Found problems: 560
Given a quadrilateral $ABCD$ such that $AB^2 + CD^2 = AD^2 + BC^2$, prove that $AC \perp BD$.
Given parallelogram $OABC$ in the coodinate with $O$ the origin and $A,B,C$ be lattice points. Prove that for all lattice point $P$ in the internal or boundary of $\triangle ABC$, there exists lattice points $Q,R$(can be the same) in the internal or boundary of $\triangle OAC$ with $\overrightarrow{OP}=\overrightarrow{OQ}+\overrightarrow{OR}$.
Let $v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_m$ be vectors in $\mathbb{R}^n$, such that each has a strictly positive first coordinate. Consider the following process. Start with the zero vector $w = (0, 0, \ldots, 0) \in \mathbb{R}^n$. Every round, choose an $i$ such that $1 \le i \le m$ and $w \cdot v_i \le 0$, and then replace $w$ with $w + v_i$.
Show that there exists a constant $C$ such that regardless of your choice of $i$ at each step, the process is guaranteed to terminate in (at most) $C$ rounds. The constant $C$ may depend on the vectors $v_1, \ldots, v_m$.
Find the sum of the indexes of the singular points other than zero of the vector field
\[z\overline{z}^2+z^4+2\overline{z}^4\]
If $ \{a_k\}$ is a sequence of real numbers, call the sequence $ \{a'_k\}$ defined by $ a_k' \equal{} \frac {a_k \plus{} a_{k \plus{} 1}}2$ the [i]average sequence[/i] of $ \{a_k\}$. Consider the sequences $ \{a_k\}$; $ \{a_k'\}$ - [i]average sequence[/i] of $ \{a_k\}$; $ \{a_k''\}$ - average sequence of $ \{a_k'\}$ and so on. If all these sequences consist only of integers, then $ \{a_k\}$ is called [i]Good[/i]. Prove that if $ \{x_k\}$ is a [i]good[/i] sequence, then $ \{x_k^2\}$ is also [i]good[/i].
[i]Introductory part [/i]
We call an $n$-tuple $x = (x_1, x_2, ... , x_n)$, with $x_k \in R$ (or respectively with all $x_k \in Z$) a real vector (or respectively an integer vector). The set of all real vectors (respectively all integer vectors) is usually denoted by $R^n$ (respectively $Z^n$).
A vector $x$ is null if and only if $x_k = 0$, for all $k \in \{1, 2,... , n\}$. Also let $U_n$ be the set of all real vectors $x = (x_1, x_2, ... , x_n)$, such that $x^2_1 + x^2_2 + ...+ x^2_n = 1$.
For two vectors $x = (x_1, ... , x_n), y = (y_1, ..., y_n)$ we define the scalar product as the real number $x\cdot y = x_1y_1 + x_2y_2 +...+ x_ny_n$. We define the norm of the vector $x$ as $||x|| =\sqrt{x^2_1 + x^2_2 + ...+ x^2_n}$
[i]The problem[/i]
Let $A(k, r) = \{x \in U_n |$ for all $z \in Z^n$ we have either $|x \cdot z| \ge \frac{k}{||z||^r}$ or $z$ is null $\}$.
Prove that if $r > n - 1$ the we can find a positive number $k$ such that $A(k, r)$ is not empty, and if $r < n - 1$ we cannot find such a positive number $k$.
Let $n\in\mathbb{N}^*$ and $v_1,v_2,\ldots ,v_n$ be vectors in the plane with lengths less than or equal to $1$. Prove that there exists $\xi_1,\xi_2,\ldots ,\xi_n\in\{-1,1\}$ such that
\[ | \xi_1v_1+\xi_2v_2+\ldots +\xi_nv_n|\le\sqrt{2}\]
Let $n\geq 2$ be an integer and denote by $H_{n}$ the set of column vectors $^{T}(x_{1},\ x_{2},\ \ldots, x_{n})\in\mathbb{R}^{n}$, such that $\sum |x_{i}|=1$.
Prove that there exist only a finite number of matrices $A\in\mathcal{M}_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ such that the linear map $f: \mathbb{R}^{n}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}^{n}$ given by $f(x)=Ax$ has the property $f(H_{n})=H_{n}$.
[hide="Comment"]In the contest, the problem was given with a) and b):
a) Prove the above for $n=2$;
b) Prove the above for $n\geq 3$ as well.[/hide]
Decompose a $5$-dimensional real linear space into the irreducible invariant subspaces of the group generated by cyclic permutations of the basis vectors.
Suppose tetrahedron $PABC$ has volume $420$ and satisfies $AB = 13$, $BC = 14$, and $CA = 15$. The minimum possible surface area of $PABC$ can be written as $m+n\sqrt{k}$, where $m,n,k$ are positive integers and $k$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Compute $m+n+k$.
[i]Ray Li[/i]
Let $k$ and $N$ be positive real numbers which satisfy $k\leq N$. For $1\leq i \leq k$, there are subsets $A_i$ of $\{1,2,3,\ldots,N\}$ that satisfy the following property.
For arbitrary subset of $\{ i_1, i_2, \ldots , i_s \} \subset \{ 1, 2, 3, \ldots, k \} $, $A_{i_1} \triangle A_{i_2} \triangle ... \triangle A_{i_s}$ is not an empty set.
Show that a subset $\{ j_1, j_2, .. ,j_t \} \subset \{ 1, 2, ... ,k \} $ exist that satisfies $n(A_{j_1} \triangle A_{j_2} \triangle \cdots \triangle A_{j_t}) \geq k$. ($A \triangle B=A \cup B-A \cap B$)
Suppose a $3\times 3$ matrix $A$ satisfies $\mathbf{v}^t A \mathbf{v} > 0$ for any vector $\mathbf{v} \in\mathbb{R}^3 -\{0\}$. (Note that $A$ may not be a symmetric matrix.)
(1) Prove that $\det(A)>0$.
(2) Consider diagonal matrix $D=\text{diag}(-1,1,1)$. Prove that there's exactly one negative real among eigenvalues of $AD$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle. Triangles $PAB$ and $QAC$ are constructed outside of triangle $ABC$ such that $AP = AB$ and $AQ = AC$ and $\angle{BAP}= \angle{CAQ}$. Segments $BQ$ and $CP$ meet at $R$. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of triangle $BCR$. Prove that $AO \perp PQ.$
Let $m,n\in\mathbb{Z_{+}}$ be such numbers that set $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ contains exactly $m$ different prime numbers. Prove that if we choose any $m+1$ different numbers from $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ then we can find number from $m+1$ choosen numbers, which divide product of other $m$ numbers.
A segment through the focus $F$ of a parabola with vertex $V$ is perpendicular to $\overline{FV}$ and intersects the parabola in points $A$ and $B$. What is $\cos(\angle AVB)$?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ -\frac{3\sqrt{5}}{7} \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ -\frac{2\sqrt{5}}{5} \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ -\frac{4}{5} \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ -\frac{3}{5} \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ -\frac{1}{2} $
A rectangular box has width $12$ inches, length $16$ inches, and height $\tfrac{m}{n}$ inches, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Three faces of the box meet at a corner of the box. The center points of those three faces are the vertices of a triangle with an area of $30$ square inches. Find $m+n$.
Consider a Riemannian metric on the vector space ${\Bbb{R}^n}$ which satisfies the property that for each two points ${a,b}$ there is a single distance minimising geodesic segment ${g(a,b)}$. Suppose that for all ${a \in \Bbb{R}^n}$, the Riemannian distance with respect to ${a}, {\rho_a : \Bbb{R}^n \rightarrow \Bbb{R}}$ is convex and differentiable outside of ${a}$. Prove that if for a point ${x \neq a,b}$ we have
\[ \displaystyle \partial_i \rho_a(x)=-\partial_i \rho_b(x),\ i=1,\cdots, n\]
then ${x}$ is a point on ${g(a,b)}$ and conversely.
[i]Proposed by Lajos Tamássy and Dávid Kertész[/i]
Sequences $(x_n)_{n\ge1}$, $(y_n)_{n\ge1}$ satisfy the relations $x_n=4x_{n-1}+3y_{n-1}$ and $y_n=2x_{n-1}+3y_{n-1}$ for $n\ge1$. If $x_1=y_1=5$ find $x_n$ and $y_n$.
Calculate $\lim_{n\rightarrow\infty}\frac{x_n}{y_n}$.
Inside the convex polygon $A_1A_2...A_n$ , there is a point $M$ such that $\sum_{k=1}^n \overrightarrow {A_kM} = \overrightarrow{0}$. Prove that $nP\ge 4d$, where $P$ is the perimeter of the polygon, and $d=\sum_{k=1}^n |\overrightarrow {A_kM}|$ . Investigate the question of the achievement of equality in this inequality.
Given that $a,b,c,d,e$ are real numbers such that
$a+b+c+d+e=8$,
$a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2+e^2=16$.
Determine the maximum value of $e$.
Find the minimum value of $\int_0^{\pi} (a\sin x+b\sin 2x+c\sin 3x-x)^2\ dx$
In triangle $ABC,$ $\sin \angle A=\frac{4}{5}$ and $\angle A<90^\circ$ Let $D$ be a point outside triangle $ABC$ such that $\angle BAD=\angle DAC$ and $\angle BDC = 90^{\circ}.$ Suppose that $AD=1$ and that $\frac{BD} {CD} = \frac{3}{2}.$ If $AB+AC$ can be expressed in the form $\frac{a\sqrt{b}}{c}$ where $a,b,c$ are pairwise relatively prime integers, find $a+b+c$.
[i]Author: Ray Li[/i]
There are $ n \plus{} 1$ cells in a row labeled from $ 0$ to $ n$ and $ n \plus{} 1$ cards labeled from $ 0$ to $ n$. The cards are arbitrarily placed in the cells, one per cell. The objective is to get card $ i$ into cell $ i$ for each $ i$. The allowed move is to find the smallest $ h$ such that cell $ h$ has a card with a label $ k > h$, pick up that card, slide the cards in cells $ h \plus{} 1$, $ h \plus{} 2$, ... , $ k$ one cell to the left and to place card $ k$ in cell $ k$. Show that at most $ 2^n \minus{} 1$ moves are required to get every card into the correct cell and that there is a unique starting position which requires $ 2^n \minus{} 1$ moves. [For example, if $ n \equal{} 2$ and the initial position is 210, then we get 102, then 012, a total of 2 moves.]
There are $ n$ points ($ n \geq 4$) on a sphere with radius $ R$, and not all of them lie on the same semi-sphere. Prove that among all the angles formed by any two of the $ n$ points and the sphere centre $ O$ ($ O$ is the vertex of the angle), there is at least one that is not less than $ \displaystyle 2 \arcsin{\frac{\sqrt{6}}{3}}$.
Show that for any vectors $a, b$ in Euclidean space,
\[|a \times b|^3 \leq \frac{3 \sqrt 3}{8} |a|^2 |b|^2 |a-b|^2\]
Remark. Here $\times$ denotes the vector product.