Let $P_i (x_i, y_i)$ (with $i = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5$) be five points with integer coordinates, no three collinear. Show that among all triangles with vertices at these points, at least three have integer areas.

Let $M=\{1,2,3,\ldots, 10000\}.$ Prove that there are $16$ subsets of $M$ such that for every $a \in M,$ there exist $8$ of those subsets that intersection of the sets is exactly $\{a\}.$

How many ordered four-tuples of integers $(a,b,c,d)$ with $0 < a < b < c < d < 500$ satisfy $a + d = b + c$ and $bc - ad = 93$?

For a $n\times n$ complex valued matrix $A$, show that the following two conditions are equivalent. (i) There exists a $n\times n$ complex valued matrix $B$ such that $AB-BA=A$. (ii) There exists a positive integer $k$ such that $A^k = O$. ($O$ is the zero matrix.)

Given a natural number $n$, for what maximal value $k$ it is possible to construct a matrix of size $k \times n$ consisting only of elements $\pm 1$ in such a way that for any interchange of a $+1$ with a $-1$ or vice versa, its rank is equal to $k$?

Let real numbers $ a,b,c$. Prove that $ \sqrt{2(a^2\plus{}b^2)}\plus{}\sqrt{2(b^2\plus{}c^2)}\plus{}\sqrt{2(c^2\plus{}a^2)}\ge \sqrt{3(a\plus{}b)^2\plus{}3(b\plus{}c)^2\plus{}3(c\plus{}a)^2}$.

Prove that $N^2$ arbitrary distinct positive integers ($N>10$) can be arranged in a $N\times N$ table, so that all $2N$ sums in rows and columns are distinct. [i]Proposed by S. Volchenkov[/i]

(a) Let $f: \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a linear mapping. Prove that $\exists ! C\in\mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$ such that $f(A)=Tr(AC), \forall A \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}$. (b) Suppose in addtion that $\forall A,B \in \mathbb{R}^{n\times n}: f(AB)=f(BA)$. Prove that $\exists \lambda \in \mathbb{R}: f(A)=\lambda Tr(A)$

Do exist pairwise distinct matrices $ A,B,C\in \mathcal{M}_2(\mathbb{R}) $ verifying the following properties? $ \text{(i)} \det A=\det C$ $ \text{(ii)} AB=C,BC=A,CA=B $ $ \text{(iii)} \text{tr} A,\text{tr} B\neq 0 $ [i]Robert Pop[/i]

Let $A$ be an $n$x$n$ matrix with integer entries and $b_{1},b_{2},...,b_{k}$ be integers satisfying $detA=b_{1}\cdot b_{2}\cdot ...\cdot b_{k}$. Prove that there exist $n$x$n$-matrices $B_{1},B_{2},...,B_{k}$ with integers entries such that $A=B_{1}\cdot B_{2}\cdot ...\cdot B_{k}$ and $detB_{i}=b_{i}$ for all $i=1,...,k$.

Let $ \{D_1, D_2, ..., D_n \}$ be a set of disks in the Euclidean plane. Let $ a_ {i, j} = S (D_i \cap D_j) $ be the area of $ D_i \cap D_j $. Prove that $$ \sum_ {i = 1} ^ n \sum_ {j = 1} ^ n a_ {i, j} x_ix_j \geq 0 $$ for any real numbers $ x_1, x_2, ..., x_n $.

Given the vector spaces $V,W$ with coefficients over a field $K$ and function $ \phi :V\to W$ satisfying the relation : $$\varphi(\lambda x+y)= \lambda \varphi(x)+\phi (y)$$ for all $x,y \in V, \lambda \in K$. Such a function is called linear. Let $L\varphi=\{x\in V/\varphi(x)=0\}$ , and$M=\varphi(V)$ , prove that : (i) $L\varphi$ is subspace of $V$ and $M$ is subspace of $W$ (ii) $L\varphi={O}$ iff $\varphi$ is $1-1$ (iii) Dimension of $V$ equals to dimension of $L\varphi$ plus dimension of $M$ (iv) If $\theta : \mathbb{R}^3\to\mathbb{R}^3$ with $\theta(x,y,z)=(2x-z,x-y,x-3y+z)$, prove that $\theta$ is linear function . Find $L\theta=\{x\in {R}^3/\theta(x)=0\}$ and dimension of $M=\theta({R}^3)$.

Let be a $ 5\times 5 $ complex matrix $ A $ whose trace is $ 0, $ and such that $ I_5-A $ is invertible. Prove that $ A^5\neq I_5. $

Let $x_1,\ldots, x_n$ and $y_1,\ldots, y_n$ be real numbers. Let $A = (a_{ij})_{1\leq i,j\leq n}$ be the matrix with entries \[a_{ij} = \begin{cases}1,&\text{if }x_i + y_j\geq 0;\\0,&\text{if }x_i + y_j < 0.\end{cases}\] Suppose that $B$ is an $n\times n$ matrix with entries $0$, $1$ such that the sum of the elements in each row and each column of $B$ is equal to the corresponding sum for the matrix $A$. Prove that $A=B$.

Mientka Publishing Company prices its bestseller [i]Where's Walter?[/i] as follows: \[C(n) \equal{} \begin{cases} 12n, &\text{if } 1 \le n \le 24\\ 11n, &\text{if } 25 \le n \le 48\\ 10n, &\text{if } 49 \le n \end{cases}\] where $ n$ is the number of books ordered, and $ C(n)$ is the cost in dollars of $ n$ books. Notice that $ 25$ books cost less than $ 24$ books. For how many values of $ n$ is it cheaper to buy more than $ n$ books than to buy exactly $ n$ books? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 5\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 6\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 8$

Let $M$ be a set of real $n \times n$ matrices such that i) $I_{n} \in M$, where $I_n$ is the identity matrix. ii) If $A\in M$ and $B\in M$, then either $AB\in M$ or $-AB\in M$, but not both iii) If $A\in M$ and $B \in M$, then either $AB=BA$ or $AB=-BA$. iv) If $A\in M$ and $A \ne I_n$, there is at least one $B\in M$ such that $AB=-BA$. Prove that $M$ contains at most $n^2 $ matrices.

Let A be a symmetric matrix such that the sum of elements of any row is zero. Show that all elements in the main diagonal of cofator matrix of A are equal.

Let $M$ be the (tridiagonal) $10\times10$ matrix $$M=\begin{pmatrix}-1&3&0&\cdots&\cdots&\cdots&0\\3&2&-1&0&&&\vdots\\0&-1&2&-1&\ddots&&\vdots\\\vdots&0&-1&2&\ddots&0&\vdots\\\vdots&&\ddots&\ddots&\ddots&-1&0\\\vdots&&&0&-1&2&-1\\0&\cdots&\cdots&\cdots&0&-1&2\end{pmatrix}$$Show that $M$ has exactly nine positive real eigenvalues (counted with multiplicities).

Do there exist polynomials $a(x)$, $b(x)$, $c(y)$, $d(y)$ such that \[1 + xy + x^2y^2= a(x)c(y) + b(x)d(y)\] holds identically?

Suppose that the automorphism group of the finite undirected graph $ X\equal{}(P, E)$ is isomorphic to the quaternion group (of order $ 8$). Prove that the adjacency matrix of $ X$ has an eigenvalue of multiplicity at least $ 4$. ($ P\equal{} \{ 1,2,\ldots, n \}$ is the set of vertices of the graph $ X$. The set of edges $ E$ is a subset of the set of all unordered pairs of elements of $ P$. The group of automorphisms of $ X$ consists of those permutations of $ P$ that map edges to edges. The adjacency matrix $ M\equal{}[m_{ij}]$ is the $ n \times n$ matrix defined by $ m_{ij}\equal{}1$ if $ \{ i,j \} \in E$ and $ m_{i,j}\equal{}0$ otherwise.) [i]L. Babai[/i]

Prove that if $A{}$ and $B{}$ are $n\times n$ matrices with complex entries which satisfy \[A=AB-BA+A^2B-2ABA+BA^2+A^2BA-ABA^2,\]then $\det(A)=0$.

The determinant \[\begin{vmatrix}3&-2&5\\ 7&1&-4\\ 5&2&3\end{vmatrix}\] has the same value as the determinant \[\begin{vmatrix}x&1+x&2+x\\ 3&0&1\\ 1&1&0\end{vmatrix}\] Find $x$.

Does there exist a field such that its multiplicative group is isomorphism to its additive group? [i]Proposed by Alexandre Chapovalov, New York University, Abu Dhabi[/i]

Let $A$ be a $n\times n$ diagonal matrix with characteristic polynomial $$(x-c_1)^{d_1}(x-c_2)^{d_2}\ldots (x-c_k)^{d_k}$$ where $c_1, c_2, \ldots, c_k$ are distinct (which means that $c_1$ appears $d_1$ times on the diagonal, $c_2$ appears $d_2$ times on the diagonal, etc. and $d_1+d_2+\ldots + d_k=n$). Let $V$ be the space of all $n\times n$ matrices $B$ such that $AB=BA$. Prove that the dimension of $V$ is $$d_1^2+d_2^2+\cdots + d_k^2$$

For an ${n\times n}$ matrix $A$, let $X_{i}$ be the set of entries in row $i$, and $Y_{j}$ the set of entries in column $j$, ${1\leq i,j\leq n}$. We say that $A$ is [i]golden[/i] if ${X_{1},\dots ,X_{n},Y_{1},\dots ,Y_{n}}$ are distinct sets. Find the least integer $n$ such that there exists a ${2004\times 2004}$ golden matrix with entries in the set ${\{1,2,\dots ,n\}}$.