Three circles $C_1$, $C_2$, $C_3$ in the plane touch each other (in three different points). Connect the common point of $C_1$ and $C_2$ with the other two common points by straight lines. Show that these lines meet $C_3$ in diametrically opposite points.

Two walkers are at the same altitude in a range of mountains. The path joining them is piecewise linear with all its vertices above the two walkers. Can they each walk along the path until they have changed places, so that at all times their altitudes are equal?

Find all positive integers $n$ that have precisely $\sqrt{n + 1}$ natural divisors.

Jared has 3 distinguishable Rolexes. Each day, he selects a subset of his Rolexes and wears them on his arm (the order he wears them does not matter). However, he does not want to wear the same Rolex 2 days in a row. How many ways can he wear his Rolexes during a 6 day period?

If all edges of a non-planar quadrilateral tangent the faces of a sphere, prove that all of the points of tangency belong to a plane.

A pile of n pebbles is placed in a vertical column. This configuration is modified according to the following rules. A pebble can be moved if it is at the top of a column which contains at least two more pebbles than the column immediately to its right. (If there are no pebbles to the right, think of this as a column with 0 pebbles.) At each stage, choose a pebble from among those that can be moved (if there are any) and place it at the top of the column to its right. If no pebbles can be moved, the configuration is called a final configuration. For each n, show that, no matter what choices are made at each stage, the final configuration obtained is unique. Describe that configuration in terms of n.

Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}^{ \plus{} }\to\mathbb{R}^{ \plus{} }$ satisfying $ f\left(x \plus{} f\left(y\right)\right) \equal{} f\left(x \plus{} y\right) \plus{} f\left(y\right)$ for all pairs of positive reals $ x$ and $ y$. Here, $ \mathbb{R}^{ \plus{} }$ denotes the set of all positive reals. [i]Proposed by Paisan Nakmahachalasint, Thailand[/i]

$2013$ smurfs are sitting at a large round table. Each of them has two tickets. on each card represents a number from $\{1, 2, . . ., 2013\}$ such that each of the numbers from this set occurs exactly twice. Every smurf takes the card every minute with the smaller of the two numbers, it smurfs on to its left neighbor and receives a card from his right neighbor. Show that there will come a time when a smurf has two cards with the same number.

What number is one third of the way from $ \frac14$ to $ \frac34$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{1}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{5}{12} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{1}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{7}{12} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{2}{3}$

[b]p1.[/b] Solve the equation $\log_x (x + 2) = 2$. [b]p2.[/b] Solve the inequality: $0.5^{|x|} > 0.5^{x^2}$. [b]p3.[/b] The integers from 1 to 2015 are written on the blackboard. Two randomly chosen numbers are erased and replaced by their difference giving a sequence with one less number. This process is repeated until there is only one number remaining. Is the remaining number even or odd? Justify your answer. [b]p4.[/b] Four circles are constructed with the sides of a convex quadrilateral as the diameters. Does there exist a point inside the quadrilateral that is not inside the circles? Justify your answer. [b]p5.[/b] Prove that for any finite sequence of digits there exists an integer the square of which begins with that sequence. [b]p6.[/b] The distance from the point $P$ to two vertices $A$ and $B$ of an equilateral triangle are $|P A| = 2$ and $|P B| = 3$. Find the greatest possible value of $|P C|$. PS. You should use hide for answers.

Suppose $a$, $b$, and $c$ are positive integers such that \[\frac{a}{14}+\frac{b}{15}=\frac{c}{210}.\] Which of the following statements are necessarily true? I. If $\gcd(a,14)=1$ or $\gcd(b,15)=1$ or both, then $\gcd(c,210)=1$. II. If $\gcd(c,210)=1$, then $\gcd(a,14)=1$ or $\gcd(b,15)=1$ or both. III. $\gcd(c,210)=1$ if and only if $\gcd(a,14)=\gcd(b,15)=1$. $\textbf{(A)}~\text{I, II, and III}\qquad\textbf{(B)}~\text{I only}\qquad\textbf{(C)}~\text{I and II only}\qquad\textbf{(D)}~\text{III only}\qquad\textbf{(E)}~\text{II and III only}$

For every positive integer $n$, denote by $D_n$ the number of permutations $(x_1, \dots, x_n)$ of $(1,2,\dots, n)$ such that $x_j\neq j$ for every $1\le j\le n$. For $1\le k\le \frac{n}{2}$, denote by $\Delta (n,k)$ the number of permutations $(x_1,\dots, x_n)$ of $(1,2,\dots, n)$ such that $x_i=k+i$ for every $1\le i\le k$ and $x_j\neq j$ for every $1\le j\le n$. Prove that $$\Delta (n,k)=\sum_{i=0}^{k=1} \binom{k-1}{i} \frac{D_{(n+1)-(k+i)}}{n-(k+i)}$$ (Proposed by Combinatorics; Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran; Mirzavaziri)

Find the smallest natural number for which there exist that many natural numbers such that the sum of the squares of their squares is equal to $ 1998. $ [i]Gheorghe Iurea[/i]

Inside a triangle ABC, consider points $D, E$ such that $\angle ABD =\angle DBE=\angle EBC$ and $\angle ACD=\angle DC E=\angle ECB$. Calculate angles $\angle BDE$, $\angle B EC$, $\angle D E C$ in terms of the angle of the triangle $ABC$.

Let $m_1, m_2, \cdots ,m_k$ be positive numbers with the sum $S$. Prove that \[\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^k\left(m_i +\frac{1}{m_i}\right)^2 \ge k\left(\frac{k}{S}+\frac{S}{k}\right)^2\]

We will consider odd natural numbers $n$ such that$$n|2023^n-1$$ $\textbf{a.}$ Find the smallest two such numbers. $\textbf{b.}$ Prove that there exists infinitely many such $n$

The radius $r$ of a circle with center at the origin is an odd integer. There is a point ($p^m, q^n$) on the circle, with $p,q$ prime numbers and $m,n$ positive integers. Determine $r$.

Let $S=\{1,2,\cdots, n\}$ and let $T$ be the set of all ordered triples of subsets of $S$, say $(A_1, A_2, A_3)$, such that $A_1\cup A_2\cup A_3=S$. Determine, in terms of $n$, \[ \sum_{(A_1,A_2,A_3)\in T}|A_1\cap A_2\cap A_3|\]

Show that $ x^3 + x+ a^2 = y^2 $ has at least one pair of positive integer solution $ (x,y) $ for each positive integer $ a $.

In the acute-angled triangle $ABC$ is drawn the altitude $CH$. A ray beginning at point $C$ that lies inside the $\angle BCA$ and intersects for second time the circles circumscribed circles of $\vartriangle BCH$ and $\vartriangle ABC$ at points $X$ and $Y$ respectively. It turned out that $2CX = CY$. Prove that the line $HX$ bisects the segment $AC$. (Hilko Danilo)

Consider the set $A = \{1, 2, ..., n\}$, where $n \in N, n \ge 6$. Show that $A$ is the union of three pairwise disjoint sets, with the same cardinality and the same sum of their elements, if and only if $n$ is a multiple of $3$.

Let $P_1, P_2, \ldots, P_n$ be distinct $2$-element subsets of $\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}$. Suppose that for every $1 \le i < j \le n$, if $P_i \cap P_j \neq \emptyset$, then there is some $k$ such that $P_k = \{i, j\}$. Prove that if $a \in P_i$ for some $i$, then $a \in P_j$ for exactly one value of $j$ not equal to $i$.

In the diagram below, how many distinct paths are there from January 1 to December 31, moving from one adjacent dot to the next either to the right, down, or diagonally down to the right? [asy] size(340); int i, j; for(i = 0; i<10; i = i+1) { for(j = 0; j<5; j = j+1) { if(10*j + i == 11 || 10*j + i == 12 || 10*j + i == 14 || 10*j + i == 15 || 10*j + i == 18 || 10*j + i == 32 || 10*j + i == 35 || 10*j + i == 38 ) { } else{ label("$*$", (i,j));} }} label("$\leftarrow$"+"Dec. 31", (10.3,0)); label("Jan. 1"+"$\rightarrow$", (-1.3,4));[/asy]

We have a square of side $1$ and a number $\ell$ such that $0 <\ell <\sqrt2$. Two players $A$ and $B$, in turn, draw in the square an open segment (without its two ends) of length $\ell $, starts A. Each segment after the first cannot have points in common with the previously drawn segments. He loses the player who cannot make his play. Determine if either player has a winning strategy.

If you pick a random $3$-digit number, what is the probability that its hundreds digit is triple the ones digit?