Let $\{a_n\}_{n\geq 1}$ be a sequence of real numbers which satisfies the following relation: \[a_{n+1}=10^n a_n^2\] (a) Prove that if $a_1$ is small enough, then $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n =0$. (b) Find all possible values of $a_1\in \mathbb{R}$, $a_1\geq 0$, such that $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty} a_n =0$.

For $a>1$, evaluate $\int_{\frac{1}{a}}^a \frac{1}{x}(\ln x)\ln\ (x^2+1)dx.$

If $x$ is real and positive and grows beyond all bounds, then $\log_3{(6x-5)}-\log_3{(2x+1)}$ approaches: $\textbf{(A)}\ 0\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 3\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \text{no finite number}$

Let $ f$ be a real function defined on the positive half-axis for which $ f(xy)\equal{}xf(y)\plus{}yf(x)$ and $ f(x\plus{}1) \leq f(x)$ hold for every positive $ x$ and $ y$. Show that if $ f(1/2)\equal{}1/2$, then \[ f(x)\plus{}f(1\minus{}x) \geq \minus{}x \log_2 x \minus{}(1\minus{}x) \log_2 (1\minus{}x)\] for every $ x\in (0,1)$. [i]Z. Daroczy, Gy. Maksa[/i]

Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{n+k}(\ln (n+k)-\ln\ n)$.

Determine the value of $ab$ if $\log_8 a + \log_4 b^2 = 5$ and $\log_8 b + \log_4 a^2 = 7$.

Let $a,b$ be real numbers such that $a<b$. Evaluate \[\lim_{b\rightarrow a} \frac{\displaystyle\int_a^b \ln |1+(x-a)(b-x)|dx}{(b-a)^3}\].

Evaluate \[\lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{k=1}^n \frac{1}{n+k\sqrt{-1}}\]

Suppose that $a_0=1$ and that $a_{n+1}=a_n+e^{-a_n}$ for $n=0,1,2,\dots.$ Does $a_n-\log n$ have a finite limit as $n\to\infty?$ (Here $\log n=\log_en=\ln n.$)

Find the minimum value of $f(x)=\int_0^{\frac{\pi}{4}} |\tan t-x|dt.$

Evaluate \[ \log_{10}(\tan 1^{\circ})+ \log_{10}(\tan 2^{\circ})+ \log_{10}(\tan 3^{\circ})+ \cdots + \log_{10}(\tan 88^{\circ})+\log_{10}(\tan 89^{\circ}). \] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1}{2}\log_{10}(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}) \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{2}\log_{10}2 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{none of these} $

Solve the equation $\sqrt{x} = \log_2 x$.

[b]p10 [/b]Kathy has two positive real numbers, $a$ and $b$. She mistakenly writes $$\log (a + b) = \log (a) + \log( b),$$ but miraculously, she finds that for her combination of $a$ and $b$, the equality holds. If $a = 2022b$, then $b = \frac{p}{q}$ , for positive integers $p, q$ where $gcd(p, q) = 1$. Find $p + q$. [b]p11[/b] Points $X$ and $Y$ lie on sides $AB$ and $BC$ of triangle $ABC$, respectively. Ray $\overrightarrow{XY}$ is extended to point $Z$ such that $A, C$, and $Z$ are collinear, in that order. If triangle$ ABZ$ is isosceles and triangle $CYZ$ is equilateral, then the possible values of $\angle ZXB$ lie in the interval $I = (a^o, b^o)$, such that $0 \le a, b \le 360$ and such that $a$ is as large as possible and $b$ is as small as possible. Find $a + b$. [b]p12[/b] Let $S = \{(a, b) | 0 \le a, b \le 3, a$ and $b$ are integers $\}$. In other words, $S$ is the set of points in the coordinate plane with integer coordinates between $0$ and $3$, inclusive. Prair selects four distinct points in $S$, for each selected point, she draws lines with slope $1$ and slope $-1$ passing through that point. Given that each point in $S$ lies on at least one line Prair drew, how many ways could she have selected those four points?

Determine all $x\in(0,3/4)$ which satisfy \[\log_x(1-x)+\log_2\frac{1-x}{x}=\frac{1}{(\log_2x)^2}.\]

Let $a, b, c$ be strictly positive real numbers such that $1 < b \le c^2 \le a^{10}$, and \[\log_ab + 2\log_bc + 5\log_ca = 12.\] Prove that \[2\log_ac + 5\log_cb + 10\log_ba \ge 21.\]

a)Prove that $\ln(1+x)\le x,\ (\forall)x\ge 0$. b)Let $a>0$. Prove that: \[\lim_{n\to \infty} n\int_0^1\frac{x^n}{a+x^n}dx=\ln \frac{a+1}{a}\] [i]***[/i]

Evaluate $ \int_1^e \frac{(x^2\ln x\minus{}1)e^x}{x}\ dx.$

If $x = cos 1^o cos 2^o cos 3^o...cos 89^o$ and $y = cos 2^o cos 6^o cos 10^o...cos 86^o$, then what is the integer nearest to $\frac27 \log_2 \frac{y}{x}$ ?

If $ a,b,c $ are all in the interval $ (0,1) $ or all in the interval $ \left( 1,\infty \right), $ then $$ 1\le\sum_{\text{cyc}} \frac{\log_a^7 b\cdot \log_b^3c}{\log_c a +2\log_a b} . $$ [i]Gheorghe Duță[/i]

Let $a,\ b$ be constant numbers such that $a^{2}\geq b.$ Find the following definite integrals. (1) $I=\int \frac{dx}{x^{2}+2ax+b}$ (2) $J=\int \frac{dx}{(x^{2}+2ax+b)^{2}}$

Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers greater than $1$ for which there exists a positive real number $c$, different from $1$, such that \[2(\log_ac+\log_bc)=9\log_{ab}c.\] Find the largest possible value of $\log_ab$. $\textbf{(A) }\sqrt2\qquad\textbf{(B) }\sqrt3\qquad\textbf{(C) }2\qquad\textbf{(D) }\sqrt6\qquad\textbf{(E) }3$

If $ P \equal{} \frac{s}{(1 \plus{} k)^n}$ then $ n$ equals: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\log{\left(\frac{s}{P}\right)}}{\log{(1 \plus{} k)}}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \log{\left(\frac{s}{P(1 \plus{} k)}\right)}\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \log{\left(\frac{s \minus{} P}{1 \plus{} k}\right)}\qquad \\ \textbf{(D)}\ \log{\left(\frac{s}{P}\right)} \plus{} \log{(1 \plus{} k)}\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{\log{(s)}}{\log{(P(1 \plus{} k))}}$

Let $n$ be a fixed natural number. [b]a)[/b] Find all solutions to the following equation : \[ \sum_{k=1}^n [\frac x{2^k}]=x-1 \] [b]b)[/b] Find the number of solutions to the following equation ($m$ is a fixed natural) : \[ \sum_{k=1}^n [\frac x{2^k}]=x-m \]

Evaluate ${ \int_0^{\frac{\pi}{8}}\frac{\cos x}{\cos (x-\frac{\pi}{8}})}\ dx$.

If $ 10^{\log_{10}9} \equal{} 8x \plus{} 5$ then $ x$ equals: $ \textbf{(A)}\ 0 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac {1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {5}{8} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {9}{8} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {2\log_{10}3 \minus{} 5}{8}$