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2017 Taiwan TST Round 1, 1

For postive integers $k,n$, let $$f_k(n)=\sum_{m\mid n,m>0}m^k$$ Find all pairs of positive integer $(a,b)$ such that $f_a(n)\mid f_b(n)$ for every positive integer $n$.

2016 China Team Selection Test, 2

Find the smallest positive number $\lambda$, such that for any $12$ points on the plane $P_1,P_2,\ldots,P_{12}$(can overlap), if the distance between any two of them does not exceed $1$, then $\sum_{1\le i<j\le 12} |P_iP_j|^2\le \lambda$.

2021 Science ON all problems, 4

Denote $\textrm{SL}_2 (\mathbb{Z})$ and $\textrm{SL}_3 (\mathbb{Z})$ the sets of matrices with $2$ rows and $2$ columns, respectively with $3$ rows and $3$ columns, with integer entries and their determinant equal to $1$. $\textbf{(a)}$ Let $N$ be a positive integer and let $g$ be a matrix with $3$ rows and $3$ columns, with rational entries. Suppose that for each positive divisor $M$ of $N$ there exists a rational number $q_M$, a positive divisor $f (M)$ of $N$ and a matrix $\gamma_M \in \textrm{SL}_3 (\mathbb{Z})$ such that \[ g = q_M \left(\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & f (M) \end{array}\right) \gamma_M \left(\begin{array}{ccc} 1 & 0 & 0\\ 0 & 1 & 0\\ 0 & 0 & M^{} \end{array}\right) . \] Moreover, if $q_1 = 1$, prove that $\det (g) = N$ and $g$ has the following shape: \[ g = \left(\begin{array}{ccc} a_{11} & a_{12} & Na_{13}\\ a_{21} & a_{22} & Na_{23}\\ Na_{31} & Na_{32} & Na_{33} \end{array}\right), \] where $a_{ij}$ are all integers, $i, j \in \{ 1, 2, 3 \} .$ $\textbf{(b)}$ Provide an example of a matrix $g$ with $2$ rows and $2$ columns which satisfies the following properties: $\bullet$ For each positive divisor $M$ of $6$ there exists a rational number $q_M$, a positive divisor $f (M)$ of $6$ and a matrix $\gamma_M \in \textrm{SL}_2 (\mathbb{Z})$ such that \[ g = q_M \left(\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0\\ 0 & f (M) \end{array}\right) \gamma_M \left(\begin{array}{cc} 1 & 0\\ 0 & M^{} \end{array}\right) \] and $q_1 = 1$. $\bullet$ $g$ does not have its determinant equal to $6$ and is not of the shape \[ g = \left(\begin{array}{cc} a_{22} & 6 a_{23}\\ 6 a_{32} & 6 a_{33} \end{array}\right), \] where $a_{ij}$ are all positive integers, $i, j \in \{ 2, 3 \}$. [i](Radu Toma)[/i]

2008 Singapore Senior Math Olympiad, 3

Tags: function , algebra
Let there's a function $ f: \mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ Find all functions $ f$ that satisfies: a) $ f(2u)\equal{}f(u\plus{}v)f(v\minus{}u)\plus{}f(u\minus{}v)f(\minus{}u\minus{}v)$ b) $ f(u)\geq0$

III Soros Olympiad 1996 - 97 (Russia), 11.4

There are four circles. The chord$ AB$ is drawn in the first one, and the distance from the midpoint of the smaller of the two formed arcs to $AB$ is equal to $1$. The second, third and fourth circles are located inside the larger segment and touch the chord $AB$. The second and fourth circles touch internally the first and externally the third. The sum of the radii of the last three circles is equal to the radius of the first circle. Find the radius of the third circle if it is known that the line passing through the centers of the first and third circles is not parallel to the line passing through the centers of the other two circles.

2004 Austrian-Polish Competition, 2

In a triangle $ABC$ let $D$ be the intersection of the angle bisector of $\gamma$, angle at $C$, with the side $AB.$ And let $F$ be the area of the triangle $ABC.$ Prove the following inequality: \[2 \cdot \ F \cdot \left( \frac{1}{AD} -\frac{1}{BD} \right) \leq AB.\]

2021 AMC 10 Spring, 22

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Ang, Ben, and Jasmin each have $5$ blocks, colored red, blue, yellow, white, and green; and there are $5$ empty boxes. Each of the people randomly and independently of the other two people places one of their blocks into each box. The probability that at least one box receives $3$ blocks all of the same color is $\frac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. What is $m + n ?$ $\textbf{(A)} ~47 \qquad\textbf{(B)} ~94 \qquad\textbf{(C)} ~227 \qquad\textbf{(D)} ~471 \qquad\textbf{(E)} ~542$

1990 Mexico National Olympiad, 5

Given $19$ points in the plane with integer coordinates, no three collinear, show that we can always find three points whose centroid has integer coordinates.

2019 AMC 12/AHSME, 6

Tags: symmetry
The figure below shows line $\ell$ with a regular, infinite, recurring pattern of squares and line segments. [asy] size(300); defaultpen(linewidth(0.8)); real r = 0.35; path P = (0,0)--(0,1)--(1,1)--(1,0), Q = (1,1)--(1+r,1+r); path Pp = (0,0)--(0,-1)--(1,-1)--(1,0), Qp = (-1,-1)--(-1-r,-1-r); for(int i=0;i <= 4;i=i+1) { draw(shift((4*i,0)) * P); draw(shift((4*i,0)) * Q); } for(int i=1;i <= 4;i=i+1) { draw(shift((4*i-2,0)) * Pp); draw(shift((4*i-1,0)) * Qp); } draw((-1,0)--(18.5,0),Arrows(TeXHead)); [/asy] How many of the following four kinds of rigid motion transformations of the plane in which this figure is drawn, other than the identity transformation, will transform this figure into itself? [list] [*] some rotation around a point of line $\ell$ [*] some translation in the direction parallel to line $\ell$ [*] the reflection across line $\ell$ [*] some reflection across a line perpendicular to line $\ell$ [/list] $\textbf{(A) } 0 \qquad\textbf{(B) } 1 \qquad\textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad\textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad\textbf{(E) } 4$

KoMaL A Problems 2024/2025, A. 896

Marine biologists are studying a new species of shellfish whose first generation consists of $100$ shellfish, and their colony reproduces as follows: if a given generation consists of $N$ shellfish (where $5\mid N$ always holds), they divide themselves into $N/5$ groups of $5$ shellfish each. Each group collectively produces $15$ offspring, who form the next generation. Some of the shellfish contain a pearl, but a shellfish can only contain a pearl if none of its direct ancestors contained a pearl. The value of a pearl is determined by the generation of the shellfish containing it: in the $n^{\mathrm{th}}$ generation, its value is $1/3^n$. Find the maximum possible total value of the pearls in the colony. [i]Proposed by: Csongor Beke, Cambridge[/i]

2012 Today's Calculation Of Integral, 858

On the plane $S$ in a space, given are unit circle $C$ with radius 1 and the line $L$. Find the volume of the solid bounded by the curved surface formed by the point $P$ satifying the following condition $(a),\ (b)$. $(a)$ The point of intersection $Q$ of the line passing through $P$ and perpendicular to $S$ are on the perimeter or the inside of $C$. $(b)$ If $A,\ B$ are the points of intersection of the line passing through $Q$ and pararell to $L$, then $\overline{PQ}=\overline{AQ}\cdot \overline{BQ}$.

2005 Dutch Mathematical Olympiad, 3

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Let $a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4,a_5$ be distinct real numbers. Consider all sums of the form $a_i + a_j$ where $i,j \in \{1,2,3,4,5\}$ and $i \neq j$. Let $m$ be the number of distinct numbers among these sums. What is the smallest possible value of $m$?

2017 QEDMO 15th, 3

Let $a,b,c$ natural numbers for which $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = (a-b) ^2 + (b-c)^ 2 + (c-a) ^2$. Show that $ab, bc, ca$ and $ab + bc + ca$ are perfect squares .

2001 Moldova National Olympiad, Problem 6

Prove that if a positive integer $n$ divides the five-digit numbers $\overline{a_1a_2a_3a_4a_5}$, $\overline{b_1b_2b_3b_4b_5}$, $\overline{c_1c_2c_3c_4c_5}$, $\overline{d_1d_2d_3d_4d_5}$, $\overline{e_1e_2e_3e_4e_5}$, then it also divides the determinant $$D=\begin{vmatrix}a_1&a_2&a_3&a_4&a_5\\b_1&b_2&b_3&b_4&b_5\\c_1&c_2&c_3&c_4&c_5\\d_1&d_2&d_3&d_4&d_5\\e_1&e_2&e_3&e_4&e_5\end{vmatrix}.$$

2010 IFYM, Sozopol, 1

Let $A$ be the set of all sequences from 0’s or 1’s with length 4. What’s the minimal number of sequences that can be chosen, so that an arbitrary sequence from $A$ differs at most in 1 position from one of the chosen?

2011 Saudi Arabia Pre-TST, 3.2

Prove that for each $n \ge 4$ a parallelogram can be dissected in $n$ cyclic quadrilaterals.

2018 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 13

A competition room of HOMC has $m \times n$ students where $m, n$ are integers larger than $2$. Their seats are arranged in $m$ rows and $n$ columns. Before starting the test, every student takes a handshake with each of his/her adjacent students (in the same row or in the same column). It is known that there are totally $27$ handshakes. Find the number of students in the room.

2024 ELMO Shortlist, A1

Tags: algebra
Let $m,n,a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$ be positive integers and $r$ be a real number. Prove that the equation \[\lfloor a_1x\rfloor+\lfloor a_2x\rfloor+\cdots+\lfloor a_nx\rfloor=sx+r\] has exactly $ms$ solutions in $x$, where $s=a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n+\frac1m$. [i]Linus Tang[/i]

2016 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 6

Let $A$ consist of $16$ elements of the set $\{1, 2, 3,..., 106\}$, so that the difference of two arbitrary elements in $A$ are different from $6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21$. Prove that there are two elements of $A$ for which their difference equals to $3$.

1986 IMO Longlists, 29

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?

2021 Princeton University Math Competition, 3

Let $f(N) = N \left( \frac{9}{10} \right)^N$ , and let $\frac{m}{n}$ denote the maximum value of $f(N)$, as $N$ ranges over the positive integers. If $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers, find the remainder when $m + n$ is divided by $1000$.

2015 Mid-Michigan MO, 10-12

[b]p1.[/b] What is the maximal number of pieces of two shapes, [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/a/5/6c567cf6a04b0aa9e998dbae3803b6eeb24a35.png[/img] and [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/8/a/7a7754d0f2517c93c5bb931fb7b5ae8f5e3217.png[/img], that can be used to tile a $7\times 7$ square? [b]p2.[/b] Six shooters participate in a shooting competition. Every participant has $5$ shots. Each shot adds from $1$ to $10$ points to shooter’s score. Every person can score totally for all five shots from $5$ to $50$ points. Each participant gets $7$ points for at least one of his shots. The scores of all participants are different. We enumerate the shooters $1$ to $6$ according to their scores, the person with maximal score obtains number $1$, the next one obtains number $2$, the person with minimal score obtains number $6$. What score does obtain the participant number $3$? The total number of all obtained points is $264$. [b]p2.[/b] There are exactly $n$ students in a high school. Girls send messages to boys. The first girl sent messages to $5$ boys, the second to $7$ boys, the third to $6$ boys, the fourth to $8$ boys, the fifth to $7$ boys, the sixth to $9$ boys, the seventh to $8$, etc. The last girl sent messages to all the boys. Prove that $n$ is divisible by $3$. [b]p4.[/b] In what minimal number of triangles can one cut a $25 \times 12$ rectangle in such a way that one can tile by these triangles a $20 \times 15$ rectangle. [b]p5.[/b] There are $2014$ stones in a pile. Two players play the following game. First, player $A$ takes some number of stones (from $1$ to $30$) from the pile, then player B takes $1$ or $2$ stones, then player $A$ takes $2$ or $3$ stones, then player $B$ takes $3$ or $4$ stones, then player A takes $4$ or $5$ stones, etc. The player who gets the last stone is the winner. If no player gets the last stone (there is at least one stone in the pile but the next move is not allowed) then the game results in a draw. Who wins the game using the right strategy? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

2020 CHMMC Winter (2020-21), 2

Tags: algebra
[i](5 pts)[/i] For some positive integer $n$, let $P(x)$ be an $n$th degree polynomial with real coefficients. [i]Note: you may cite, without proof, the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, which states that every non-constant polynomial with complex coefficients has a complex root.[/i] (a) [i](2 pts)[/i] Show that there is an integer $k \ge \frac{n}{2}$ and a sequence of non-constant polynomials with real coefficients $Q_1(x), Q_2(x), \dots, Q_k(x)$ such that \[ P(x) = \prod_{i = 1}^k Q_i(x). \] (b) [i](1 pt)[/i] If $n$ is odd, then show that $P(x)$ has a real root. (c) [i](2 pts)[/i] Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers, and let $m$ be a positive integer. If $\zeta = a + bi$ is a nonreal root of $P(x)$ of multiplicity $m$, then show that $\overline{\zeta} = a - bi$ is a nonreal root of $P(x)$ of multiplicity $m$.

2010 Indonesia TST, 1

Let $ ABCD$ be a trapezoid such that $ AB \parallel CD$ and assume that there are points $ E$ on the line outside the segment $ BC$ and $ F$ on the segment $ AD$ such that $ \angle DAE \equal{} \angle CBF$. Let $ I,J,K$ respectively be the intersection of line $ EF$ and line $ CD$, the intersection of line $ EF$ and line $ AB$, and the midpoint of segment $ EF$. Prove that $ K$ is on the circumcircle of triangle $ CDJ$ if and only if $ I$ is on the circumcircle of triangle $ ABK$. [i]Utari Wijayanti, Bandung[/i]

2016 Tournament Of Towns, 7

Several frogs are sitting on the real line at distinct integer points. In each move, one of them can take a $1$-jump towards the right as long as they are still in on distinct points. We calculate the number of ways they can make $N$ moves in this way for a positive integer $N$. Prove that if the jumps were all towards the left, we will still get the same number of ways. [i](F. Petrov)[/i] (Translated from [url=http://sasja.shap.homedns.org/Turniry/TG/index.html]here.[/url])