Found problems: 4776
Let \( f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} \) be a continuous function. A chord is defined as a segment of integer length, parallel to the x-axis, whose endpoints lie on the graph of \( f \). It is known that the graph of \( f \) contains exactly \( N \) chords, one of which has length 2025. Find the minimum possible value of \( N \).
Let $G$ be group with identity $e$ and $\phi :G\to G$ be a function such that :
\[ \phi(g_1)\cdot \phi(g_2)\cdot \phi(g_3)=\phi(h_1)\cdot \phi(h_2)\cdot \phi(h_3) \]
Whenever $g_1\cdot g_2\cdot g_3=e=h_1\cdot h_2\cdot h_3$
Show there exists $a\in G$ such that $\psi(x)=a\phi(x)$ is a homomorphism. (that is $\psi(x\cdot y)=\psi (x)\cdot \psi(y)$ for all $x,y\in G$ )
Show that the improper integral \[ \lim_{B \rightarrow \infty} \displaystyle\int_{0}^{B} \sin (x) \sin (x^2) dx \] converges.
Let $a,b,c$ be reals and
\[f(a, b, c) = \left| \frac{ |b-a|}{|ab|} +\frac{b+a}{ab} -\frac 2c \right| +\frac{ |b-a|}{|ab|} +\frac{b+a}{ab} +\frac 2c\]
Prove that $f(a, b, c) = 4 \max \{\frac 1a, \frac 1b,\frac 1c \}.$
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb N\to \mathbb N$ such that for every positive integer $n$ we have: \[ 2n+2001\leq f(f(n))+f(n)\leq 2n+2002. \]
Let $ x_0$ be a fixed real number, and let $ f$ be a regular complex function in the half-plane $ \Re z>x_0$ for which there exists a nonnegative function $ F \in L_1(- \infty, +\infty)$ satisfying $ |f(\alpha+i\beta)| \leq F(\beta)$ whenever $ \alpha > x_0$ , $ -\infty <\beta < +\infty$. Prove that \[ \int_{\alpha-i \infty} ^{\alpha+i \infty} f(z)dz=0.\]
[i]L. Czach[/i]
Given is a function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $|f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)|\leq 1$.
Prove the existence of an additive function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ (that is $g(x+y)=g(x)+g(y)$) such that $|f(x)-g(x)|\leq 1$ for any $x \in \mathbb{R}$
Find all functions $ f : \mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$ such that $ (x \plus{} y)(f(x) \minus{} f(y)) \equal{} (x \minus{}y)f(x \plus{} y)$ for all $ x, y\in \mathbb R$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}^{+}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that
$x,y\in \mathbb{R}^{+},$ \[ f\left(\frac{y}{f(x+1)}\right)+f\left(\frac{x+1}{xf(y)}\right)=f(y) \]
Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}^+$ $\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that: $f(f(x) + y)f(x) = f(xy + 1) \forall x, y \in \mathbb{R}^+$
$a > 0$ and $b$, $c$ are integers such that $ac$ – $b^2$ is a square-free positive integer P. [hide="For example"] P could be $3*5$, but not $3^2*5$.[/hide] Let $f(n)$ be the number of pairs of integers $d, e$ such that $ad^2 + 2bde + ce^2= n$. Show that$f(n)$ is finite and that $f(n) = f(P^{k}n)$ for every positive integer $k$.
[b]Original Statement:[/b]
Let $a,b,c$ be given integers $a > 0,$ $ac-b^2 = P = P_1 \cdots P_n$ where $P_1 \cdots P_n$ are (distinct) prime numbers. Let $M(n)$ denote the number of pairs of integers $(x,y)$ for which \[ ax^2 + 2bxy + cy^2 = n. \] Prove that $M(n)$ is finite and $M(n) = M(P_k \cdot n)$ for every integer $k \geq 0.$ Note that the "$n$" in $P_N$ and the "$n$" in $M(n)$ do not have to be the same.
$a_1, a_2, ..., a_{95}$ are positive reals. Show that
$\displaystyle \sum_{k=1}^{95}{a_k} \le 94+ \prod_{k=1}^{95}{\max{\{1,a_k\}}}$
Let $\mathbb{Z}_+=\{1,2,3,4...\}$ be the set of all positive integers. Find, with proof, all functions $f : \mathbb{Z}_+ \mapsto \mathbb{Z}_+$ with the property that $$f(x+f(y)+f(f(z)))=z+f(y)+f(f(x))$$ for all positive integers $x,y,z$.
There are two non-decreasing sequences $\{a_i\}$ and $\{b_i\}$ of $n$ real numbers each, such that $a_i\le a_{i+1}$ for each $1\le i\le n-1$, and $b_i\le b_{i+1}$ for each $1\le i\le n-1$, and $\sum_{k=1}^{m}{a_k}\ge \sum_{k=1}^{m}{b_k}$ where $m\le n$ with equality for $m=n$. For a convex function $f$ defined on the real numbers, prove that $\sum_{k=1}^{n}{f(a_k)}\le \sum_{k=1}^{n}{f(b_k)}$.
The graph of $ y \equal{} 2x^2 \plus{} 4x \plus{} 3$ has its:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{lowest point at } {(\minus{}1,9)}\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \text{lowest point at } {(1,1)}\qquad \\
\textbf{(C)}\ \text{lowest point at } {(\minus{}1,1)}\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \text{highest point at } {(\minus{}1,9)}\qquad \\
\textbf{(E)}\ \text{highest point at } {(\minus{}1,1)}$
Inside or on the faces of a tetrahedron with five edges of length $2$ and one edge of lenght $1$, there is a point $P$ having distances $a, b, c, d$ to the four faces of the tetrahedron. Determine the locus of all points $P$ such that $a+b+c+d$ is minimal and the locus of all points $P$ such that $a+b+c+d$ is maximal.
On a board are drawn the points $A,B,C,D$. Yetti constructs the points $A^\prime,B^\prime,C^\prime,D^\prime$ in the following way: $A^\prime$ is the symmetric of $A$ with respect to $B$, $B^\prime$ is the symmetric of $B$ wrt $C$, $C^\prime$ is the symmetric of $C$ wrt $D$ and $D^\prime$ is the symmetric of $D$ wrt $A$.
Suppose that Armpist erases the points $A,B,C,D$. Can Yetti rebuild them?
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[b]Note.[/b] [i]Any similarity to real persons is purely accidental.[/i]
Find the volume of the part bounded by $z=x+y,\ z=x^2+y^2$ in the $xyz$ space.
Find all $ f: \mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ so that :
$ f(n) \plus{} f(n \plus{} 1) \equal{} f(n \plus{} 2)f(n \plus{} 3) \minus{} 1996$
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.$
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{Z} $ satisfying $$ n \mid f\left(m\right) \Longleftrightarrow m \mid \sum\limits_{d \mid n}{f\left(d\right)} $$ holds for all positive integers $ m,n $
Prove that if the function $ f : \mathbb{R}^2 \rightarrow [0,1]$ is continuous and its average on every circle of radius $ 1$ equals the function value at the center of the circle, then $ f$ is constant.
[i]V. Totik[/i]
Point $O$ is inside triangle $ABC$ such that $\angle AOB = \angle BOC = \angle COA = 120^\circ .$ Prove that
\[\frac{AO^2}{BC}+\frac{BO^2}{CA}+\frac{CO^2}{AB} \geq \frac{AO+BO+CO}{\sqrt 3}.\]
[b](a) [/b] Find the minimal distance between the points of the graph of the function $y=\ln x$ from the line $y=x$.
[b](b)[/b] Find the minimal distance between two points, one of the point is in the graph of the function $y=e^x$ and the other point in the graph of the function $y=ln x$.
An ordered quadruple $(y_1,y_2,y_3,y_4)$ is $\textbf{quadratic}$ if there exist real numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$ such that \[y_n=an^2+bn+c\] for $n=1,2,3,4$.
Prove that if $16$ numbers are placed in a $4\times 4$ grid such that all four rows are quadratic and the first three columns are also quadratic then the fourth column must also be quadratic.
[i](We say that a row is quadratic if its entries, in order, are quadratic. We say the same for a column.)[/i]
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