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Gheorghe Țițeica 2025, P2

Let $f:[0,1]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function. Prove that $$\int_0^{\pi/2}f(\sin(2x))\sin x\, dx = \int_0^{\pi/2} f(\cos^2 x)\cos x\, dx.$$

2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina Team Selection Test, 6

Let $a_1$, $a_2$,...,$a_n$ be constant real numbers and $x$ be variable real number $x$. Let $f(x)=cos(a_1+x)+\frac{cos(a_2+x)}{2}+\frac{cos(a_3+x)}{2^2}+...+\frac{cos(a_n+x)}{2^{n-1}}$. If $f(x_1)=f(x_2)=0$, prove that $x_1-x_2=m\pi$, where $m$ is integer.

1983 AIME Problems, 3

What is the product of the real roots of the equation \[x^2 + 18x + 30 = 2 \sqrt{x^2 + 18x + 45}\,\,?\]

2014 Singapore Senior Math Olympiad, 4

Tags: function
Find the smallest number among the following numbers: $ \textbf{(A) }\sqrt{55}-\sqrt{52}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\sqrt{56}-\sqrt{53}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\sqrt{77}-\sqrt{74}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\sqrt{88}-\sqrt{85}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\sqrt{70}-\sqrt{67} $

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 791

Let $S$ be the domain in the coordinate plane determined by two inequalities: \[y\geq \frac 12x^2,\ \ \frac{x^2}{4}+4y^2\leq \frac 18.\] Denote by $V_1$ the volume of the solid by a rotation of $S$ about the $x$-axis and by $V_2$, by a rotation of $S$ about the $y$-axis. (1) Find the values of $V_1,\ V_2$. (2) Compare the size of the value of $\frac{V_2}{V_1}$ and 1.

2008 Romania National Olympiad, 1

Let $ a>0$ and $ f: [0,\infty) \to [0,a]$ be a continuous function on $ (0,\infty)$ and having Darboux property on $ [0,\infty)$. Prove that if $ f(0)\equal{}0$ and for all nonnegative $ x$ we have \[ xf(x) \geq \int^x_0 f(t) dt ,\] then $ f$ admits primitives on $ [0,\infty)$.

1997 Korea - Final Round, 3

Tags: function , algebra
Find all pairs of functions $ f, g: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ such that [list] (i) if $ x < y$, then $ f(x) < f(y)$; (ii) $ f(xy) \equal{} g(y)f(x) \plus{} f(y)$ for all $ x, y \in \mathbb R$. [/list]

2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 513

Find the constants $ a,\ b,\ c$ such that a function $ f(x)\equal{}a\sin x\plus{}b\cos x\plus{}c$ satisfies the following equation for any real numbers $ x$. \[ 5\sin x\plus{}3\cos x\plus{}1\plus{}\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}} (\sin x\plus{}\cos t)f(t)\ dt\equal{}f(x).\]

2010 Indonesia TST, 3

For every natural number $ n $, define $ s(n) $ as the smallest natural number so that for every natural number $ a $ relatively prime to $n$, this equation holds: \[ a^{s(n)} \equiv 1 (mod n) \] Find all natural numbers $ n $ such that $ s(n) = 2010 $

2001 Nordic, 2

Let ${f}$ be a bounded real function defined for all real numbers and satisfying for all real numbers ${x}$ the condition ${ f \Big(x+\frac{1}{3}\Big) + f \Big(x+\frac{1}{2}\Big)=f(x)+ f \Big(x+\frac{5}{6}\Big)}$ . Show that ${f}$ is periodic.

2018 Bulgaria EGMO TST, 3

Find all one-to-one mappings $f:\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ such that for all positive integers $n$ the following relation holds: \[ f(f(n)) \leq \frac {n+f(n)} 2 . \]

2014 BMO TST, 4

Tags: function , algebra
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(x)f(y)=f(x+y)+xy$ for all $x,y\in \mathbb{R}$.

2018 ELMO Shortlist, 1

Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a bijective function. Does there always exist an infinite number of functions $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f(g(x))=g(f(x))$ for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$? [i]Proposed by Daniel Liu[/i]

2010 Stanford Mathematics Tournament, 4

Tags: function
If $x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=7,$ find all possible values of $x^5+\frac{1}{x^5}.$

2007 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 3

Consider a function $f:\mathbb N\rightarrow \mathbb N$ such that for any two positive integers $x,y$, the equation $f(xf(y))=yf(x)$ holds. Find the smallest possible value of $f(2007)$.

1986 Iran MO (2nd round), 1

Let $f$ be a function such that \[f(x)=\frac{(x^2-2x+1) \sin \frac{1}{x-1}}{\sin \pi x}.\] Find the limit of $f$ in the point $x_0=1.$

2005 Iran Team Selection Test, 3

Suppose $S= \{1,2,\dots,n\}$ and $n \geq 3$. There is $f:S^k \longmapsto S$ that if $a,b \in S^k$ and $a$ and $b$ differ in all of elements then $f(a) \neq f(b)$. Prove that $f$ is a function of one of its elements.

1974 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 4

Let $\mathcal M$ be the set of all polynomial functions $f$ of degree at most 3 such that \[\forall x\in[-1,1]:\ |f(x)|\le 1.\] Denote $a$ the (possibly zero) coefficient of $f$ at $x^3.$ Show that there is a positive number $k$ such that \[\forall f\in\mathcal M:\ |a|\le k\] and find the least $k$ with this property.

2013 Princeton University Math Competition, 2

What is the smallest positive integer $n$ such that $2013^n$ ends in $001$ (i.e. the rightmost three digits of $2013^n$ are $001$?

2003 China Team Selection Test, 2

Find all functions $f,g$:$R \to R$ such that $f(x+yg(x))=g(x)+xf(y)$ for $x,y \in R$.

2014 Miklós Schweitzer, 2

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 $I_i\cap I_j\neq \emptyset$.

2015 HMNT, 10-18

10) Call a string of letters $S$ an [i]almost-palindrome[/i] if $S$ and the reverse of $S$ differ in exactly $2$ places. Find the number of ways to order the letters in $HMMTTHEMETEAM$ to get an almost-palindrome. 11) Find all integers $n$, not necessarily positive, for which there exist positive integers ${a,b,c}$ satisfying $a^n + b^n = c^n$. 12) Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers. Determine the minimum possible value of $\sqrt{a^2 + b^2} + \sqrt{a^2 + (b-1)^2} + \sqrt{(a-1)^2 + b^2} + \sqrt{(a-1)^2 + (b-1)^2}$. 13) Consider a $4$ x $4$ grid of squares, each originally colored red. Every minute, Piet can jump on any of the squares, changing the color of it and any adjacent squares to blue (two squares are adjacent if they share a side). What is the minimum number of minutes it will take Piet to change the entire grid to blue? 14) Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$. Let ${D,E}$ be the feet of the ${A,B}$-altitudes, respectively. Given that $\overline{AH} = 20$ and $\overline{HD} =16$ and $\overline{BE} = 56$, find the length of $\overline{BH}$. 15) Find the smallest positive integer $b$ such that $1111 _b$ ($1111$ in base $b$) is a perfect square. If no such $b$ exists, write "No Solution" 16) For how many triples $( {x,y,z} )$ of integers between $-10$ and $10$, inclusive, do there exist reals ${a,b,c}$ that satisfy $ab = x$ $ac = y$ $bc = z$? 17) Unit squares $ABCD$ and $EFGH$ have centers $O_1$ and $O_2$, respectively, and are originally oriented so that $B$ and $E$ are at the same position and $C$ and $H$ are at the same position. The squares then rotate clockwise around their centers at a rate of one revolution per hour. After $5$ minutes, what is the area of the intersection of the two squares? 18) A function $f$ satisfies, for all nonnegative integers $x$ and $y$, $f(x,0) = f(0,x) = x$ If $x \ge y \ge 0$, $f(x,y)=f(x-y,y)+1$ If $y \ge x \ge 0$, $f(x,y) = f(x,y-x)+1$ Find the maximum value of $f$ over $0 \le x,y \le 100$.

2024 Euler Olympiad, Round 2, 2

Tags: function , euler , algebra
Find all pairs of function $f : Q \rightarrow R$ and $g : Q \rightarrow R,$ for which equations \begin{align*} f(x+y) &= f(x) f(y) + g(x) g(y) \\ g(x+y) &= f(x)g(y) + g(x)f(y) + g(x)g(y) \end{align*} holds for all rational numbers $x$ and $y.$ [i]Proposed by Gurgen Asatryan, Armenia [/i]

2016 Balkan MO Shortlist, A6

Prove that there is no function from positive real numbers to itself, $f : (0,+\infty)\to(0,+\infty)$ such that: $f(f(x) + y) = f(x) + 3x + yf(y)$ ,for every $x,y \in (0,+\infty)$ by Greece, Athanasios Kontogeorgis (aka socrates)

2023 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

Let $m,n \geqslant 2$ be integers, let $X$ be a set with $n$ elements, and let $X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_m$ be pairwise distinct non-empty, not necessary disjoint subset of $X$. A function $f \colon X \to \{1,2,\ldots,n+1\}$ is called [i]nice[/i] if there exists an index $k$ such that \[\sum_{x \in X_k} f(x)>\sum_{x \in X_i} f(x) \quad \text{for all } i \ne k.\] Prove that the number of nice functions is at least $n^n$.