Found problems: 5923
Let $$a_n = \frac{1\cdot3\cdot5\cdot\cdots\cdot(2n-1)}{2\cdot4\cdot6\cdot\cdots\cdot2n}.$$
(a) Prove that $\lim_{n\to \infty}a_n$ exists.
(b) Show that $$a_n = \frac{\left(1-\frac1{2^2}\right)\left(1-\frac1{4^2}\right)\left(1-\frac1{6^2}\right)\cdots\left(1-\frac{1}{(2n)^2}\right)}{(2n+1)a_n}.$$
(c) Find $\lim_{n\to\infty}a_n$ and justify your answer
A sequence $a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots $ is defined as follows: $a_1$ is a positive integer and
$$a_{n+1} = \left\lfloor \frac{3}{2} a_n \right\rfloor +1$$
for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$. Can $a_1$ be chosen in such a way that the first $100000$ terms of the sequence are even, but the $100001$-th term is odd?
Define a sequence of polynomials $P_0\left(x\right)=x$ and $P_k\left(x\right)=P_{k-1}\left(x\right)^2-\left(-1\right)^kk$ for each $k\geq1$. Also define $Q_0\left(x\right)=x$ and $Q_k\left(x\right)=Q_{k-1}\left(x\right)^2+\left(-1\right)^kk$ for each $k\geq1$. Compute the product of the distinct real roots of \[P_1\left(x\right)Q_1\left(x\right)P_2\left(x\right)Q_2\left(x\right)\cdots P_{2018}\left(x\right)Q_{2018}\left(x\right).\]
[i]2018 CCA Math Bonanza Tiebreaker Round #2[/i]
In the increasing sequence of positive integers $a_1$, $a_2$,. . . , the number $a_k$ is said to be funny if it can be represented as the sum of some other terms (not necessarily distinct) of the sequence.
(a) Prove that all but finitely terms of the sequence are funny.
(b) Does the result in (a) always hold if the terms of the sequence can be any positive rational numbers?
Let $ n > 1$ be an integer. Find all sequences $ a_1, a_2, \ldots a_{n^2 \plus{} n}$ satisfying the following conditions:
\[ \text{ (a) } a_i \in \left\{0,1\right\} \text{ for all } 1 \leq i \leq n^2 \plus{} n;
\]
\[ \text{ (b) } a_{i \plus{} 1} \plus{} a_{i \plus{} 2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} a_{i \plus{} n} < a_{i \plus{} n \plus{} 1} \plus{} a_{i \plus{} n \plus{} 2} \plus{} \ldots \plus{} a_{i \plus{} 2n} \text{ for all } 0 \leq i \leq n^2 \minus{} n.
\]
[i]Author: Dusan Dukic, Serbia[/i]
Prove that each of the numbers $1, 2, 3, ..., 2^n$ can be written in one of two colors (red and blue) such that no non-constant $2n$-term arithmetic sequence chosen from these numbers is monochromatic .
Some language has only three letters - $A, B$ and $C$. A sequence of letters is called a word iff it contains exactly 100 letters such that exactly 40 of them are consonants and other 60 letters are all $A$. What is the maximum numbers of words one can pick such that any two picked words have at least one position where they both have consonants, but different consonants?
Assume that $a_1, a_2, a_3$ are three given positive integers consider the following sequence:
$a_{n+1}=\text{lcm}[a_n, a_{n-1}]-\text{lcm}[a_{n-1}, a_{n-2}]$ for $n\ge 3$
Prove that there exist a positive integer $k$ such that $k\le a_3+4$ and $a_k\le 0$.
($[a, b]$ means the least positive integer such that$ a\mid[a,b], b\mid[a, b]$ also because $\text{lcm}[a, b]$ takes only nonzero integers this sequence is defined until we find a zero number in the sequence)
Let be a sequence $ \left( x_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ having the property that
$$ \lim_{n\to\infty } \left( 14(n+2)x_{n+2} -15(n+1)x_{n+1} +nx_n \right) =13. $$
Show that $ \left( x_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ is convergent and calculate its limit.
[i]Cosmin Nițu[/i]
A $\pm 1$-[i]sequence[/i] is a sequence of $2022$ numbers $a_1, \ldots, a_{2022},$ each equal to either $+1$ or $-1$. Determine the largest $C$ so that, for any $\pm 1$-sequence, there exists an integer $k$ and indices $1 \le t_1 < \ldots < t_k \le 2022$ so that $t_{i+1} - t_i \le 2$ for all $i$, and $$\left| \sum_{i = 1}^{k} a_{t_i} \right| \ge C.$$
In a mathematical challenge, positive real numbers $a_{1}\geq a_{2} \geq ... \geq a_{n}$ and an initial sequence of positive real numbers $(b_{1}, b_{2},...,b_{n+1})$ are given to Secco. Let $C$ a non-negative real number. In a sequence $(x_{1},x_{2},...,x_{n+1})$, consider the following operation:
Subtract $1$ of some $x_{j}$, $j \in \{1,2,...,n+1\}$, add $C$ to $x_{n+1}$ and replace $(x_{1},x_{2},...,x_{j-1})$ for $(x_{1}+a_{\sigma (1)}, x_{2}+a_{\sigma (2)}, ..., x_{j-1}+a_{\sigma (j-1)})$, where $\sigma$ is a permutation of $(1,2,...,j-1)$.
Secco's goal is to make all terms of sequence $(b_{k})$ negative after a finite number of operations. Find all values of $C$, depending of $a_{1}, a_{2},..., a_{n}, b_{1}, b_{2}, ..., b_{n+1}$, for which Secco can attain his goal.
Prove that there exists an infinite sequence of positive integers $a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots$ such that for any positive integer $k$, $a_k^2+a_k+2023$ has at least $k$ distinct positive divisors.
The decimal representation of all integers from $1$ to an arbitrary integer $n$ are written one after another as such:
$$123... 91011... 99100... (n).$$
Does there exist $n$ such that each of the digits $0,1,2,...,9$ appears the same number of times in the given sequence?
(A Andzans)
A sequence of natural numbers $c_1, c_2,\dots$ is called [i]perfect[/i] if every natural
number $m$ with $1\le m \le c_1 +\dots+ c_n$ can be represented as
$m =\frac{c_1}{a_1}+\frac{c_2}{a_2}+\dots+\frac{c_n}{a_n}$
Given $n$, find the maximum possible value of $c_n$ in a perfect sequence $(c_i)$.
Let be two real numbers $ a<b $ and a function $ f:[a,b]\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ having the property that if the sequence $ \left(f\left( x_n \right)\right)_{n\ge 1} $ is convergent, then the sequence $ \left( x_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ is convergent.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that if $ f $ admits antiderivatives, then $ f $ is integrable.
[b]b)[/b] Is the converse of [b]a)[/b] true?
[i]Marcelina Popa[/i]
A sequence of integers $\{f(n)\}$ for $n=0,1,2,\ldots$ is defined as follows: $f(0)=0$ and for $n>0$,
$$\begin{matrix}f(n)=&f(n-1)+3,&\text{if }n=0\text{ or }1\pmod6,\\&f(n-1)+1,&\text{if }n=2\text{ or }5\pmod6,\\&f(n-1)+2,&\text{if }n=3\text{ or }4\pmod6.\end{matrix}$$Derive an explicit formula for $f(n)$ when $n\equiv0\pmod6$, showing all necessary details in your derivation.
A sequence of integers is constructed as follows: $a_1$ is an arbitrary three-digit number, $a_2$ is the sum of squares of the digits of $a_1, a_3$ is the sum of squares of the digits of $a_2$, etc. Prove that either $1$ or $4$ must occur in the sequence $a_1, a_2, a_3, ....$
Find all positive integers $n \geqslant 2$ for which there exist $n$ real numbers $a_1<\cdots<a_n$ and a real number $r>0$ such that the $\tfrac{1}{2}n(n-1)$ differences $a_j-a_i$ for $1 \leqslant i<j \leqslant n$ are equal, in some order, to the numbers $r^1,r^2,\ldots,r^{\frac{1}{2}n(n-1)}$.
For each positive integer $n$, set $x_n=\binom{2n}{n}$.
a. Prove that if $\frac{2017^k}{2}<n<2017^k$ for some positive integer $k$ then $2017$ divides $x_n$.
b. Find all positive integer $h>1$ such that there exists positive integers $N,T$ such that $(x_n)_{n>N}$ is periodic mod $h$ with period $T$.
A sequence of seven digits is randomly chosen in a weekly lottery. Every digit can be any of the digits $0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.$
What is the probability of having at most fi ve diff erent digits in the sequence?
For any number $x$, let $\lfloor x\rfloor$ denotes the greatest integer less than or equal to $x$. A sequence $a_1,a_2,\cdots$ is given, where \[a_n=\left\lfloor{\sqrt{2n}+\dfrac{1}{2}}\right\rfloor.\]
How many values of $k$ are there such that $a_k=2010$?
Find the formula for the general term of the sequence an, for which $a_1 = 1$, $a_2 = 3$, $a_{n+1} = 3a_n-2a_{n-1}$ (you need to express an in terms of $n$).
Edges of a planar graph $G$ are colored either with blue or red. Prove that there is a vertex like $v$ such that when we go around $v$ through a complete cycle, edges with the endpoint at $v$ change their color at most two times.
Clarifications for complete cycle:
If all the edges with one endpoint at $v$ are $(v,u_1),(v,u_2),\ldots,(v,u_k)$ such that $u_1,u_2,\ldots,u_k$ are clockwise with respect to $v$ then in the sequence of $(v,u_1),(v,u_2),\ldots,(v,u_k),(v,u_1)$ there are at most two $j$ such that colours of $(v,u_j),(v,u_{j+1})$ ($j \mod k$) differ.
[u]Round 9[/u]
[b]p25.[/b] Let $S$ be the region bounded by the lines $y = x/2$, $y = -x/2$, and $x = 6$. Pick a random point $P = (x, y)$ in $S$ and translate it $3$ units right to $P' = (x + 3, y)$. What is the probability that $P'$ is in $S$?
[b]p26.[/b] A triangle with side lengths $17$, $25$, and $28$ has a circle centered at each of its three vertices such that the three circles are mutually externally tangent to each other. What is the combined area of the circles?
[b]p27.[/b] Find all ordered pairs $(x, y)$ of integers such that $x^2 - 2x + y^2 - 6y = -9$.
[u]Round 10[/u]
[b]p28.[/b] In how many ways can the letters in the word $SCHAFKOPF$ be arranged if the two $F$’s cannot be next to each other and the $A$ and the $O$ must be next to each other?
[b]p29.[/b] Let a sequence $a_0, a_1, a_2, ...$ be defined by $a_0 = 20$, $a_1 = 11$, $a_2 = 0$, and for all integers $n \ge 3$, $$a_n + a_{n-1 }= a_{n-2} + a_{n-3}.$$ Find the sum $a_0 + a_1 + a_2 + · · · + a_{2010} + a_{2011}$.
[b]p30.[/b] Find the sum of all positive integers b such that the base $b$ number $190_b$ is a perfect square.
[u]Round 11[/u]
[b]p31.[/b] Find all real values of x such that $\sqrt[3]{4x -1} + \sqrt[3]{4x + 1 }= \sqrt[3]{8x}$.
[b]p32.[/b] Right triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at B. The angle bisector of $\angle ABC$ is drawn and extended to a point E such that $\angle ECA = \angle ACB$. Let $F$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $E$ to ray $\overrightarrow{BC}$. Given that $AB = 4$, $BC = 2$, and $EF = 8$, find the area of triangle $ACE$.
[b]p33.[/b] You are the soul in the southwest corner of a four by four grid of distinct souls in the Fields of Asphodel. You move one square east and at the same time all the other souls move one square north, south, east, or west so that each square is now reoccupied and no two souls switched places directly. How many end results are possible from this move?
[u]Round 12[/u]
[b]p34.[/b] A [i]Pythagorean [/i] triple is an ordered triple of positive integers $(a, b, c)$ with $a < b < c $and $a^2 + b^2 = c^2$ . A [i]primitive [/i] Pythagorean triple is a Pythagorean triple where all three numbers are relatively prime to each other. Find the number of primitive Pythagorean triples in which all three members are less than $100,000$. If $P$ is the true answer and $A$ is your team’s answer to this problem, your score will be $max \left\{15 -\frac{|A -P|}{500} , 0 \right\}$ , rounded to the nearest integer.
[b]p35.[/b] According to the Enable2k North American word list, how many words in the English language contain the letters $L, M, T$ in order but not necessarily together? If $A$ is your team’s answer to this problem and $W$ is the true answer, the score you will receive is $max \left\{15 -100\left| \frac{A}{W}-1\right| , 0 \right\}$, rounded to the nearest integer.
[b]p36.[/b] Write down $5$ positive integers less than or equal to $42$. For each of the numbers written, if no other teams put down that number, your team gets $3$ points. Otherwise, you get $0$ points. Any number written that does not satisfy the given requirement automatically gets $0$ points.
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Let $a$ be a positive integer and $(a_n)_{n\geqslant 1}$ be a sequence of positive integers satisfying $a_n<a_{n+1}\leqslant a_n+a$ for all $n\geqslant 1$. Prove that there are infinitely many primes which divide at least one term of the sequence.
[i]Moldavia Olympiad, 1994[/i]