Olympiad problems

2013 Baltic Way, 17

Let $c$ and $n > c$ be positive integers. Mary's teacher writes $n$ positive integers on a blackboard. Is it true that for all $n$ and $c$ Mary can always label the numbers written by the teacher by $a_1,\ldots, a_n$ in such an order that the cyclic product $(a_1-a_2)\cdot(a_2-a_3)\cdots(a_{n-1}-a_n)\cdot(a_n-a_1)$ would be congruent to either $0$ or $c$ modulo $n$?

2001 Moldova National Olympiad, Problem 2

Tags: number theory

Prove that there are no $2003$ odd positive integers whose product equals their sum. Is the previous proposition true for $2001$ odd positive integers?

2021 JBMO Shortlist, N2

Tags: minimum , shortlist , number theory , maximum

The real numbers $x, y$ and $z$ are such that $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 1$. a) Determine the smallest and the largest possible values of $xy + yz - xz$. b) Prove that there does not exist a triple $(x, y, z)$ of rational numbers, which attains any of the two values in a).

2019 PUMaC Geometry A, 3

Tags: number theory , relatively prime , geometry , probability

Suppose we choose two numbers $x,y\in[0,1]$ uniformly at random. If the probability that the circle with center $(x,y)$ and radius $|x-y|$ lies entirely within the unit square $[0,1]\times [0,1]$ is written as $\tfrac{p}{q}$ with $p$ and $q$ relatively prime nonnegative integers, then what is $p^2+q^2$?

2001 Croatia National Olympiad, Problem 3

Tags: number theory , combinatorics

Let there be given triples of integers $(r_j,s_j,t_j),~j=1,2,\ldots,N$, such that for each $j$, $r_j,t_j,s_j$ are not all even. Show that one can find integers $a,b,c$ such that $ar_j+bs_j+ct_j$ is odd for at least $\frac{4N}7$ of the indices $j$.

2014 India IMO Training Camp, 1

Tags: euler totient function , number theory

Let $p$ be an odd prime and $r$ an odd natural number.Show that $pr+1$ does not divide $p^p-1$

2011 IMO Shortlist, 4

Tags: combinatorics , number theory

For each positive integer $k,$ let $t(k)$ be the largest odd divisor of $k.$ Determine all positive integers $a$ for which there exists a positive integer $n,$ such that all the differences \[t(n+a)-t(n); t(n+a+1)-t(n+1), \ldots, t(n+2a-1)-t(n+a-1)\] are divisible by 4. [i]Proposed by Gerhard Wöginger, Austria[/i]

TNO 2023 Junior, 6

Tags: number theory

Show that for every integer $n \geq 1$, it is possible to express $5^n$ as the sum of two nonzero squares.

2022 Germany Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: number theory

Show that $n!=a^{n-1}+b^{n-1}+c^{n-1}$ has only finitely many solutions in positive integers. [i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]

2011 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 5

Tags: modular arithmetic , perfect square , number theory , induction

Find all positive integers $n$ such that $A=2^{n+2}(2^n-1)-8\cdot 3^n +1$ is a perfect square.

2012 Vietnam National Olympiad, 2

Tags: system of equations , induction , algebra , number theory

Consider two odd natural numbers $a$ and $b$ where $a$ is a divisor of $b^2+2$ and $b$ is a divisor of $a^2+2.$ Prove that $a$ and $b$ are the terms of the series of natural numbers $\langle v_n\rangle$ defined by \[v_1 = v_2 = 1; v_n = 4v_ {n-1}-v_{n-2} \ \ \text{for} \ n\geq 3.\]

2019 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: prime number , number theory

Find the largest prime $p$ such that there exist positive integers $a,b$ satisfying $$p=\frac{b}{2}\sqrt{\frac{a-b}{a+b}}.$$

2016 Taiwan TST Round 2, 1

Tags: divisibility , factorial , number theory

Let $a$ and $b$ be positive integers such that $a! + b!$ divides $a!b!$. Prove that $3a \ge 2b + 2$.

2015 China Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: function , number theory

For all natural numbers $n$, define $f(n) = \tau (n!) - \tau ((n-1)!)$, where $\tau(a)$ denotes the number of positive divisors of $a$. Prove that there exist infinitely many composite $n$, such that for all naturals $m < n$, we have $f(m) < f(n)$.

2018 Malaysia National Olympiad, B2

Tags: set , proof , number theory

A subset of $\{1, 2, 3, ... ... , 2015\}$ is called good if the following condition is fulfilled: for any element $x$ of the subset, the sum of all the other elements in the subset has the same last digit as $x$. For example, $\{10, 20, 30\}$ is a good subset since $10$ has the same last digit as $20 + 30 = 50$, $20$ has the same last digit as $10 + 30 = 40$, and $30$ has the same last digit as $10 + 20 = 30$. (a) Find an example of a good subset with 400 elements. (b) Prove that there is no good subset with 405 elements.

2000 Irish Math Olympiad, 1

Tags: number theory

Consider the set $ S$ of all numbers of the form $ a(n)\equal{}n^2\plus{}n\plus{}1, n \in \mathbb{N}.$ Show that the product $ a(n)a(n\plus{}1)$ is in $ S$ for all $ n \in \mathbb{N}$ and give an example of two elements $ s,t$ of $ S$ such that $ s,t \notin S$.

2008 Korea - Final Round, 4

Tags: number theory , modular arithmetic

For any positive integer $m\ge2$ define $A_m=\{m+1, 3m+2, 5m+3, 7m+4, \ldots, (2k-1)m + k, \ldots\}$. (1) For every $m\ge2$, prove that there exists a positive integer $a$ that satisfies $1\le a<m$ and $2^a\in A_m$ or $2^a+1\in A_m$. (2) For a certain $m\ge2$, let $a, b$ be positive integers that satisfy $2^a\in A_m$, $2^b+1\in A_m$. Let $a_0, b_0$ be the least such pair $a, b$. Find the relation between $a_0$ and $b_0$.

2014 Greece Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: number theory , quadratic , induction , modular arithmetic

Let $(x_{n}) \ n\geq 1$ be a sequence of real numbers with $x_{1}=1$ satisfying $2x_{n+1}=3x_{n}+\sqrt{5x_{n}^{2}-4}$ a) Prove that the sequence consists only of natural numbers. b) Check if there are terms of the sequence divisible by $2011$.

2017 China Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: divisor , number theory , modular arithmetic

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Let $D_n$ be the set of all divisors of $n$ and let $f(n)$ denote the smallest natural $m$ such that the elements of $D_n$ are pairwise distinct in mod $m$. Show that there exists a natural $N$ such that for all $n \geq N$, one has $f(n) \leq n^{0.01}$.

2001 AIME Problems, 4

Tags: number theory , relatively prime , analytic geometry

Let $R=(8,6)$. The lines whose equations are $8y=15x$ and $10y=3x$ contain points $P$ and $Q$, respectively, such that $R$ is the midpoint of $\overline{PQ}$. The length of $PQ$ equals $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

2017 IMO Shortlist, N8

Tags: euclidean algorithm , number theory

Let $p$ be an odd prime number and $\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ be the set of positive integers. Suppose that a function $f:\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\times\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\to\{0,1\}$ satisfies the following properties: [list] [*] $f(1,1)=0$. [*] $f(a,b)+f(b,a)=1$ for any pair of relatively prime positive integers $(a,b)$ not both equal to 1; [*] $f(a+b,b)=f(a,b)$ for any pair of relatively prime positive integers $(a,b)$. [/list] Prove that $$\sum_{n=1}^{p-1}f(n^2,p) \geqslant \sqrt{2p}-2.$$

2018 Regional Olympiad of Mexico Southeast, 4

Tags: infinity , number theory

For every natural $n$ let $a_n=20\dots 018$ with $n$ ceros, for example, $a_1=2018, a_3=200018, a_7=2000000018$. Prove that there are infinity values of $n$ such that $2018$ divides $a_n$

2007 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 2

Tags: number theory , inequalities

Which is largest positive integer n satisfying the following inequality: $n^{2007} > (2007)^n$.

2017 Miklós Schweitzer, 4

Tags: number theory , number fields

Let $K$ be a number field which is neither $\mathbb{Q}$ nor a quadratic imaginary extension of $\mathbb{Q}$. Denote by $\mathcal{L}(K)$ the set of integers $n\ge 3$ for which we can find units $\varepsilon_1,\ldots,\varepsilon_n\in K$ for which $$\varepsilon_1+\dots+\varepsilon_n=0,$$but $\displaystyle\sum_{i\in I}\varepsilon_i\neq 0$ for any nonempty proper subset $I$ of $\{1,2,\dots,n\}$. Prove that $\mathcal{L}(K)$ is infinite, and that its smallest element can be bounded from above by a function of the degree and discriminant of $K$. Further, show that for infinitely many $K$, $\mathcal{L}(K)$ contains infinitely many even and infinitely many odd elements.

2011 JBMO Shortlist, 1

Tags: algebra , integer equation , diophantine equation , number theory , modular arithmetic

Solve in positive integers the equation $1005^x + 2011^y = 1006^z$.