Does there exist a natural number $n$ in whose decimal representation each digit occurs at least $2006$ times and which has the property that you can find two different digits in its decimal representation such that the number obtained from $n$ by interchanging these two digits is different from $n$ and has the same set of prime divisors as $n$ ?

Let $n$ be a positive integer, $p$ and $q$ be prime numbers such that \[ pq \mid n^p+2 \quad \text{and} \quad n+2 \mid n^p+q^p. \] Prove that there exists a positive integer $m$ satisfying $q \mid 4^m \cdot n +2$.

$n_{1},\ldots ,n_{k}, a$ are integers that satisfies the above conditions A)For every $i\neq j$, $(n_{i}, n_{j})=1$ B)For every $i, a^{n_{i}}\equiv 1 (mod n_{i})$ C)For every $i, X^{a-1}\equiv 0(mod n_{i})$. Prove that $a^{x}\equiv 1(mod x)$ congruence has at least $2^{k+1}-2$ solutions. ($x>1$)

Determine all triples $(x, y, z)$ of positive integers satisfying $x | (y + 1)$, $y | (z + 1)$ and $z | (x + 1)$. (Walther Janous)

Prove that there are at least $666$ positive composite numbers with $2006$ digits, having a digit equal to $7$ and all the rest equal to $1$.

Let $(a_n)$ be sequnce of positive integers such that first $k$ members $a_1,a_2,...,a_k$ are distinct positive integers, and for each $n>k$, number $a_n$ is the smallest positive integer that can't be represented as a sum of several (possibly one) of the numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_{n-1}$. Prove that $a_n=2a_{n-1}$ for all sufficently large $n$.

Show that there exist infinitely many square-free positive integers $n$ that divide $2005^n-1$.

For every integer $ k \geq 2,$ prove that $ 2^{3k}$ divides the number \[ \binom{2^{k \plus{} 1}}{2^{k}} \minus{} \binom{2^{k}}{2^{k \minus{} 1}} \] but $ 2^{3k \plus{} 1}$ does not. [i]Author: Waldemar Pompe, Poland[/i]

Given two odd natural numbers $ a,b$ prove that for each $ n\in\mathbb{N}$ there exists $ m\in\mathbb{N}$ such that either $ a^mb^2-1$ or $ b^ma^2-1$ is multiple of $ 2^n.$

Call a positive integer "useful but not optimized " (!), if it can be written as a sum of distinct powers of $3$ and powers of $5$. Prove that there exist infinitely many positive integers which they are not "useful but not optimized". (e.g. $37=(3^0+3^1+3^3)+(5^0+5^1)$ is a " useful but not optimized" number) [i]Proposed by Mohsen Jamali[/i]

Find a $n\in\mathbb{N}$ such that for all primes $p$, $n$ is divisible by $p$ if and only if $n$ is divisible by $p-1$.

Call admissible a set $A$ of integers that has the following property: If $x,y \in A$ (possibly $x=y$) then $x^2+kxy+y^2 \in A$ for every integer $k$. Determine all pairs $m,n$ of nonzero integers such that the only admissible set containing both $m$ and $n$ is the set of all integers. [i]Proposed by Warut Suksompong, Thailand[/i]

A set $S$ of positive integers is called magic if for any two distinct members of $S, i$ and $j$, $\frac{i+ j}{GCD(i, j)}$is also a member of $S$. The $GCD$, or greatest common divisor, of two positive integers is the largest integer that divides evenly into both of them; for example, $GCD(36,80) = 4$. Find and describe all finite magic sets.

[u]Round 9[/u] [b]p25.[/b] Let $S$ be the set of the first $2017$ positive integers. Find the number of elements $n \in S$ such that $\sum^n_{i=1} \left\lfloor \frac{n}{i} \right\rfloor$ is even. [b]p26.[/b] Let $\{x_n\}_{n \ge 0}$ be a sequence with $x_0 = 0$,$x_1 = \frac{1}{20}$ ,$x_2 = \frac{1}{17}$ ,$x_3 = \frac{1}{10}$ , and $x_n = \frac12 ((x_{n-2} +x_{n-4})$ for $n\ge 4$. Compute $$ \left\lfloor \frac{1}{x_{2017!} -x_{2017!-1}} \right\rfloor.$$ [b]p27.[/b] Let $ABCDE$ be be a cyclic pentagon. Given that $\angle CEB = 17^o$, find $\angle CDE + \angle EAB$, in degrees. [u]Round 10[/u] [b]p28.[/b] Let $S = \{1,2,4, ... ,2^{2016},2^{2017}\}$. For each $0 \le i \le 2017$, let $x_i$ be chosen uniformly at random from the subset of $S$ consisting of the divisors of $2^i$ . What is the expected number of distinct values in the set $\{x_0,x_1,x_2,... ,x_{2016},x_{2017}\}$? [b]p29.[/b] For positive real numbers $a$ and $b$, the points $(a, 0)$, $(20,17)$ and $(0,b)$ are collinear. Find the minimum possible value of $a+b$. [b]p30.[/b] Find the sum of the distinct prime factors of $2^{36}-1$. [u]Round 11[/u] [b]p31.[/b] There exist two angle bisectors of the lines $y = 20x$ and $y = 17x$ with slopes $m_1$ and $m_2$. Find the unordered pair $(m_1,m_2)$. [b]p32.[/b] Triangle 4ABC has sidelengths $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, $C A =15$ and orthocenter $H$. Let $\Omega_1$ be the circle through $B$ and $H$, tangent to $BC$, and let $\Omega_2$ be the circle through $C$ and $H$, tangent to $BC$. Finally, let $R \ne H$ denote the second intersection of $\Omega_1$ and $\Omega_2$. Find the length $AR$. [b]p33.[/b] For a positive integer $n$, let $S_n = \{1,2,3, ...,n\}$ be the set of positive integers less than or equal to $n$. Additionally, let $$f (n) = |\{x \in S_n : x^{2017}\equiv x \,\, (mod \,\, n)\}|.$$ Find $f (2016)- f (2015)+ f (2014)- f (2013)$. [u]Round 12[/u] [b]p34. [/b] Estimate the value of $\sum^{2017}_{n=1} \phi (n)$, where $\phi (n)$ is the number of numbers less than or equal $n$ that are relatively prime to n. If your estimate is $E$ and the correct answer is $A$, your score for this problem will be max $\max \left(0,\lfloor 15 - 75 \frac{|A-E|}{A} \rceil \right).$ [b]p35.[/b] An up-down permutation of order $n$ is a permutation $\sigma$ of $(1,2,3, ..., n)$ such that $\sigma(i ) <\sigma (i +1)$ if and only if $i$ is odd. Denote by $P_n$ the number of up-down permutations of order $n$. Estimate the value of $P_{20} +P_{17}$. If your estimate is $E$ and the correct answer is $A$, your score for this problem will be $\max \left(0, 16 -\lceil \max \left(\frac{E}{A}, 2- \frac{E}{A}\right) \rceil \right).$ [b]p36.[/b] For positive integers $n$, superfactorial of $n$, denoted $n\$ $, is defined as the product of the first $n$ factorials. In other words, we have $n\$ = \prod^n_{i=1}(i !)$. Estimate the number of digits in the product $(20\$)\cdot (17\$)$. If your estimate is $E$ and the correct answer is $A$, your score for this problem will be $\max \left(0, \lfloor 15 -\frac12 |A-E| \rfloor \right).$ PS. You should use hide for answers. Rounds 1-4 have been posted [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3158491p28715220]here [/url] and 5-8 [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3158514p28715373]here[/url]. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

Does there exist a positive integer that is a power of $2$ and we get another power of $2$ by swapping its digits? Justify your answer.

We define the function $Z(A)$ where we write the digits of $A$ in base $10$ form in reverse. (For example: $Z(521)=125$). Call a number $A$ $good$ if the first and last digits of $A$ are different, none of it's digits are $0$ and the equality: $$Z(A^2)=(Z(A))^2$$ happens. Find all such good numbers greater than $10^6$.\\

On a circle there are $99$ natural numbers. If $a,b$ are any two neighbouring numbers on the circle, then $a-b$ is equal to $1$ or $2$ or $ \frac{a}{b}=2 $. Prove that there exists a natural number on the circle that is divisible by $3$. [i]S. Berlov[/i]

It is given the sequence defined by $$\{a_{n+2}=6a_{n+1}-a_n\}_{n \in \mathbb{Z}_{>0}},a_1=1, a_2=7 \text{.}$$ Find all $n$ such that there exists an integer $m$ for which $a_n=2m^2-1$.

Find the number of positive integer divisors of $12! $ that leave a remainder of $1$ when divided by $3$.

Determine all primes $p$ and all non-negative integers $m$ and $n$, such that $$1 + p^n = m^3. $$

Find all triples of positive integers $x, y, z$ satisfying \[\frac{1}{x} +\frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} = \frac{4}{5} .\]

Decide whether or not there exists a nonconstant polynomial $Q(x)$ with integer coefficients with the following property: for every positive integer $n > 2$, the numbers \[ Q(0), \; Q(1), Q(2), \; \dots, \; Q(n-1) \] produce at most $0.499n$ distinct residues when taken modulo $n$. [i]Proposed by Yang Liu[/i]

Consider the set $E = \{1,2,\ldots,2n\}$. Prove that an element $c \in E$ can belong to a subset $A \subset E$, having $n$ elements, and such that any two distinct elements in $A$ do not divide one each other, if and only if \[c > n \left( \frac{2}{3}\right )^{k+1},\] where $k$ is the exponent of $2$ in the factoring of $c$.

There are $n \ge 2$ numbers on the blackboard: $1, 2,..., n$. It is permitted to erase two of those numbers $x,y$ and write $2x - y$ instead. Find all values of $n$ such that it is possible to leave number $0$ on the blackboard after $n - 1$ such procedures.

How many positive integers $x$ less than $10 000$ are there such that $2^x - x^2$ is divisible by $7$ ?