Found problems: 79
2024 Tuymaada Olympiad, 8
A graph $G$ has $n$ vertices ($n>1$). For each edge $e$ let $c(e)$ be the number of vertices of the largest complete subgraph containing $e$. Prove that the inequality (the summation is over all edges of $G$):
\[\sum_{e} \frac{c(e)}{c(e)-1}\le \frac{n^2}{2}.\]
2017 Romanian Masters In Mathematics, 4
In the Cartesian plane, let $G_1$ and $G_2$ be the graphs of the quadratic functions $f_1(x) = p_1x^2 + q_1x + r_1$ and $f_2(x) = p_2x^2 + q_2x + r_2$, where $p_1 > 0 > p_2$. The graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$ cross at distinct points $A$ and $B$. The four tangents to $G_1$ and $G_2$ at $A$ and $B$ form a convex quadrilateral which has an inscribed circle. Prove that the graphs $G_1$ and $G_2$ have the same axis of symmetry.
2017 IOM, 2
In a country there are two-way non-stopflights between some pairs of cities. Any city can be reached from any other by a sequence of at most $100$ flights. Moreover, any city can be reached from any other by a sequence of an even number of flights. What is the smallest $d$ for which one can always claim that any city can be reached from any other by a sequence of an even number of flights not exceeding $d$?
2020 Canadian Mathematical Olympiad Qualification, 4
Determine all graphs $G$ with the following two properties:
$\bullet$ G contains at least one Hamilton path.
$\bullet$ For any pair of vertices, $u, v \in G$, if there is a Hamilton path from $u$ to $v$ then the edge $uv$ is in the graph $G$
2004 Olympic Revenge, 6
For any natural $n$, $f(n)$ is the number of labeled digraphs with $n$ vertices such that for any vertex the number if in-edges is equal to the number of out-edges and the total of (in+out) edges is even. Let $g(n)$ be the odd-analogous of $f(n)$. Find $g(n)-f(n)$ with proof .
[hide=original formulation] Dado $n$ natural, seja $f(n)$ o número de grafos rotulados direcionados com $n$ vértices de modo que em cada vértice o número de arestas que chegam é igual ao número de
arestas que saem e o número de arestas total do grafo é par . Defina $g(n)$ analogamente trocando "par" por "ímpar" na definição acima. Calcule $f(n) - g (n)$.
(Observação: Um grafo rotulado direcionado é um par $G = (V, E)$ onde $V = \{1, 2, …, n\}$ e $E$ é um subconjunto de $V^2 -\{(i, i); 0 < i < n + 1\}$).[/hide]
2023 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad, 11.8
There are $2024$ cities in a country, every two of which are bidirectionally connected by exactly one of three modes of transportation - rail, air, or road. A tourist has arrived in this country and has the entire transportation scheme. He chooses a travel ticket for one of the modes of transportation and the city from which he starts his trip. He wants to visit as many cities as possible, but using only the ticket for the specified type of transportation. What is the largest $k$ for which the tourist will always be able to visit at least $k$ cities? During the route, he can return to the cities he has already visited.
[i]Proposed by Bogdan Rublov[/i]
2001 China Team Selection Test, 2.2
Given distinct positive integers \( g \) and \( h \), let all integer points on the number line \( OX \) be vertices. Define a directed graph \( G \) as follows: for any integer point \( x \), \( x \rightarrow x + g \), \( x \rightarrow x - h \). For integers \( k, l (k < l) \), let \( G[k, l] \) denote the subgraph of \( G \) with vertices limited to the interval \([k, l]\). Find the largest positive integer \( \alpha \) such that for any integer \( r \), the subgraph \( G[r, r + \alpha - 1] \) of \( G \) is acyclic. Clarify the structure of subgraphs \( G[r, r + \alpha - 1] \) and \( G[r, r + \alpha] \) (i.e., how many connected components and what each component is like).
2022 Olimphíada, 3
Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers. In Philand, the Kingdom of Olymphics, with $m$ cities, and the Kingdom of Mathematicians for Fun, with $n$ cities, fight a battle in rounds. Some cities in the country are connected by roads, so that it is possible to travel through all the cities via the roads. In each round of the battle, if all cities neighboring, that is, connected directly by a road, a city in one of the kingdoms are from the other kingdom, that city is conquered in the next round and switches to the other kingdom. Knowing that between the first and second round, at least one city is not conquered, show that at some point the battle must end, i.e., no city can be captured by another kingdom.
2013 Danube Mathematical Competition, 3
Show that, for every integer $r \ge 2$, there exists an $r$-chromatic simple graph (no loops, nor multiple edges) which has no cycle of less than $6$ edges
Kvant 2022, M2705
Given is a natural number $n>4$. There are $n$ points marked on the plane, no three of which lie on the same line. Vasily draws one by one all the segments connecting pairs of marked points. At each step, drawing the next segment $S$, Vasily marks it with the smallest natural number, which hasn't appeared on a drawn segment that has a common end with $S$. Find the maximal value of $k$, for which Vasily can act in such a way that he can mark some segment with the number $k$?
2010 Miklós Schweitzer, 2
Let $ G $ be a countably infinite, $ d $ -regular, connected, vertex-transitive graph. Show that there is a complete pairing in $ G $.
2015 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 3
The edges of a graph $G$ are coloured in two colours. Such that for each colour all the connected components of this graph formed by edges of this colour contains at most $n>1$ vertices. Prove there exists a proper colouring for the vertices of this graph with $n$ colours.
2019 Saudi Arabia Pre-TST + Training Tests, 3.2
It is given a graph whose vertices are positive integers and an edge between numbers $a$ and $b$ exists if and only if
$a + b + 1 | a^2 + b^2 + 1$. Is this graph connected?
2024 OMpD, 4
Lavidópolis is a city with 2024 neighborhoods. Lavi Dopes was elected mayor, and since he saw that there were no roads in the city, he asked Gil Bento, the monster engineer, to design the city's roads according to the following rules:
1. Any two neighborhoods are connected by at most one two-way road;
2. For any two neighborhoods, there is exactly one route from one neighborhood to another, which may pass through some intermediate neighborhoods, but never passes through the same neighborhood more than once.
Mayor Lavi Dopes wants to try for re-election, but since he knows nothing about the city and only shows up during campaign times (he spent all this time stealing... I mean, thinking about math problems), he wants to find a pair of neighborhoods such that the number of roads that are part of the route connecting them is maximized among all pairs of neighborhoods. To do this, he starts asking Gil Bento various questions, all in the following manner: he chooses two of the 2024 neighborhoods, say A and B, and asks:
"Given neighborhoods A and B, how many roads are part of the route connecting A to B?"
Knowing that Gil Bento always answers correctly to each question, determine the minimum number of questions that Lavi Dopes needs to ask to achieve his goal, regardless of how Gil Bento has designed the roads of Lavidópolis.
2001 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 11.2
There are 2000 cities in a country and no roads. Prove that some cities can be connected by a road such that there would be 2 cities with 1 road passing through them, there would be 2 cities with 2 roads passim through them,...,there would be 2 cities with 1000 roads passing through them.
[I]Proposed by F. Bakharev[/i]
1992 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 573
A graph has $17$ points and each point has $4$ edges. Show that there are two points which are not joined and which are not both joined to the same point.
1984 Tournament Of Towns, (063) O4
Prove that, for any natural number $n$, the graph of any increasing function $f : [0,1] \to [0, 1]$ can be covered by $n$ rectangles each of area whose sides are parallel to the coordinate axes. Assume that a rectangle includes both its interior and boundary points.
(a) Assume that $f(x)$ is continuous on $[0,1]$.
(b) Do not assume that $f(x)$ is continuous on $[0,1]$.
(A Andjans, Riga)
PS. (a) for O Level, (b) for A Level
2023 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad, 8.7
The country has $n \ge 3$ airports, some pairs of which are connected by bidirectional flights. Every day, the government closes the airport with the strictly highest number of flights going out of it. What is the maximum number of days this can continue?
[i]Proposed by Fedir Yudin[/i]
2023 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad, 10.8
Consider a complete graph on $4046$ nodes, whose edges are colored in some colors. Let's call this graph $k$-good if we can split all its nodes into $2023$ pairs so that there are exactly $k$ distinct colors among the colors of $2023$ edges that connect the nodes from the same pairs. Is it possible that the graph is $999$-good and $1001$-good but not $1000$-good?
[i]Proposed by Anton Trygub[/i]
2020 Korea National Olympiad, 3
There are n boys and m girls at Daehan Mathematical High School.
Let $d(B)$ a number of girls who know Boy $B$ each other, and let $d(G)$ a number of boys who know Girl $G$ each other.
Each girl knows at least one boy each other.
Prove that there exist Boy $B$ and Girl $G$ who knows each other in condition that $\frac{d(B)}{d(G)}\ge\frac{m}{n}$.
2019 India IMO Training Camp, 3
There are $2019$ coins on a table. Some are placed with head up and others tail up. A group of $2019$ persons perform the following operations: the first person chooses any one coin and then turns it over, the second person choses any two coins and turns them over and so on and the $2019$-th person turns over all the coins. Prove that no matter which sides the coins are up initially, the $2019$ persons can come up with a procedure for turning the coins such that all the coins have smae side up at the end of the operations.
2019 Tuymaada Olympiad, 5
Is it possible to draw in the plane the graph presented in the figure so that all the vertices are different points and all the edges are unit segments? (The segments can intersect at points different from vertices.)
2018 Thailand TSTST, 8
There are $n$ vertices and $m > n$ edges in a graph. Each edge is colored either red or blue. In each year, we are allowed to choose a vertex and flip the color of all edges incident to it. Prove that there is a way to color the edges (initially) so that they will never all have the same color
2023 Ukraine National Mathematical Olympiad, 9.8
What is the largest possible number of edges in a graph on $2n$ nodes, if there exists exactly one way to split its nodes into $n$ pairs so that the nodes from each pair are connected by an edge?
[i]Proposed by Anton Trygub[/i]
2019 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 20
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[*] Let $G$ be a $(4, 4)$ unoriented graph, 2-regulate, containing a cycle with the length 3. Find the characteristic polynomial $P_G (\lambda)$ , its spectrum $Spec (G)$ and draw the graph $G$.
[*] Let $G'$ be another 2-regulate graph, having its characteristic polynomial $P_{G'} (\lambda) = \lambda^4 - 4\lambda^2 + \alpha, \alpha \in \mathbb{R}$. Find the spectrum $Spec(G')$ and draw the graph $G'$.
[*] Are the graphs $G$ and $G'$ cospectral or isomorphic?
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