Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ which satisfy the following equality for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ \[f(x)f(y)-f(x-1)-f(y+1)=f(xy)+2x-2y-4.\][i]Proposed by Dániel Dobák, Budapest[/i]

Given a convex pentagon $ABCDE$ with $\angle ABC= \angle ADE$ and $\angle AEC= \angle ADB$ . Prove that $\angle BAC = \angle DAE$ .

Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the two roots of $x^2+2017x+k$. What is the sum of the possible values of $k$ so that the lines \begin{align*} y&=2\alpha x+2017^2\\ y&=3\alpha x+2017^3 \end{align*} are perpendicular?

Number $ 0$ is written on the board. Two players alternate writing signs and numbers to the right, where the first player always writes either $ \plus{}$ or $ \minus{}$ sign, while the second player writes one of the numbers $ 1, 2, ... , 1993$,writing each of these numbers exactly once. The game ends after $ 1993$ moves. Then the second player wins the score equal to the absolute value of the expression obtained thereby on the board. What largest score can he always win?

Let $ G $ be the set of matrices of the form $ \begin{pmatrix} a&b\\0&1 \end{pmatrix} , $ with $ a,b\in\mathbb{Z}_7,a\neq 0. $ [b]a)[/b] Verify that $ G $ is a group. [b]b)[/b] Show that $ \text{Hom}\left( (G,\cdot) ; \left( \mathbb{Z}_7,+ \right) \right) =\{ 0\} $

Solve in the real numbers the equation $ \arctan\sqrt{3^{1-2x}} +\arctan {3^x} =\frac{7\pi }{12} . $ [i]Ovidiu Țâțan[/i]

$(GDR 2)^{IMO1}$ Prove that there exist infinitely many natural numbers $a$ with the following property: The number $z = n^4 + a$ is not prime for any natural number $n.$

Define the sequence $(x_n)$ by $x_0 = 0$ and for all $n \in \mathbb N,$ \[x_n=\begin{cases} x_{n-1} + (3^r - 1)/2,&\mbox{ if } n = 3^{r-1}(3k + 1);\\ x_{n-1} - (3^r + 1)/2, & \mbox{ if } n = 3^{r-1}(3k + 2).\end{cases}\] where $k \in \mathbb N_0, r \in \mathbb N$. Prove that every integer occurs in this sequence exactly once.

In a certain kingdom, the king has decided to build $25$ new towns on $13$ uninhabited islands so that on each island there will be at least one town. Direct ferry connections will be established between any pair of new towns which are on different islands. Determine the least possible number of these connections.

Let $n$ to be a positive integer. Given a set $\{ a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n \} $ of integers, where $a_i \in \{ 0, 1, 2, 3, \ldots, 2^n -1 \},$ $\forall i$, we associate to each of its subsets the sum of its elements; particularly, the empty subset has sum of its elements equal to $0$. If all of these sums have different remainders when divided by $2^n$, we say that $\{ a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n \} $ is [i]$n$-complete[/i]. For each $n$, find the number of [i]$n$-complete[/i] sets.

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcenter $O$, incenter $I$, $\angle B=45^\circ$, and $OI\parallel BC$. Find $\cos\angle C$.

If $ n$ is any whole number, $ n^2(n^2 \minus{} 1)$ is always divisible by $ \textbf{(A)}\ 12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 24 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \text{any multiple of }12 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 12 \minus{} n \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 12\text{ and }24$

For positive integers $n$, let $c_n$ be the smallest positive integer for which $n^{c_n}-1$ is divisible by $210$, if such a positive integer exists, and $c_n = 0$ otherwise. What is $c_1 + c_2 + \dots + c_{210}$?

Let $N$ be the set of positive integers. Find all functions $f : N \to N$ such that both $\bullet$ $f(f(m)f(n)) = mn$ $\bullet$ $f(2022a + 1) = 2022a + 1$ hold for all positive integers $m, n$ and $a$.

Prove that there is positive integers $N$ such that the equation $$arctan(N)=\sum_{i=1}^{2020} a_i arctan(i),$$ does not hold for any integers $a_{i}.$

Do either $(1)$ or $(2)$ $(1)$ $S$ is a thin spherical shell of constant thickness and density with total mass $M$ and center $O.$ $P$ is a point outside $S.$ Prove that the gravitational attraction of $S$ at $P$ is the same as the gravitational attraction of a point mass $M$ at $O.$ $(2)$ $K$ is the surface $z = xy$ in Euclidean $3-$space. Find all straight lines lying in $S$. Draw a diagram to illustrate them.

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral an let $P$ be a point on the side $AB.$ The diagonals $AC$ meets the segments $DP$ at $Q.$ The line through $P$ parallel to $CD$ mmets the extension of the side $CB$ beyond $B$ at $K.$ The line through $Q$ parallel to $BD$ meets the extension of the side $CB$ beyond $B$ at $L.$ Prove that the circumcircles of the triangles $BKP$ and $CLQ$ are tangent .

In a triangle $ABC$ the point $D$ is the intersection of the interior angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ and side $BC$. Let $P$ be the second intersection point of the exterior angle bisector of $\angle BAC$ with the circumcircle of $\angle ABC$. A circle through $A$ and $P$ intersects line segment $BP$ internally in $E$ and line segment $CP$ internally in $F$. Prove that $\angle DEP = \angle DFP$.

Find the number of 4-digit numbers with distinct digits chosen from the set $\{0,1,2,3,4,5\}$ in which no two adjacent digits are even.

Faces $ABC$ and $BCD$ of tetrahedron $ABCD$ meet at an angle of $30^\circ$. The area of face $ABC$ is $120$, the area of face $BCD$ is $80$, and $BC=10$. Find the volume of the tetrahedron.

For positive integer $n$, prove that at least one of the numbers $$A=2n-1 , B=5n-1, C=13n-1$$ is not perfect square

Prove the rationality of the number $ \frac{1}{\pi }\int_{\sin\frac{\pi }{13}}^{\cos\frac{\pi }{13}} \sqrt{1-x^2} dx. $

[b]p1.[/b] Consider a parallelogram $ABCD$ with sides of length $a$ and $b$, where $a \ne b$. The four points of intersection of the bisectors of the interior angles of the parallelogram form a rectangle $EFGH$. A possible configuration is given below. Show that $$\frac{Area(ABCD)}{Area(EFGH)}=\frac{2ab}{(a - b)^2}$$ [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/e/a/afaf345f2ef7c8ecf4388918756f0b56ff20ef.png[/img] [b]p2.[/b] A metal wire of length $4\ell$ inches (where $\ell$ is a positive integer) is used as edges to make a cardboard rectangular box with surface area $32$ square inches and volume $8$ cubic inches. Suppose that the whole wire is used. (i) Find the dimension of the box if $\ell= 9$, i.e., find the length, the width, and the height of the box without distinguishing the different orders of the numbers. Justify your answer. (ii) Show that it is impossible to construct such a box if $\ell = 10$. [b]p3.[/b] A Pythagorean n-tuple is an ordered collection of counting numbers $(x_1, x_2,..., x_{n-1}, x_n)$ satisfying the equation $$x^2_1+ x^2_2+ ...+ x^2_{n-1} = x^2_{n}.$$ For example, $(3, 4, 5)$ is an ordinary Pythagorean $3$-tuple (triple) and $(1, 2, 2, 3)$ is a Pythagorean $4$-tuple. (a) Given a Pythagorean triple $(a, b, c)$ show that the $4$-tuple $(a^2, ab, bc, c^2)$ is Pythagorean. (b) Extending part (a) or using any other method, come up with a procedure that generates Pythagorean $5$-tuples from Pythagorean $3$- and/or $4$-tuples. Few numerical examples will not suffice. You have to find a method that will generate infinitely many such $5$-tuples. (c) Find a procedure to generate Pythagorean $6$-tuples from Pythagorean $3$- and/or $4$- and/or $5$-tuples. Note. You can assume without proof that there are infinitely many Pythagorean triples. [b]p4.[/b] Consider the recursive sequence defined by $x_1 = a$, $x_2 = b$ and $$x_{n+2} =\frac{x_{n+1} + x_n - 1}{x_n - 1}, n \ge 1 .$$ We call the pair $(a, b)$ the seed for this sequence. If both $a$ and $b$ are integers, we will call it an integer seed. (a) Start with the integer seed $(2, 2019)$ and find $x_7$. (b) Show that there are infinitely many integer seeds for which $x_{2020} = 2020$. (c) Show that there are no integer seeds for which $x_{2019} = 2019$. [b]p5.[/b] Suppose there are eight people at a party. Each person has a certain amount of money. The eight people decide to play a game. Let $A_i$, for $i = 1$ to $8$, be the amount of money person $i$ has in his/her pocket at the beginning of the game. A computer picks a person at random. The chosen person is eliminated from the game and their money is put into a pot. Also magically the amount of money in the pockets of the remaining players goes up by the dollar amount in the chosen person's pocket. We continue this process and at the end of the seventh stage emerges a single person and a pot containing $M$ dollars. What is the expected value of $M$? The remaining player gets the pot and the money in his/her pocket. What is the expected value of what he/she takes home? PS. You should use hide for answers. Collected [url=https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h2760506p24143309]here[/url].

The positive reals $ x,y$ and $ z$ are satisfying the relation $ x \plus{} y \plus{} z\geq 1$. Prove that: $ \frac {x\sqrt {x}}{y \plus{} z} \plus{} \frac {y\sqrt {y}}{z \plus{} x} \plus{} \frac {z\sqrt {z}}{x \plus{} y}\geq \frac {\sqrt {3}}{2}$ [i]Proposer[/i]:[b] Baltag Valeriu[/b]

A large pond contains infinitely many lily pads labelled $1$, $2$, $3$,$ ... $, placed in a line, where for each $k$, lily pad $k + 1$ is one unit to the right of lily pad $k$. A frog starts at lily pad $100$. Each minute, if the frog is at lily pad $n$, it hops to lily pad $n + 1$ with probability $\frac{n-1}{n}$ , and hops all the way back to lily pad $1$ with probability $\frac{1}{n}$. Let $N$ be the position of the frog after $1000$ minutes. What is the expected value of $N$?