Found problems: 4776
1982 USAMO, 3
If a point $A_1$ is in the interior of an equilateral triangle $ABC$ and point $A_2$ is in the interior of $\triangle{A_1BC}$, prove that \[\operatorname{I.Q.} (A_1BC) > \operatorname{I.Q.} (A_2BC),\] where the [i]isoperrimetric quotient[/i] of a figure $F$ is defined by \[\operatorname{I.Q.}(F) = \frac{\operatorname{Area}(F)}{[\operatorname{Perimeter}(F)]^2}.\]
2019 Poland - Second Round, 3
Let $f(t)=t^3+t$. Decide if there exist rational numbers $x, y$ and positive integers $m, n$ such that $xy=3$ and:
\begin{align*}
\underbrace{f(f(\ldots f(f}_{m \ times}(x))\ldots)) = \underbrace{f(f(\ldots f(f}_{n \ times}(y))\ldots)).
\end{align*}
2013 Benelux, 2
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(x + y) + y \le f(f(f(x)))\]
holds for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
2007 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 2
Find all $a\in\mathbb{R}$ for which there exists a non-constant function $f: (0,1]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that \[a+f(x+y-xy)+f(x)f(y)\leq f(x)+f(y)\] for all $x,y\in(0,1].$
2011 Pre-Preparation Course Examination, 1
[b]a)[/b] prove that for every compressed set $K$ in the space $\mathbb R^3$, the function $f:\mathbb R^3 \longrightarrow \mathbb R$ that $f(p)=inf\{|p-k|,k\in K\}$ is continuous.
[b]b)[/b] prove that we cannot cover the sphere $S^2\subseteq \mathbb R^3$ with it's three closed sets, such that none of them contain two antipodal points.
2009 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 468
Evaluate $ \int_{\minus{}\frac{1}{2}}^{\frac{1}{2}} \frac{x}{\{(2x\plus{}1)\sqrt{x^2\minus{}x\plus{}1}\plus{}(2x\minus{}1)\sqrt{x^2\plus{}x\plus{}1}\}\sqrt{x^4\plus{}x^2\plus{}1}}\ dx$.
PEN K Problems, 23
Let ${\mathbb Q}^{+}$ be the set of positive rational numbers. Construct a function $f:{\mathbb Q}^{+}\rightarrow{\mathbb Q}^{+}$ such that \[f(xf(y)) = \frac{f(x)}{y}\] for all $x, y \in{\mathbb Q}^{+}$.
1998 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 10
5. Let $f : R \to R$ be a function that satisfies for all $x \in R$
(i) $| f(x)| \le 1$, and
(ii) $f\left(x+\frac{13}{42}\right)+ f(x) = f\left(x+\frac{1}{6}\right)+f\left(x+\frac{1}{7}\right)$
Prove that $f$ is a periodic function
1995 VJIMC, Problem 2
Let $f(x)$ be an even twice differentiable function such that $f''(0)\ne0$. Prove that $f(x)$ has a local extremum at $x=0$.
1989 China National Olympiad, 3
Let $S$ be the unit circle in the complex plane (i.e. the set of all complex numbers with their moduli equal to $1$).
We define function $f:S\rightarrow S$ as follow: $\forall z\in S$,
$ f^{(1)}(z)=f(z), f^{(2)}(z)=f(f(z)), \dots,$
$f^{(k)}(z)=f(f^{(k-1)}(z)) (k>1,k\in \mathbb{N}), \dots$
We call $c$ an $n$-[i]period-point[/i] of $f$ if $c$ ($c\in S$) and $n$ ($n\in\mathbb{N}$) satisfy:
$f^{(1)}(c) \not=c, f^{(2)}(c) \not=c, f^{(3)}(c) \not=c, \dots, f^{(n-1)}(c) \not=c, f^{(n)}(c)=c$.
Suppose that $f(z)=z^m$ ($z\in S; m>1, m\in \mathbb{N}$), find the number of $1989$-[i]period-point[/i] of $f$.
1973 IMO, 2
$G$ is a set of non-constant functions $f$. Each $f$ is defined on the real line and has the form $f(x)=ax+b$ for some real $a,b$. If $f$ and $g$ are in $G$, then so is $fg$, where $fg$ is defined by $fg(x)=f(g(x))$. If $f$ is in $G$, then so is the inverse $f^{-1}$. If $f(x)=ax+b$, then $f^{-1}(x)= \frac{x-b}{a}$. Every $f$ in $G$ has a fixed point (in other words we can find $x_f$ such that $f(x_f)=x_f$. Prove that all the functions in $G$ have a common fixed point.
Today's calculation of integrals, 896
Given sequences $a_n=\frac{1}{n}{\sqrt[n] {_{2n}P_n}},\ b_n=\frac{1}{n^2}{\sqrt[n] {_{4n}P_{2n}}}$ and $c_n=\sqrt[n]{\frac{_{8n}P_{4n}}{_{6n}P_{4n}}}$, find $\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n,\ \lim_{n\to\infty} b_n$and $\lim_{n\to\infty} c_n.$
2022 OMpD, 1
Given a positive integer $n \geq 2$, whose canonical prime factorization is $n = p_1^{\alpha_1}p_2^{\alpha_2} \ldots p_k^{\alpha_k}$, we define the following functions:
$$\varphi(n) = n\bigg(1 -\frac{1}{p_1}\bigg) \bigg(1 -\frac{1}{p_2}\bigg) \ldots \bigg(1 -\frac {1}{p_k}\bigg) ; \overline{\varphi}(n) = n\bigg(1 +\frac{1}{p_1}\bigg) \bigg(1 +\frac{1}{p_2}\bigg) \ldots \bigg(1 + \frac{1}{p_k}\bigg)$$
Consider all positive integers $n$ such that $\overline{\varphi}(n)$ is a multiple of $n + \varphi(n) $.
(a) Prove that $n$ is even.
(b) Determine all positive integers $n$ that satisfy this property.
2005 Italy TST, 1
Suppose that $f:\{1, 2,\ldots ,1600\}\rightarrow\{1, 2,\ldots ,1600\}$ satisfies $f(1)=1$ and
\[f^{2005}(x)=x\quad\text{for}\ x=1,2,\ldots ,1600. \]
$(a)$ Prove that $f$ has a fixed point different from $1$.
$(b)$ Find all $n>1600$ such that any $f:\{1,\ldots ,n\}\rightarrow\{1,\ldots ,n\}$ satisfying the above condition has at least two fixed points.
2010 Contests, 1
A function $f : \mathbb{Z}_+ \to \mathbb{Z}_+$, where $\mathbb{Z}_+$ is the set of positive integers, is non-decreasing and satisfies $f(mn) = f(m)f(n)$ for all relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$. Prove that $f(8)f(13) \ge (f(10))^2$.
2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 851
Let $T$ be a period of a function $f(x)=|\cos x|\sin x\ (-\infty,\ \infty).$
Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \int_0^{nT} e^{-x}f(x)\ dx.$
2018 Miklós Schweitzer, 7
Describe all functions $f: \{ 0,1\}^n \to \{ 0,1\}$ which satisfy the equation
\begin{align*}
& f(f(a_{11},a_{12},\dotsc ,a_{1n}),f(a_{21},a_{22},\dotsc ,a_{2n}),\dotsc ,f(a_{n1},a_{n2},\dotsc ,a_{nn}))\\
& = f(f(a_{11},a_{21},\dotsc ,a_{n1}),f(a_{12},a_{22},\dotsc ,a_{n2}),\dotsc ,f(a_{1n},a_{2n},\dotsc ,a_{nn}))\end{align*}
for arbitrary $a_{ij}\in \{ 0,1\}$ where $i,j\in \{1,2,\dotsc ,n\}.$
1991 AMC 12/AHSME, 2
$|3 - \pi| =$
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{7}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 0.14\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 3 - \pi\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 3 + \pi\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \pi - 3 $
1983 AIME Problems, 2
Let $f(x) = |x - p| + |x - 15| + |x - p - 15|$, where $0 < p < 15$. Determine the minimum value taken by $f(x)$ for $x$ in the interval $p \le x \le 15$.
1995 All-Russian Olympiad, 3
Can the equation $f(g(h(x))) = 0$, where $f$, $g$, $h$ are quadratic polynomials, have the solutions $1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8$?
[i]S. Tokarev[/i]
2025 Romania National Olympiad, 3
a) Let $a\in \mathbb{R}$ and $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function for which there exists an antiderivative $F \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} $, such that $F(x)+a\cdot f(x) \geq 0$, for any $x \in \mathbb{R}$, and$ \lim_{|x| \to \infty} \frac{F(x)}{e^{|\alpha \cdot x|}}=0$ holds for any $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}^*$. Prove that $F(x) \geq 0$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.
b) Let $n\geq 2$ be a positive integer, $g \in \mathbb{R}[X]$, $g = X^n + a_1X^{n-1}+ \dots + a_{n-1}X+a_n$ be a polynomial with all of its roots being real, and $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ a polynomial function such that $f(x)+a_1\cdot f'(x)+a_2\cdot f^{(2)}(x)+\dots+a_n\cdot f^{(n)}(x) \geq 0$ for any $x \in \mathbb{R}$. Prove that $f(x) \geq 0$ for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$.
2009 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 12
Find all functions $f: (0, +\infty)\cap\mathbb{Q}\to (0, +\infty)\cap\mathbb{Q}$ satisfying thefollowing conditions:
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[*] $f(ax) \leq (f(x))^a$, for every $x\in (0, +\infty)\cap\mathbb{Q}$ and $a \in (0, 1)\cap\mathbb{Q}$
[*] $f(x+y) \leq f(x)f(y)$, for every $x,y\in (0, +\infty)\cap\mathbb{Q}$
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2016 APMO, 5
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+$ such that
$$(z + 1)f(x + y) = f(xf(z) + y) + f(yf(z) + x),$$
for all positive real numbers $x, y, z$.
[i]Fajar Yuliawan, Indonesia[/i]
2006 Cezar Ivănescu, 3
[b]a)[/b] Let $ h:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ he a function that admits a primitive $ H $ such that the function $ h/H $ is constant. Prove that there is a real number $ \gamma $ such that $ h(x)=\gamma\cdot\exp \left( x\cdot\frac{h}{H} (x) \right) , $ for any real number $ x. $
[b]b)[/b] Find the functions $ f,g:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ that admit the primitives $ F,G, $ respectively, that satisfy $ f=\frac{G+g}{2},g=\frac{F+f}{2} $ and $ f(0)=g(0)=0. $
2003 Czech-Polish-Slovak Match, 6
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that satisfy the condition
\[f(f(x) + y) = 2x + f(f(y) - x)\quad \text{ for all } x, y \in\mathbb{R}.\]