This website contains problems from math contests. Problems and corresponding tags were obtained from the Art of Problem Solving website.

Tags were heavily modified to better represent problems.

AND
OR
NO

Found problems: 1187

Which positive integers $n$ make the equation \[\sum_{i=1}^n \sum_{j=1}^n \left\lfloor \frac{ij}{n+1} \right\rfloor=\frac{n^2(n-1)}{4}\] true?
Let a sequence of integers $\{a_n\}$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$ be given, defined by \[a_0 = 1, a_n= a_{n-1} + a_{[n/3]}\] for all $n \in \mathbb{N}^{*}$. Show that for all primes $p \leq 13$, there are infinitely many integer numbers $k$ such that $a_k$ is divided by $p$. (Here $[x]$ denotes the integral part of real number $x$).
Prove the following inequality. \[\frac{e-1}{n+1}\leqq\int^e_1(\log x)^n dx\leqq\frac{(n+1)e+1}{(n+1)(n+2)}\ (n=1,2,\cdot\cdot\cdot) \] 1994 Kyoto University entrance exam/Science
Let $d_i(k)$ the number of divisors of $k$ greater than $i$. Let $f(n)=\sum_{i=1}^{\lfloor \frac{n^2}{2} \rfloor}d_i(n^2-i)-2\sum_{i=1}^{\lfloor \frac{n}{2} \rfloor}d_i(n-i)$. Find all $n \in N$ such that $f(n)$ is a perfect square.
At a competition with $N$ players, the number of players given elite status is equal to \[2^{1+\lfloor\log_2{(N-1)}\rfloor} - N. \] Suppose that $19$ players are given elite status. What is the sum of the two smallest possible values of $N$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 38\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 90 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 154 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 406 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 1024$
Find the number of integer solutions of $\left[\frac{x}{100} \left[\frac{x}{100}\right]\right]= 5$
A natural number $n$ is given. Determine all $(n - 1)$-tuples of nonnegative integers $a_1, a_2, ..., a_{n - 1}$ such that $$\lfloor \frac{m}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2m + a_1}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^2m + a_2}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^3m + a_3}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + ... + \lfloor \frac{2^{n - 1}m + a_{n - 1}}{2^n - 1}\rfloor = m$$ holds for all $m \in \mathbb{Z}$.
If $a$ is any number, $\lfloor a \rfloor$ is $a$ rounded down to the nearest integer. For example, $\lfloor \pi \rfloor =$ $3$. Show that the sequence $\lfloor \frac{2^{1}}{17} \rfloor$, $\lfloor \frac{2^{2}}{17} \rfloor$, $\lfloor \frac{2^{3}}{17} \rfloor$, $\dots$ contains infinitely many odd numbers.
Find the total number of primes $p<100$ such that $\lfloor (2+\sqrt{5})^p \rfloor-2^{p+1}$ is divisible by $p$. Here $\lfloor x \rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$.
For each positive real number $\alpha$, define $$\lfloor \alpha \mathbb{N}\rfloor :=\{\lfloor \alpha m \rfloor\; |\; m\in \mathbb{N}\}.$$ Let $n$ be a positive integer. A set $S\subseteq \{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ has the property that: for each real $\beta >0$, $$ \text{if}\; S\subseteq \lfloor \beta \mathbb{N} \rfloor, \text{then}\; \{1,2,\ldots,n\} \subseteq \lfloor \beta\mathbb{N}\rfloor.$$ Determine, with proof, the smallest positive size of $S$.
Let $k$ be a fixed positive integer. Consider the sequence definited by \[a_{0}=1 \;\; , a_{n+1}=a_{n}+\left\lfloor\root k \of{a_{n}}\right\rfloor \;\; , n=0,1,\cdots\] where $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. For each $k$ find the set $A_{k}$ containing all integer values of the sequence $(\sqrt[k]{a_{n}})_{n\geq 0}$.
What is the largest integer less than to $\sqrt[3]{(2011)^3 + 3 \times (2011)^2 + 4 \times 2011+ 5}$ ? (A) $2010$, (B) $2011$, (C) $2012$, (D) $2013$, (E) None of the above.
Let $m, k$, and $c$ be positive integers with $k > c$, and let $\lambda$ be a positive, non-integer real root of the equation $\lambda^{m+1} - k \lambda^m - c = 0$. Let $f : Z^+ \to Z$ be defined by $f(n) = \lfloor \lambda n \rfloor$ for all $n \in Z^+$. Show that $f^{m+1}(n) \equiv cn - 1$ (mod $k$) for all $n \in Z^+$. (Here, $Z^+$ denotes the set of positive integers, $ \lfloor x \rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$, and $f^{m+1}(n) = f(f(... f(n)...))$ where $f$ appears $m + 1$ times.)
Prove that $[\sqrt{n}+\sqrt{n+1}]=[\sqrt{4n+1}]$ for all $n \in N$.
Recall that $[x]$ denotes the largest integer not exceeding $x$ for real $x$. For integers $a, b$ in the interval $1 \leq a<b \leq 100$, find the number of ordered pairs $(a, b)$ satisfying the following equation. $$[a+\frac{b}{a}]=[b+\frac{a}{b}]$$
We say that a natural number $n$ is interesting if it can be written in the form \[ n = \left\lfloor \frac{1}{a} \right\rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{1}{b} \right\rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{1}{c} \right\rfloor, \] where $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers such that $a + b + c = 1.$ Determine all interesting numbers. ( $\lfloor x \rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer not greater than $x$.)
Determine the number of positive divisors of $2008^8$ that are less than $2008^4$.
A natural number $n$ is given. Determine all $(n - 1)$-tuples of nonnegative integers $a_1, a_2, ..., a_{n - 1}$ such that $$\lfloor \frac{m}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2m + a_1}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^2m + a_2}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^3m + a_3}{2^n - 1}\rfloor + ... + \lfloor \frac{2^{n - 1}m + a_{n - 1}}{2^n - 1}\rfloor = m$$ holds for all $m \in \mathbb{Z}$.
If $N=\lfloor \frac{2}{5} \rfloor + \lfloor \frac{2^2}{5} \rfloor +\dots \lfloor \frac{2^{2009}}{5} \rfloor$, what is the remainder when $2^{2010}$ is divided by $N$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 5034 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 5032 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 5031 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 5028 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 5024 $
For every real number $x$, let $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denote the greatest integer not exceeding $x$, and let \[f(x)=\lfloor x\rfloor(2014^{x-\lfloor x\rfloor}-1).\] The set of all numbers $x$ such that $1\leq x<2014$ and $f(x)\leq 1$ is a union of disjoint intervals. What is the sum of the lengths of those intervals? $\textbf{(A) }1\qquad \textbf{(B) }\dfrac{\log 2015}{\log 2014}\qquad \textbf{(C) }\dfrac{\log 2014}{\log 2013}\qquad \textbf{(D) }\dfrac{2014}{2013}\qquad \textbf{(E) }2014^{\frac1{2014}}\qquad$
Let $a_1,a_2,a_3,\ldots,a_n$ be a sequence of non-negative integers, where $n$ is a positive integer. Let \[ A_n={a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n\over n}\ . \] Prove that \[ a_1!a_2!\ldots a_n!\ge\left(\lfloor A_n\rfloor !\right)^n \] where $\lfloor A_n\rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $A_n$, and $a!=1\times 2\times\cdots\times a$ for $a\ge 1$(and $0!=1$). When does equality hold?
Find all positive integers $n$ such that $$\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor + \left\lfloor \frac{n}{\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor} \right \rfloor> 2\sqrt{n}.$$ If $k$ is a real number, then $\lfloor k \rfloor$ means the floor of $k$, this is the greatest integer less than or equal to $k$.
Find the largest positive integer that is equal to the cube of the sum of its digits.
The positive integers from 1 to $n^2$ are placed arbitrarily on the $n^2$ squares of a $n\times n$ chessboard. Two squares are called [i]adjacent[/i] if they have a common side. Show that two opposite corner squares can be joined by a path of $2n-1$ adjacent squares so that the sum of the numbers placed on them is at least $\left\lfloor \frac{n^3} 2 \right\rfloor + n^2 - n + 1$. [i]Radu Gologan[/i]