Found problems: 27
1976 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 4
Determine all solutions of the linear system of equations
\begin{align*}
&x_1& &-x_2& &-x_3& &-\cdots& &-x_n& &= 2a, \\
-&x_1& &+3x_2& &-x_3& &-\cdots& &-x_n& &= 4a, \\
-&x_1& &-x_2& &+7x_3& &-\cdots& &-x_n& &= 8a, \\
&&&&&&&&&&&\vdots \\
-&x_1& &-x_2& &-x_3& &-\cdots& &+\left(2^n-1\right)x_n& &= 2^na,
\end{align*}
with unknowns $x_1,\ldots,x_n$ and a real parameter $a.$
2005 Austrian-Polish Competition, 8
Given the sets $R_{mn} = \{ (x,y) \mid x=0,1,\dots,m; y=0,1,\dots,n \}$, consider functions $f:R_{mn}\to \{-1,0,1\}$ with the following property: for each quadruple of points $A_1,A_2,A_3,A_4\in R_{mn}$ which form a square with side length $0<s<3$, we have
$$f(A_1)+f(A_2)+f(A_3)+f(A_4)=0.$$
For each pair $(m,n)$ of positive integers, determine $F(m,n)$, the number of such functions $f$ on $R_{mn}$.