Does there exist a set $ M$ with the following properties? [i](i)[/i] The set $ M$ consists of 1992 natural numbers. [i](ii)[/i] Every element in $ M$ and the sum of any number of elements have the form $ m^k$ $ (m, k \in \mathbb{N}, k \geq 2).$

Let $n$ be a $6$-digit number, perfect square and perfect cube, if $n -6$ is neither even nor multiple of $3$. Find $n$ .

For each positive integer $k$ we denote by $S(k)$ the sum of its digits, for example $S(132)=6$ and $S(1000)=1$. A positive integer $n$ is said to be $\textbf{fascinating}$ if it holds that $n = \frac{k}{S(k)}$ for some positive integer $k$. For example, the number $11$ is $\textbf{fascinating}$ since $11 = \frac{198}{S(198)} ($since $\frac{198}{S(198)}=\frac{198}{1+9+8}=\frac{198}{18} = 11)$. Prove that there exists a positive integer less than $2021$ and that it is not $\textbf{fascinating}$.

Find the number of positive integers less than or equal to $2019$ that are no more than $10$ away from a perfect square.

Let $d$ be a positive integer. Show that for every integer $S$, there exist a positive integer $n$ and a sequence $a_1, ..., a_n \in \{-1, 1\}$ such that $S = a_1(1 + d)^2 + a_2(1 + 2d)^2 + ... + a_n(1 + nd)^2$.

For each positive integer $n$, let $H_n = \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{n}$. If \[ \sum_{n=4}^{\infty} \frac{1}{nH_nH_{n-1}} = \frac{M}{N} \] for relatively prime positive integers $M$ and $N$, compute $100M+N$. [i]Based on a proposal by ssilwa[/i]

Find all positive integers $n$, such that the number \[ \frac{n^{2021}+101}{n^2+n+1}\] is an integer.

Define a sequence $(a_n)$ by $a_1 =1, a_2 =2,$ and $a_{k+2}=2a_{k+1}+a_k$ for all positive integers $k$. Determine all real numbers $\beta >0$ which satisfy the following conditions: (A) There are infinitely pairs of positive integers $(p,q)$ such that $\left| \frac{p}{q}- \sqrt{2} \, \right| < \frac{\beta}{q^2 }.$ (B) There are only finitely many pairs of positive integers $(p,q)$ with $\left| \frac{p}{q}- \sqrt{2} \,\right| < \frac{\beta}{q^2 }$ for which there is no index $k$ with $q=a_k.$

For positive integers $n$ and $k \geq 2$, define $E_k(n)$ as the greatest exponent $r$ such that $k^r$ divides $n!$. Prove that there are infinitely many $n$ such that $E_{10}(n) > E_9(n)$ and infinitely many $m$ such that $E_{10}(m) < E_9(m)$.

There is a positive integer $A$. Two operations are allowed: increasing this number by $9$ and deleting a digit equal to $1$ from any position. Is it always possible to obtain $A+1$ by applying these operations several times?

Determine all pairs $(a,b)$ of positive integers with the following property: all of the terms of the sequence $(a^n+b^n+1)_{n\geqslant 1}$ have a greatest common divisor $d>1.$

p1. Find an integer that has the following properties: a) Every two adjacent digits in the number are prime. b) All prime numbers referred to in item (a) above are different. p2. Determine all integers up to $\sqrt{50+\sqrt{n}}+\sqrt{50-\sqrt{n}}$ p3. The following figure shows the path to form a series of letters and numbers “OSN2015”. Determine as many different paths as possible to form the series of letters and numbers by following the arrows. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/6/b/490a751457871184a506c2966f8355f20cebbd.png[/img] p4. Given an acute triangle $ABC$ with $L$ as the circumcircle. From point $A$, a perpendicular line is drawn on the line segment $BC$ so that it intersects the circle $L$ at point $X$. In a similar way, a perpendicular line is made from point $B$ and point $C$ so that it intersects the circle $L$, at point $Y$ and point $Z$, respectively. Is arc length $AY$ = arc length $AZ$ ? p5. The students of class VII.3 were divided into five groups: $A, B, C, D$ and $E$. Each group conducted five science experiments for five weeks. Each week each group performs an experiment that is different from the experiments conducted by other groups. Determine at least two possible trial schedules in week five, based on the following information: $\bullet$ In the first week, group$ D$ did experiment $4$. $\bullet$ In the second week, group $C$ did the experiment $5$. $\bullet$ In the third week, group $E$ did the experiment $5$. $\bullet$ In the fourth week, group $A$ did experiment $4$ and group $D$ did experiment $2$.

Find all pairs $(b,c)$ of positive integers, such that the sequence defined by $a_1=b$, $a_2=c$ and $a_{n+2}= \left| 3a_{n+1}-2a_n \right|$ for $n \geq 1$ has only finite number of composite terms. [i]Proposed by Oleg Mushkarov and Nikolai Nikolov[/i]

Let $ a$ and $ b$ be two positive integers such that $ a \cdot b \plus{} 1$ divides $ a^{2} \plus{} b^{2}$. Show that $ \frac {a^{2} \plus{} b^{2}}{a \cdot b \plus{} 1}$ is a perfect square.

Prove that each of the numbers $1, 2, 3, ..., 2^n$ can be written in one of two colors (red and blue) such that no non-constant $2n$-term arithmetic sequence chosen from these numbers is monochromatic .

Prove or disprove that there exists a positive real $u$ such that $\lfloor u^n\rfloor-n$ is an even integer for all positive integers $n$.

Compute the sum of all positive integers $a\leq 26$ for which there exist integers $b$ and $c$ such that $a+23b+15c-2$ and $2a+5b+14c-8$ are both multiples of $26$.

Let $d$ be a natural number. Given two natural numbers $M$ and $N$ with $d$ digits, $M$ is a friend of $N$ if and only if the $d$ numbers obtained substituting each one of the digits of $M$ by the digit of $N$ which is on the same position are all multiples of $7$. Find all the values of $d$ for which the following condition is valid: For any two numbers $M$ and $N$ with $d$ digits, $M$ is a friend of $N$ if and only if $N$ is a friend of $M$.

Find the sum of all positive integers $x$ such that there is a positive integer $y$ satisfying $9x^2 - 4y^2 = 2021$.

Let $H = \{ \lfloor i\sqrt{2}\rfloor : i \in \mathbb Z_{>0}\} = \{1,2,4,5,7,\dots \}$ and let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that there exists a constant $C$ such that, if $A\subseteq \{1,2,\dots, n\}$ satisfies $|A| \ge C\sqrt{n}$, then there exist $a,b\in A$ such that $a-b\in H$. (Here $\mathbb Z_{>0}$ is the set of positive integers, and $\lfloor z\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $z$.)

Let \(n > 1\) be an integer and \(p\) be a prime. Prove that if \(n|p-1\) and \(p|n^3-1\), then \(4p-3\) is a perfect square.

In each square of a $4\times 4$ board, we are to write an integer in such a way that the sums of the numbers in each column and in each row are nonnegative integral powers of $2$. Is it possible to do this in such a way that every two of these eight sums are different? Justify your answer.

Let $ a_1 \equal{} 11^{11}, \, a_2 \equal{} 12^{12}, \, a_3 \equal{} 13^{13}$, and $ a_n \equal{} |a_{n \minus{} 1} \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 2}| \plus{} |a_{n \minus{} 2} \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 3}|, n \geq 4.$ Determine $ a_{14^{14}}$.

Set $ M= \{1,2,\cdots,2550\} $ and $\min A ,\ \max A $ represents the minimum and maximum values of the elements in the set $A$. For $ k \in \{1,2,\cdots 2006\} $define $$ x_k = \frac{1}{2008} \bigg (\sum_{A \subset M : n(A)= k} (\ min A + \max A) \, \bigg) $$. Find remainder from division $\sum_{i=1}^{2006} x_i^2$ with $2551$. [i](passer-by)[/i]

a) Prove that if the square of a number begins with $0.\underbrace{\hbox{9...9}}_{\hbox{100}}$, then the number itself begins with $0.\underbrace{\hbox{9...9}}_{\hbox{100}}$,. b) Calculate $\sqrt{0.9...9}$ ($60$ nines) to $60$ decimal places