Suppose that $f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ fulfils $\left|\sum^n_{k=1}3^k\left(f(x+ky)-f(x-ky)\right)\right|\le1$ for all $n\in\mathbb{N},x,y\in\mathbb{R}$. Prove that $f$ is a constant function.

Suppose that the differentiable functions $a, b, f, g:\mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ satisfy \[ f(x)\geq 0, f'(x) \geq 0,g(x)\geq 0, g'(x) \geq 0 \text{ for all } x \in \mathbb{R}, \] \[\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} a(x)=A\geq 0,\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} b(x)=B\geq 0, \lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} f(x)=\lim_{x\rightarrow \infty} g(x)=\infty,\] and \[\frac{f'(x)}{g'(x)}+a(x)\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=b(x).\] Prove that $\lim_{x\rightarrow\infty}\frac{f(x)}{g(x)}=\frac{B}{A+1}$.

Let $\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n$ be a convergent series of positive terms (so $a_i>0$ for all $i$) and set $b_n=\frac1{na_n^2}$ for $n\ge1$. Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac n{b_1+b_2+\ldots+b_n}$ is convergent.

Let $(a_n)_{n\geq 1}$ be a monotone decreasing sequence of real numbers that converges to $0$. Prove that $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{a_n}{n}$ is convergent if and only if the sequence $(a_n\ln n)_{n\geq 1}$ is bounded and $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (a_n-a_{n+1})\ln n$ is convergent.

Let $n$ be a positive integer. Show that there are positive real numbers $a_0, a_1, \dots, a_n$ such that for each choice of signs the polynomial $$\pm a_nx^n\pm a_{n-1}x^{n-1} \pm \dots \pm a_1x \pm a_0$$ has $n$ distinct real roots. (Proposed by Stephan Neupert, TUM, München)

Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ a continuous function, derivable on $R\backslash\{x_0\}$, having finite side derivatives in $x_0$. Show that there exists a derivable function $g:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$, a linear function $h:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ and $\alpha\in\{-1,0,1\}$ such that: \[ f(x)=g(x)+\alpha |h(x)|,\ \forall x\in\mathbb{R} \]

Let $\sum_{n=1}^\infty a_n$ be a divergent series with positive nonincreasing terms. Prove that the series $$\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{a_n}{1+na_n}$$diverges.

Determine the set of real numbers $\alpha$ that can be expressed in the form \[\alpha=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{x_{n+1}}{x_n^3}\] where $x_0,x_1,x_2,\dots$ is an increasing sequence of real numbers with $x_0=1$.

$f$ is a differentiable function such that $f(f(x))=x$ where $x \in [0,1]$.Also $f(0)=1$.Find the value of $$\int_0^1(x-f(x))^{2016}dx$$

Let $f: [0,1]\rightarrow(0,+\infty)$ be a continuous function. a) Show that for any integer $n\geq 1$, there is a unique division $0=a_{0}<a_{1}<\ldots<a_{n}=1$ such that $\int_{a_{k}}^{a_{k+1}}f(x)\, dx=\frac{1}{n}\int_{0}^{1}f(x)\, dx$ holds for all $k=0,1,\ldots,n-1$. b) For each $n$, consider the $a_{i}$ above (that depend on $n$) and define $b_{n}=\frac{a_{1}+a_{2}+\ldots+a_{n}}{n}$. Show that the sequence $(b_{n})$ is convergent and compute it's limit.

Let $\{a_n\}$ be a sequence of positive real numbers such that $\lim_{n\to\infty}a_n=0$. Prove that $\sum^\infty_{n=1}\left|1-\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_n}\right|$ is divergent.

a) Let $ n_{1},n_{2},\dots$ be a sequence of natural number such that $ n_{i}\geq2$ and $ \epsilon_{1},\epsilon_{2},\dots$ be a sequence such that $ \epsilon_{i}\in\{1,2\}$. Prove that the sequence: \[ \sqrt[n_{1}]{\epsilon_{1}\plus{}\sqrt[n_{2}]{\epsilon_{2}\plus{}\dots\plus{}\sqrt[n_{k}]{\epsilon_{k}}}}\]is convergent and its limit is in $ (1,2]$. Define $ \sqrt[n_{1}]{\epsilon_{1}\plus{}\sqrt[n_{2}]{\epsilon_{2}\plus{}\dots}}$ to be this limit. b) Prove that for each $ x\in(1,2]$ there exist sequences $ n_{1},n_{2},\dots\in\mathbb N$ and $ n_{i}\geq2$ and $ \epsilon_{1},\epsilon_{2},\dots$, such that $ n_{i}\geq2$ and $ \epsilon_{i}\in\{1,2\}$, and $ x\equal{}\sqrt[n_{1}]{\epsilon_{1}\plus{}\sqrt[n_{2}]{\epsilon_{2}\plus{}\dots}}$

Let $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function with the property that for any $a,b \in \mathbb{R},$ $a<b,$ there are $c_1,c_2 \in [a,b],$ $c_1 \le c_2$ such that $f(c_1)= \min_{x \in [a,b]} f(x)$ and $f(c_2)= \max_{x \in [a,b]} f(x).$ Prove that $f$ is increasing.

Let be a real number $ a\in (0,1) $ and a function $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ with the property that: $$ \lim_{x\to 0} f(x) =0= \lim_{x\to 0} \frac{f(x)-f(ax)}{x} $$ Prove that $ \lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{f(x)}{x} =0. $

Suppose that $ f: [a,b]\rightarrow \mathbb{R} $ be a monotonic function and for every $ x_1,x_2\in [a,b] $ that $ x_1<x_2 $ ,there exist $ c\in (a,b) $ such that $ \int _{x_1}^{x_2}f(x)dx=f(c)(x_1-x_2) $ a) Show that $ f $ be the continuous function on interval $ (a,b) $ b) Suppose that $ f $ is integrable function on interval $ [a,b] $ but $ f $ isn't a monotonic function then ,is it the result of part a) right?

Prove that if $f\colon \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous periodic function and $\alpha \in \mathbb{R}$ is irrational, then the sequence $\{n\alpha+f(n\alpha)\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ modulo 1 is dense in $[0,1]$.

a) Evaluate \[\lim_{n\to \infty} \underbrace{\sqrt{a+\sqrt{a+\ldots+\sqrt{a+\sqrt{b}}}}}_{n\ \text{square roots}}\] with $a,b>0$. b)Let $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ and $(x_n)_{n\ge 1}$ such that $a_n>0$ and \[x_n=\sqrt{a_n+\sqrt{a_{n-1}+\ldots+\sqrt{a_2+\sqrt{a_1}}}},\ \forall n\in \mathbb{N}^*\] Prove that: 1) $(x_n)_{n\ge 1}$ is bounded if and only if $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ is bounded. 2) $(x_n)_{n\ge 1}$ is convergent if and only if $(a_n)_{n\ge 1}$ is convergent. [i]Valentin Matrosenco[/i]

How many zeroes does the function $f(x)=2^x -1 -x^2 $ have on the real line?

Does there exist a piecewise linear continuous function $f:\mathbb{R}\to \mathbb{R}$ such that for any two-way infinite sequence $a_n\in[0,1]$, $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, there exists an $x\in\mathbb{R}$ with \[ \limsup_{K\to \infty} \frac{\#\{k\le K\,:\, k\in\mathbb{N},f^k(x)\in[n,n+1)\}}{K}=a_n \] for all $n\in\mathbb{Z}$, where $f^k=f\circ f\circ \dots\circ f$ stands for the $k$-fold iterate of $f$?

[b]a)[/b] Provide an example of a sequence $ \left( a_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ of positive real numbers whose series converges, and has the property that each member (sequence) of the family of sequences $ \left(\left( n^{\alpha } a_n \right)_{n\ge 1}\right)_{\alpha >0} $ is unbounded. [b]b)[/b] Let $ \left( b_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ be a sequence of positive real numbers, having the property that $$ nb_{n+1}\leqslant b_1+b_2+\cdots +b_n, $$ for any natural number $ n. $ Prove that the following relations are equivalent: $\text{(i)} $ there exists a convergent member (series) of the family of series $ \left( \sum_{i=1}^{\infty } b_i^{\beta } \right)_{\beta >0} $ $ \text{(ii)} $ there exists a member (sequence) of the family of sequences $ \left(\left( n^{\beta } b_n \right)_{n\ge 1}\right)_{\beta >0} $ that is convergent to $ 0. $ [i]Eugen Păltănea[/i]

[b]3.[/b] Let $A$ be a subset of n-dimensional space containing at least one inner point and suppose that, for every point pair $x, y \in A$, the subset $A$ contains the mid point of the line segment beteween $x$ and $y$. Show that $A$ consists of a convex open set and of some of its boundary points. [b](St. 1)[/b]

Prove that there exist subfields of $\mathbb R$ that are a) non-measurable and b) of measure zero and continuum cardinality. (translated by Miklós Maróti)

Let $ A$ and $ B$ be two disjoint sets in the interval $ (0,1)$ . Denoting by $ \mu$ the Lebesgue measure on the real line, let $ \mu(A)>0$ and $ \mu(B)>0$ . Let further $ n$ be a positive integer and $ \lambda \equal{}\frac1n$ . Show that there exists a subinterval $ (c,d)$ of $ (0,1)$ for which $ \mu(A\cap (c,d))\equal{}\lambda \mu(A)$ and $ \mu(B\cap (c,d))\equal{}\lambda \mu(B)$ . Show further that this is not true if $ \lambda$ is not of the form $ \frac1n$.

We have in the plane the system of points $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n$ and $B_1,B_2,\ldots,B_n$, which have different centers of mass. Prove that there is a point $P$ such that \[ PA_1 + PA_2 + \ldots+ PA_n = PB_1 + PB_2 + \ldots + PB_n . \]

Let $f: [0,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such that \[ \int_{0}^{1}f(x)dx=0. \] Prove that there is $c\in (0,1)$ such that \[ \int_{0}^{c}xf(x)dx=0. \] [i]Cezar Lupu, Tudorel Lupu[/i]