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2005 Purple Comet Problems, 19

Tags: function
Let $x$ and $y$ be integers satisfying both $x^2 - 16x + 3y = 20$ and $y^2 + 4y - x = -12$. Find $x + y$.

2011 India IMO Training Camp, 3

Let $\{a_0,a_1,\ldots\}$ and $\{b_0,b_1,\ldots\}$ be two infinite sequences of integers such that \[(a_{n}-a_{n-1})(a_n-a_{n-2}) +(b_n-b_{n-1})(b_n-b_{n-2})=0\] for all integers $n\geq 2$. Prove that there exists a positive integer $k$ such that \[a_{k+2011}=a_{k+2011^{2011}}.\]

1989 Austrian-Polish Competition, 7

Functions $f_0, f_1,f_2,...$ are recursively defined by $f_0(x) = x$ and $f_{2k+1} (x) = 3^{f_{2k}(x)}$ and $f_{2k+2} = 2^{f_{2k+1}(x)}$, $k = 0,1,2,...$ for all $x \in R$. Find the greater one of the numbers $f_{10}(1)$ and $f_9(2)$.

2015 ISI Entrance Examination, 8

Find all the functions $f:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that $$|f(x)-f(y)| = 2 |x - y| $$

2008 Mathcenter Contest, 6

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying the equation \[ f(x^2+y^2+2f(xy)) = (f(x+y))^2. \] for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$.

2012 Germany Team Selection Test, 3

Determine all pairs $(f,g)$ of functions from the set of real numbers to itself that satisfy \[g(f(x+y)) = f(x) + (2x + y)g(y)\] for all real numbers $x$ and $y$. [i]Proposed by Japan[/i]

2006 Romania Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: function , algebra
Let $r$ and $s$ be two rational numbers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb Q \to \mathbb Q$ such that for all $x,y\in\mathbb Q$ we have \[ f(x+f(y)) = f(x+r)+y+s. \]

2007 VJIMC, Problem 4

Let $f:[0,1]\to[0,\infty)$ be an arbitrary function satisfying $$\frac{f(x)+f(y)}2\le f\left(\frac{x+y}2\right)+1$$ for all pairs $x,y\in[0,1]$. Prove that for all $0\le u<v<w\le1$, $$\frac{w-v}{w-u}f(u)+\frac{v-u}{w-u}f(w)\le f(v)+2.$$

2010 Putnam, A3

Suppose that the function $h:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ has continuous partial derivatives and satisfies the equation \[h(x,y)=a\frac{\partial h}{\partial x}(x,y)+b\frac{\partial h}{\partial y}(x,y)\] for some constants $a,b.$ Prove that if there is a constant $M$ such that $|h(x,y)|\le M$ for all $(x,y)$ in $\mathbb{R}^2,$ then $h$ is identically zero.

1985 AMC 12/AHSME, 19

Consider the graphs $ y \equal{} Ax^2$ and and $ y^2 \plus{} 3 \equal{} x^2 \plus{} 4y$, where $ A$ is a positive constant and $ x$ and $ y$ are real variables. In how many points do the two graphs intersect? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{exactly } 4 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{exactly } 2$ $ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{at least } 1, \text{ but the number varies for different positive values of } A$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ 0 \text{ for at least one positive value of } A \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these}$

1972 IMO, 2

$f$ and $g$ are real-valued functions defined on the real line. For all $x$ and $y, f(x+y)+f(x-y)=2f(x)g(y)$. $f$ is not identically zero and $|f(x)|\le1$ for all $x$. Prove that $|g(x)|\le1$ for all $x$.

2008 Poland - Second Round, 3

Tags: function , algebra
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ for which the equality \[f(f(x)\minus{}y)\equal{}f(x)\plus{}f(f(y)\minus{}f(\minus{}x))\plus{}x\] holds for all real $x,y$.

2007 Bulgaria National Olympiad, 3

Find the least positive integer $n$ such that $\cos\frac{\pi}{n}$ cannot be written in the form $p+\sqrt{q}+\sqrt[3]{r}$ with $p,q,r\in\mathbb{Q}$. [i]O. Mushkarov, N. Nikolov[/i] [hide]No-one in the competition scored more than 2 points[/hide]

2008 Baltic Way, 12

In a school class with $ 3n$ children, any two children make a common present to exactly one other child. Prove that for all odd $ n$ it is possible that the following holds: For any three children $ A$, $ B$ and $ C$ in the class, if $ A$ and $ B$ make a present to $ C$ then $ A$ and $ C$ make a present to $ B$.

2010 AMC 12/AHSME, 25

Tags: function
For every integer $ n\ge 2$, let $ \text{pow}(n)$ be the largest power of the largest prime that divides $ n$. For example $ \text{pow}(144)\equal{}\text{pow}(2^4\cdot 3^2)\equal{}3^2$. What is the largest integer $ m$ such that $ 2010^m$ divides \[ \prod_{n\equal{}2}^{5300}\text{pow}(n)\text{?}\] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 74 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 75 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 76 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 77 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 78$

2020 OMpD, 4

Let $\mathbb{R}^+$ the set of positive real numbers. Determine all the functions $f, g: \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that, for all positive real numbers $x, y$ we have that $$f(x + g(y)) = f(x + y) + g(y) \text{ and } g(x + f(y)) = g(x + y) + f(y)$$

1995 Iran MO (2nd round), 2

Let $n \geq 0$ be an integer. Prove that \[ \lceil \sqrt n +\sqrt{n+1}+\sqrt{n+2} \rceil = \lceil \sqrt{9n+8} \rceil\] Where $\lceil x \rceil $ is the smallest integer which is greater or equal to $x.$

2005 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 47

Find the condition of $a,b$ for which the function $f(x)\ (0\leq x\leq 2\pi)$ satisfying the following equality can be determined uniquely,then determine $f(x)$, assuming that $f(x) $ is a continuous function at $0\leq x\leq 2\pi$. \[f(x)=\frac{a}{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi} \sin (x+y)f(y)dy+\frac{b}{2\pi}\int_0^{2\pi} \cos (x-y)f(y)dy+\sin x+\cos x\]

2001 Taiwan National Olympiad, 5

Let $f(n)=\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}x^ky^{n-1-k}$ with, $x$, $y$ real numbers. If $f(n)$, $f(n+1)$, $f(n+2)$, $f(n+3)$, are integers for some $n$, prove $f(n)$ is integer for all $n$.

2012 China Team Selection Test, 2

Given two integers $m,n$ which are greater than $1$. $r,s$ are two given positive real numbers such that $r<s$. For all $a_{ij}\ge 0$ which are not all zeroes,find the maximal value of the expression \[f=\frac{(\sum_{j=1}^{n}(\sum_{i=1}^{m}a_{ij}^s)^{\frac{r}{s}})^{\frac{1}{r}}}{(\sum_{i=1}^{m})\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_{ij}^r)^{\frac{s}{r}})^{\frac{1}{s}}}.\]

PEN K Problems, 15

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z}\to \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all $m,n\in \mathbb{Z}$: \[f(m+f(n))=f(m)-n.\]

1979 Bulgaria National Olympiad, Problem 4

For each real number $k$, denote by $f(k)$ the larger of the two roots of the quadratic equation $$(k^2+1)x^2+10kx-6(9k^2+1)=0.$$Show that the function $f(k)$ attains a minimum and maximum and evaluate these two values.

2010 Greece Team Selection Test, 4

Tags: function , algebra
Find all functions $ f:\mathbb{R^{\ast }}\rightarrow \mathbb{ R^{\ast }}$ satisfying $f(\frac{f(x)}{f(y)})=\frac{1}{y}f(f(x))$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R^{\ast }}$ and are strictly monotone in $(0,+\infty )$

2001 Canada National Olympiad, 1

[b]Randy:[/b] "Hi Rachel, that's an interesting quadratic equation you have written down. What are its roots?'' [b]Rachel:[/b] "The roots are two positive integers. One of the roots is my age, and the other root is the age of my younger brother, Jimmy.'' [b]Randy:[/b] "That is very neat! Let me see if I can figure out how old you and Jimmy are. That shouldn't be too difficult since all of your coefficients are integers. By the way, I notice that the sum of the three coefficients is a prime number.'' [b]Rachel:[/b] "Interesting. Now figure out how old I am.'' [b]Randy:[/b] "Instead, I will guess your age and substitute it for $x$ in your quadratic equation $\dots$ darn, that gives me $-55$, and not $0$.'' [b]Rachel:[/b] "Oh, leave me alone!'' (1) Prove that Jimmy is two years old. (2) Determine Rachel's age.

2014 Math Prize For Girls Problems, 19

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Let $(a, b, c)$ be a random ordered triple of nonnegative integers such that $a + b + c = n$, chosen uniformly at random from among all such triples. Let $M_n$ be the expected value (average value) of the largest of $a$, $b$, and $c$. As $n$ approaches infinity, what value does $\frac{M_n}{n}$ approach?