Found problems: 5802
Consider a $100 \times 100$ table, and identify the cell in row $a$ and column $b$, $1 \leq a, b \leq 100$, with the ordered pair $(a, b)$. Let $k$ be an integer such that $51 \leq k \leq 99$. A $k$-knight is a piece that moves one cell vertically or horizontally and $k$ cells to the other direction; that is, it moves from $(a, b)$ to $(c, d)$ such that $(|a-c|, |b - d|)$ is either $(1, k)$ or $(k, 1)$. The $k$-knight starts at cell $(1, 1)$, and performs several moves. A sequence of moves is a sequence of cells $(x_0, y_0)= (1, 1)$, $(x_1, y_1), (x_2, y_2)$, $\ldots, (x_n, y_n)$ such that, for all $i = 1, 2, \ldots, n$, $1 \leq x_i , y_i \leq 100$ and the $k$-knight can move from $(x_{i-1}, y_{i-1})$ to $(x_i, y_i)$. In this case, each cell $(x_i, y_i)$ is said to be reachable. For each $k$, find $L(k)$, the number of reachable cells.
Find all positive integers $n \geqslant 2$ for which there exist $n$ real numbers $a_1<\cdots<a_n$ and a real number $r>0$ such that the $\tfrac{1}{2}n(n-1)$ differences $a_j-a_i$ for $1 \leqslant i<j \leqslant n$ are equal, in some order, to the numbers $r^1,r^2,\ldots,r^{\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)}$.
For each positive integer $k$, denote by $\tau(k)$ the number of all positive divisors of $k$, including $1$ and $k$. Let $a$ and $b$ be positive integers such that $\tau(\tau(an)) = \tau(\tau(bn))$ for all positive integers $n$. Prove that $a=b$.
Let $n$ be a positive square free integer, $S$ is a subset of $[n]:=\{1,2,\ldots ,n\}$ such that $|S|\ge n/2.$ Prove that there exists three elements $a,b,c\in S$ (can be same), satisfy $ab\equiv c\pmod n.$
[i]Created by Zhenhua Qu[/i]
Let $O=(0,0)$ be the origin of the $xy$-plane. We say a lattice triangle $ABC$ is [i]marine[/i] if it has centroid $O$ and area $\tfrac{3}{2}$.
Let $P$ be any point in the plane which is not a lattice point. Prove that $P$ lies in the interior of some marine triangle if and only if the line segment $\overline{OP}$ does not pass through any lattice points besides $O$.
(A [i]lattice point[/i] is a point whose $x$-coordinate and $y$-coordinate are both integers. A [i]lattice triangle[/i] is a triangle whose vertices are lattice points.)
Several positive integers are written in a row. Iteratively, Alice chooses two adjacent numbers $x$ and $y$ such that $x>y$ and $x$ is to the left of $y$, and replaces the pair $(x,y)$ by either $(y+1,x)$ or $(x-1,x)$. Prove that she can perform only finitely many such iterations.
[i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]
Let $ n \equal{} 2k \minus{} 1$ where $ k \geq 6$ is an integer. Let $ T$ be the set of all $ n\minus{}$tuples $ (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n)$ where $ x_i \in \{0,1\}$ $ \forall i \equal{} \{1,2, \ldots, n\}$ For $ x \equal{} (x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n) \in T$ and $ y \equal{} (y_1, y_2, \ldots, y_n) \in T$ let $ d(x,y)$ denote the number of integers $ j$ with $ 1 \leq j \leq n$ such that $ x_i \neq x_j$, in particular $ d(x,x) \equal{} 0.$ Suppose that there exists a subset $ S$ of $ T$ with $ 2^k$ elements that has the following property: Given any element $ x \in T,$ there is a unique element $ y \in S$ with $ d(x, y) \leq 3.$ Prove that $ n \equal{} 23.$
Consider infinite sequences $a_1,a_2,\dots$ of positive integers satisfying $a_1=1$ and $$a_n \mid a_k+a_{k+1}+\dots+a_{k+n-1}$$ for all positive integers $k$ and $n.$ For a given positive integer $m,$ find the maximum possible value of $a_{2m}.$
[i]Proposed by Krit Boonsiriseth[/i]
Let $a_1, \dots, a_n, b_1, \dots, b_n$ be $2n$ positive integers such that the $n+1$ products
\[a_1 a_2 a_3 \cdots a_n, b_1 a_2 a_3 \cdots a_n, b_1 b_2 a_3 \cdots a_n, \dots, b_1 b_2 b_3 \cdots b_n\]
form a strictly increasing arithmetic progression in that order. Determine the smallest possible integer that could be the common difference of such an arithmetic progression.
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ such that for all integers $m,n$,
\[f(m - n + f(n)) = f(m) + f(n).\]
All sides and diagonals of a convex $n$-gon, $n\ge 3$, are coloured one of two colours. Show that there exist $\left[\frac{n+1}{3}\right]$ pairwise disjoint monochromatic segments.
[i](Two segments are disjoint if they do not share an endpoint or an interior point).[/i]
Let $k\geqslant 2$ be an integer, and $a,b$ be real numbers. prove that $a-b$ is an integer divisible by $k$ if and only if for every positive integer $n$
$$\lfloor an \rfloor \equiv \lfloor bn \rfloor \ (mod \ k)$$
Proposed by Navid Safaei
Let $h \ge 3$ be an integer and $X$ the set of all positive integers that are greater than or equal to $2h$. Let $S$ be a nonempty subset of $X$ such that the following two conditions hold:
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[*]if $a + b \in S$ with $a \ge h, b \ge h$, then $ab \in S$;
[*]if $ab \in S$ with $a \ge h, b \ge h$, then $a + b \in S$.[/list]
Prove that $S = X$.
The fraction \[\dfrac1{99^2}=0.\overline{b_{n-1}b_{n-2}\ldots b_2b_1b_0},\] where $n$ is the length of the period of the repeating decimal expansion. What is the sum $b_0+b_1+\cdots+b_{n-1}$?
$\textbf{(A) }874\qquad
\textbf{(B) }883\qquad
\textbf{(C) }887\qquad
\textbf{(D) }891\qquad
\textbf{(E) }892\qquad$
Let $p$ be an odd prime number, and let $\mathbb{F}_p$ denote the field of integers modulo $p$. Let $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ be the ring of polynomials over $\mathbb{F}_p$, and let $q(x) \in \mathbb{F}_p[x]$ be given by $q(x) = \sum_{k=1}^{p-1} a_k x^k$ where $a_k = k^{(p-1)/2}$ mod $p$. Find the greatest nonnegative integer $n$ such that $(x-1)^n$ divides $q(x)$ in $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$.
Functions $f,g:\mathbb{Z}\to\mathbb{Z}$ satisfy $$f(g(x)+y)=g(f(y)+x)$$ for any integers $x,y$. If $f$ is bounded, prove that $g$ is periodic.
For an integer $n>2$, the tuple $(1, 2, \ldots, n)$ is written on a blackboard. On each turn, one can choose two numbers from the tuple such that their sum is a perfect square and swap them to obtain a new tuple. Find all integers $n > 2$ for which all permutations of $\{1, 2,\ldots, n\}$ can appear on the blackboard in this way.
Let $f(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients. Define a sequence $a_0, a_1, \cdots $ of integers such that $a_0=0$ and $a_{n+1}=f(a_n)$ for all $n \ge 0$. Prove that if there exists a positive integer $m$ for which $a_m=0$ then either $a_1=0$ or $a_2=0$.
Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exists an integer $m$ such that ${2^{n}-1}$ is a divisor of ${m^{2}+9}$.
Let $a_1\in (0,1)$ and $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ a sequence of real numbers defined by $a_{n+1}=a_n(1-a_n^2),\ (\forall)n\ge 1$. Evaluate $\lim_{n\to \infty} a_n\sqrt{n}$.
For a positive integer $k\ge 2$ define $\mathcal{T}_k=\{(x,y)\mid x,y=0,1,\ldots, k-1\}$ to be a collection of $k^2$ lattice points on the cartesian coordinate plane. Let $d_1(k)>d_2(k)>\cdots$ be the decreasing sequence of the distinct distances between any two points in $T_k$. Suppose $S_i(k)$ be the number of distances equal to $d_i(k)$.
Prove that for any three positive integers $m>n>i$ we have $S_i(m)=S_i(n)$.
For which integers $N$ it is possible to write real numbers into the cells of a square of size $N \times N$ so that among the sums of each pair of adjacent cells there are all integers from $1$ to $2(N-1)N$ (each integer once)?
Maxim Didin
Prove that there exists a succession $a_1, a_2, ... , a_k, ...$, where each $a_i$ is a digit ($a_i \in (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)$ ) and $a_0=6$, such that, for each positive integrer $n$, the number $x_n=a_0+10a_1+100a_2+...+10^{n-1}a_{n-1}$ verify that $x_n^2-x_n$ is divisible by $10^n$.
Find all polynomials $f$ with real coefficients such that for all reals $a,b,c$ such that $ab+bc+ca = 0$ we have the following relations
\[ f(a-b) + f(b-c) + f(c-a) = 2f(a+b+c). \]
Let $ c$ be a positive integer. The sequence $ a_1,a_2,\ldots$ is defined as follows $ a_1\equal{}c$, $ a_{n\plus{}1}\equal{}a_n^2\plus{}a_n\plus{}c^3$ for all positive integers $ n$. Find all $ c$ so that there are integers $ k\ge1$ and $ m\ge2$ so that $ a_k^2\plus{}c^3$ is the $ m$th power of some integer.