Found problems: 4275
How many ordered four-tuples of integers $(a,b,c,d)$ with $0 < a < b < c < d < 500$ satisfy $a + d = b + c$ and $bc - ad = 93$?
Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with real coefficients that satisfy \[P(x\sqrt{2})=P(x+\sqrt{1-x^2})\]for all real $x$ with $|x|\le 1$.
Determine all pairs of polynomials $f$ and $g$ with real coefficients such that \[ x^2 \cdot g(x) = f(g(x)). \]
Find all rational numbers $k$ such that $0 \le k \le \frac{1}{2}$ and $\cos k \pi$ is rational.
For all positive numbers $x,y,z$ the product $(x+y+z)^{-1}(x^{-1}+y^{-1}+z^{-1})(xy+yz+xz)^{-1}[(xy)^{-1}+(yz)^{-1}+(xz)^{-1}]$ equals
$\text{(A)}\ x^{-2}y^{-2}z^{-2} \qquad \text{(B)}\ x^{-2}+y^{-2}+z^{-2} \qquad \text{(C)}\ (x+y+z)^{-1}$
$\text{(D)}\ \frac{1}{xyz} \qquad \text{(E)}\ \frac{1}{xy+yz+xz}$
Determine the number of polynomials of degree $ 3 $ that are irreducible over the field of integers modulo a prime.
For any function $f(x)$, define $f^1(x) = f(x)$ and $f^n (x) = f(f^{n-1}(x))$ for any integer $n \ge 2$. Does there exist a quadratic polynomial $f(x)$ such that the equation $f^n(x) = 0$ has exactly $2^n$ distinct real roots for every positive integer $n$?
[i](6 points)[/i]
[i](8 pts)[/i] Let $n$ be a positive integer, and let $a, b, c$ be real numbers.
(a) [i](2 pts)[/i] Given that $a\cos x+b\cos 2x +c\cos 3x \geq -1$ for all reals $x$, find, with proof, the maximum possible value of $a+b+c$.
(b) [i](6 pts)[/i] Let $f$ be a degree $n$ polynomial with real coefficients. Suppose that $|f(z)| \leq \left|f(z)+\frac{2}{z}\right|$ for all complex $z$ lying on the unit circle. Find, with proof, the maximum possible value of $f(1)$.
Find the number of positive integers $m$ for which there exist nonnegative integers $x_0,x_1,\ldots,x_{2011}$ such that \[ m^{x_0}=\sum_{k=1}^{2011}m^{x_k}. \]
Find four distinct positive integers, $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$, such that each of the four sums $a+b+c$, $a+b+d$,$a+c+d$, and $b+c+d$ is the square of an integer. Show that infinitely many quadruples $(a,b,c,d)$ with this property can be created.
If a polynomial $f(x)$ is divided by $(x-a)^{2} (x-b)$, where $a\ne b$, derive a formula for the remainder.
Let $n=p_1p_2\cdots p_s$, where $p_1,\ldots,p_s$ are distinct odd prime numbers.
(a) Prove that the expression
$$F_n(x)=\prod\left(x^{\frac n{p_{i_1}\cdots p_{i_k}}}-1\right)^{(-1)^k},$$where the product goes over all subsets $\{p_{i_1},\ldots,p_{i_k}\}$ or $\{p_1,\ldots,p_s\}$ (including itself and the empty set), can be written as a polynomial in $x$ with integer coefficients.
(b) Prove that if $p$ is a prime divisor of $F_n(2)$, then either $p\mid n$ or $n\mid p-1$.
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Ilya and Sasha both choose a pair of different polynomials of degree $n$ with real coefficients. Lenya knows $n$, his goal is to find out whether Ilya and Sasha have the same pair of polynomials. Lenya selects a set of $k$ real numbers $x_1<x_2<\dots<x_k$ and reports these numbers. Then Ilya fills out a $2 \times k$ table: For each $i=1,2,\dots,k$ he writes a pair of numbers $P(x_i),Q(x_i)$ (in any of the two possible orders) intwo the two cells of the $i$-th column, where $P$ and $Q$ are his polynomials. Sasha fills out a similar table. What is the minimal $k$ such that Lenya can surely achieve the goal by looking at the tables?
[i]Proposed by L. Shatunov[/i]
Ali and Naqi are playing a game. At first, they have Polynomial $P(x) = 1+x^{1398}$.
Naqi starts. In each turn one can choice natural number $k \in [0,1398]$ in his trun, and add $x^k$ to the polynomial. For example after 2 moves $P$ can be : $P(x) = x^{1398} + x^{300} + x^{100} +1$. If after Ali's turn, there exist $t \in R$ such that $P(t)<0$ then Ali loses the game. Prove that Ali can play forever somehow he never loses the game!
For each positive integer $p$, let $b(p)$ denote the unique positive integer $k$ such that $|k-\sqrt{p}|<\frac{1}{2}$. For example, $b(6) = 2$ and $b(23)=5$. If $S = \textstyle\sum_{p=1}^{2007}b(p)$, find the remainder when S is divided by 1000.
$p(x)$ is a polynomial such that $p(y^2+1) = 6y^4 - y^2 + 5$. Find $p(y^2-1)$.
Prove that there are no integers $a, b, c, d$ such that the polynomial $ax^3+bx^2+cx+d$ equals $1$ at $x=19$ and $2$ at $x=62$.
Find all triples $(x,y,z)$ of positive rationals such that $x + y + z$, $\dfrac{1}{x} + \dfrac{1}{y} + \dfrac{1}{z}$ and $xyz$ are all integers.
Prove that there exist infinitely many positive integers $n$ such that the largest prime divisor of $n^4 + n^2 + 1$ is equal to the largest prime divisor of $(n+1)^4 + (n+1)^2 +1$.
Let $A$ be a real $4\times 2$ matrix and $B$ be a real $2\times 4$ matrix such that
\[ AB = \left(%
\begin{array}{cccc}
1 & 0 & -1 & 0 \\
0 & 1 & 0 & -1 \\
-1 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\
0 & -1 & 0 & 1 \\
\end{array}%
\right). \]
Find $BA$.
Let $p > 2$ be a prime number. $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ is defined as the set of polynomials in $x$ with coefficients in $\mathbb{F}_p$ (the integers modulo $p$ with usual addition and subtraction), so that two polynomials are equal if and only if the coefficients of $x^k$ are equal in $\mathbb{F}_p$ for each nonnegative integer $k$. For example, $(x+2)(2x+3) = 2x^2 + 2x + 1$ in $\mathbb{F}_5[x]$ because the corresponding coefficients are equal modulo 5.
Let $f, g \in \mathbb{F}_p[x]$. The pair $(f, g)$ is called [i]compositional[/i] if
\[f(g(x)) \equiv x^{p^2} - x\]
in $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$. Find, with proof, the number of compositional pairs.
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that $P(1)=1,P(2)=2,\ldots,P(n)=n$.
Prove that $P(0)$ is divisible by $2 \cdot 3 \cdot \ldots \cdot n$.
[i]A. Voidelevich[/i]
A positive integer $N$ is called [i]balanced[/i], if $N=1$ or if $N$ can be written as a product of an even number of not necessarily distinct primes. Given positive integers $a$ and $b$, consider the polynomial $P$ defined by $P(x)=(x+a)(x+b)$.
(a) Prove that there exist distinct positive integers $a$ and $b$ such that all the number $P(1)$, $P(2)$,$\ldots$, $P(50)$ are balanced.
(b) Prove that if $P(n)$ is balanced for all positive integers $n$, then $a=b$.
[i]Proposed by Jorge Tipe, Peru[/i]
Can an infinite set of natural numbers be found, such that for all triplets $(a,b,c)$ of it we have $abc + 1 $ perfect square?
(20 points )
For each positive integer $n$, define $H_n(x)=(-1)^ne^{x^2}\frac{d^n}{dx^n}e^{-x^2}.$
(1) Find $H_1(x),\ H_2(x),\ H_3(x)$.
(2) Express $\frac{d}{dx}H_n(x)$ interms of $H_n(x),\ H_{n+1}(x).$ Then prove that $H_n(x)$ is a polynpmial with degree $n$ by induction.
(3) Let $a$ be real number. For $n\geq 3$, express $S_n(a)=\int_0^a xH_n(x)e^{-x^2}dx$ in terms of $H_{n-1}(a),\ H_{n-2}(a),\ H_{n-2}(0)$.
(4) Find $\lim_{a\to\infty} S_6(a)$.
If necessary, you may use $\lim_{x\to\infty}x^ke^{-x^2}=0$ for a positive integer $k$.