Olympiad problems

2018 District Olympiad, 1

Prove that $\left\{ \frac{m}{n}\right\}+\left\{ \frac{n}{m}\right\} \ne 1$ , for any positive integers $m, n$.

2012 District Olympiad, 1

Tags: equation , fractional part , integer part , floor , algebra

Solve in $ \mathbb{R} $ the equation $ [x]^5+\{ x\}^5 =x^5, $ where $ [],\{\} $ are the integer part, respectively, the fractional part.

2006 Mathematics for Its Sake, 1

Tags: algebra , equation , fractional part , floor

Solve in the set of real numbers the equation $$ 16\{ x \}^2-8x=-1, $$ where $ \{\} $ denotes the fractional part.

2024 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, P2

Tags: number theory , fractional part

For any positive integer $n{}$ define $a_n=\{n/s(n)\}$ where $s(\cdot)$ denotes the sum of the digits and $\{\cdot\}$ denotes the fractional part.[list=a] [*]Prove that there exist infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that $a_n=1/2.$ [*]Determine the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $a_n=1/6.$ [/list] [i]Marius Burtea[/i]

2020 Iran Team Selection Test, 5

Tags: fractional part , divisibility , algebra

For every positive integer $k>1$ prove that there exist a real number $x$ so that for every positive integer $n<1398$: $$\left\{x^n\right\}<\left\{x^{n-1}\right\} \Longleftrightarrow k\mid n.$$ [i]Proposed by Mohammad Amin Sharifi[/i]

2003 Gheorghe Vranceanu, 1

Tags: number theory , fractional part , base 10

Find all nonnegative numbers $ n $ which have the property that $ a_{2}\neq 9, $ where $ \sum_{i=1}^{\infty } a_i10^{-i} $ is the decimal representation of the fractional part of $ \sqrt{n(n+1)} . $

2023 Brazil Cono Sur TST, 4

Tags: fractional part , inequality

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that $n\sqrt{19}\{n\sqrt{19}\} > 1$, where $\{x\}$ denotes the fractional part of $x$.

2000 IMO Shortlist, 2

Tags: floor function , fractional part , algebra

Let $ a, b, c$ be positive integers satisfying the conditions $ b > 2a$ and $ c > 2b.$ Show that there exists a real number $ \lambda$ with the property that all the three numbers $ \lambda a, \lambda b, \lambda c$ have their fractional parts lying in the interval $ \left(\frac {1}{3}, \frac {2}{3} \right].$

2003 Argentina National Olympiad, 1

Tags: floor function , fractional part , algebra

Find all positive numbers $x$ such that:$$\frac{1}{[x]}-\frac{1}{[2x]}=\frac{1}{6\{x\}}$$ where $[x]$ represents the integer part of $x$ and $\{x\}=x-[x]$.

2011 Laurențiu Duican, 3

Tags: real analysis , function , continuity , fractional part

Let be two continuous functions $ f:[0,\infty )\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ satisfying the following equations: $$ \lim_{x\to\infty } f(x) =\infty =\lim_{x\to\infty } g(x) $$ Prove that there exists a divergent sequence $ \left( k_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ of nonnegative integers which has the property that each term (function) of the sequence of functions $ \left( h_{n} \right)_{n\ge 1} :[0,\infty )\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ defined as $$ h_{n} (x) =f\left( k_n+g(x) -\left\lfloor g(x) \right\rfloor \right) , $$ doesn't have limit at $ \infty . $ [i]Romeo Ilie[/i]

2017 Romania Team Selection Test, P4

Tags: prime , arithmetic mean , fractional part , odd , quadratic residue , number theory

Given a positive odd integer $n$, show that the arithmetic mean of fractional parts $\{\frac{k^{2n}}{p}\}, k=1,..., \frac{p-1}{2}$ is the same for infinitely many primes $p$ .

2011 Laurențiu Duican, 1

Tags: integer part , fractional part , floor , equation , algebra

Solve in the real numbers the equation $ 2^{1+x} =2^{[x]} +2^{\{x\}} , $ where $ [],\{\} $ deonotes the ineger and fractional part, respectively. [i]Aurel Bârsan[/i]

2002 District Olympiad, 1

Tags: algebra , fractional part

Prove the identity $ \left[ \frac{3+x}{6} \right] -\left[ \frac{4+x}{6} \right] +\left[ \frac{5+x}{6} \right] =\left[ \frac{1+x}{2} \right] -\left[ \frac{1+x}{3} \right] ,\quad\forall x\in\mathbb{R} , $ where $ [] $ is the integer part. [i]C. Mortici[/i]

2019 Ramnicean Hope, 3

Tags: algebra , inequalities , equalities , fractional part

For this exercise, $ \{\} $ denotes the fractional part. [b]a)[/b] Let be a natural number $ n. $ Compare $ \left\{ \sqrt{n+1} -\sqrt{n} \right\} $ with $ \left\{ \sqrt{n} -\sqrt{n-1} \right\} . $ [b]b)[/b] Show that there are two distinct natural numbers $ a,b, $ such that $ \left\{ \sqrt{a} -\sqrt{b} \right\} =\left\{ \sqrt{b} -\sqrt{a} \right\} . $ [i]Traian Preda[/i]

2012 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 3

Tags: number theory , fractional part , solve- integer part , integer part , solve- fractional part , algebra

Solve for real $x$ : $2^{2x} \cdot 2^{3\{x\}} = 11 \cdot 2^{5\{x\}} + 5 \cdot 2^{2[x]}$ (For a real number $x, [x]$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to x. For instance, $[2.5] = 2$, $[-3.1] = -4$, $[\pi ] = 3$. For a real number $x, \{x\}$ is defined as $x - [x]$.)

V Soros Olympiad 1998 - 99 (Russia), 9.3

Tags: algebra , fractional part , system of equations

Solve the system of equations: $$\begin{cases} x + [y] + \{z\}=3.9 \\ y + [z] + \{x\}= 3.5 \\ z + [x] + \{y\}= 2. \end{cases}$$

2010 Mathcenter Contest, 2

Tags: fractional part , number theory , algebra

A positive rational number $x$ is called [i]banzai [/i] if the following conditions are met: $\bullet$ $x=\frac{p}{q}>1$ where $p,q$ are comprime natural numbers $\bullet$ exist constants $\alpha,N$ such that for all integers $n\geq N$,$$\mid \left\{\,x^n\right\} -\alpha\mid \leq \dfrac{1}{2(p+q)}.$$ Find the total number of banzai numbers. Note:$\left\{\,x\right\}$ means fractional part of $x$ [i](tatari/nightmare)[/i]

2016 District Olympiad, 2

Tags: algebra , number theory , perfect square , fractional part , equation

If $ a,n $ are two natural numbers corelated by the equation $ \left\{ \sqrt{n+\sqrt n}\right\} =\left\{ \sqrt a\right\} , $ then $ 1+4a $ is a perfect square. Justify this statement. Here, $ \{\} $ is the usual fractionary part.

2008 Gheorghe Vranceanu, 1

Tags: floor function , number theory , fractional part , integer part

At what index the harmonic series has a fractional part of $ 1/12? $

2007 Nicolae Coculescu, 1

Tags: equation , floor , fractional part , algebra

Let be two real numbers $ x,y, $ and a natural number $ n_0 $ such that $ \{ n_0x \} = \{ n_0y \} $ and $ \{ (n_0+1)x \} = \{ (n_0+1)y \} ,$ where $ \{\} $ denotes the fractional part. Show that $ \{ nx \} =\{ ny \} , $ for any natural number $ n. $ [i]Ovidiu Pop[/i]

2024 District Olympiad, P2

Tags: algebra , sequence , fractional part

Consider the sequence $(a_n)_{n\geqslant 1}$ defined by $a_1=1/2$ and $2n\cdot a_{n+1}=(n+1)a_n.$[list=a] [*]Determine the general formula for $a_n.$ [*]Let $b_n=a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n.$ Prove that $\{b_n\}-\{b_{n+1}\}\neq \{b_{n+1}\}-\{b_{n+2}\}.$ [/list]

2024 Romania National Olympiad, 2

Tags: algebra , fractional part

Let $a$ and $b$ be two numbers in the interval $(0,1)$ such that $a$ is rational and [center]$\{na\} \ge \{nb\},$ for every nonnegative integer $n.$[/center] Prove that $a=b.$ (Note: $\{x\}$ is the fractional part of $x.$)

2006 Cezar Ivănescu, 2

Tags: albegra , fractional part , number theory , algebra

[b]a)[/b] Prove that $ \{ a \} +\{ 1/a \} <3/2, $ for any positive real number $ a. $ [b]b)[/b] Give an example of a number $ b $ satisfying $ \{ b \} +\{ 1/b \} =1. $ [i]{} means fractional part[/i]

2010 IFYM, Sozopol, 6

Tags: algebra , fractional part

Let $n\geq 3$ be a natural number and $x\in \mathbb{R}$, for which $\{ x\} =\{ x^2\} =\{ x^n\} $ (with $\{ x\} $ we denote the fractional part of $x$). Prove that $x$ is an integer.

2001 Tuymaada Olympiad, 7

Tags: integer , fractional part , algebra

Several rational numbers were written on the blackboard. Dima wrote off their fractional parts on paper. Then all the numbers on the board squared, and Dima wrote off another paper with fractional parts of the resulting numbers. It turned out that on Dima's papers were written the same sets of numbers (maybe in different order). Prove that the original numbers on the board were integers. (The fractional part of a number $x$ is such a number $\{x\}, 0 \le \{x\} <1$, that $x-\{x\}$ is an integer.)