ rectangular grid with $m$ rows and $n$ columns. There are water fountains on some of the squares. A water fountain can spray water onto any of it's adjacent squares, or a square in the same column such that there is exactly one square between them. Find the minimum number of fountains such that each square can be sprayed in the case that
a) $m=4$;
b) $m=3$.