Found problems: 4776
Let $ I $ be an open real interval, and let be two functions $ f,g:I\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ satisfying the identity:
$$ x,y\in I\wedge x\neq y\implies\frac{f(x)-g(y)}{x-y} +|x-y|\ge 0. $$
[b]a)[/b] Prove that $ f,g $ are nondecreasing.
[b]b)[/b] Give a concrete example for $ f\neq g. $
Suppose that the real numbers $a_0,a_1,\dots,a_n$ and $x,$ with $0<x<1,$ satisfy \[\frac{a_0}{1-x}+\frac{a_1}{1-x^2}+\cdots+\frac{a_n}{1-x^{n+1}}=0.\] Prove that there exists a real number $y$ with $0<y<1$ such that \[a_0+a_1y+\cdots+a_ny^n=0.\]
Two ships sail on the sea with constant speeds and fixed directions. It is known that at $9:00$ the distance between them was $20$ miles; at $9:35$, $15$ miles; and at $9:55$, $13$ miles. At what moment were the ships the smallest distance from each other, and what was that distance ?
Determine whether there exists a polynomial $f(x_1, x_2)$ with two variables, with integer coefficients, and two points $A=(a_1, a_2)$ and $B=(b_1, b_2)$ in the plane, satisfying the following conditions:
(i) $A$ is an integer point (i.e $a_1$ and $a_2$ are integers);
(ii) $|a_1-b_1|+|a_2-b_2|=2010$;
(iii) $f(n_1, n_2)>f(a_1, a_2)$ for all integer points $(n_1, n_2)$ in the plane other than $A$;
(iv) $f(x_1, x_2)>f(b_1, b_2)$ for all integer points $(x_1, x_2)$ in the plane other than $B$.
[i]Massimo Gobbino, Italy[/i]
The sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ is defined by \[x_{0}\in [0, 1], \; x_{n+1}=1-\vert 1-2 x_{n}\vert.\] Prove that the sequence is periodic if and only if $x_{0}$ is irrational.
An integer number $m\geq 1$ is [i]mexica[/i] if it's of the form $n^{d(n)}$, where $n$ is a positive integer and $d(n)$ is the number of positive integers which divide $n$. Find all mexica numbers less than $2019$.
Note. The divisors of $n$ include $1$ and $n$; for example, $d(12)=6$, since $1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12$ are all the positive divisors of $12$.
[i]Proposed by Cuauhtémoc Gómez[/i]
Let $ f:(0,1)\longrightarrow \mathbb{R} $ be a bounded function having the property of Darboux. Then:
[b]a)[/b] There exists $ g:[0,1)\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ with Darboux’s property such that $ g\bigg|_{(0,1)} =f\bigg|_{(0,1)} . $
[b]b)[/b] The function above is uniquely determined if and only if $ f $ has limit at $ 0. $
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ such that for every positive integer $n$ the following is valid: If $d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_s$ are all the positive divisors of $n$, then $$f(d_1)f(d_2)\ldots f(d_s)=n.$$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the following condition for any real numbers $x{}$ and $y$ $$f(x)+f(x+y) \leq f(xy)+f(y).$$
Let $ k\geq 1 $ and let $ I_{1},\dots, I_{k} $ be non-degenerate subintervals of the interval $ [0, 1] $. Prove that
\[ \sum \frac{1}{\left | I_{i}\cup I_{j} \right |} \geq k^{2} \]
where the summation is over all pairs $ (i, j) $ of indices such that $I_i\cap I_j\neq \emptyset$.
Can the equation $f(g(h(x))) = 0$, where $f$, $g$, $h$ are quadratic polynomials, have the solutions $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8$?
[i]S. Tokarev[/i]
Let $f:[a,b]\to\mathbb R$ be a continous function with the property that there exists a constant $\lambda\in\mathbb R$ so that for every $x\in[a,b]$ there exists a $y\in[a,b]-\{x\}$ s.t. $\int_x^yf(x)dx=\lambda$. Prove that the function $f$ has at least two zeros in $(a,b)$.
[i]Eugen Paltanea[/i]
The function $f : R \to R$ satisfies $f(3x) = 3f(x) - 4f(x)^3$ for all real $x$ and is continuous at $x = 0$. Show that $|f(x)| \le 1$ for all $x$.
Let $ AB$ be the diameter of a given circle with radius $ 1$ unit, and let $ P$ be a given point on $ AB$. A line through $ P$ meets the circle at points $ C$ and $ D$, so a convex quadrilateral $ ABCD$ is formed. Find the maximum possible area of the quadrilateral.
Show that there exists a continuos function $f: [0,1]\rightarrow [0,1]$ such that it has no periodic orbit of order $3$ but it has a periodic orbit of order $5$.
Find at least one function $f: \mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$ such that $f(0)=0$ and $f(2x+1) = 3f(x) + 5$ for any real $x$.
Sketch the graph of the derivative and the graph of the integral of a function given by a free-hand graph.
Find all triples $(f,g,h)$ of injective functions from the set of real numbers to itself satisfying
\begin{align*}
f(x+f(y)) &= g(x) + h(y) \\
g(x+g(y)) &= h(x) + f(y) \\
h(x+h(y)) &= f(x) + g(y)
\end{align*}
for all real numbers $x$ and $y$. (We say a function $F$ is [i]injective[/i] if $F(a)\neq F(b)$ for any distinct real numbers $a$ and $b$.)
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
Find all functions $f : Z \to Z$ satisfying
$\bullet$ $ f(p) > 0$ for all prime numbers $p$,
$\bullet$ $p| (f(x) + f(p))^{f(p)}- x$ for all $x \in Z$ and all prime numbers $p$.
Let be a function $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}_{\ge 0} $ that admits primitives and such that $ \lim_{x\to 0 } \frac{f(x)}{x} =0. $ Prove that the function $ g:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} , $ defined as
$$ g(x)=\left\{ \begin{matrix} f(x)/x ,&\quad x\neq 0\\ 0,& \quad x=0 \end{matrix} \right. , $$
is primitivable.
Let $f(x)$ be a function such that every straight line has the same number of intersection points with the graph $y = f(x)$ and with the graph $y = x^2$. Prove that $f(x) = x^2.$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that for all real numbers $x$ and $y$,
$$f(x^2)+2f(xy)=xf(x+y)+yf(x).$$
[i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Kosovo[/i]
For every pair of positive integers $(x, y)$ we de fine $f(x,y)$ as follows:
$f(x,1) = x$
$f(x,y) = 0$ if $y > x$
$f(x +1,y) = y[f(x,y)+ f(x, y-1)]$
Evaluate $f(5, 5)$.
A set $M$ of positive integers is called [i]connected[/i] if for any element $x\in M$ at least one of the numbers $x-1,x+1$ is in $M$. Let $U_n$ be the number of the connected subsets of $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$.
a) Compute $U_7$;
b) Find the smallest number $n$ such that $U_n \geq 2006$.
Let be two functions $ f,g:\mathbb{R}_{\ge 0 }\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ having that properties that $ f $ is continuous, $ g $ is nondecreasing and unbounded, and for any sequence of rational numbers $ \left( x_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ that diverges to $ \infty , $ we have $$ 1=\lim_{n\to\infty } f\left( x_n \right) g\left( x_n \right) . $$
Prove that $1=\lim_{x\to\infty } f\left( x \right) g\left( x \right) . $
[i]Radu Gologan[/i]