$S$ is a family of balls in $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ ($n > 1$) such that the intersection of any two contains at most one point. Show that the set of points belonging to at least two members of $S$ is countable.

Assume $\Omega(n),\omega(n)$ be the biggest and smallest prime factors of $n$ respectively . Alireza and Amin decided to play a game. First Alireza chooses $1400$ polynomials with integer coefficients. Now Amin chooses $700$ of them, the set of polynomials of Alireza and Amin are $B,A$ respectively . Amin wins if for all $n$ we have : $$\max_{P \in A}(\Omega(P(n))) \ge \min_{P \in B}(\omega(P(n)))$$ Who has the winning strategy. Proposed by [i]Alireza Haghi[/i]

Albert and Barbara play the following game. On a table there are $1999$ sticks, and each player in turn removes some of them: at least one stick, but at most half of the currently remaining sticks. The player who leaves just one stick on the table loses the game. Barbara moves first. Decide which player has a winning strategy and describe that strategy.

Determine all integers $k$ such that the equation: $$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=\frac{k}{xyz}$$ has an infinite number of integer solutions $(x,y,z)$ with gcd$(k,xyz)=1$.

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}_{\ge 1}\to \mathbb{R}_{>0}$ such that for all positive integers $n$ the following relation holds: $$\sum_{d|n} f(d)^3=\left (\sum_{d|n} f(d) \right )^2,$$ where both sums are taken over the positive divisors of $n$. [i] (Vlad Robu) [/i]

A circle through vertices $A$ and $B$ of triangle $ABC$ meets side $BC$ again at $D$. A circle through $B$ and $C$ meets side $AB$ at $E$ and the first circle again at $F$. Prove that if points $A$, $E$, $D$, $C$ lie on a circle with center $O$ then $\angle BFO$ is right.

Find the sum of all positive integers $n$ such that \[x^3+y^3+z^3=nx^2y^2z^2\] is satisfied by at least one ordered triplet of positive integers $(x,y,z)$.

Given that points $ D,E$ lie on the sidelines $ AB,BC$ of triangle $ ABC$, respectively, point $ P$ is in interior of triangle $ ABC$ such that $ PE \equal{} PC$ and $ \bigtriangleup DEP\sim \bigtriangleup PCA.$ Prove that $ BP$ is tangent of the circumcircle of triangle $ PAD.$

Do there exist four points $P_i = (x_i, y_i) \in \mathbb{R}^2\ (1\leq i \leq 4)$ on the plane such that: [list] [*] for all $i = 1,2,3,4$, the inequality $x_i^4 + y_i^4 \le x_i^3+ y_i^3$ holds, and [*] for all $i \neq j$, the distance between $P_i$ and $P_j$ is greater than $1$? [/list] [i]Pakawut Jiradilok[/i]

In the non-convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ shown below, $\angle BCD$ is a right angle, $AB=12$, $BC=4$, $CD=3$, and $AD=13$. [asy]draw((0,0)--(2.4,3.6)--(0,5)--(12,0)--(0,0)); label("$B$", (0, 0), SW); label("$A$", (12, 0), ESE); label("$C$", (2.4, 3.6), SE); label("$D$", (0, 5), N);[/asy] What is the area of quadrilateral $ABCD$? $\textbf{(A) }12\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }26\qquad\textbf{(D) }30\qquad\textbf{(E) }36$

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with $AB<AC$. Let $D, E,$ and $F$ be the feet of the perpendiculars from $A, B,$ and $C$ to the opposite sides, respectively. Let $P$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $F$ to line $DE$. Line $FP$ and the circumcircle of triangle $BDF$ meet again at $Q$. Show that $\angle PBQ = \angle PAD$.

The point $ O$ is the center of the circle circumscribed about $ \triangle ABC$, with $ \angle BOC \equal{} 120^\circ$ and $ \angle AOB \equal{} 140^\circ$, as shown. What is the degree measure of $ \angle ABC$? [asy]unitsize(2cm); defaultpen(linewidth(.8pt)+fontsize(10pt)); pair B=dir(80), A=dir(220), C=dir(320), O=(0,0); draw(unitcircle); draw(A--B--C--O--A--C); draw(O--B); draw(anglemark(C,O,A,2)); label("$A$",A,SW); label("$B$",B,NNE); label("$C$",C,SE); label("$O$",O,S); label("$140^{\circ}$",O,NW,fontsize(8pt)); label("$120^{\circ}$",O,ENE,fontsize(8pt));[/asy]$ \textbf{(A)}\ 35 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 40 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 45 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 50 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 60$

Extend the square pattern of $8$ black and $17$ white square tiles by attaching a border of black tiles around the square. What is the ratio of black tiles to white tiles in the extended pattern? [asy] filldraw((0,0)--(5,0)--(5,5)--(0,5)--cycle,white,black); filldraw((1,1)--(4,1)--(4,4)--(1,4)--cycle,mediumgray,black); filldraw((2,2)--(3,2)--(3,3)--(2,3)--cycle,white,black); draw((4,0)--(4,5)); draw((3,0)--(3,5)); draw((2,0)--(2,5)); draw((1,0)--(1,5)); draw((0,4)--(5,4)); draw((0,3)--(5,3)); draw((0,2)--(5,2)); draw((0,1)--(5,1));[/asy] $ \textbf{(A)}\ 8:17\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 25:49\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 36:25\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 32:17\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 36:17 $

The squares in a $9\times 9$ grid are numbered from $11$ to $99$, where the first digit is the row and the second the column. Each square is colored black or white. Squares $44$ and $49$ are black. Every black square shares an edge with at most one other black square, and each white square shares an edge with at most one other white square. What color is square $99$?

Determine the largest positive integer $n$ such that the following statement is true: There exists $n$ real polynomials, $P_1(x),\ldots,P_n(x)$ such that the sum of any two of them have no real roots but the sum of any three does.

Does there exist a natural number $a$ so that: a) $\Big ((a^2-3)^3+1\Big) ^a-1$ is a perfect square? b) $\Big ((a^2-3)^3+1\Big) ^{a+1}-1$ is a perfect square?

Find all positive integers $a$ for which there exists a polynomial $p(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $p(\sqrt{2}+1)=2-\sqrt{2}$ and $p(\sqrt{2}+2)=a$

The two digits in Jack's age are the same as the digits in Bill's age, but in reverse order. In five years Jack will be twice as old as Bill will be then. What is the difference in their current ages? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 9 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 18 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 27 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 36 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 45$

For any positive integer $n$, we define $$S_n=\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{2^k}{k^2}.$$ Prove that there are no polynomials $P,Q$ with real coefficients such that for any positive integer $n$, we have $\frac{S_{n+1}}{S_n}=\frac{P(n)}{Q(n)}$.

Let $a_1\in\mathbb{Z}$, $a_2=a_1^2-a_1-1$, $\dots$ ,$a_{n+1}=a_n^2-a_n-1$. Prove that $a_{n+1}$ and $2n+1$ are coprime.

The decimal representation of $$\dfrac{1}{20^{20}}$$ consists of a string of zeros after the decimal point, followed by a 9 and then several more digits. How many zeros are in that initial string of zeros after the decimal point? $\textbf{(A) }23\qquad\textbf{(B) }24\qquad\textbf{(C) }25\qquad\textbf{(D) }26\qquad\textbf{(E) }27$

Find all $x$ for which the inequality holds $$9 \sin x +40 \cos x \ge 41.$$

Let $ E$ be a bounded subset of the real line, and let $ \Omega$ be a system of (non degenerate) closed intervals such that for each $ x \in E$ there exists an $ I \in \Omega$ with left endpoint $ x$. Show that for every $ \varepsilon > 0$ there exists a finite number of pairwise non overlapping intervals belonging to $ \Omega$ that cover $ E$ with the exception of a subset of outer measure less than $ \varepsilon$. [J. Czipszer]

For any natural number $ n\ge 2, $ define $ m(n) $ to be the minimum number of elements of a set $ S $ that simultaneously satisfy: $ \text{(i)}\quad \{ 1,n\} \subset S\subset \{ 1,2,\ldots ,n\} $ $ \text{(ii)}\quad $ any element of $ S, $ distinct from $ 1, $ is equal to the sum of two (not necessarily distinct) elements from $ S. $ [b]a)[/b] Prove that $ m(n)\ge 1+\left\lfloor \log_2 n \right\rfloor ,\quad\forall n\in\mathbb{N}_{\ge 2} . $ [b]b)[/b] Prove that there are infinitely many natural numbers $ n\ge 2 $ such that $ m(n)=m(n+1). $ $ \lfloor\rfloor $ denotes the usual integer part.

What is the largest positive integer $n$ such that $$\frac{a^2}{\frac{b}{29} + \frac{c}{31}}+\frac{b^2}{\frac{c}{29} + \frac{a}{31}}+\frac{c^2}{\frac{a}{29} + \frac{b}{31}} \ge n(a+b+c)$$holds for all positive real numbers $a,b,c$.