Found problems: 173
Compute $\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{3}}\sin^{2k} x \, dx$.
Find the positive integer $n$ for which \[ \lfloor \log_2{1}\rfloor+\lfloor\log_2{2}\rfloor+\lfloor\log_2{3}\rfloor+\cdots+\lfloor\log_2{n}\rfloor=1994. \] (For real $x$, $\lfloor x\rfloor$ is the greatest integer $\le x.$)
Let be a sequence of functions $ a_n:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{Z} $ defined as $ a_n(x)=\sum_{i=1}^n (-1)^i\lfloor xi\rfloor . $
[b]a)[/b] Find the real numbers $ y $ such that $ \left( a_n(y) \right)_{n\ge 1} $ converges to $ 1. $
[b]b)[/b] Find the real numbers $ z $ such that $ \left( a_n(z) \right)_{n\ge 1} $ converges.
Let $a$ and $n>0$ be integers. Define $a_{n} = 1+a+a^2...+a^{n-1}$. Show that if $p|a^p-1$ for all prime divisors of $n_{2}-n_{1}$, then the number $\frac{a_{n_{2}}-a_{n_{1}}}{n_{2}-n_{1}}$ is an integer.
The expression $\sin2^\circ\sin4^\circ\sin6^\circ\cdots\sin90^\circ$ is equal to $p\sqrt{5}/2^{50}$, where $p$ is an integer. Find $p$.
Evaluate the double series
$$\sum_{j=0}^{\infty} \sum_{k=0}^{\infty} 2^{-3k -j -(k+j)^{2}}.$$
Suppose $x_1,x_2,x_3,\dotsc$ is a strictly decreasing sequence of positive real numbers such that the series $x_1+x_2+x_3+\cdots$ diverges.
Is it necessary true that the series $\sum_{n=2}^{\infty}{\min \left\{ x_n,\frac{1}{n\log (n)}\right\} }$ diverges?
Let $(a_n)$ be a decreasing sequence of positive numbers with limit $0$ such that
$$b_n = a_n -2 a_{n+1}+a_{n+2} \geq 0$$
for all $n.$ Prove that
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} n b_n =a_1.$$
Let $f_1, f_2, \ldots$ be continuous real functions on the real line. Is it true that if the series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} f_n(x)$ is divergent for every $x$, then this holds also true for any typical choice of the signs in the sum (i.e. the set of those $\{ \epsilon _n\}_{n=1}^{\infty} \in \{ +1, -1\}^{\mathbb{N}}$ sequences, for which there series $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \epsilon_nf_n(x)$ is convergent at least at one point $x$, forms a subset of first category within the set $\{+1,-1\}^{\mathbb{N}} $)?
(translated by L. Erdős)
Prove that the intersection of all maximal left ideals of a ring is a (two-sided) ideal.
The sequence $(x_n)$ is given by
$x_1=\frac{1}{2},$ $x_n=\frac{2n-3}{2n} \cdot x_{n-1}$ for $n=2,3,... .$
Prove that for all natural numbers $n \geq 1$ the following inequality holds
$x_1+x_2+...+x_n < 1$.
Evaluate $\int_0^1 \frac{\ln (x+2)}{x+1}dx.$
Larry and Julius are playing a game, taking turns throwing a ball at a bottle sitting on a ledge. Larry throws first. The winner is the first person to knock the bottle off the ledge. At each turn the probability that a player knocks the bottle off the ledge is $\frac{1}{2}$, independently of what has happened before. What is the probability that Larry wins the game?
$\textbf{(A) }\frac{1}{2}\qquad\textbf{(B) }\frac{3}{5}\qquad\textbf{(C) }\frac{2}{3}\qquad\textbf{(D) }\frac{3}{4}\qquad\textbf{(E) }\frac{4}{5}$
In a geometric sequence of real numbers, the sum of the first two terms is 7, and the sum of the first 6 terms is 91. The sum of the first 4 terms is
$\text{(A)}\ 28 \qquad \text{(B)}\ 32 \qquad \text{(C)}\ 35 \qquad \text{(D)}\ 49 \qquad \text{(E)}\ 84$
For $\pi\leq\theta<2\pi$, let
\[ P=\dfrac12\cos\theta-\dfrac14\sin2\theta-\dfrac18\cos3\theta+\dfrac1{16}\sin4\theta+\dfrac1{32}\cos5\theta-\dfrac1{64}\sin6\theta-\dfrac1{128}\cos7\theta+\ldots
\] and
\[ Q=1-\dfrac12\sin\theta-\dfrac14\cos2\theta+\dfrac1{8}\sin3\theta+\dfrac1{16}\cos4\theta-\dfrac1{32}\sin5\theta-\dfrac1{64}\cos6\theta+\dfrac1{128}\sin7\theta
+\ldots \] so that $\tfrac PQ = \tfrac{2\sqrt2}7$. Then $\sin\theta = -\tfrac mn$ where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.
Consider infinite sequences $\{x_n\}$ of positive reals such that $x_0=1$ and $x_0\ge x_1\ge x_2\ge\ldots$.
[b]a)[/b] Prove that for every such sequence there is an $n\ge1$ such that: \[ {x_0^2\over x_1}+{x_1^2\over x_2}+\ldots+{x_{n-1}^2\over x_n}\ge3.999. \]
[b]b)[/b] Find such a sequence such that for all $n$: \[ {x_0^2\over x_1}+{x_1^2\over x_2}+\ldots+{x_{n-1}^2\over x_n}<4. \]
Let $x$ be a complex number such that $x^{2011}=1$ and $x\neq 1$. Compute the sum \[\dfrac{x^2}{x-1}+\dfrac{x^4}{x^2-1}+\dfrac{x^6}{x^3-1}+\cdots+\dfrac{x^{4020}}{x^{2010}-1}.\]
Let $\alpha, c > 0$, define $x_1 = c$ and let $x_{n + 1} = x_n e^{-x_n^\alpha}$ for $n \geq 1$. For which values of $\beta$ does $\sum_{i = 1}^{\infty} x_n^\beta$ converge?
Let $z_0+z_1+z_2+\cdots$ be an infinite complex geometric series such that $z_0=1$ and $z_{2013}=\dfrac 1{2013^{2013}}$. Find the sum of all possible sums of this series.
Compute $ \sum_{n \equal{} 1}^\infty\sum_{k \equal{} 1}^{n \minus{} 1}\frac {k}{2^{n \plus{} k}}$.
Points $A$, $B$, and $O$ lie in the plane such that $\measuredangle AOB = 120^\circ$. Circle $\omega_0$ with radius $6$ is constructed tangent to both $\overrightarrow{OA}$ and $\overrightarrow{OB}$. For all $i \ge 1$, circle $\omega_i$ with radius $r_i$ is constructed such that $r_i < r_{i - 1}$ and $\omega_i$ is tangent to $\overrightarrow{OA}$, $\overrightarrow{OB}$, and $\omega_{i - 1}$. If
\[
S = \sum_{i = 1}^\infty r_i,
\]
then $S$ can be expressed as $a\sqrt{b} + c$, where $a, b, c$ are integers and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $100a + 10b + c$.
[i]Proposed by Aaron Lin[/i]
A circle is inscribed in a square of side $m$, then a square is inscribed in that circle, then a circle is inscribed in the latter square, and so on. If $S_n$ is the sum of the areas of the first $n$ circles so inscribed, then, as $n$ grows beyond all bounds, $S_n$ approaches:
$\textbf{(A)}\ \frac{\pi m^2}{2}\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{3\pi m^2}{8}\qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\pi m^2}{3}\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\pi m^2}{4}\qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ \frac{\pi m^2}{8}$
Points $A$, $B$, and $O$ lie in the plane such that $\measuredangle AOB = 120^\circ$. Circle $\omega_0$ with radius $6$ is constructed tangent to both $\overrightarrow{OA}$ and $\overrightarrow{OB}$. For all $i \ge 1$, circle $\omega_i$ with radius $r_i$ is constructed such that $r_i < r_{i - 1}$ and $\omega_i$ is tangent to $\overrightarrow{OA}$, $\overrightarrow{OB}$, and $\omega_{i - 1}$. If
\[
S = \sum_{i = 1}^\infty r_i,
\]
then $S$ can be expressed as $a\sqrt{b} + c$, where $a, b, c$ are integers and $b$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $100a + 10b + c$.
[i]Proposed by Aaron Lin[/i]