Do there exist functions $p(x)$ and $q(x)$, such that $p(x)$ is an even function while $p(q(x))$
is an odd function (different from 0)? [i](3 points)[/i]

Find the derivatives of the lengths of the semiaxes of the ellipsoid $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + xy + yz + zx = 1 + \epsilon xy$ with respect to $\epsilon$ at $\epsilon = 0$.

In the expansion of \[ \left(1 \plus{} x \plus{} x^2 \plus{} \cdots \plus{} x^{27}\right)\left(1 \plus{} x \plus{} x^2 \plus{} \cdots \plus{} x^{14}\right)^2, \]what is the coefficient of $ x^{28}$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 195 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 196 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 224 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 378 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 405$

Find the last three digits of the number $2003^{{2002}^{2001}}$.

A quadratic function has the property that for any interval of length $ 1, $ the length of its image is at least $ 1. $ Show that for any interval of length $ 2, $ the length of its image is at least $ 4. $

$ k$ is a given natural number. Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ such that for each $ m,n\in\mathbb{N}$ the following holds: \[ f(m)\plus{}f(n)\mid (m\plus{}n)^k\]

Find the smallest nonnegative integer $n$ for which $\binom{2006}{n}$ is divisible by $7^3$.

Find all functions $f:R\rightarrow R$ such that \[ f(x^3)+f(y^3)=(x+y)(f(x^2)+f(y^2)-f(xy)) \] for all $x,y\in R$.

If the function $f\colon [1,2]\to R$ is such that $\int_{1}^{2}f(x) dx=\frac{73}{24}$, then show that there exists a $x_{0}\in (1;2)$ such that \[x_{0}^{2}<f(x_{0})<x_{0}^{3}\] [Edit: $f$ is continuous]

Let $a$ be real number with $\sqrt{2}<a<2$, and let $ABCD$ be a convex cyclic quadrilateral whose circumcentre $O$ lies in its interior. The quadrilateral's circumcircle $\omega$ has radius $1$, and the longest and shortest sides of the quadrilateral have length $a$ and $\sqrt{4-a^2}$, respectively. Lines $L_A,L_B,L_C,L_D$ are tangent to $\omega$ at $A,B,C,D$, respectively. Let lines $L_A$ and $L_B$, $L_B$ and $L_C$,$L_C$ and $L_D$,$L_D$ and $L_A$ intersect at $A',B',C',D'$ respectively. Determine the minimum value of $\frac{S_{A'B'C'D'}}{S_{ABCD}}$.

Let $\lfloor \bullet \rfloor$ denote the floor function. For nonnegative integers $a$ and $b$, their [i]bitwise xor[/i], denoted $a \oplus b$, is the unique nonnegative integer such that $$ \left \lfloor \frac{a}{2^k} \right \rfloor+ \left\lfloor\frac{b}{2^k} \right\rfloor - \left\lfloor \frac{a\oplus b}{2^k}\right\rfloor$$ is even for every $k \ge 0$. Find all positive integers $a$ such that for any integers $x>y\ge 0$, we have \[ x\oplus ax \neq y \oplus ay. \] [i]Carl Schildkraut[/i]

Find the derivative of the solution of the equation $\ddot{x} =x + A\dot{x}^2$, with initial conditions $x(0) = 1$, $\dot{x}(0) = 0$, with respect to the parameter $A$ for $A = 0$.

Let $M$ be the set of all functions $f$ with the following properties: [b](i)[/b] $f$ is defined for all real numbers and takes only real values. [b](ii)[/b] For all $x, y \in \mathbb R$ the following equality holds: $f(x)f(y) = f(x + y) + f(x - y).$ [b](iii)[/b] $f(0) \neq 0.$ Determine all functions $f \in M$ such that [b](a)[/b] $f(1)=\frac 52$, [b](b)[/b] $f(1)= \sqrt 3$.

Given positive integers $n$, $P_1$, $P_2$, …$P_n$ and two sets \[B=\{ (a_1,a_2,…,a_n)|a_i=0 \vee 1,\ \forall i \in \mathbb{N} \}, S=\{ (x_1,x_2,…,x_n)|1 \leq x_i \leq P_i \wedge x_i \in \mathbb{N} ,\ \forall i \in \mathbb{N} \}\] A function $f:S \to \mathbb{Z}$ is called [b]Real[/b], if and only if for any positive integers $(y_1,y_2,…,y_n)$ and positive integer $a$ which satisfied $ 1 \leq y_i \leq P_i-a$ $\forall i \in \mathbb{N}$, we always have: \begin{align*} \sum_{(a_1,a_2,…,a_n) \in B \wedge 2| \sum_{i=1}^na_i}f(y+a \times a_1,y+a \times a_2,……,y+a \times a_n)&>\\ \sum_{(a_1,a_2,…,a_n) \in B \wedge 2 \nmid \sum_{i=1}^na_i}f(y+a \times a_1,y+a \times a_2,……,y+a \times a_n)&. \end{align*} Find the minimum of $\sum_{i_1=1}^{P_1}\sum_{i_2=1}^{P_2}....\sum_{i_n=1}^{P_n}|f(i_1,i_2,...,i_n)|$, where $f$ is a [b]Real[/b] function. [i]Proposed by tob8y[/i]

Find the lowest possible values from the function \[ f(x) \equal{} x^{2008} \minus{} 2x^{2007} \plus{} 3x^{2006} \minus{} 4x^{2005} \plus{} 5x^{2004} \minus{} \cdots \minus{} 2006x^3 \plus{} 2007x^2 \minus{} 2008x \plus{} 2009\] for any real numbers $ x$.

For all rational $x$ satisfying $0 \leq x < 1$, the functions $f$ is defined by \[f(x)=\begin{cases}\frac{f(2x)}{4},&\mbox{for }0 \leq x < \frac 12,\\ \frac 34+ \frac{f(2x - 1)}{4}, & \mbox{for } \frac 12 \leq x < 1.\end{cases}\] Given that $x = 0.b_1b_2b_3 \cdots $ is the binary representation of $x$, find, with proof, $f(x)$.

Let $k\ge 1$ be a positive integer. We consider $4k$ chips, $2k$ of which are red and $2k$ of which are blue. A sequence of those $4k$ chips can be transformed into another sequence by a so-called move, consisting of interchanging a number (possibly one) of consecutive red chips with an equal number of consecutive blue chips. For example, we can move from $r\underline{bb}br\underline{rr}b$ to $r\underline{rr}br\underline{bb}b$ where $r$ denotes a red chip and $b$ denotes a blue chip. Determine the smallest number $n$ (as a function of $k$) such that starting from any initial sequence of the $4k$ chips, we need at most $n$ moves to reach the state in which the first $2k$ chips are red.

For each positive integer n, let $ f(n) \equal{} \sum_{k \equal{} 1}^{100} \lfloor \log_{10} (kn) \rfloor$. Find the largest value of n for which $ f(n) \le 300$. [b]Note:[/b] $ \lfloor x \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $ x$.

Show that there is no function $f:{{\mathbb{R}}^{+}}\to {{\mathbb{R}}^{+}}$ such that $f(x+y)>f(x)(1+yf(x))$ for all $x,y\in {{\mathbb{R}}^{+}}$.

Show that there is no continuous function $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for every real number $x$ \[f(x-f(x)) = \dfrac x2.\]

Calculate the following indefinite integrals. [1] $\int \frac{6x+1}{\sqrt{3x^2+x+4}}dx$ [2] $\int \frac{e^x}{e^x+e^{a-x}}dx$ [3] $\int \frac{(\sqrt{x}+1)^3}{\sqrt{x}}dx$ [4] $\int x\ln (x^2-1)dx$ [5] $\int \frac{2(x+2)}{x^2+4x+1}dx$

(1) Let $f(x)$ be the differentiable and increasing function such that $f(0)=0.$Prove that $\int_{0}^{1}f(x)f'(x)dx\geq \frac{1}{2}\left(\int_{0}^{1}f(x)dx\right)^{2}.$ (2) $g_{n}(x)=x^{2n+1}+a_{n}x+b_{n}\ (n=1,\ 2,\ 3,\ \cdots)$ satisfies $\int_{-1}^{1}(px+q)g_{n}(x)dx=0$ for all linear equations $px+q.$ Find $a_{n},\ b_{n}.$

Let $f$ be a one-to-one function from the set of natural numbers to itself such that $f(mn) = f(m)f(n)$ for all natural numbers $m$ and $n$. What is the least possible value of $f (999)$ ?

The function $f(x,y)$ satisfies: $f(0,y)=y+1, f(x+1,0) = f(x,1), f(x+1,y+1)=f(x,f(x+1,y))$ for all non-negative integers $x,y$. Find $f(4,1981)$.

Find all functions $f,g: \mathbb{Q}\to \mathbb{Q}$ such that the following two conditions hold: $$f(g(x)-g(y))=f(g(x))-y \ \ (1)$$ $$g(f(x)-f(y))=g(f(x))-y\ \ (2)$$ for all $x,y \in \mathbb{Q}$.