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For a function $f(x)\ (x\geq 1)$ satisfying $f(x)=(\log_e x)^2-\int_1^e \frac{f(t)}{t}dt$, answer the questions as below. (a) Find $f(x)$ and the $y$-coordinate of the inflection point of the curve $y=f(x)$. (b) Find the area of the figure bounded by the tangent line of $y=f(x)$ at the point $(e,\ f(e))$, the curve $y=f(x)$ and the line $x=1$.
If $x , y$ are real numbers such that $x^2 + xy + y^2 = 1$ , find the least and the greatest value( minimum and maximum) of the expression $K = x^3y + xy^3$ [u]Babis[/u] [b] Sorry !!! I forgot to write that these 4 problems( 4 topics) were [u]JUNIOR LEVEL[/u][/b]
Let $ a>1$ be a positive integer. Prove that every non-zero positive integer $ N$ has a multiple in the sequence $ (a_n)_{n\ge1}$, $ a_n\equal{}\left\lfloor\frac{a^n}n\right\rfloor$.
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 $n^n$.
For a sequence $u_1,u_2\dots,$ define $\Delta^1(u_n)=u_{n+1}-u_n$ and, for all integer $k>1$, $\Delta^k(u_n)=\Delta^1(\Delta^{k-1}(u_n))$. If $u_n=n^3+n$, then $\Delta^k(u_n)=0$ for all $n$ $\textbf{(A) }\text{if }k=1\qquad$ $\textbf{(B) }\text{if }k=2,\text{ but not if }k=1\qquad$ $\textbf{(C) }\text{if }k=3,\text{ but not if }k=2\qquad$ $\textbf{(D) }\text{if }k=4,\text{ but not if }k=3\qquad$ $\textbf{(E) }\text{for no value of }k$
Find the continuous functions $ f:\left[ 0,\frac{1}{3} \right] \longrightarrow (0,\infty ) $ that satisfy the functional relation $$ 54\int_0^{1/3} f(x)dx +32\int_0^{1/3} \frac{dx}{\sqrt{x+f(x)}} =21. $$ [i]Cristinel Mortici[/i]
Given $a$, $b$, and $c$ are complex numbers satisfying \[ a^2+ab+b^2=1+i \] \[ b^2+bc+c^2=-2 \] \[ c^2+ca+a^2=1, \] compute $(ab+bc+ca)^2$. (Here, $i=\sqrt{-1}$)
Let $Q$ be a set of prime numbers, not necessarily finite. For a positive integer $n$ consider its prime factorization: define $p(n)$ to be the sum of all the exponents and $q(n)$ to be the sum of the exponents corresponding only to primes in $Q$. A positive integer $n$ is called [i]special[/i] if $p(n)+p(n+1)$ and $q(n)+q(n+1)$ are both even integers. Prove that there is a constant $c>0$ independent of the set $Q$ such that for any positive integer $N>100$, the number of special integers in $[1,N]$ is at least $cN$. (For example, if $Q=\{3,7\}$, then $p(42)=3$, $q(42)=2$, $p(63)=3$, $q(63)=3$, $p(2022)=3$, $q(2022)=1$.)
$g(x) \colon \int_{10}^{x} \log_{10}(\log_{10}(t^2-1000t+10^{1000})) dt$ (a) Find the domain of $g(x)$ (b) Approximate the value of $g(1000)$ (c) Find $x \in [10, 1000]$ to maximize the slope of $g(x)$ (d) Find $x \in [10, 1000]$ to minimize the slope of $g(x)$ (e) Determine, if it exists, $\lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{\ln(x)}{g(x)}$
Define $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ by $$f(n) = \sum \frac{(1+\sum_{i=1}^{n} t_i)!}{(1+t_1) \cdot \prod_{i=1}^{n} (t_i!) }$$ where the sum runs through all $n$-tuples such that $\sum_{j=1}^{n}j \cdot t_j=n$ and $t_j \ge 0$ for all $1 \le j \le n$. Given a prime $p$ greater than $3$, prove that $$\sum_{1 \le i < j <k \le p-1 } \frac{f(i)}{i \cdot j \cdot k} \equiv \sum_{1 \le i < j <k \le p-1 } \frac{2^i}{i \cdot j \cdot k} \pmod{p}.$$
A parabola with equation $ y \equal{} ax^2 \plus{} bx \plus{} c$ is reflected about the $ x$-axis. The parabola and its reflection are translated horizontally five units in opposite directions to become the graphs of $ y \equal{} f(x)$ and $ y \equal{} g(x)$, respectively. Which of the following describes the graph of $ y \equal{} (f \plus{} g)(x)$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{a parabola tangent to the }x\text{ \minus{} axis}$ $ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{a parabola not tangent to the }x\text{ \minus{} axis} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{a horizontal line}$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{a non \minus{} horizontal line} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{the graph of a cubic function}$
Let $ r$ be the distance from the origion to a point $ P$ with coordinates $ x$ and $ y$. Designate the ratio $ \frac{y}{r}$ by $ s$ and the ratio $ \frac{x}{r}$ by $ c$. Then the values of $ s^2 \minus{} c^2$ are limited to the numbers: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{less than }{\minus{}1}\text{ are greater than }{\plus{}1}\text{, both excluded}\qquad\\ \textbf{(B)}\ \text{less than }{\minus{}1}\text{ are greater than }{\plus{}1}\text{, both included}\qquad \\ \textbf{(C)}\ \text{between }{\minus{}1}\text{ and }{\plus{}1}\text{, both excluded}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \text{between }{\minus{}1}\text{ and }{\plus{}1}\text{, both included}\qquad \\ \textbf{(E)}\ {\minus{}1}\text{ and }{\plus{}1}\text{ only}$
Convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ with $AB$ not equal to $DC$ is inscribed in a circle. Let $AKDL$ and $CMBN$ be rhombs with same side of $a$. Prove that the points $K, L, M, N$ lie on a circle.
Suppose that every integer has been given one of the colours red, blue, green or yellow. Let $x$ and $y$ be odd integers so that $|x| \neq |y|$. Show that there are two integers of the same colour whose difference has one of the following values: $x,y,x+y$ or $x-y$.
Let $b$ and $c$ be fixed real numbers and let the ten points $(j,y_j )$ for $j=1,2,\ldots,10$ lie on the parabola $y =x^2 +bx+c.$ For $j=1,2,\ldots, 9$ let $I_j$ be the intersection of the tangents to the given parabola at $(j, y_j )$ and $(j+1, y_{j+1}).$ Determine the poynomial function $y=g(x)$ of least degree whose graph passes through all nine points $I_j .$
What is the sum of real roots of $(2+(2+(2+x)^2)^2)^2=2000$ ? $ \textbf{(A)}\ -4 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ -2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 4 $
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that for any real numbers $x$ and $y$ the following is true: $$x^2+y^2+2f(xy)=f(x+y)(f(x)+f(y))$$
For real numbers $ a$ and $ b$, define $ a\$b\equal{}(a\minus{}b)^2$. What is $ (x\minus{}y)^2\$(y\minus{}x)^2$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ x^2\plus{}y^2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2x^2 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2y^2 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 4xy$
For a positive integer $n$, we say an $n$-[i]shuffling[/i] is a bijection $\sigma: \{1,2, \dots , n\} \rightarrow \{1,2, \dots , n\}$ such that there exist exactly two elements $i$ of $\{1,2, \dots , n\}$ such that $\sigma(i) \neq i$. Fix some three pairwise distinct $n$-shufflings $\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3$. Let $q$ be any prime, and let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be the integers modulo $q$. Consider all functions $f:(\mathbb{F}_q^n)^n\to\mathbb{F}_q$ that satisfy, for all integers $i$ with $1 \leq i \leq n$ and all $x_1,\ldots x_{i-1},x_{i+1}, \dots ,x_n, y, z\in\mathbb{F}_q^n$, \[f(x_1, \ldots ,x_{i-1}, y, x_{i+1}, \ldots , x_n) +f(x_1, \ldots ,x_{i-1}, z, x_{i+1}, \ldots , x_n) = f(x_1, \ldots ,x_{i-1}, y+z, x_{i+1}, \ldots , x_n), \] and that satisfy, for all $x_1,\ldots,x_n\in\mathbb{F}_q^n$ and all $\sigma\in\{\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3\}$, \[f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)=-f(x_{\sigma(1)},\ldots,x_{\sigma(n)}).\] For a given tuple $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\in(\mathbb{F}_q^n)^n$, let $g(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ be the number of different values of $f(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$ over all possible functions $f$ satisfying the above conditions. Pick $(x_1,\ldots,x_n)\in(\mathbb{F}_q^n)^n$ uniformly at random, and let $\varepsilon(q,\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3)$ be the expected value of $g(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$. Finally, let \[\kappa(\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3)=-\lim_{q \to \infty}\log_q\left(-\ln\left(\frac{\varepsilon(q,\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3)-1}{q-1}\right)\right).\] Pick three pairwise distinct $n$-shufflings $\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3$ uniformly at random from the set of all $n$-shufflings. Let $\pi(n)$ denote the expected value of $\kappa(\sigma_1,\sigma_2,\sigma_3)$. Suppose that $p(x)$ and $q(x)$ are polynomials with real coefficients such that $q(-3) \neq 0$ and such that $\pi(n)=\frac{p(n)}{q(n)}$ for infinitely many positive integers $n$. Compute $\frac{p\left(-3\right)}{q\left(-3\right)}$.
Prove the rationality of the number $ \frac{1}{\pi }\int_{\sin\frac{\pi }{13}}^{\cos\frac{\pi }{13}} \sqrt{1-x^2} dx. $
Let be three polynomials of degree two $ p_1,p_2,p_3\in\mathbb{R} [X] $ and the function $$ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} ,\quad f(x)=\max\left( p_1(x),p_2(x),p_3(x)\right) . $$ Then, $ f $ is differentiable if and only if any of these three polynomials dominates the other two.
$M$ is a postive real and $f:[0,\infty)\to[0,M]$ is a continuous function such that $$\int_0^\infty (1+x)f(x) dx<\infty$$ Then, prove the following inequality. $$\left(\int_0^\infty f(x) dx \right)^2 \leq 4M \int_0^\infty x f(x) dx$$ (@below, Thank you. I fixed.)
Is there a strictly increasing function $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $f'(x)=f(f(x))$ for all $x?$
Find all function $ f: \mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ satisfying the condition: \[ f(f(x \minus{} y)) \equal{} f(x)\cdot f(y) \minus{} f(x) \plus{} f(y) \minus{} xy \]
Show that for nonnegative integers $m$ and $n$, $\frac{\dbinom{m}{0}}{n+1}-\frac{\dbinom{m}{1}}{n+2}+...+(-1)^m\frac{\dbinom{m}{m}}{n+m+1}$ $=\frac{\dbinom{n}{0}}{m+1}-\frac{\dbinom{n}{1}}{m+2}+...+(-1)^n\frac{\dbinom{n}{n}}{m+n+1}$.