Found problems: 623
Let $m$ and $n$ be two positive integers for which $m<n$. $n$ distinct points $X_1,\ldots , X_n$ are in the interior of the unit disc and at least one of them is on its border. Prove that we can find $m$ distinct points $X_{i_1},\ldots , X_{i_m}$ so that the distance between their center of gravity and the center of the circle is at least $\frac{1}{1+2m(1- 1/n)}$.
Let $ABCD$ and $BCFG$ be two faces of a cube with $AB=12.$ A beam of light emanates from vertex $A$ and reflects off face $BCFG$ at point $P,$ which is 7 units from $\overline{BG}$ and 5 units from $\overline{BC}.$ The beam continues to be reflected off the faces of the cube. The length of the light path from the time it leaves point $A$ until it next reaches a vertex of the cube is given by $m\sqrt{n},$ where $m$ and $n$ are integers and $n$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $m+n.$
The diagonals $AC$ and $CE$ of the regular hexagon $ABCDEF$ are divided by inner points $M$ and $N$ respectively, so that \[ {AM\over AC}={CN\over CE}=r. \] Determine $r$ if $B,M$ and $N$ are collinear.
Let $n$ be a positive integer. What is the largest $k$ for which there exist $n\times n$ matrices $M_1,\dots,M_k$ and $N_1,\dots,N_k$ with real entries such that for all $i$ and $j,$ the matrix product $M_iN_j$ has a zero entry somewhere on its diagonal if and only if $i\ne j?$
Let $Oxy$ be a fixed rectangular coordinate system in the plane.
Each ordered pair of points $A_1, A_2$ from the same plane which are different from O and have coordinates $x_1, y_1$ and $x_2, y_2$ respectively is associated with real number $f(A_1,A_2)$ in such a way that the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) If $OA_1 = OB_1$, $OA_2 = OB_2$ and $A_1A_2 = B_1B_2$ then $f(A_1,A_2) = f(B_1,B_2)$.
(b) There exists a polynomial of second degree $F(u,v,w,z)$ such that $f(A_1,A_2)=F(x_1,y_1,x_2,y_2)$.
(c) There exists such a number $\phi \in (0,\pi)$ that for every two points $A_1, A_2$ for which $\angle A_1OA_2 = \phi$ is satisfied $f(A_1,A_2) = 0$.
(d) If the points $A_1, A_2$ are such that the triangle $OA_1A_2$ is equilateral with side $1$ then$ f(A_1,A_2) = \frac12$.
Prove that $f(A_1,A_2) = \overrightarrow{OA_1} \cdot \overrightarrow{OA_2}$ for each ordered pair of points $A_1, A_2$.
Show that among any seven coplanar unit vectors there are at least two of them such that the magnitude of their sum is greater than $ \sqrt 3. $
[i]Ion Tecu[/i] and [i]Teodor Radu[/i]
In a magic square $n \times n$ composed from the numbers $1,2,\cdots,n^2$, the centers of any two squares are joined by a vector going from the smaller number to the bigger one. Prove that the sum of all these vectors is zero. (A magic square is a square matrix such that the sums of entries in all its rows and columns are equal.)
We define a binary operation $\star$ in the plane as follows: Given two points $A$ and $B$ in the plane, $C = A \star B$ is the third vertex of the equilateral triangle ABC oriented positively. What is the relative position of three points $I, M, O$ in the plane if $I \star (M \star O) = (O \star I)\star M$ holds?
Let $x_1,\cdots, x_n$ be nonzero vectors of a vector space $V$ and $\varphi:V\to V$ be a linear transformation such that $\varphi x_1 = x_1$, $\varphi x_k = x_k - x_{k-1}$ for $k = 2, 3,\ldots,n$.
Prove that the vectors $x_1,\ldots,x_n$ are linearly independent.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with orthocenter $H$ and let $P$ be the second intersection of the circumcircle of triangle $AHC$ with the internal bisector of the angle $\angle BAC$. Let $X$ be the circumcenter of triangle $APB$ and $Y$ the orthocenter of triangle $APC$. Prove that the length of segment $XY$ is equal to the circumradius of triangle $ABC$.
Let $O$ be the circumcenter of the triangle $ABC$. The segment $XY$ is the diameter of the circumcircle perpendicular to $BC$ and it meets $BC$ at $M$. The point $X$ is closer to $M$ than $Y$ and $Z$ is the point on $MY$ such that $MZ = MX$. The point $W$ is the midpoint of $AZ$.
a) Show that $W$ lies on the circle through the midpoints of the sides of $ABC$;
b) Show that $MW$ is perpendicular to $AY$.
Let P be an interior point of a regular n-gon $ A_1 A_2 ...A_n$, the lines $ A_i P$ meet the regular n-gon at another point $ B_i$, where $ i\equal{}1,2,...,n$. Prove that sums of all $ PA_i\geq$ sum of all $ PB_i$.
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)$.
Given regular $1987$ -gon on plane with vertices $A_1, A_2,..., A_{1987}$. Find locus of points M of the plane sych that $$\left|\overrightarrow{MA_1}+\overrightarrow{MA_2}+...+\overrightarrow{MA_{1987}}\right| \le 1987$$.
$S$ is a sphere center $O. G$ and $G'$ are two perpendicular great circles on $S$. Take $A, B, C$ on $G$ and $D$ on $G'$ such that the altitudes of the tetrahedron $ABCD$ intersect at a point. Find the locus of the intersection.
Find the index of the singular point $0$ of the vector field
\[(xy+yz+xz)\]
A finite set $V \in Z^2$ of vectors with integer coordinates is chosen on the plane. Each of them is painted one of the $n$ colors. The color is [i]suitable[/i] for the vector if this vector may be presented as' a linear combination (with integer coefficients) of the vectors from $V$ of this color. It is known,that for any vector from $Z^2$ there exist a suitable color. Find all $n$ such that there must exist a color which is suitable for any vector from $Z^2$ .
(V. Lebed)
Let $ Q $ be a point, $ H,O $ be the orthocenter and circumcenter, respectively, of a triangle $ ABC, $ and $ D,E,F, $ be the symmetric points of $ Q $ with respect to $ A,B,C, $ respectively. Also, $ M,N,P $ are the middle of the segments $ AE,BF,CD, $ and $ G,G',G'' $ are the centroids of $ ABC,MNP,DEF, $ respectively. Prove the following propositions:
[b]a)[/b] $ \frac{1}{2}\overrightarrow{OG} =\frac{1}{3}\overrightarrow{OG'}=\frac{1}{4}\overrightarrow{OG''} $
[b]b)[/b] $ Q=O\implies \overrightarrow{OG'} =\overrightarrow{G'H} $
[b]c)[/b] $ Q=H\implies G'=O $
[i]Cătălin Zîrnă[/i]
Points $K,L,M$ on the sides $AB,BC,CA$ respectively of a triangle $ABC$ satisfy $\frac{AK}{KB} = \frac{BL}{LC} = \frac{CM}{MA}$. Show that the triangles $ABC$ and $KLM$ have a common orthocenter if and only if $\triangle ABC$ is equilateral.
Given that $\sum_{k=1}^{35}\sin 5k=\tan \frac mn,$ where angles are measured in degrees, and $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers that satisfy $\frac mn<90,$ find $m+n.$
Let $R$ be a commutative ring with $1$ such that the number of elements of $R$ is equal to $p^3$ where $p$ is a prime number. Prove that if the number of elements of $\text{zd}(R)$ be in the form of $p^n$ ($n \in \mathbb{N^*}$) where $\text{zd}(R) = \{a \in R \mid \exists 0 \neq b \in R, ab = 0\}$, then $R$ has exactly one maximal ideal.
In a three-dimensional Euclidean space, by $\overrightarrow{u_1}$ , $\overrightarrow{u_2}$ , $\overrightarrow{u_3}$ are denoted the three orthogonal unit vectors on the $x, y$, and $z$ axes, respectively.
a) Prove that the point $P(t) = (1-t)\overrightarrow{u_1} +(2-3t)\overrightarrow{u_2} +(2t-1)\overrightarrow{u_3}$ , where $t$ takes all real values, describes a straight line (which we will denote by $L$).
b) What describes the point $Q(t) = (1-t^2)\overrightarrow{u_1} +(2-3t^2)\overrightarrow{u_2} +(2t^2 -1)\overrightarrow{u_3}$ if $t$ takes all the real values?
c) Find a vector parallel to $L$.
d) For what values of $t$ is the point $P(t)$ on the plane $2x+ 3y + 2z +1 = 0$?
e) Find the Cartesian equation of the plane parallel to the previous one and containing the point $Q(3)$.
f) Find the Cartesian equation of the plane perpendicular to $L$ that contains the point $Q(2)$.
Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers satisfying $2(\sin a + \cos a) \sin b = 3 - \cos b$. Find $3 \tan^2a+4\tan^2 b$.