The nonnegative real numbers $a$ and $b$ satisfy $a + b = 1$. Prove that: $$\frac{1}{2} \leq \frac{a^3+b^3}{a^2+b^2} \leq 1$$ When do we have equality in the right inequality and when in the left inequality? [i]Proposed by Walther Janous [/i]

Let $a, b, c$ be positive integers such that $$\gcd(a, b) + \text{lcm}(a, b) = \gcd(a, c) + \text{lcm}(a, c).$$ Does it follow from this that $b = c$?

A piecewise linear function is defined by \[f(x) = \begin{cases} x & \text{if } x \in [-1, 1) \\ 2 - x & \text{if } x \in [1, 3)\end{cases}\] and $f(x + 4) = f(x)$ for all real numbers $x.$ The graph of $f(x)$ has the sawtooth pattern depicted below. [color=transparent]Diagram from RandomMath.[/color] [center][img width=45]https://i.ibb.co/JW8jH2Dr/image.png[/img][/center] The parabola $x = 34y^2$ intersects the graph of $f(x)$ at finitely many points. The sum of the $y$-coordinates of these intersection points can be expressed in the form $\tfrac{a + b\sqrt c}d,$ where $a, b, c$ and $d$ are positive integers, $a, b,$ and $d$ has greatest common divisor equal to $1,$ and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a + b + c + d.$

The positive integers are partitioned into 2 sequences $a_1<a_2<\dots$ and $b_1<b_2<\dots$ such that $b_n=a_n+n$ for every positive integer $n$. Show that $a_n+b_n=a_{b_n}$.

Source: 1976 Euclid Part A Problem 2 ----- The sum of the series $2+5+8+11+14+...+50$ equals $\textbf{(A) } 90 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 425 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 416 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 442 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 495$

Vukasin, Dimitrije, Dusan, Stefan and Filip asked their teacher to guess three consecutive positive integers, after these true statements: Vukasin: " The sum of the digits of one number is prime number. The sum of the digits of another of the other two is, an even perfect number.($n$ is perfect if $\sigma\left(n\right)=2n$). The sum of the digits of the third number equals to the number of it's positive divisors". Dimitrije:"Everyone of those three numbers has at most two digits equal to $1$ in their decimal representation". Dusan:"If we add $11$ to exactly one of them, then we have a perfect square of an integer" Stefan:"Everyone of them has exactly one prime divisor less than $10$". Filip:"The three numbers are square free". Professor found the right answer. Which numbers did he mention?

$\textbf{a)}$ Prove that there exists a differentiable function $f:(0, \infty) \to (0, \infty)$ such that $f(f'(x)) = x, \: \forall x>0.$ $\textbf{b)}$ Prove that there is no differentiable function $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that $f(f'(x)) = x, \: \forall x \in \mathbb{R}.$

There is tetrahedron and square pyramid, both with all edges equal $1$. Show how to cut them into several parts and glue together from these parts a cube (without voids and cracks, all parts must be used)

How many positive integers satisfy the following three conditions: a) All digits of the number are from the set $\{1,2,3,4,5\}$; b) The absolute value of the difference between any two consecutive digits is $1$; c) The integer has $1994$ digits?

If $\alpha$, $\beta$, and $\gamma$ are the roots of $x^3 - x - 1 = 0$, compute $\frac{1+\alpha}{1-\alpha} + \frac{1+\beta}{1-\beta} + \frac{1+\gamma}{1-\gamma}$.

Assume we have $95$ boxes and $19$ balls distributed in these boxes in an arbitrary manner. We take $6$ new balls at a time and place them in $6$ of the boxes, one ball in each of the six. Can we, by repeating this process a suitable number of times, achieve a situation in which each of the $95$ boxes contains an equal number of balls?

Given is a triangle $ABC$, its circumcircle $\omega$, and a circle $k$ that touches $\omega$ from the outside, and also touches rays $AB$ and $AC$ in $P$ and $Q$, respectively. Prove that the $A$-excenter of $\triangle ABC$ is the midpoint of $\overline{PQ}$.

In a culturing of bacteria, there are two species of them: red and blue bacteria. When two red bacteria meet, they transform into one blue bacterium. When two blue bacteria meet, they transform into four red bacteria. When a red and a blue bacteria meet, they transform into three red bacteria. Find, in function of the amount of blue bacteria and the red bacteria initially in the culturing, all possible amounts of bacteria, and for every possible amount, the possible amounts of red and blue bacteria.

$f$ is a function defined on integers and satisfies $f(x)+f(x+3)=x^2$ for every integer $x$. If $f(19)=94$, then calculate $f(94)$.

Fix a sequence $ a_1,a_2,a_3,... $ of integers satisfying the following condition:for all prime numbers $ p $ and all positive integers $ k $, we have $ a_{pk+1}=pa_k-3a_p+13 $.Determine all possible values of $ a_{2013} $.

From a regular octahedron with edge $1$, cut off a pyramid about each vertex. The base of each pyramid is a square with edge $\frac 13$. Can copies of the polyhedron so obtained, whose faces are either regular hexagons or squares, be used to tile space?