Found problems: 5802
Prove that for every positive integer $n$ there exists an $n$-digit number divisible by $5^n$ all of whose digits are odd.
Let $x_1,\ldots, x_n$ and $y_1,\ldots, y_n$ be real numbers. Let $A = (a_{ij})_{1\leq i,j\leq n}$ be the matrix with entries \[a_{ij} = \begin{cases}1,&\text{if }x_i + y_j\geq 0;\\0,&\text{if }x_i + y_j < 0.\end{cases}\] Suppose that $B$ is an $n\times n$ matrix with entries $0$, $1$ such that the sum of the elements in each row and each column of $B$ is equal to the corresponding sum for the matrix $A$. Prove that $A=B$.
Let $n$ be an integer $> 1$. In a circular arrangement of $n$ lamps $L_0, \cdots, L_{n-1}$, each one of which can be either ON or OFF, we start with the situation that all lamps are ON, and then carry out a sequence of steps, $Step_0, Step_1, \cdots$. If $L_{j-1}$ ($j$ is taken mod n) is ON, then $Step_j$ changes the status of $L_j$ (it goes from ON to OFF or from OFF to ON) but does not change the status of any of the other lamps. If $L_{j-1}$ is OFF, then $Step_j$ does not change anything at all. Show that:
[i](a)[/i] There is a positive integer $M(n)$ such that after $M(n)$ steps all lamps are ON again.
[i](b)[/i] If $n$ has the form $2^k$, then all lamps are ON after $n^2 - 1$ steps.
[i](c) [/i]If $n$ has the form $2^k +1$, then all lamps are ON after $n^2 -n+1$ steps.
Let $\{a_n\}$ be a sequence such that: $a_1 = \frac{1}{2}$, $a_{k+1}=-a_k+\frac{1}{2-a_k}$ for all $k = 1, 2,\ldots$. Prove that
\[ \left(\frac{n}{2(a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n)}-1\right)^n \leq \left(\frac{a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n}{n}\right)^n\left(\frac{1}{a_1}-1\right)\left(\frac{1}{a_2}-1\right)\cdots \left(\frac{1}{a_n}-1\right). \]
Find all functions $f : N \to N$ such that $f(m)+f(n)$ divides $m+n$ for all positive integers $m$ and $n$.
Given a finite tree $ T$ and isomorphism $ f: T\rightarrow T$. Prove that either there exist a vertex $ a$ such that $ f(a)\equal{}a$ or there exist two neighbor vertices $ a$, $ b$ such that $ f(a)\equal{}b$, $ f(b)\equal{}a$.
1. Prove the following inequality for positive reals $a_1,a_2...,a_n$ and $b_1,b_2...,b_n$:
$(\sum a_i)(\sum b_i)\geq (\sum a_i+b_i)(\sum\frac{a_ib_i}{a_i+b_i})$
Let $S_0$ be a finite set of positive integers. We define finite sets $S_1, S_2, \cdots$ of positive integers as follows: the integer $a$ in $S_{n+1}$ if and only if exactly one of $a-1$ or $a$ is in $S_n$. Show that there exist infinitely many integers $N$ for which $S_N = S_0 \cup \{ N + a: a \in S_0 \}$.
The set of positive integers is partitioned into $n$ disjoint infinite arithmetic progressions $S_1, S_2, \ldots, S_n$ with common differences $d_1, d_2, \ldots, d_n$, respectively. Prove that there exists exactly one index $1\leq i \leq n$ such that\[ \frac{1}{d_i}\prod_{j=1}^n d_j \in S_i.\]
We have $2p-1$ integer numbers, where $p$ is a prime number. Prove that we can choose exactly $p$ numbers (from these $2p-1$ numbers) so that their sum is divisible by $p$.
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $p$ a fixed prime. We have a deck of $n$ cards, numbered $1,\ 2,\ldots,\ n$ and $p$ boxes for put the cards on them. Determine all posible integers $n$ for which is possible to distribute the cards in the boxes in such a way the sum of the numbers of the cards in each box is the same.
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$, $ e$, $ f$ be positive integers and let $ S = a+b+c+d+e+f$.
Suppose that the number $ S$ divides $ abc+def$ and $ ab+bc+ca-de-ef-df$. Prove that $ S$ is composite.
Let $ n\ge 2$ be an integer. What is the minimal and maximal possible rank of an $ n\times n$ matrix whose $ n^{2}$ entries are precisely the numbers $ 1, 2, \ldots, n^{2}$?
Prove that for each positive integer n,the equation
$x^{2}+15y^{2}=4^{n}$
has at least $n$ integer solution $(x,y)$
Let $A$ be a $101$-element subset of the set $S=\{1,2,\ldots,1000000\}$. Prove that there exist numbers $t_1$, $t_2, \ldots, t_{100}$ in $S$ such that the sets \[ A_j=\{x+t_j\mid x\in A\},\qquad j=1,2,\ldots,100 \] are pairwise disjoint.
Alexey and Bogdan play a game with two piles of stones. In the beginning, one of the piles contains $2021$ stones, and the second is empty. In one move, each of the guys has to pick up an even number of stones (more than zero) from an arbitrary pile, then transfer half of the stones taken to another pile, and the other half - to remove from the game. Loses the one who cannot make a move. Who will win this game if both strive to win, and Bogdan begins?
(Oleksii Masalitin)
(a) Let $z$ be a solution of the quadratic equation
$$az^2 +bz+c=0$$
and let $n$ be a positive integer. Show that $z$ can be expressed as a rational function of $z^n , a,b,c.$
(b) Using (a) or by any other means, express $x$ as a rational function of $x^{3}$ and $x+\frac{1}{x}.$
For a sequence $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ of real numbers, we define its $\textit{price}$ as \[\max_{1\le i\le n}|x_1+\cdots +x_i|.\] Given $n$ real numbers, Dave and George want to arrange them into a sequence with a low price. Diligent Dave checks all possible ways and finds the minimum possible price $D$. Greedy George, on the other hand, chooses $x_1$ such that $|x_1 |$ is as small as possible; among the remaining numbers, he chooses $x_2$ such that $|x_1 + x_2 |$ is as small as possible, and so on. Thus, in the $i$-th step he chooses $x_i$ among the remaining numbers so as to minimise the value of $|x_1 + x_2 + \cdots x_i |$. In each step, if several numbers provide the same value, George chooses one at random. Finally he gets a sequence with price $G$.
Find the least possible constant $c$ such that for every positive integer $n$, for every collection of $n$ real numbers, and for every possible sequence that George might obtain, the resulting values satisfy the inequality $G\le cD$.
[i]Proposed by Georgia[/i]
Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $m$ such that the number of odd distinct prime factor of $m(m+3)$ is a multiple of $3$.
The sequence $a_1, a_2,...$ is defined by the equalities $a_1 = 2, a_2 = 12$ and $a_{n+1} = 6a_n-a_{n-1}$ for every positive integer $n \ge 2$. Prove that no member of this sequence is equal to a perfect power (greater than one) of a positive integer.
Set $X$ is called [i]fancy[/i] if it satisfies all of the following conditions:
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[*]The number of elements of $X$ is $2022$.
[*]Each element of $X$ is a closed interval contained in $[0, 1]$.
[*]For any real number $r \in [0, 1]$, the number of elements of $X$ containing $r$ is less than or equal to $1011$.
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For [i]fancy[/i] sets $A, B$, and intervals $I \in A, J \in B$, denote by $n(A, B)$ the number of pairs $(I, J)$ such that $I \cap J \neq \emptyset$. Determine the maximum value of $n(A, B)$.
For each interger $n\geq 4$, we consider the $m$ subsets $A_1, A_2,\dots, A_m$ of $\{1, 2, 3,\dots, n\}$, such that
$A_1$ has exactly one element, $A_2$ has exactly two elements,...., $A_m$ has exactly $m$ elements and none of these subsets is contained in any other set. Find the maximum value of $m$.
A connected graph is given. Prove that its vertices can be coloured
blue and green and some of its edges marked so that every two vertices
are connected by a path of marked edges, every marked edge connects
two vertices of different colour and no two green vertices are connected
by an edge of the original graph.
Let $n \geq 2$ be a fixed integer. Find the least constant $C$ such the inequality
\[\sum_{i<j} x_{i}x_{j} \left(x^{2}_{i}+x^{2}_{j} \right) \leq C
\left(\sum_{i}x_{i} \right)^4\]
holds for any $x_{1}, \ldots ,x_{n} \geq 0$ (the sum on the left consists of $\binom{n}{2}$ summands). For this constant $C$, characterize the instances of equality.
Let $A=\{a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_{2010}\}$ and $B=\{b_1,b_2,\cdots,b_{2010}\}$ be two sets of complex numbers. Suppose
\[\sum_{1\leq i<j\leq 2010} (a_i+a_j)^k=\sum_{1\leq i<j\leq 2010}(b_i+b_j)^k\]
holds for every $k=1,2,\cdots, 2010$. Prove that $A=B$.