Found problems: 2008
2010 South East Mathematical Olympiad, 2
For any set $A=\{a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_m\}$, let $P(A)=a_1a_2\cdots a_m$. Let $n={2010\choose99}$, and let $A_1, A_2,\cdots,A_n$ be all $99$-element subsets of $\{1,2,\cdots,2010\}$. Prove that $2010|\sum^{n}_{i=1}P(A_i)$.
1988 IMO Longlists, 85
Around a circular table an even number of persons have a discussion. After a break they sit again around the circular table in a different order. Prove that there are at least two people such that the number of participants sitting between them before and after a break is the same.
2005 Manhattan Mathematical Olympiad, 2
What is the largest number of Sundays can be in one year? Explain your answer.
2018 Iran MO (1st Round), 6
Let $n$ be the smallest positive integer such that the remainder of $3n+45$, when divided by $1060$, is $16$. Find the remainder of $18n+17$ upon division by $1920$.
2013 Canada National Olympiad, 2
The sequence $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$ consists of the numbers $1, 2, \dots, n$ in some order. For which positive integers $n$ is it possible that the $n+1$ numbers $0, a_1, a_1+a_2, a_1+a_2+a_3,\dots, a_1 + a_2 +\cdots + a_n$ all have different remainders when divided by $n + 1$?
PEN B Problems, 1
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Show that there are infinitely many primes $p$ such that the smallest positive primitive root of $p$ is greater than $n$.
1996 India National Olympiad, 1
a) Given any positive integer $n$, show that there exist distint positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $x + j$ divides $y + j$ for $j = 1 , 2, 3, \ldots, n$;
b) If for some positive integers $x$ and $y$, $x+j$ divides $y+j$ for all positive integers $j$, prove that $x = y$.
2017 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 2
Show that the equation \(a^3+(a+1)^3+\ldots+(a+6)^3=b^4+(b+1)^4\) has no solutions in integers \(a,b\).
1999 Flanders Math Olympiad, 4
Let $a,b,m,n$ integers greater than 1. If $a^n-1$ and $b^m+1$ are both primes, give as much info as possible on $a,b,m,n$.
2008 Saint Petersburg Mathematical Olympiad, 5
Given are distinct natural numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$. Prove that
\[ \gcd(ab+1, ac+1, bc+1)\le \frac{a+b+c}{3}\]
2012 AIME Problems, 15
There are $n$ mathematicians seated around a circular table with $n$ seats numbered $1,2,3,\cdots,n$ in clockwise order. After a break they again sit around the table. The mathematicians note that there is a positive integer $a$ such that
(1) for each $k$, the mathematician who was seated in seat $k$ before the break is seated in seat $ka$ after the break (where seat $i+n$ is seat $i$);
(2) for every pair of mathematicians, the number of mathematicians sitting between them after the break, counting in both the clockwise and the counterclockwise directions, is different from either of the number of mathematicians sitting between them before the break.
Find the number of possible values of $n$ with $1<n<1000$.
2013 Princeton University Math Competition, 3
Find the smallest positive integer $x$ such that
[list]
[*] $x$ is $1$ more than a multiple of $3$,
[*] $x$ is $3$ more than a multiple of $5$,
[*] $x$ is $5$ more than a multiple of $7$,
[*] $x$ is $9$ more than a multiple of $11$, and
[*] $x$ is $2$ more than a multiple of $13$.[/list]
1990 Balkan MO, 1
The sequence $ (a_{n})_{n\geq 1}$ is defined by $ a_{1} \equal{} 1, a_{2} \equal{} 3$, and $ a_{n \plus{} 2} \equal{} (n \plus{} 3)a_{n \plus{} 1} \minus{} (n \plus{} 2)a_{n}, \forall n \in \mathbb{N}$. Find all values of $ n$ for which $ a_{n}$ is divisible by $ 11$.
1991 IMO Shortlist, 24
An odd integer $ n \ge 3$ is said to be nice if and only if there is at least one permutation $ a_{1}, \cdots, a_{n}$ of $ 1, \cdots, n$ such that the $ n$ sums $ a_{1} \minus{} a_{2} \plus{} a_{3} \minus{} \cdots \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 1} \plus{} a_{n}$, $ a_{2} \minus{} a_{3} \plus{} a_{3} \minus{} \cdots \minus{} a_{n} \plus{} a_{1}$, $ a_{3} \minus{} a_{4} \plus{} a_{5} \minus{} \cdots \minus{} a_{1} \plus{} a_{2}$, $ \cdots$, $ a_{n} \minus{} a_{1} \plus{} a_{2} \minus{} \cdots \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 2} \plus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}$ are all positive. Determine the set of all `nice' integers.
2012 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 3
Let $p\ge 17$ be a prime. Prove that $t=3$ is the largest positive integer which satisfies the following condition:
For any integers $a,b,c,d$ such that $abc$ is not divisible by $p$ and $(a+b+c)$ is divisible by $p$, there exists integers $x,y,z$ belonging to the set $\{0,1,2,\ldots , \left\lfloor \frac{p}{t} \right\rfloor - 1\}$ such that $ax+by+cz+d$ is divisible by $p$.
2010 Germany Team Selection Test, 3
On a $999\times 999$ board a [i]limp rook[/i] can move in the following way: From any square it can move to any of its adjacent squares, i.e. a square having a common side with it, and every move must be a turn, i.e. the directions of any two consecutive moves must be perpendicular. A [i]non-intersecting route[/i] of the limp rook consists of a sequence of pairwise different squares that the limp rook can visit in that order by an admissible sequence of moves. Such a non-intersecting route is called [i]cyclic[/i], if the limp rook can, after reaching the last square of the route, move directly to the first square of the route and start over.
How many squares does the longest possible cyclic, non-intersecting route of a limp rook visit?
[i]Proposed by Nikolay Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]
2006 France Team Selection Test, 3
Let $a$, $b$ be positive integers such that $b^n+n$ is a multiple of $a^n+n$ for all positive integers $n$. Prove that $a=b$.
[i]Proposed by Mohsen Jamali, Iran[/i]
PEN J Problems, 3
If $p$ is a prime and $n$ an integer such that $1<n \le p$, then \[\phi \left( \sum_{k=0}^{p-1}n^{k}\right) \equiv 0 \; \pmod{p}.\]
1974 IMO Longlists, 30
Prove that for any n natural, the number \[ \sum \limits_{k=0}^{n} \binom{2n+1}{2k+1} 2^{3k} \]
cannot be divided by $5$.
2022 IMC, 6
Let $p \geq 3$ be a prime number. Prove that there is a permutation $(x_1,\ldots, x_{p-1})$ of $(1,2,\ldots,p-1)$ such that $x_1x_2 + x_2x_3 + \cdots + x_{p-2}x_{p-1} \equiv 2 \pmod p$.
2008 National Olympiad First Round, 6
A positive integer $n$ is called a good number if every integer multiple of $n$ is divisible by $n$ however its digits are rearranged. How many good numbers are there?
$
\textbf{(A)}\ 3
\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4
\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6
\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12
\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ \text{Infinitely many}
$
PEN M Problems, 12
Let $k$ be a fixed positive integer. The sequence $\{a_{n}\}_{n\ge1}$ is defined by \[a_{1}=k+1, a_{n+1}=a_{n}^{2}-ka_{n}+k.\] Show that if $m \neq n$, then the numbers $a_{m}$ and $a_{n}$ are relatively prime.
2000 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 2
Find all natural numbers $ n $ for which there exists two natural numbers $ a,b $ such that
$$ n=S(a)=S(b)=S(a+b) , $$
where $ S(k) $ denotes the sum of the digits of $ k $ in base $ 10, $ for any natural number $ k. $
[i]Vasile Zidaru[/i] and [i]Mircea Lascu[/i]
Oliforum Contest II 2009, 4
Let $ m$ a positive integer and $ p$ a prime number, both fixed. Define $ S$ the set of all $ m$-uple of positive integers $ \vec{v} \equal{} (v_1,v_2,\ldots,v_m)$ such that $ 1 \le v_i \le p$ for all $ 1 \le i \le m$. Define also the function $ f(\cdot): \mathbb{N}^m \to \mathbb{N}$, that associates every $ m$-upla of non negative integers $ (a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_m)$ to the integer $ \displaystyle f(a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_m) \equal{} \sum_{\vec{v} \in S} \left(\prod_{1 \le i \le m}{v_i^{a_i}} \right)$.
Find all $ m$-uple of non negative integers $ (a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_m)$ such that $ p \mid f(a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_m)$.
[i](Pierfrancesco Carlucci)[/i]
2011 Peru IMO TST, 3
Let $a, b$ be integers, and let $P(x) = ax^3+bx.$ For any positive integer $n$ we say that the pair $(a,b)$ is $n$-good if $n | P(m)-P(k)$ implies $n | m - k$ for all integers $m, k.$ We say that $(a,b)$ is $very \ good$ if $(a,b)$ is $n$-good for infinitely many positive integers $n.$
[list][*][b](a)[/b] Find a pair $(a,b)$ which is 51-good, but not very good.
[*][b](b)[/b] Show that all 2010-good pairs are very good.[/list]
[i]Proposed by Okan Tekman, Turkey[/i]