Found problems: 913
Show that for all prime numbers $p$, \[Q(p)=\prod^{p-1}_{k=1}k^{2k-p-1}\] is an integer.
For $ n \equal{} 1,\ 2,\ 3,\ \cdots$, let $ (p_n,\ q_n)\ (p_n > 0,\ q_n > 0)$ be the point of intersection of $ y \equal{} \ln (nx)$ and $ \left(x \minus{} \frac {1}{n}\right)^2 \plus{} y^2 \equal{} 1$.
(1) Show that $ 1 \minus{} q_n^2\leq \frac {(e \minus{} 1)^2}{n^2}$ to find $ \lim_{n\to\infty} q_n$.
(2) Find $ \lim_{n\to\infty} n\int_{\frac {1}{n}}^{p_n} \ln (nx)\ dx$.
Suppose $f(x) = x^3 + \log_2(x + \sqrt{x^2+1})$. For any $a,b \in \mathbb{R}$, to satisfy $f(a) + f(b) \ge 0$, the condition $a + b \ge 0$ is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \text{necessary and sufficient}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \text{not necessary but sufficient}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{necessary but not sufficient}\qquad$
$\textbf{(D)}\ \text{neither necessary nor sufficient}\qquad$
Find $\lim_{n\to\infty} \sum_{k=1}^{2n} \frac{n}{2n^2+3nk+k^2}.$
Denote by $x_n(p)$ the multiplicity of the prime $p$ in the canonical representation of the number $n!$ as a product of primes. Prove that $\frac{x_n(p)}{n}<\frac{1}{p-1}$ and $\lim_{n \to \infty}\frac{x_n(p)}{n}=\frac{1}{p-1}$.
If it is known that $\log_2a+\log_2b\geq 6$, then the least value that can be taken on by $a+b$ is:
$\textbf{(A) }2\sqrt6\qquad
\textbf{(B) }6\qquad
\textbf{(C) }8\sqrt2\qquad
\textbf{(D) }16\qquad
\textbf{(E) }\text{none of these.}$
Let $ a $ be a non-negative real number distinct from $ 1. $
[b]a)[/b] For which positive values $ x $ the equation
$$ \left\lfloor\log_a x\right\rfloor +\left\lfloor \frac{1}{3} +\log_a x\right\rfloor =\left\lfloor 2\cdot\log_a x\right\rfloor $$
is true?
[b]b)[/b] Solve $ \left\lfloor\log_3 x\right\rfloor +\left\lfloor \frac{1}{3} +\log_3 x\right\rfloor =3. $
For how many integers $n$ does the expression \[\sqrt{\frac{\log (n^2) - (\log n)^2}{\log n - 3}} \] represent a real number, where log denotes the base $10$ logarithm?
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\textbf{(A) }900 \qquad \textbf{(B) }2\qquad \textbf{(C) }902 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(E) }901$
Four real numbers $x_0>x_1>x_2>x_3>0$, if $\log_{\frac{x_0}{x_1}}1993+\log_{\frac{x_1}{x_2}}1993+\log_{\frac{x_2}{x_3}}1993\geq k\cdot\log_{\frac{x_0}{x_3}}1993$ for all $x_0,x_1,x_2,x_3$, then the maximum value of $k$ is________.
Let $x$, $y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers that satisfy \[ 2\log_x(2y) = 2\log_{2x}(4z) = \log_{2x^4}(8yz) \neq 0. \] The value of $xy^5z$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{1}{2^{p/q}}$, where $p$ and $q$ are relatively prime integers. Find $p+q$.
Prove the following inequality.
\[ \ln \frac {\sqrt {2009} \plus{} \sqrt {2010}}{\sqrt {2008} \plus{} \sqrt {2009}} < \int_{\sqrt {2008}}^{\sqrt {2009}} \frac {\sqrt {1 \minus{} e^{ \minus{} x^2}}}{x}\ dx < \sqrt {2009} \minus{} \sqrt {2008}\]
Prove that if $ a,b,$ and $ c$ are positive real numbers, then \[ a^ab^bc^c \ge (abc)^{(a\plus{}b\plus{}c)/3}.\]
Determine all positive real numbers $a$ such that there exists a positive integer $n$ and partition $A_1$, $A_2$, ..., $A_n$ of infinity sets of the set of the integers satisfying the following condition: for every set $A_i$, the positive difference of any pair of elements in $A_i$ is at least $a^i$.
Evaluate $ \int_{0}^{1}e^{\sqrt{e^{x}}}\ dx\plus{}2\int_{e}^{e^{\sqrt{e}}}\ln (\ln x)\ dx$.
For every positive integer $ n$, let $ \phi(n)$ denotes the number of positive integers less than $ n$ that is relatively prime to $ n$ and $ \tau(n)$ denote the sum of all positive divisors of $ n$. Let $ n$ be a positive integer such that $ \phi(n)|n\minus{}1$ and that $ n$ is not a prime number. Prove that $ \tau(n)>2009$.
For all integers $ n$ greater than $ 1$, define $ a_n \equal{} \frac {1}{\log_n 2002}$. Let $ b \equal{} a_2 \plus{} a_3 \plus{} a_4 \plus{} a_5$ and $ c \equal{} a_{10} \plus{} a_{11} \plus{} a_{12} \plus{} a_{13} \plus{} a_{14}$. Then $ b \minus{} c$ equals
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \minus{} 2 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \minus{} 1 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac {1}{2002} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac {1}{1001} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac {1}{2}$
Let $f(n)$ be the smallest number of 1s needed to represent the positive integer $n$ using only 1s, $+$ signs, $\times$ signs and brackets $(,)$. For example, you could represent 80 with 13 1s as follows: $(1+1+1+1+1)(1+1+1+1)(1+1+1+1)$. Show that $3 \log(n) \leq \log(3)f(n) \leq 5 \log(n)$ for $n > 1$.
An increasing function $f : N \to R$ satisfies
$$f(kl) = f(k)+ f(l)\,\,\, for \,\,\, all \,\,\, k,l \in N.$$
Show that there is a real number $p > 1$ such that $f(n) =\ log_pn$ for all $n$.
Evaluate $ \int_0^1 \frac{x\minus{}e^{2x}}{x^2\minus{}e^{2x}}dx$.
Let $a>1$ be a constant. In the $xy$-plane, let $A(a,\ 0),\ B(a,\ \ln a)$ and $C$ be the intersection point of the curve $y=\ln x$ and the $x$-axis. Denote by $S_1$ the area of the part bounded by the $x$-axis, the segment $BA$ and the curve $y=\ln x$
(1) For $1\leq b\leq a$, let $D(b,\ \ln b)$. Find the value of $b$ such that the area of quadrilateral $ABDC$ is the closest to $S_1$ and find the area $S_2$.
(2) Find $\lim_{a\rightarrow \infty} \frac{S_2}{S_1}$.
[i]1992 Tokyo University entrance exam/Science[/i]
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \mapsto \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
\[f\left(\sqrt{2} \cdot x\right) + f\left(4 + 3 \cdot \sqrt{2} \cdot x \right) = 2 \cdot f\left(\left(2 + \sqrt{2}\right) \cdot x\right)\]
for all $x$.
If $f(x)=\log \left(\frac{1+x}{1-x}\right)$ for $-1<x<1$, then $f\left(\frac{3x+x^3}{1+3x^2}\right)$ in terms of $f(x)$ is
$\textbf{(A) }-f(x)\qquad\textbf{(B) }2f(x)\qquad\textbf{(C) }3f(x)\qquad$
$\textbf{(D) }\left[f(x)\right]^2\qquad \textbf{(E) }[f(x)]^3-f(x)$
Let $a_1, a_2, \dots$ be a sequence of real numbers satisfying $a_{i+j} \leq a_i+a_j$ for all $i,j=1,2,\dots$. Prove that
\[ a_1 + \frac{a_2}{2} + \frac{a_3}{3} + \cdots + \frac{a_n}{n} \geq a_n \]
for each positive integer $n$.
Evaluate $ \int_1^e \frac {(1 \plus{} 2x^2)\ln x}{\sqrt {1 \plus{} x^2}}\ dx$.
Let $\{\epsilon_n\}^\infty_{n=1}$ be a sequence of positive reals with $\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow+\infty}\epsilon_n = 0$. Find \[ \lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\dfrac{1}{n}\sum\limits^{n}_{k=1}\ln\left(\dfrac{k}{n}+\epsilon_n\right) \]