Olympiad problems

1999 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 1

Prove that for any real numbers $ a_1, a_2, \dots, a_ {100} $ there exists a real number $ b $ such that all numbers $ a_i + b $ ($ 1 \leq i \leq 100 $) are irrational.

2004 BAMO, 5

Tags: polynomial , algebra , integer polynomial , irrational

Find (with proof) all monic polynomials $f(x)$ with integer coefficients that satisfy the following two conditions. 1. $f (0) = 2004$. 2. If $x$ is irrational, then $f (x)$ is also irrational. (Notes: Apolynomial is monic if its highest degree term has coefficient $1$. Thus, $f (x) = x^4-5x^3-4x+7$ is an example of a monic polynomial with integer coefficients. A number $x$ is rational if it can be written as a fraction of two integers. A number $x$ is irrational if it is a real number which cannot be written as a fraction of two integers. For example, $2/5$ and $-9$ are rational, while $\sqrt2$ and $\pi$ are well known to be irrational.)

1977 Chisinau City MO, 153

Tags: irrational , algebra , trigonometry

Prove that the number $\tan \frac{\pi}{3^n}$ is irrational for any natural $n$.

2019 Dürer Math Competition (First Round), P4

Tags: irrational , n-tuples , combinatorics

An $n$-tuple $(x_1, x_2,\dots, x_n)$ is called unearthly if $q_1x_1 +q_2x_2 +\dots+q_nx_n$ is irrational for any non-negative rational coefficients $q_1, q_2, \dots, q_n$ where $q_i$’s are not all zero. Prove that it is possible to select an unearthly $n$-tuple from any $2n-1$ distinct irrational numbers.

1983 Polish MO Finals, 2

Tags: inequalities , algebra , irrational

Let be given an irrational number $a$ in the interval $(0,1)$ and a positive integer $N$. Prove that there exist positive integers $p,q,r,s$ such that $\frac{p}{q} < a <\frac{r}{s}, \frac{r}{s} -\frac{p}{q}<\frac{1}{N}$, and $rq- ps = 1$.