Express \[ \sum_{k=0}^n (-1)^k (n-k)!(n+k)! \] in closed form.

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 $f(a, b, c) = 4 \max \{\frac 1a, \frac 1b,\frac 1c \}.$

What is the hundreds digit of $2011^{2011}$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 1 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 5 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 9 $

Let $\mathbb R$ be the real numbers. Set $S = \{1, -1\}$ and define a function $\operatorname{sign} : \mathbb R \to S$ by \[ \operatorname{sign} (x) = \begin{cases} 1 & \text{if } x \ge 0; \\ -1 & \text{if } x < 0. \end{cases} \] Fix an odd integer $n$. Determine whether one can find $n^2+n$ real numbers $a_{ij}, b_i \in S$ (here $1 \le i, j \le n$) with the following property: Suppose we take any choice of $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n \in S$ and consider the values \begin{align*} y_i &= \operatorname{sign} \left( \sum_{j=1}^n a_{ij} x_j \right), \quad \forall 1 \le i \le n; \\ z &= \operatorname{sign} \left( \sum_{i=1}^n y_i b_i \right) \end{align*} Then $z=x_1 x_2 \dots x_n$.

Suppose that $f$ is a function on the interval $[1,3]$ such that $-1\le f(x)\le 1$ for all $x$ and $\displaystyle \int_1^3f(x)\,dx=0.$ How large can $\displaystyle\int_1^3\frac{f(x)}x\,dx$ be?

Let $F$ be the set of all polynomials $\Gamma$ such that all the coefficients of $\Gamma (x)$ are integers and $\Gamma (x) = 1$ has integer roots. Given a positive intger $k$, find the smallest integer $m(k) > 1$ such that there exist $\Gamma \in F$ for which $\Gamma (x) = m(k)$ has exactly $k$ distinct integer roots.

Let $ f$ be a differentiable real function and let $ M$ be a positive real number. Prove that if \[ |f(x\plus{}t)\minus{}2f(x)\plus{}f(x\minus{}t)| \leq Mt^2 \; \textrm{for all}\ \;x\ \; \textrm{and}\ \;t\ , \] then \[ |f'(x\plus{}t)\minus{}f'(x)| \leq M|t|.\] [i]J. Szabados[/i]

Prove or disprove the following statements: (a) There exists a monotone function $f : [0, 1] \rightarrow [0, 1]$ such that for each $y \in [0, 1]$ the equation $f(x) = y$ has uncountably many solutions $x$. (b) There exists a continuously differentiable function $f : [0, 1] \rightarrow [0, 1]$ such that for each $y \in [0, 1]$ the equation $f(x) = y$ has uncountably many solutions $x$.

Find the integer solutions of the equation \[ \left[ \sqrt{2m} \right] = \left[ n(2+\sqrt 2) \right] \]

Find all functions $ f :\mathbb{R}_{0}^{+}\mapsto\mathbb{R}_{0}^{+} $ satisfying the conditions $4f(x)\geq 3x$ and $f(4f(x)-3x)=x$ for all $x\geq 0$ .

Find the smallest real $ K$ such that for each $ x,y,z\in\mathbb R^{ \plus{} }$: \[ x\sqrt y \plus{} y\sqrt z \plus{} z\sqrt x\leq K\sqrt {(x \plus{} y)(y \plus{} z)(z \plus{} x)} \]

Let $ ABC$ be a triangle, and $ A$, $ B$, $ C$ its angles. Prove that \[ \sin\frac{3A}{2}+\sin\frac{3B}{2}+\sin\frac{3C}{2}\leq \cos\frac{A-B}{2}+\cos\frac{B-C}{2}+\cos\frac{C-A}{2}. \]

Let $ p>2 $ be a prime number. For any permutation $ \pi = ( \pi(1) , \pi(2) , \cdots , \pi(p) ) $ of the set $ S = \{ 1, 2, \cdots , p \} $, let $ f( \pi ) $ denote the number of multiples of $ p $ among the following $ p $ numbers: \[ \pi(1) , \pi(1) + \pi(2) , \cdots , \pi(1) + \pi(2) + \cdots + \pi(p) \] Determine the average value of $ f( \pi) $ taken over all permutations $ \pi $ of $ S $.

Let $ K_n(n=1,2,\ldots)$ be periodical continuous functions of period $ 2 \pi$, and write \[ k_n(f;x)= \int_0^{2\pi}f(t)K_n(x-t)dt .\] Prove that the following statements are equivalent: (i) $ \int_0^{2\pi}|k_n(f;x)-f(x)|dx \rightarrow 0 \;(n \rightarrow \infty)$ for all $ f \in \mathcal{L}_1[0,2 \pi]$. (ii) $ k_n(f;0) \rightarrow f(0)$ for all continuous, $ 2 \pi$-periodic functions $ f$. [i]V. Totik[/i]

Given an integer $n\ge 4$. $S=\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$. $A,B$ are two subsets of $S$ such that for every pair of $(a,b),a\in A,b\in B, ab+1$ is a perfect square. Prove that \[\min \{|A|,|B|\}\le\log _2n.\]