Let $S$ be a finite set, and let $F$ be a family of subsets of $S$ such that a) If $A\subseteq S$, then $A\in F$ if and only if $S\setminus A\notin F$; b) If $A\subseteq B\subseteq S$ and $B\in F$, then $A\in F$. Determine if there must exist a function $f:S\to\mathbb{R}$ such that for every $A\subseteq S$, $A\in F$ if and only if \[\sum_{s\in A}f(s)<\sum_{s\in S\setminus A}f(s).\] [i]Evan O'Dorney.[/i]

Find all monotonic functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ satisfying \[f(f(x) - y) + f(x+y) = 0,\] for every real $x, y$. (Note that monotonic means that function is not increasing or not decreasing)

Find continuous functions $ f(x),\ g(x)$ which takes positive value for any real number $ x$, satisfying $ g(x)\equal{}\int_0^x f(t)\ dt$ and $ \{f(x)\}^2\minus{}\{g(x)\}^2\equal{}1$.

Find all the continuous bounded functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that \[(f(x))^2 -(f(y))^2 = f(x + y)f(x - y) \text{ for all } x, y \in \mathbb R.\]

Let $\mathcal F = \{ f: [0,1] \to [0,\infty) \mid f$ continuous $\}$ and $n$ an integer, $n\geq 2$. Find the smallest real constant $c$ such that for any $f\in \mathcal F$ the following inequality takes place \[ \int^1_0 f \left( \sqrt [n] x \right) dx \leq c \int^1_0 f(x) dx. \]

Find all triplets $(x,y,n)$ of positive integers which satisfy: \[ (x-y)^n=xy \]

Let $a > 1$ and $r > 1$ be real numbers. (a) Prove that if $f : \mathbb{R}^{+}\to\mathbb{ R}^{+}$ is a function satisfying the conditions (i) $f (x)^{2}\leq ax^{r}f (\frac{x}{a})$ for all $x > 0$, (ii) $f (x) < 2^{2000}$ for all $x < \frac{1}{2^{2000}}$, then $f (x) \leq x^{r}a^{1-r}$ for all $x > 0$. (b) Construct a function $f : \mathbb{R}^{+}\to\mathbb{ R}^{+}$ satisfying condition (i) such that for all $x > 0, f (x) > x^{r}a^{1-r}$ .

(a) Show that if $f:[-1,1]\to \mathbb{R}$ is a convex and $C^2$ function such that $f(1),f(-1)\geq 0$, then: \[\min_{x\in[-1,1]} \{f(x)\} \geq - \int_{-1}^1 f''\] (b) Let $B\subset \mathbb{R}^2$ the closed ball with center $0$ and radius $1$. Show that if $f: B \to \mathbb{R}$ is a convex and $C^2$ function and $f\geq 0$ in $\partial B$, then: \[f(0)\geq -\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}} \left( \int_{B} (f_{xx}f_{yy}-f_{xy}^2) \right)^{1/2}\]

Let $ R$ be an infinite ring such that every subring of $ R$ different from $ \{0 \}$ has a finite index in $ R$. (By the index of a subring, we mean the index of its additive group in the additive group of $ R$.) Prove that the additive group of $ R$ is cyclic. [i]L. Lovasz, J. Pelikan[/i]

Let $ n\geq 2$ be natural number. Answer the following questions. (1) Evaluate the definite integral $ \int_1^n x\ln x\ dx.$ (2) Prove the following inequality. $ \frac 12n^2\ln n \minus{} \frac 14(n^2 \minus{} 1) < \sum_{k \equal{} 1}^n k\ln k < \frac 12n^2\ln n \minus{} \frac 14 (n^2 \minus{} 1) \plus{} n\ln n.$ (3) Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty} (1^1\cdot 2^2\cdot 3^3\cdots\cdots n^n)^{\frac {1}{n^2 \ln n}}.$

Find the pairs of functions $ f,g:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ with $ f $ continuous, $ g $ differentiable and satisfying: $$ -\sin g(x) + \int \cos f(x)dx =\cos g(x) +\int \sin f(x)dx $$

A function $ f:\mathbb{R}_{\ge 0}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ has the property that $ \lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{1}{x^2}\int_0^x f(t)dt=1. $ [b]a)[/b] Give an example of what $ f $ could be if it's continuous and $ f/\text{id.} $ doesn't have a limit at $ \infty . $ [b]b)[/b] Prove that if $ f $ is nondecreasing then $ f/\text{id.} $ has a limit at $ \infty , $ and determine it.

In the accompanying figure , $y=f(x)$ is the graph of a one-to-one continuous function $f$ . At each point $P$ on the graph of $y=2x^2$ , assume that the areas $OAP$ and $OBP$ are equal . Here $PA,PB$ are the horizontal and vertical segments . Determine the function $f$. [asy] Label f; xaxis(0,60,blue); yaxis(0,60,blue); real f(real x) { return (x^2)/60; } draw(graph(f,0,53),red); label("$y=x^2$",(30,15),E); real f(real x) { return (x^2)/25; } draw(graph(f,0,38),red); label("$y=2x^2$",(37,37^2/25),E); real f(real x) { return (x^2)/10; } draw(graph(f,0,25),red); label("$y=f(x)$",(24,576/10),W); label("$O(0,0)$",(0,0),S); dot((20,400/25)); dot((20,400/60)); label("$P$",(20,400/25),E); label("$B$",(20,400/60),SE); dot(((4000/25)^(0.5),400/25)); label("$A$",((4000/25)^(0.5),400/25),W); draw((20,400/25)..((4000/25)^(0.5),400/25)); draw((20,400/25)..(20,400/60)); [/asy]

Farmer Tim is lost in the densely-forested Cartesian plane. Starting from the origin he walks a sinusoidal path in search of home; that is, after $t$ minutes he is at position $(t,\sin t)$. Five minutes after he sets out, Alex enters the forest at the origin and sets out in search of Tim. He walks in such a way that after he has been in the forest for $m$ minutes, his position is $(m,\cos t)$. What is the greatest distance between Alex and Farmer Tim while they are walking in these paths?

$f(x)$ is defined for $x \geq 0$ and has a continuous derivative. It satisfies $f(0)=1$, $f'(0)=0$ and $(1+f(x))f''(x)=1+x$. Show that $f$ is increasing and that $f(1) \leq 4/3$.