$p$ is a prime. Find the all $(m,n,p)$ positive integer triples satisfy $m^3+7p^2=2^n$.

For each positive integer $m$ let $t_m$ be the smallest positive integer not dividing $m$. Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers which can not be represented in the form $m + t_m$. [i](A. Golovanov)[/i]

Let n be a positive integer. Prove the following statement: ”If $2 + 2\sqrt{1 + 28n^2}$ is an integer, then it is the square of an integer.”

Suppose that $a,b,c$ are positive numbers such that $\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}$ is an integer. Show that $abc$ is a perfect cube.

Determine all pairs of positive integers $(a,b)$ such that the following fraction is an integer: \[\frac{(a+b)^2}{4+4a(a-b)^2}.\]

Given two relatively prime numbers $p>0$ and $q>0$. An integer $n$ is called "good" if we can represent it as $n = px + qy$ with nonnegative integers $x$ and $y$, and "bad" in the opposite case. a) Prove that there exist integer $c$ such that in a pair $\{n, c-n\}$ always one is "good" and one is "bad". b) How many there exist "bad" numbers?

The last three digits of $ N$ are $ x25$. For how many values of $ x$ can $ N$ be the square of an integer?

Answer the following questions : $\textbf{(a)}~$ A natural number $k$ is called stable if there exist $k$ distinct natural numbers $a_1, a_2,\cdots, a_k$, each $a_i>1$, such that $$\frac{1}{a_1}+\frac{1}{a_2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{a_k}=1$$ Show that if $k$ is stable, then $(k+1)$ is also stable. Using this or otherwise, find all stable numbers. $\textbf{(b)}$ Let $f$ be a differentiable function defined on a subset $A$ of the real numbers. Define $$f^*(y):=\max_{x\in A} \left\{yx-f(x)\right\}$$ whenever the above maximum is finite. For the function $f(x)=\ln x$, determine the set of points for which $f^*$ is defined and find an expression for $f^*(y)$ involving only $y$ and constants.

The sequence $ (a_n)$ is defined by: $ a_0\equal{}a_1\equal{}1$ and $ a_{n\plus{}1}\equal{}14a_n\minus{}a_{n\minus{}1}$ for all $ n\ge 1$. Prove that $ 2a_n\minus{}1$ is a perfect square for any $ n\ge 0$.

Let $p>3$ be a prime and let $1+\frac 12 +\frac 13 +\cdots+\frac 1p=\frac ab$.Prove that $p^4$ divides $ap-b$.

Does there exist a real number $r$ such that the equation $$x^3-2023x^2-2023x+r=0$$ has three distinct rational roots?

The area of the quadrilateral with vertices at the four points in three dimensional space $(0,0,0)$, $(2,6,1)$, $(-3,0,3)$ and $(-4,2,5)$ is the number $\dfrac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.

Are there $4$ distinct positive integers such that adding the product of any two of them to $2006$ yields a perfect square?

For a natural number $n$, $f(n)$ is defined as the number of positive integers less than $n$ which are neither coprime to $n$ nor a divisor of it. Prove that for each positive integer $k$ there exist only finitely many $n$ satisfying $f(n) = k$.

Define a positive integer $n$ to be [i]almost-cubic [/i] if it becomes a perfect cube upon concatenating the digit $5$. For example, $12$ is almost-cubic because $125 = 5^3$. Find the remainder when the sum of all almost-cubic $n < 10^8$ is divided by $1000$.

Find all $x;y\in\mathbb{Z}$ satisfying the following condition: $$x^3=y^4+9x^2$$

Determine the least odd number $a > 5$ satisfying the following conditions: There are positive integers $m_1,m_2, n_1, n_2$ such that $a=m_1^2+n_1^2$, $a^2=m_2^2+n_2^2$, and $m_1-n_1=m_2-n_2.$

Prove that if $a$ and $b$ are positive integers and $ab>1$, then \[\left\lfloor\frac{(a-b)^2-1}{ab}\right\rfloor=\left\lfloor\frac{(a-b)^2-1}{ab-1}\right\rfloor.\]Here $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer not exceeding $x$. [i]Calvin Deng.[/i]

Show that the cube roots of three distinct prime numbers cannot be three terms (not necessarily consecutive) of an arithmetic progression.

Points $ A_1$, $ A_2$, $ ...$ are placed on a circle with center $ O$ such that $ \angle OA_n A_{n\plus{}1}\equal{}35^\circ$ and $ A_n\neq A_{n\plus{}2}$ for all positive integers $ n$. What is the smallest $ n>1$ for which $ A_n\equal{}A_1$?

Let $k$ be a positive integer. Prove that: (a) If $k=m+2mn+n$ for some positive integers $m,n$, then $2k+1$ is composite. (b) If $2k+1$ is composite, then there exist positive integers $m,n$ such that $k=m+2mn+n$.

You are in a strange land and you don’t know the language. You know that ”!” and ”?” stand for addition and subtraction, but you don’t know which is which. Each of these two symbols can be written between two arguments, but for subtraction you don’t know if the left argument is subtracted from the right or vice versa. So, for instance, a?b could mean any of a − b, b − a, and a + b. You don’t know how to write any numbers, but variables and parenthesis work as usual. Given two arguments a and b, how can you write an expression that equals 20a − 18b? (12 points) Nikolay Belukhov

Prove that if $k$ is an even positive integer then it is possible to write the integers from $1$ to $k-1$ in such an order that the sum of no set of successive numbers is divisible by $k$ .

[b]p16.[/b] Let $P(x)$ be a quadratic such that $P(-2) = 10$, $P(0) = 5$, $P(3) = 0$. Then, find the sum of the coefficients of the polynomial equal to $P(x)P(-x)$. [b]p17.[/b] Suppose that $a < b < c < d$ are positive integers such that the pairwise differences of $a, b, c, d$ are all distinct, and $a + b + c + d$ is divisible by $2023$. Find the least possible value of $d$. [b]p18.[/b] Consider a right rectangular prism with bases $ABCD$ and $A'B'C'D'$ and other edges $AA'$, $BB'$, $CC'$ and $DD'$. Suppose $AB = 1$, $AD = 2$, and $AA' = 1$. $\bullet$ Let $X$ be the plane passing through $A$, $C'$, and the midpoint of $BB'$. $\bullet$ Let $Y$ be the plane passing through $D$, $B'$, and the midpoint of $CC'$. Then the intersection of $X$, $Y$ , and the prism is a line segment of length $\ell$. Find $\ell$. PS. You should use hide for answers.

How many positive integer multiples of 1001 can be expressed in the form $10^{j}-10^{i}$, where $i$ and $j$ are integers and $0\leq i < j \leq 99$?