An arbitrary prime $ p$ is given. If an integer sequence $ (n_1 , n_2 , \cdots , n_k )$ satisfying the conditions - For all $ i\equal{} 1, 2, \cdots , k$, $ n_i \geq \frac{p\plus{}1}{2}$ - For all $ i\equal{} 1, 2, \cdots , k$, $ p^{n_i} \minus{} 1$ is divisible by $ n_{i\plus{}1}$, and $ \frac{p^{n_i} \minus{} 1}{n_{i\plus{}1}}$ is coprime to $ n_{i\plus{}1}$. Let $ n_{k\plus{}1} \equal{} n_1$. exists not for $ k\equal{}1$, but exists for some $ k \geq 2$, then call the prime a good prime. Prove that a prime is good iff it is not $ 2$.

Let $m\ge10$ be any positive integer such that all its decimal digits are distinct. Denote $f(m)$ sum of positive integers created by all non-identical permutations of digits of $m,$ e.g. \[f(302)=320+023+032+230+203=808.\] Determine all positive integers $x$ such that \[f(x)=138\,012.\]

Aladdin has several gold ingots, and sometimes he asks the Genie to give him more. The Genie first adds a thousand ingots, but then takes half of the total number. Could it be possible that after asking the Genie for gold ten times, the number of Aladdin’s gold ingots increased, assuming that each time the Genie took half, he took an integer number of ingots? (5 points) Alexandr Perepechko

Let $\sigma(n) $ denote the sum of positive divisors of a number $n $. A positive integer $N=2^rb $ is given,where $r $ and $b $ are positive integers and $b $ is odd. It is known that $\sigma(N)=2N-1$. Prove that $b$ and $\sigma (b) $ are coprime. Tuymaada Q6 Juniors

For each positive integer $n$, let $S(n)$ be the sum of the digits of $n^2 +1$. A sequence $\{a_n\}$ is defined, with $a_0$ an arbitrary positive integer and $a_{n+1} = S(a_n)$. Prove that the sequence $\{a_n\}$ is eventually periodic with period three.

Prove that there exist a subset $A$ of $\{1,2,\cdots,2^n\}$ with $n$ elements, such that for any two different non-empty subset of $A$, the sum of elements of one subset doesn't divide another's.

Let $s,t$ be given nonzero integers, $(x,y)$ be any (ordered) pair of integers. A sequence of moves is performed as follows: per move $(x,y)$ changes to $(x+t, y-s)$. The pair (x,y) is said to be [i]good [/i] if after some (may be, zero) number of moves described a pair of integers arises that are not relatively prime. a) Determine whether $(s,t)$ is itself a good pair; bj Prove that for any nonzero $s$ and $t$ there is a pair $(x,y)$ which is not good.

Define the sequence $a_1 = 2$ and $a_n = 2^{a_{n-1}} + 2$ for all integers $n \ge 2$. Prove that $a_{n-1}$ divides $a_n$ for all integers $n \ge 2$. [i]Proposed by Sam Korsky[/i]

Prove that there is a natural number $N$ of the form $11...1100...00$ which is divisible by $2003$. (The natural numbers are: $1,2,3,...$)

Prove that the expression \[\frac{\gcd(m, n)}{n}{n \choose m}\] is an integer for all pairs of positive integers $(m, n)$ with $n \ge m \ge 1$.

Find all integer pairs $(a,b)$ such that $a\cdot b$ divides $a^2+b^2+3$.

Let $d$ be a positive divisor of the number $A = 1024^{1024}+5$ and suppose that $d$ can be expressed as $d = 2x^2+2xy+3y^2$ for some integers $x,y$. Which remainder we can have when divide $d$ by $20$ ?

The $ 52$ cards in a deck are numbered $ 1, 2, \ldots, 52$. Alex, Blair, Corey, and Dylan each picks a card from the deck without replacement and with each card being equally likely to be picked, The two persons with lower numbered cards from a team, and the two persons with higher numbered cards form another team. Let $ p(a)$ be the probability that Alex and Dylan are on the same team, given that Alex picks one of the cards $ a$ and $ a\plus{}9$, and Dylan picks the other of these two cards. The minimum value of $ p(a)$ for which $ p(a)\ge\frac12$ can be written as $ \frac{m}{n}$. where $ m$ and $ n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $ m\plus{}n$.

Let $p > 1$ be relatively prime to $10$. Let $n$ be any positive number and$ d$ be the last digit of $n$. Define $f(n) = \lfloor \frac{n}{10} \rfloor + d \cdot m$. Then, we can call $m$ a [i]divisibility multiplier[/i] for $p$, if $f(n)$ is divisible by $p$ if and only if $n$ is divisible by $p$. Find a divisibility multiplier for $2013$.

[b]p1.[/b] A man is walking due east at $2$ m.p.h. and to him the wind appears to be blowing from the north. On doubling his speed to $4$ m.p.h. and still walking due east, the wind appears to be blowing from the nortl^eas^. What is the speed of the wind (assumed to have a constant velocity)? [b]p2.[/b] Prove that any triangle can be cut into three pieces which can be rearranged to form a rectangle of the same area. [b]p3.[/b] An increasing sequence of integers starting with $1$ has the property that if $n$ is any member of the sequence, then so also are $3n$ and $n + 7$. Also, all the members of the sequence are solely generated from the first nummber $1$; thus the sequence starts with $1,3,8,9,10, ...$ and $2,4,5,6,7...$ are not members of this sequence. Determine all the other positive integers which are not members of the sequence. [b]p4.[/b] Three prime numbers, each greater than $3$, are in arithmetic progression. Show that their common difference is a multiple of $6$. [b]p5.[/b] Prove that if $S$ is a set of at least $7$ distinct points, no four in a plane, the volumes of all the tetrahedra with vertices in $S$ are not all equal. PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Find all primes that can be written both as a sum and as a difference of two primes (note that $ 1$ is not a prime).

Let $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Q}$ be the sets of integers and rationals respectively. a) Does there exist a partition of $\mathbb{Z}$ into three non-empty subsets $A,B,C$ such that the sets $A+B, B+C, C+A$ are disjoint? b) Does there exist a partition of $\mathbb{Q}$ into three non-empty subsets $A,B,C$ such that the sets $A+B, B+C, C+A$ are disjoint? Here $X+Y$ denotes the set $\{ x+y : x \in X, y \in Y \}$, for $X,Y \subseteq \mathbb{Z}$ and for $X,Y \subseteq \mathbb{Q}$.

Let $p_1, p_2, p_3, p_4, p_5, p_6$ be distinct primes greater than $5$. Find the minimum possible value of $$p_1 + p_2 + p_3 + p_4 + p_5 + p_6 - 6\min\left(p_1, p_2, p_3, p_4, p_5, p_6\right)$$ [i]Proposed by Oliver Hayman[/i]

Let there be a sequence $a_n$ such that $a_1 = 2,a_2 = 0, a_3 = 1, a_4 = 0$, and for $n \ge 1, a_{n+4}$ is the remainder when $a_n + 2a_{n+1} + 3a_{n+2} + 4a_{n+3}$ is divided by $9$. Prove that there are no positive integer $k$ such that $$a_k = 0, a_{k+1} = 1, a_{k+2} = 0,a_{k+3} = 2.$$

$\boxed{N2}$ Let $p$ be a prime numbers and $x_1,x_2,...,x_n$ be integers.Show that if \[x_1^n+x_2^n+...+x_p^n\equiv 0 \pmod{p}\] for all positive integers n then $x_1\equiv x_2 \equiv...\equiv x_p \pmod{p}.$

Let $a, b$, and $c$ be integers that satisfy $2a + 3b = 52$, $3b + c = 41$, and $bc = 60$. Find $a + b + c$

The triplet of positive integers $(a,b,c)$ with $a<b<c$ is called a [i]fatal[/i] triplet if there exist three nonzero integers $p,q,r$ which satisfy the equation $a^p b^q c^r = 1$. As an example, $(2,3,12)$ is a fatal triplet since $2^2 \cdot 3^1 \cdot (12)^{-1} = 1$. The positive integer $N$ is called [i]fatal[/i] if there exists a fatal triplet $(a,b,c)$ satisfying $N=a+b+c$. (a) Prove that 16 is not [i]fatal[/i]. (b) Prove that all integers bigger than 16 which are [b]not[/b] an integer multiple of 6 are fatal.

Consider the prime numbers $p_1,p_2,\dots ,p_{2021}$ such that the sum $$p_1^4+p_2^4+\dots +p_{2021}^4$$ is divisible by $6060$. Prove that at least $4$ of these prime numbers are less than $2021$. $\textit{Stefan Bălăucă}$

Let $a,b$ be coprime positive integers. Show that the number of positive integers $n$ for which the equation $ax+by=n$ has no positive integer solutions is equal to $\frac{(a-1)(b-1)}{2}-1$.

Four positive integers $x,y,z$ and $t$ satisfy the relations \[ xy - zt = x + y = z + t. \] Is it possible that both $xy$ and $zt$ are perfect squares?