Determine all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that the set \[\left \{ \frac{f(x)}{x}: x \neq 0 \textnormal{ and } x \in \mathbb{R}\right \}\] is finite, and for all $x \in \mathbb{R}$ \[f(x-1-f(x)) = f(x) - x - 1\]

Let $\mathbb N$ denote the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that: (i) The greatest common divisor of the sequence $f(1), f(2), \dots$ is $1$. (ii) For all sufficiently large integers $n$, we have $f(n) \neq 1$ and \[ f(a)^n \mid f(a+b)^{a^{n-1}} - f(b)^{a^{n-1}} \] for all positive integers $a$ and $b$. [i]Proposed by Yang Liu[/i]

A function $f: \N\rightarrow\N$ is circular if for every $p\in\N$ there exists $n\in\N,\ n\leq{p}$ such that $f^n(p)=p$ ($f$ composed with itself $n$ times) The function $f$ has repulsion degree $k>0$ if for every $p\in\N$ $f^i(p)\neq{p}$ for every $i=1,2,\dots,\lfloor{kp}\rfloor$. Determine the maximum repulsion degree can have a circular function. [b]Note:[/b] Here $\lfloor{x}\rfloor$ is the integer part of $x$.

Let $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ be a function with the property that $ (f\circ f) (x) =[x], $ for any real number $ x. $ Show that there exist two distinct real numbers $ a,b $ so that $ |f(a)-f(b)|\ge |a-b|. $ $ [] $ denotes the integer part.

The function $f$ is defined by $$f(x) = \Big\lfloor \lvert x \rvert \Big\rfloor - \Big\lvert \lfloor x \rfloor \Big\rvert$$for all real numbers $x$, where $\lfloor r \rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to the real number $r$. What is the range of $f$? $\textbf{(A) } \{-1, 0\} \qquad\textbf{(B) } \text{The set of nonpositive integers} \qquad\textbf{(C) } \{-1, 0, 1\}$ $\textbf{(D) } \{0\} \qquad\textbf{(E) } \text{The set of nonnegative integers} $

A monic quadratic polynomial $f$ with integer coefficients attains prime values at three consecutive integer points.show that it attains a prime value at some other integer point as well.

Consider the set $ M = \{1,2, \ldots ,2008\}$. Paint every number in the set $ M$ with one of the three colors blue, yellow, red such that each color is utilized to paint at least one number. Define two sets: $ S_1=\{(x,y,z)\in M^3\ \mid\ x,y,z\text{ have the same color and }2008 | (x + y + z)\}$; $ S_2=\{(x,y,z)\in M^3\ \mid\ x,y,z\text{ have three pairwisely different colors and }2008 | (x + y + z)\}$. Prove that $ 2|S_1| > |S_2|$ (where $ |X|$ denotes the number of elements in a set $ X$).

Let $ f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n$ be regular functions on a domain of the complex plane, linearly independent over the complex field. Prove that the functions $ f_i\overline{f}_k, \;1 \leq i,k \leq n$, are also linearly independent. [i]L. Lempert[/i]

Let $f:[-1,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such that (i) $f(x)=\frac{2-x^2}{2}f\left(\frac{x^2}{2-x^2}\right)$ for every $x$ in $[-1,1],$ (ii) $ f(0)=1,$ and (iii) $\lim_{x\to 1^-}\frac{f(x)}{\sqrt{1-x}}$ exists and is finite. Prove that $f$ is unique, and express $f(x)$ in closed form.

Let $f:[a,b]\to[a,b]$ be a continuous function. It is known that there exist $\alpha,\beta\in (a,b)$ such that $f(\alpha)=a$ and $f(\beta)=b$. Prove that the function $f\circ f$ has at least three fixed points.

Let $a_1,a_2,\dots$ be real numbers. Suppose there is a constant $A$ such that for all $n,$ \[\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\left(\sum_{i=1}^n\frac1{1+(x-a_i)^2}\right)^2\,dx\le An.\] Prove there is a constant $B>0$ such that for all $n,$ \[\sum_{i,j=1}^n\left(1+(a_i-a_j)^2\right)\ge Bn^3.\]

Let $a,b,c,d$ real numbers such that $a+b+c+d=19$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=91$. Find the maximum value of \[ \frac{1}{a} +\frac{1}{b} +\frac{1}{c} +\frac{1}{d} \]

Let $f$ be a differentiable real-valued function defined on the positive real numbers. The tangent lines to the graph of $f$ always meet the $y$-axis 1 unit lower than where they meet the function. If $f(1)=0$, what is $f(2)$?

Calculate the first term of the asymptotic expression as $k\to\infty$ of the integral \[\int_{-\infty}^{+\infty}\frac{e^{ikx}}{\sqrt{1+x^{2n}}}dx\]

Let $p_1$ and $p_2$ be positive real numbers. Prove that there exist functions $f_i\colon \mathbb R \rightarrow \mathbb R$ such that the smallest positive period of $f_i$ is $p_i\, (i=1, 2)$, and $f_1-f_2$ is also periodic. [J. Riman]

Evaluate the following definite integral. \[ 2^{2009}\frac {\int_0^1 x^{1004}(1 \minus{} x)^{1004}\ dx}{\int_0^1 x^{1004}(1 \minus{} x^{2010})^{1004}\ dx}\]

Let $x_1, x_2 , x_3, .... x_n$ be $n$ real numbers such that $0 < x_j < \frac{1}{2}$. Prove that \[ \frac{ \prod\limits_{j=1}^{n} x_j } { \left( \sum\limits_{j=1}^{n} x_j \right)^n} \leq \frac{ \prod\limits_{j=1}^{n} (1-x_j) } { \left( \sum\limits_{j=1}^{n} (1 - x_j) \right)^n} \]

An angle $x$ is chosen at random from the interval $0^\circ < x < 90^\circ$. Let $p$ be the probability that the numbers $\sin^2 x$, $\cos^2 x$, and $\sin x \cos x$ are not the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Given that $p = d/n$, where $d$ is the number of degrees in $\arctan m$ and $m$ and $n$ are positive integers with $m + n < 1000$, find $m + n$.

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that \[f(x + y) + y \le f(f(f(x)))\] holds for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.

Positive integers $ a$, $ b$, and $ c$ are chosen so that $ a<b<c$, and the system of equations \[ 2x\plus{}y\equal{}2003\text{ and }y\equal{}|x\minus{}a|\plus{}|x\minus{}b|\plus{}|x\minus{}c| \]has exactly one solution. What is the minimum value of $ c$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 668 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 669 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 1002 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 2003 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 2004$

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 $n^n$.

Let $a$ be positive real number such that $a^{3}=6(a+1)$. Prove that the equation $x^{2}+ax+a^{2}-6=0$ has no real solution.

For any positive integer $ n$, prove that there exists a polynomial $ P$ of degree $ n$ such that all coeffients of this polynomial $ P$ are integers, and such that the numbers $ P\left(0\right)$, $ P\left(1\right)$, $ P\left(2\right)$, ..., $ P\left(n\right)$ are pairwisely distinct powers of $ 2$.

Find all functions $f:\mathbb R^+ \rightarrow \mathbb R^+$ such that for all positive real numbers $x,y$, \[x^2[f(x)+f(y)]=(x+y)f(yf(x)).\]

We consider an integer $n \ge 3,$ the set $S=\{1,2,3,\ldots,n\}$ and the set $\mathcal{F}$ of the functions from $S$ to $S.$ We say that $\mathcal{G} \subset \mathcal{F}$ is a generating set for $\mathcal{H} \subset \mathcal{F}$ if any function in $\mathcal{H}$ can be represented as a composition of functions from $\mathcal{G}.$ a) Let the functions $a:S \to S,$ $a(n-1)=n,$ $a(n)=n-1$ and $a(k)=k$ for $k \in S \setminus \{n-1,n\}$ and $b:S \to S,$ $b(n)=1$ and $b(k)=k+1$ for $k \in S \setminus \{n\}.$ Prove that $\{a,b\}$ is a generating set for the set $\mathcal{B}$ of bijective functions of $\mathcal{F}.$ b) Prove that the smallest number of elements that a generating set of $\mathcal{F}$ has is $3.$