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Found problems: 560

1985 Iran MO (2nd round), 3

Find the angle between two common sections of the page $2x+y-z=0$ and the cone $4x^2-y^2+3z^2=0.$

2019 Putnam, B3

Let $Q$ be an $n$-by-$n$ real orthogonal matrix, and let $u\in \mathbb{R}^n$ be a unit column vector (that is, $u^Tu=1$). Let $P=I-2uu^T$, where $I$ is the $n$-by-$n$ identity matrix. Show that if $1$ is not an eigenvalue of $Q$, then $1$ is an eigenvalue of $PQ$.

2010 District Olympiad, 1

Tags: geometry , vector
A right that passes through the incircle $ I$ of the triangle $ \Delta ABC$ intersects the side $ AB$ and $ CA$ in $ P$, respective $ Q$. We denote $ BC\equal{}a\ , \ AC\equal{}b\ ,\ AB\equal{}c$ and $ \frac{PB}{PA}\equal{}p\ ,\ \frac{QC}{QA}\equal{}q$. i) Prove that: \[ a(1\plus{}p)\cdot \overrightarrow{IP}\equal{}(a\minus{}pb)\overrightarrow{IB}\minus{}pc\overrightarrow{IC}\] ii) Show that $ a\equal{}bp\plus{}cq$. iii) If $ a^2\equal{}4bcpq$, then the rights $ AI\ ,\ BQ$ and $ CP$ are concurrents.

2006 VTRMC, Problem 3

Hey, This problem is from the VTRMC 2006. 3. Recall that the Fibonacci numbers $ F(n)$ are defined by $ F(0) \equal{} 0$, $ F(1) \equal{} 1$ and $ F(n) \equal{} F(n \minus{} 1) \plus{} F(n \minus{} 2)$ for $ n \geq 2$. Determine the last digit of $ F(2006)$ (e.g. the last digit of 2006 is 6). As, I and a friend were working on this we noticed an interesting relationship when writing the Fibonacci numbers in "mod" notation. Consider the following, 01 = 1 mod 10 01 = 1 mod 10 02 = 2 mod 10 03 = 3 mod 10 05 = 5 mod 10 08 = 6 mod 10 13 = 3 mod 10 21 = 1 mod 10 34 = 4 mod 10 55 = 5 mod 10 89 = 9 mod 10 Now, consider that between the first appearance and second apperance of $ 5 mod 10$, there is a difference of five terms. Following from this we see that the third appearance of $ 5 mod 10$ occurs at a difference 10 terms from the second appearance. Following this pattern we can create the following relationships. $ F(55) \equal{} F(05) \plus{} 5({2}^{2})$ This is pretty much as far as we got, any ideas?

2000 Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament, 8

Let $\vec{v_1},\vec{v_2},\vec{v_3},\vec{v_4}$ and $\vec{v_5}$ be vectors in three dimensions. Show that for some $i,j$ in $1,2,3,4,5$, $\vec{v_i}\cdot \vec{v_j}\ge 0$.

1958 AMC 12/AHSME, 40

Given $ a_0 \equal{} 1$, $ a_1 \equal{} 3$, and the general relation $ a_n^2 \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}a_{n \plus{} 1} \equal{} (\minus{}1)^n$ for $ n \ge 1$. Then $ a_3$ equals: $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{13}{27}\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 33\qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 21\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 10\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \minus{}17$

2011 IberoAmerican, 1

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle, with $AC \neq BC$ and let $O$ be its circumcenter. Let $P$ and $Q$ be points such that $BOAP$ and $COPQ$ are parallelograms. Show that $Q$ is the orthocenter of $ABC$.

1995 Irish Math Olympiad, 5

Tags: algebra , vector , function
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all real numbers $ x,y$: $ x f(x)\minus{}yf(y)\equal{}(x\minus{}y)f(x\plus{}y)$.

2013 Online Math Open Problems, 44

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]

1988 IMO Longlists, 30

In the triangle $ABC$ let $D,E$ and $F$ be the mid-points of the three sides, $X,Y$ and $Z$ the feet of the three altitudes, $H$ the orthocenter, and $P,Q$ and $R$ the mid-points of the line segment joining $H$ to the three vertices. Show that the nine points $D,E,F,P,Q,R,X,Y,Z$ lie on a circle.

2012 China Second Round Olympiad, 8

There are $4$ distinct codes used in an intelligence station, one of them applied in each week. No two codes used in two adjacent weeks are the same code. Knowing that code $A$ is used in the first week, find the probability that code $A$ is used in the seventh week.

1998 Flanders Math Olympiad, 2

Given a cube with edges of length 1, $e$ the midpoint of $[bc]$, and $m$ midpoint of the face $cdc_1d_1$, as on the figure. Find the area of intersection of the cube with the plane through the points $a,m,e$. [img]http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=279[/img]

2014 Purple Comet Problems, 21

Tags: vector , algorithm
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive integers such that $29a + 30b + 31c = 366$. Find $19a + 20b + 21c$.

2002 China Team Selection Test, 2

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}}$.

2004 USA Team Selection Test, 3

Draw a $2004 \times 2004$ array of points. What is the largest integer $n$ for which it is possible to draw a convex $n$-gon whose vertices are chosen from the points in the array?

2016 District Olympiad, 1

Tags: geometry , vector
Let $ ABCD $ be a sqare and $ E $ be a point situated on the segment $ BD, $ but not on the mid. Denote by $ H $ and $ K $ the orthocenters of $ ABE, $ respectively, $ ADE. $ Show that $ \overrightarrow{BH}=\overrightarrow{KD} . $

2020 Mexico National Olympiad, 1

A set of five different positive integers is called [i]virtual[/i] if the greatest common divisor of any three of its elements is greater than $1$, but the greatest common divisor of any four of its elements is equal to $1$. Prove that, in any virtual set, the product of its elements has at least $2020$ distinct positive divisors. [i]Proposed by Víctor Almendra[/i]

ICMC 5, 5

A [i]tanned vector[/i] is a nonzero vector in $\mathbb R^3$ with integer entries. Prove that any tanned vector of length at most $2021$ is perpendicular to a tanned vector of length at most $100$. [i]Proposed by Ethan Tan[/i]

2014 Purple Comet Problems, 28

Tags: algorithm , vector
Find the number of ordered triples of positive integers $(a, b, c)$ such that $abc$ divides $(ab + 1)(bc + 1)(ca + 1)$.

Oliforum Contest I 2008, 2

Let $ ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with $ AB>CD$ and $ BC>AD$. Take points $ X$ and $ Y$ on the sides $ AB$ and $ BC$, respectively, so that $ AX\equal{}CD$ and $ AD\equal{}CY$. Let $ M$ be the midpoint of $ XY$. Prove that $ AMC$ is a right angle.

2018 Korea USCM, 7

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 $AD$.

2005 All-Russian Olympiad Regional Round, 11.6

11.6 Construct for each vertex of the quadrilateral of area $S$ a symmetric point wrt to the diagonal, which doesn't contain this vertex. Let $S'$ be an area of the obtained quadrilateral. Prove that $\frac{S'}{S}<3$. ([i]L. Emel'yanov[/i])

1998 IMC, 1

Let $V$ be a 10-dimensional real vector space and $U_1,U_2$ two linear subspaces such that $U_1 \subseteq U_2, \dim U_1 =3, \dim U_2=6$. Let $\varepsilon$ be the set of all linear maps $T: V\rightarrow V$ which have $T(U_1)\subseteq U_1, T(U_2)\subseteq U_2$. Calculate the dimension of $\varepsilon$. (again, all as real vector spaces)

1995 Moldova Team Selection Test, 7

Tags: vector
Let $S=\{a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n\}$ of nenul vectors in a plane. Show that $S{}$ can be partitioned in nenul subsets $B_1, B_2,\ldots, B_m$ with the properties: 1) each vector from $S{}$ is part of only on subset; 2) if $a_i\in B_j$ then the angle between vectors $a_i$ and $c_j$, which is the sum of all vectors from $B_j$ is not greater than $\frac{\pi}{2}$; 3) if $i\neq j$ then the angle between vectors $c_i$ and $c_j$, which is the sum of all vectors from $B_i$ and $B_j$, respectively, is greater than $\frac{\pi}{2}$. What are the possible values of $m$?

1998 VJIMC, Problem 1

Let $H$ be a complex Hilbert space. Let $T:H\to H$ be a bounded linear operator such that $|(Tx,x)|\le\lVert x\rVert^2$ for each $x\in H$. Assume that $\mu\in\mathbb C$, $|\mu|=1$, is an eigenvalue with the corresponding eigenspace $E=\{\phi\in H:T\phi=\mu\phi\}$. Prove that the orthogonal complement $E^\perp=\{x\in H:\forall\phi\in E:(x,\phi)=0\}$ of $E$ is $T$-invariant, i.e., $T(E^\perp)\subseteq E^\perp$.