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Find all polynomials $P(x)$ with integer coefficients such that, for all integers $a$ and $b$, $P(a+b) - P(b)$ is a multiple of $P(a)$.
Determine all finite nonempty sets $S$ of positive integers satisfying \[ {i+j\over (i,j)}\qquad\mbox{is an element of S for all i,j in S}, \] where $(i,j)$ is the greatest common divisor of $i$ and $j$.
Let $f$ and $g$ be two nonzero polynomials with integer coefficients and $\deg f>\deg g$. Suppose that for infinitely many primes $p$ the polynomial $pf+g$ has a rational root. Prove that $f$ has a rational root.
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Define a chameleon to be any sequence of $3n$ letters, with exactly $n$ occurrences of each of the letters $a, b,$ and $c$. Define a swap to be the transposition of two adjacent letters in a chameleon. Prove that for any chameleon $X$ , there exists a chameleon $Y$ such that $X$ cannot be changed to $Y$ using fewer than $3n^2/2$ swaps.
Minivan and Megavan play a game. For a positive integer $n$, Minivan selects a sequence of integers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$. An operation on $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ means selecting an $a_i$ and increasing it by $1$. Minivan and Megavan take turns, with Minivan going first. On Minivan's turn, he performs at most $2025$ operations, and he may choose the same integer repeatedly. On Megavan's turn, he performs exactly $1$ operation instead. Megavan wins if at any point in the game, including in the middle of Minivan's operations, two numbers in the sequence are equal. [i](Proposed by Ho Janson)[/i]
On some planet, there are $2^N$ countries $(N \geq 4).$ Each country has a flag $N$ units wide and one unit high composed of $N$ fields of size $1 \times 1,$ each field being either yellow or blue. No two countries have the same flag. We say that a set of $N$ flags is diverse if these flags can be arranged into an $N \times N$ square so that all $N$ fields on its main diagonal will have the same color. Determine the smallest positive integer $M$ such that among any $M$ distinct flags, there exist $N$ flags forming a diverse set. [i]Proposed by Tonći Kokan, Croatia[/i]
Let $ABCDE$ be a convex pentagon with $CD= DE$ and $\angle EDC \ne 2 \cdot \angle ADB$. Suppose that a point $P$ is located in the interior of the pentagon such that $AP =AE$ and $BP= BC$. Prove that $P$ lies on the diagonal $CE$ if and only if area $(BCD)$ + area $(ADE)$ = area $(ABD)$ + area $(ABP)$. (Hungary)
Let $n$ be a positive integer relatively prime to $6$. We paint the vertices of a regular $n$-gon with three colours so that there is an odd number of vertices of each colour. Show that there exists an isosceles triangle whose three vertices are of different colours.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ be positive real numbers. Prove that $d$ is an integer [b]if and only if[/b] there are positive real numbers $e$, $f$ satisfying $$\left \lfloor \dfrac{\left\lfloor\frac{x + a}{b}\right\rfloor + c} {d} \right\rfloor = \left \lfloor \dfrac{x + e}{f} \right \rfloor$$ for all real numbers $x$. (For a real $y$, $\lfloor y \rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $y$.)
On a $999\times 999$ board a [i]limp rook[/i] can move in the following way: From any square it can move to any of its adjacent squares, i.e. a square having a common side with it, and every move must be a turn, i.e. the directions of any two consecutive moves must be perpendicular. A [i]non-intersecting route[/i] of the limp rook consists of a sequence of pairwise different squares that the limp rook can visit in that order by an admissible sequence of moves. Such a non-intersecting route is called [i]cyclic[/i], if the limp rook can, after reaching the last square of the route, move directly to the first square of the route and start over. How many squares does the longest possible cyclic, non-intersecting route of a limp rook visit? [i]Proposed by Nikolay Beluhov, Bulgaria[/i]
Find all positive integers $n$ with the following property: the $k$ positive divisors of $n$ have a permutation $(d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_k)$ such that for $i=1,2,\ldots,k$, the number $d_1+d_2+\cdots+d_i$ is a perfect square.
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Define a chameleon to be any sequence of $3n$ letters, with exactly $n$ occurrences of each of the letters $a, b,$ and $c$. Define a swap to be the transposition of two adjacent letters in a chameleon. Prove that for any chameleon $X$ , there exists a chameleon $Y$ such that $X$ cannot be changed to $Y$ using fewer than $3n^2/2$ swaps.
Let $P(x)$ be a polynomial with rational coefficients such that when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + x + 1$, the remainder is $x + 2$, and when $P(x)$ is divided by the polynomial $x^2 + 1$, the remainder is $2x + 1$. There is a unique polynomial of least degree with these two properties. What is the sum of the squares of the coefficients of that polynomial? $\textbf{(A) } 10 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 13 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 19 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 20 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 23$
Define a $ k$-[i]clique[/i] to be a set of $ k$ people such that every pair of them are acquainted with each other. At a certain party, every pair of 3-cliques has at least one person in common, and there are no 5-cliques. Prove that there are two or fewer people at the party whose departure leaves no 3-clique remaining.
There are $n \geq 3$ islands in a city. Initially, the ferry company offers some routes between some pairs of islands so that it is impossible to divide the islands into two groups such that no two islands in different groups are connected by a ferry route. After each year, the ferry company will close a ferry route between some two islands $X$ and $Y$. At the same time, in order to maintain its service, the company will open new routes according to the following rule: for any island which is connected to a ferry route to exactly one of $X$ and $Y$, a new route between this island and the other of $X$ and $Y$ is added. Suppose at any moment, if we partition all islands into two nonempty groups in any way, then it is known that the ferry company will close a certain route connecting two islands from the two groups after some years. Prove that after some years there will be an island which is connected to all other islands by ferry routes.
Find the maximum possible value of $k$ for which there exist distinct reals $x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_k $ greater than $1$ such that for all $1 \leq i, j \leq k$, $$x_i^{\lfloor x_j \rfloor }= x_j^{\lfloor x_i\rfloor}.$$ [i]Proposed by Morteza Saghafian[/i]
A sequence $x_1, x_2, \ldots$ is defined by $x_1 = 1$ and $x_{2k}=-x_k, x_{2k-1} = (-1)^{k+1}x_k$ for all $k \geq 1.$ Prove that $\forall n \geq 1$ $x_1 + x_2 + \ldots + x_n \geq 0.$ [i]Proposed by Gerhard Wöginger, Austria[/i]
If $ab+\sqrt{ab+1}+\sqrt{a^2+b}\sqrt{a+b^2}=0$, find the value of $b\sqrt{a^2+b}+a\sqrt{b^2+a}$
Let $S=\{1,2,\ldots ,98\}$. Find the least natural number $n$ such that we can pick out $10$ numbers in any $n$-element subset of $S$ satisfying the following condition: no matter how we equally divide the $10$ numbers into two groups, there exists a number in one group such that it is coprime to the other numbers in that group, meanwhile there also exists a number in the other group such that it is not coprime to any of the other numbers in the same group.
Find all continuous functions $f\colon \mathbb{R}_{>0}\to \mathbb{R}_{\geq 1}$ for which the following equation holds for all positive reals $x$, $y$: \[f\left(\frac{f(x)}{y}\right)-f\left(\frac{f(y)}{x}\right)=xy\left(f(x+1)-f(y+1)\right)\]
There are forty weights: $1, 2, \cdots , 40$ grams. Ten weights with even masses were put on the left pan of a balance. Ten weights with odd masses were put on the right pan of the balance. The left and the right pans are balanced. Prove that one pan contains two weights whose masses di ffer by exactly $20$ grams. [i](4 points)[/i]
Let $G$ be a finite group with the following property: If $f$ is an automorphism of $G$, then there exists $m\in\mathbb{N^\star}$, so that $f(x)=x^{m} $ for all $x\in G$. Prove that G is commutative. [i]Marian Andronache[/i]
Nine quadratics, $x^2+a_1x+b_1, x^2+a_2x+b_2,...,x^2+a_9x+b_9$ are written on the board. The sequences $a_1, a_2,...,a_9$ and $b_1, b_2,...,b_9$ are arithmetic. The sum of all nine quadratics has at least one real root. What is the the greatest possible number of original quadratics that can have no real roots?
For any odd prime $p$ and any integer $n,$ let $d_p (n) \in \{ 0,1, \dots, p-1 \}$ denote the remainder when $n$ is divided by $p.$ We say that $(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$ is a [i]p-sequence[/i], if $a_0$ is a positive integer coprime to $p,$ and $a_{n+1} =a_n + d_p (a_n)$ for $n \geqslant 0.$ (a) Do there exist infinitely many primes $p$ for which there exist $p$-sequences $(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$ and $(b_0, b_1, b_2, \dots)$ such that $a_n >b_n$ for infinitely many $n,$ and $b_n > a_n$ for infinitely many $n?$ (b) Do there exist infinitely many primes $p$ for which there exist $p$-sequences $(a_0, a_1, a_2, \dots)$ and $(b_0, b_1, b_2, \dots)$ such that $a_0 <b_0,$ but $a_n >b_n$ for all $n \geqslant 1?$ [I]United Kingdom[/i]