Found problems: 913
A [i]repunit[/i] is a positive integer whose digits in base $ 10$ are all ones. Find all polynomials $ f$ with real coefficients such that if $ n$ is a repunit, then so is $ f(n).$
Let $ a,b,c\in \mathbb R$ such that $ a\ge b\ge c > 1$. Prove the inequality:
$ \log_c\log_c b \plus{} \log_b\log_b a \plus{} \log_a\log_a c\geq 0$
$\log_8 2 = 0.2525$ in base $8$ (to $4$ places of decimals). Find $\log_8 4$ in base $8$ (to $4$ places of decimals).
Let $ S(t)$ be the area of the traingle $ OAB$ with $ O(0,\ 0,\ 0),\ A(2,\ 2,\ 1),\ B(t,\ 1,\ 1 \plus{} t)$.
Evaluate $ \int_1^ e S(t)^2\ln t\ dt$.
Let $n$ be a positive integer, prove that :
[b](a)[/b] $\log_{10}(n + 1) > \frac{3}{10n} +\log_{10}n ;$
[b](b)[/b] $ \log n! > \frac{3n}{10}\left( \frac 12+\frac 13 +\cdots +\frac 1n -1\right).$
Let $\alpha,\ \beta$ be real numbers. Find the ranges of $\alpha,\ \beta$ such that the improper integral $\int_1^{\infty} \frac{x^{\alpha}\ln x}{(1+x)^{\beta}}$ converges.
If $\sqrt{\log_bn}=\log_b\sqrt n$ and $b\log_bn=\log_bbn,$ then the value of $n$ is equal to $\frac jk,$ where $j$ and $k$ are relatively prime. What is $j+k$?
Show that, for every positive integer $n$, there exist $n$ consecutive positive integers such that none is divisible by the sum of its digits.
(Alternative Formulation: Call a number good if it's not divisible by the sum of its digits. Show that for every positive integer $n$ there are $n$ consecutive good numbers.)
Solve the inequality $$\log_{\frac12} x\ge 16^x$$
If $ (0.2)^x \equal{} 2$ and $ \log 2 \equal{} 0.3010$, then the value of $ x$ to the nearest tenth is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ \minus{} 10.0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \minus{} 0.5 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \minus{} 0.4 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \minus{} 0.2 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 10.0$
Solve the system of equations:
$$|\log_2(x + y)| + | \log_2(x - y)| = 3$$
$$xy = 3$$
Suppose that $p$ and $q$ are positive numbers for which \[ \log_{9}(p) = \log_{12}(q) = \log_{16}(p+q) \] What is the value of $\frac{q}{p}$?
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{4}{3}\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{1+\sqrt{3}}{2}\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{8}{5}\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{16}{9} $
Let $a\geq 1$ be a real number. Put $x_{1}=a,x_{n+1}=1+\ln{(\frac{x_{n}^{2}}{1+\ln{x_{n}}})}(n=1,2,...)$. Prove that the sequence $\{x_{n}\}$ converges and find its limit.
For some real numbers $ a$ and $ b$, the equation
\[ 8x^3 \plus{} 4ax^2 \plus{} 2bx \plus{} a \equal{} 0
\]has three distinct positive roots. If the sum of the base-$ 2$ logarithms of the roots is $ 5$, what is the value of $ a$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\minus{}\!256 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\minus{}\!64 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\minus{}\!8 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 64 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 256$
Consider a sequence $1^{0.01},\ 2^{0.02},\ 2^{0.02},\ 3^{0.03},\ 3^{0.03},\ 3^{0.03},\ 4^{0.04},\ 4^{0.04},\ 4^{0.04},\ 4^{0.04},\ \cdots$.
(1) Find the 36th term.
(2) Find $\int x^2\ln x\ dx$.
(3) Let $A$ be the product of from the first term to the 36th term. How many digits does $A$ have integer part?
If necessary, you may use the fact $2.0<\ln 8<2.1,\ 2.1<\ln 9<2.2,\ 2.30<\ln 10<2.31$.
[i]2010 National Defense Medical College Entrance Exam, Problem 4[/i]
Prove the following inequality.
\[ \ln \frac {\sqrt {2009} \plus{} \sqrt {2010}}{\sqrt {2008} \plus{} \sqrt {2009}} < \int_{\sqrt {2008}}^{\sqrt {2009}} \frac {\sqrt {1 \minus{} e^{ \minus{} x^2}}}{x}\ dx < \sqrt {2009} \minus{} \sqrt {2008}\]
Let $\{x\}$ be a sequence of positive reals $x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n$, defined by: $x_1 = 1, x_2 = 9, x_3=9, x_4=1$. And for $n \geq 1$ we have:
\[x_{n+4} = \sqrt[4]{x_{n} \cdot x_{n+1} \cdot x_{n+2} \cdot x_{n+3}}.\]
Show that this sequence has a finite limit. Determine this limit.
The graph of $ y\equal{}\log x$
$\textbf{(A)}\text{Cuts the }y\text{-axis} \qquad\\
\textbf{(B)}\ \text{Cuts all lines perpendicular to the }x\text{-axis} \qquad\\
\textbf{(C)}\ \text{Cuts the }x\text{-axis} \qquad\\
\textbf{(D)}\ \text{Cuts neither axis} \qquad\\
\textbf{(E)}\ \text{Cuts all circles whose center is at the origin}$
Let $D$ be a closed disc in the complex plane. Prove that for all positive integers $n$, and for all complex numbers $z_1,z_2,\ldots,z_n\in D$ there exists a $z\in D$ such that $z^n = z_1\cdot z_2\cdots z_n$.
Evaluate $ \displaystyle I \equal{} \int_0^{\frac\pi4}\left(\sin^62x \plus{} \cos^62x\right)\cdot \ln(1 \plus{} \tan x)\text{d}x$.
Find all integers $n$ for which $\log_{2n-2} (n^2 + 2)$ is a rational number.
Suppose $x$ is a random real number between $1$ and $4$, and $y$ is a random real number between $1$ and $9$. If the expected value of \[ \left\lceil \log_2 x \right\rceil - \left\lfloor \log_3 y \right\rfloor \] can be expressed as $\frac mn$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, compute $100m + n$.
[i]Proposed by Lewis Chen[/i]
Let $a,\ b$ be positive constants.
Evaluate \[\int_0^1 \frac{\ln \frac{(x+a)^{x+a}}{(x+b)^{x+b}}}{(x+a)(x+b)\ln (x+a)\ln (x+b)}\ dx.\]
([b]8[/b]) Evaluate the integral $ \int_0^1\ln x \ln(1\minus{}x)\ dx$.
There are relatively prime positive integers $m$ and $n$ so that
\[\frac{m}{n}=\log_4\left(32^{\log_927}\right).\]
Find $m+n$.