Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral, and $M$ and $N$ the midpoints of the sides $CD$ and $AD$, respectively. The lines perpendicular to $AB$ passing through $M$ and to $BC$ passing through $N$ intersect at point $P$. Prove that $P$ is on the diagonal $BD$ if and only if the diagonals $AC$ and $BD$ are perpendicular.

Let a tetrahedron $ABCD$ be inscribed in a sphere $S$. Find the locus of points $P$ inside the sphere $S$ for which the equality \[\frac{AP}{PA_1}+\frac{BP}{PB_1}+\frac{CP}{PC_1}+\frac{DP}{PD_1}=4\] holds, where $A_1,B_1, C_1$, and $D_1$ are the intersection points of $S$ with the lines $AP,BP,CP$, and $DP$, respectively.

Does there exist a natural number $n$, for which $n.2^{2^{2014}}-81-n$ is a perfect square?

A directed graph has each vertex with outdegree 2. Prove that it is possible to split the vertices into 3 sets so that for each vertex $v$, $v$ is not simultaneously in the same set with both of the vertices that it points to. [i]David Yang.[/i] [hide="Stronger Version"]See [url=http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=492100]here[/url].[/hide]

A sequence of numbers $ a_1, a_2, a_3, ...$ satisfies (i) $ a_1 \equal{} \frac{1}{2}$ (ii) $ a_1\plus{}a_2 \plus{} \cdots \plus{} a_n \equal{} n^2 a_n \ (n \geq 1)$ Determine the value of $ a_n \ (n \geq 1)$.

Let $f (x) = x^2 + ax + b$ be a quadratic function with real coefficients $a, b$. It is given that the equation $f (f (x)) = 0$ has $4$ distinct real roots and the sum of $2$ roots among these roots is equal to $-1$. Prove that $b \le -\frac14$

Find the largest positive integer $n$ satisfying the following: [center] "There are precisely $53$ integers in the list of integers $1, 2, \ldots, n$ that are either perfect squares, perfect cubes or both."[/center]

Each of the small circles in the figure has radius one. The innermost circle is tangent to the six circles that surround it, and each of those circles is tangent to the large circle and to its small-circle neighbors. Find the area of the shaded region. [asy]unitsize(.3cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)); path c=Circle((0,2),1); filldraw(Circle((0,0),3),grey,black); filldraw(Circle((0,0),1),white,black); filldraw(c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(60)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(120)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(180)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(240)*c,white,black); filldraw(rotate(300)*c,white,black);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \pi \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 1.5\pi \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 2\pi \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 3\pi \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 3.5\pi$

$$\lim_{n \to \infty} nr\sqrt[2]{1-\cos \frac{2\pi}{n}}=?$$

Denote by $P(n)$ the greatest prime divisor of $n$. Find all integers $n\geq 2$ for which \[P(n)+\lfloor\sqrt{n}\rfloor=P(n+1)+\lfloor\sqrt{n+1}\rfloor\]

Let $n$ be an integer and $a, b$ real numbers such that $n > 1$ and $a > b > 0$. Prove that $$(a^n - b^n) \left ( \frac{1}{b^{n- 1}} - \frac{1}{a^{n -1}}\right) > 4n(n -1)(\sqrt{a} - \sqrt{b})^2$$

In the following diagram (not to scale), $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ are four consecutive vertices of an 18-sided regular polygon with center $O$. Let $P$ be the midpoint of $AC$ and $Q$ be the midpoint of $DO$. Find $\angle OPQ$ in degrees. [asy] pathpen = rgb(0,0,0.6)+linewidth(0.7); pointpen = black+linewidth(3); pointfontpen = fontsize(10); pen dd = rgb(0,0,0.6)+ linewidth(0.7) + linetype("4 4"); real n = 10, start = 360/n*6-15; pair O=(0,0), A=dir(start), B=dir(start+360/n), C=dir(start+2*360/n), D=dir(start+3*360/n), P=(A+C)/2, Q=(O+D)/2; D(D("O",O,NE)--D("A",A,W)--D("B",B,SW)--D("C",C,S)--D("D",D,SE)--O--D("P",P,1.6*dir(95))--D("Q",Q,NE)); D(A--C); D(A--(A+dir(start-360/n))/2, dd); D(D--(D+dir(start+4*360/n))/2, dd); [/asy]

Let $f(x) = x^3 + ax^2 + bx + c$ have solutions that are distinct negative integers. If $a+b+c = 2014$, find $c$.

Determine the greatest common divisor of the numbers: $$5^5-5, 7^7-7, 9^9-9 ,..., 2017^{2017}-2017,$$

Each cell of the 4x4 board has a grasshopper. When a grasshopper jumps, it moves to one of the adjacent cells (down, up, right, or left). The grasshopper cannot move diagonally or go off the board. At most how many cells can remain empty after each grasshopper jumps once?

Let $0 < \theta < 2\pi$ be a real number for which $\cos (\theta) + \cos (2\theta) + \cos (3\theta) + ...+ \cos (2020\theta) = 0$ and $\theta =\frac{\pi}{n}$ for some positive integer $n$. Compute the sum of the possible values of $n \le 2020$.

Three semicircles of radius $ 1$ are constructed on diameter $ AB$ of a semicircle of radius $ 2$. The centers of the small semicircles divide $ \overline{AB}$ into four line segments of equal length, as shown. What is the area of the shaded region that lies within the large semicircle but outside the smaller semicircles? [asy]import graph; unitsize(14mm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(8pt)); dashed=linetype("4 4"); dotfactor=3; pair A=(-2,0), B=(2,0); fill(Arc((0,0),2,0,180)--cycle,mediumgray); fill(Arc((-1,0),1,0,180)--cycle,white); fill(Arc((0,0),1,0,180)--cycle,white); fill(Arc((1,0),1,0,180)--cycle,white); draw(Arc((-1,0),1,60,180)); draw(Arc((0,0),1,0,60),dashed); draw(Arc((0,0),1,60,120)); draw(Arc((0,0),1,120,180),dashed); draw(Arc((1,0),1,0,120)); draw(Arc((0,0),2,0,180)--cycle); dot((0,0)); dot((-1,0)); dot((1,0)); draw((-2,-0.1)--(-2,-0.3),gray); draw((-1,-0.1)--(-1,-0.3),gray); draw((1,-0.1)--(1,-0.3),gray); draw((2,-0.1)--(2,-0.3),gray); label("$A$",A,W); label("$B$",B,E); label("1",(-1.5,-0.1),S); label("2",(0,-0.1),S); label("1",(1.5,-0.1),S);[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ \pi\minus{}\sqrt3 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \pi\minus{}\sqrt2 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{\pi\plus{}\sqrt2}{2} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{\pi\plus{}\sqrt3}{2}$ $ \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{7}{6}\pi\minus{}\frac{\sqrt3}{2}$

Let $$x=\frac1{1\cdot2}-\frac1{2\cdot3}+\frac1{3\cdot4}-\ldots$$Then $e^{x+1}$ is

$(USS 1)$ Prove that for a natural number $n > 2, (n!)! > n[(n - 1)!]^{n!}.$

For positive integers $m,n,$ define $f(m,n)$ as the number of ordered triples $(x,y,z)$ of integers such that $$ \begin{cases} xyz=x+y+z+m, \\ \max\{|x|,|y|,|z|\} \leq n \end{cases} $$ Does there exist positive integers $m,n,$ such that $f(m,n)=2018?$ Please prove your conclusion.

Let $ABCD$ be a rhombus and $P$ be a point on its side $BC$. The circle passing through $A, B$, and $P$ intersects $BD$ once more at the point $Q$ and the circle passing through $C,P$ and $Q$ intersects $BD$ once more at the point $R$. Prove that $A, R$ and $P$ lie on the one straight line. (D. Fomin, Leningrad)

Given the sequence $\{y_n\}_{n=1}^{\infty}$ defined by $y_1=y_2=1$ and \[y_{n+2} = (4k-5)y_{n+1}-y_n+4-2k, \qquad n\ge1\] find all integers $k$ such that every term of the sequence is a perfect square.

Positive reals $p$ and $q$ are such that the graph of $y = x^2 - 2px + q$ does not intersect the $x$-axis. Find $q$ if there is a unique pair of points $A, B$ on the graph with $AB$ parallel to the $x$-axis and $\angle AOB = \frac{\pi}{2}$, where $O$ is the origin.

Find the minimum positive noninteger root of $ \sin x=\sin \lfloor x \rfloor $. F. Petrov

For a natural number $ n\ge 2, $ calculate the integer part of $ \sqrt[n]{1+n}-\sqrt {2/n} . $ [i]Dan Nedeianu[/i]