Let $I$ be the incenter of triangle $ABC$, and let $\omega$ be its incircle. Let $E$ and $F$ be the points of tangency of $\omega$ with $CA$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the intersections of the circumcircle of $BIC$ and $\omega$. Take a point $T$ on $BC$ such that $\angle AIT$ is a right angle. Let $G$ be the intersection of $EF$ and $BC$, and let $Z$ be the intersection of $XY$ and $AT$. Prove that $AZ$, $ZG$, and $AI$ form an isosceles triangle. [i]Proposed by Li4 and usjl.[/i]

In each lattice-point of an $m \times n$ grid and in the centre of each of the formed unit squares a pawn is placed. a) Find all such grids with exactly $500$ pawns. b) Prove that there are infinitely many positive integers $k$ for which therer is no grid containing exactly $k$ pawns.

Find the greatest common divisor of all numbers of the form $(2^{a^2}\cdot 19^{b^2} \cdot 53^{c^2} + 8)^{16} - 1$ where $a,b,c$ are integers.

What is the graph of $y^4+1=x^4+2y^2$ in the coordinate plane? $ \textbf{(A)}\ \textbf{Two intersecting parabolas} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \textbf{Two nonintersecting parabolas} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \textbf{Two intersecting circles} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \textbf{A circle and a hyperbola} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \textbf{A circle and two parabolas}$

Given a real number $a$ and a sequence $(x_n)_{n=1}^\infty$ defined by: $$\left\{\begin{matrix} x_1=1 \\ x_2=0 \\ x_{n+2}=\frac{x_n^2+x_{n+1}^2}{4}+a\end{matrix}\right.$$ for all positive integers $n$. 1. For $a=0$, prove that $(x_n)$ converges. 2. Determine the largest possible value of $a$ such that $(x_n)$ converges.

Is there an infinite sequence of real numbers $a_1,a_2,a_3,\dots$ such that \[a_1^m+a_2^m+a_3^m+\cdots=m\] for every positive integer $m?$

Prove that there are no pairs of nonnegative integers $(x,y)$ that satisfy the equality $$x^3-y^3=x-y+2^{x-y}.$$

Positive integers $k, n$ and subsets $A_1, A_2, ..., A_k$ of the set $\{1, 2, ..., 2n\}$ are given. We will say that a pair of numbers $x, y$ is good, if $x<y$, $x, y\in \{1, 2, ..., 2n\}$ and there exists exactly one index $i\in \{1, 2, ..., 2n\}$, for which exactly one of $x, y$ belongs to $A_i$. Prove that there are at most $n^2$ good pairs.

Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Points $B, D, E$, and $C$ lie on a line in this order and satisfy $BD = DE = EC$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $AD$ and $AE$, respectively. Suppose triangle $ADE$ is acute, and let $H$ be its orthocentre. Points $P$ and $Q$ lie on lines $BM$ and $CN$, respectively, such that $D, H, M,$ and $P$ are concyclic and pairwise different, and $E, H, N,$ and $Q$ are concyclic and pairwise different. Prove that $P, Q, N,$ and $M$ are concyclic.

The numbers from $1$ to $100$ are arranged in a $10\times 10$ table so that any two adjacent numbers have sum no larger than $S$. Find the least value of $S$ for which this is possible. [i]D. Hramtsov[/i]

Given a natural number $n$ $\geq 3$. If $p,q$ are primes, such that, $p \mid n!$ and $q \mid (n-1)!-1$. Prove that, $p<q$

At certain store, a package of 3 apples and 12 oranges costs 5 dollars, and a package of 20 apples and 5 oranges costs 13 dollars. Given that apples and oranges can only be bought in these two packages, what is the minimum nonzero amount of dollars that must be spent to have an equal number of apples and oranges? [i]Ray Li[/i]

The sides of an equilateral triangle $ABC$ are divided into $n$ equal parts $(n \geq 2) .$ For each point on a side, we draw the lines parallel to other sides of the triangle $ABC,$ e.g. for $n=3$ we have the following diagram: [asy] unitsize(150); defaultpen(linewidth(0.7)); int n = 3; /* # of vertical lines, including AB */ pair A = (0,0), B = dir(-30), C = dir(30); draw(A--B--C--cycle,linewidth(2)); dot(A,UnFill(0)); dot(B,UnFill(0)); dot(C,UnFill(0)); label("$A$",A,W); label("$C$",C,NE); label("$B$",B,SE); for(int i = 1; i < n; ++i) { draw((i*A+(n-i)*B)/n--(i*A+(n-i)*C)/n); draw((i*B+(n-i)*A)/n--(i*B+(n-i)*C)/n); draw((i*C+(n-i)*A)/n--(i*C+(n-i)*B)/n); } [/asy] For each $n \geq 2,$ find the number of existing parallelograms.

Let $p$ be a (positive) prime number. Suppose that real numbers $a_1, a_2, . . ., a_{p+1}$ have the property that, whenever one of the numbers is deleted, the remaining numbers can be partitioned into two classes with the same arithmetic mean. Show that these numbers must be equal.

Given a prime $p$, let $d(a,b)$ be the number of integers $c$ such that $1 \leq c < p$, and the remainders when $ac$ and $bc$ are divided by $p$ are both at most $\frac{p}{3}$. Determine the maximum value of \[\sqrt{\sum_{a=1}^{p-1}\sum_{b=1}^{p-1}d(a,b)(x_a + 1)(x_b + 1)} - \sqrt{\sum_{a=1}^{p-1}\sum_{b=1}^{p-1}d(a,b)x_ax_b}\] over all $(p-1)$-tuples $(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_{p-1})$ of real numbers. [i]Brian Hamrick.[/i]

Given the numbers $a_1, a_2, ... , a_n$ such that $$0\le a_1\le a_2\le 2a_1 , a_2\le a_3\le 2a_2 , ... , a_{n-1}\le a_n\le 2a_{n-1}$$ Prove that in the sum $s=\pm a1\pm a2\pm ...\pm a_n$ You can choose appropriate signs to make $0\le s\le a_1$.

Let $ABC$ be an acute, scalene triangle with circumcenter $O$ and symmedian point $K$. Let $X$ be the point on the circumcircle of triangle $BOC$ such that $\angle AXO = 90^\circ$. Assume that $X\neq K$. The hyperbola passing through $B$, $C$, $O$, $K$, and $X$ intersects the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ at points $U$ and $V$, distinct from $B$ and $C$. Prove that $UV$ is the perpendicular bisector of $AX$. [i]The symmedian point of triangle $ABC$ is the intersection of the reflections of $B$-median and $C$-median across the angle bisectors of $\angle ABC$ and $\angle ACB$, respectively.[/i] [i]Pitchayut Saengrungkongka[/i]

In the diagram, the circle has radius $\sqrt 7$ and and centre $O.$ Points $A, B$ and $C$ are on the circle. If $\angle BOC=120^\circ$ and $AC = AB + 1,$ determine the length of $AB.$ [asy] import graph; size(120); real lsf = 0.5; pen dp = linewidth(0.7) + fontsize(10); defaultpen(dp); pen ds = black; pen qqttff = rgb(0,0.2,1); pen xdxdff = rgb(0.49,0.49,1); pen fftttt = rgb(1,0.2,0.2); draw(circle((2.34,2.4),2.01),qqttff); draw((2.34,2.4)--(1.09,0.82),fftttt); draw((2.34,2.4)--(4.1,1.41),fftttt); draw((1.09,0.82)--(1.4,4.18),fftttt); draw((4.1,1.41)--(1.4,4.18),fftttt); dot((2.34,2.4),ds); label("$O$", (2.1,2.66),NE*lsf); dot((1.09,0.82),ds); label("$B$", (0.86,0.46),NE*lsf); dot((4.1,1.41),ds); label("$C$", (4.2,1.08),NE*lsf); dot((1.4,4.18),ds); label("$A$", (1.22,4.48),NE*lsf); clip((-4.34,-10.94)--(-4.34,6.3)--(16.14,6.3)--(16.14,-10.94)--cycle); [/asy]

In a football tournament there are $8$ teams, each of which plays exacly one match against every other team. If a team $A$ defeats team $B$, then $A$ is awarded $3$ points and $B$ gets $0$ points. If they end up in a tie, they receive $1$ point each. It turned out that in this tournament, whenever a match ended up in a tie, the two teams involved did not finish with the same final score. Find the maximum number of ties that could have happened in such a tournament.

Do there exist numbers $a,b \in R$ and surjective function $f: R \to R$ such that $f(f(x)) = bx f(x) +a$ for all real $x$? I.Voronovich

Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle with circumcenter $O$ and orthocenter $H$. Let $D$ be a point on the circumcircle of $ABC$ such that $AD \perp BC$. Suppose that $AB = 6, DB = 2$, and the ratio $\tfrac{\text{area}(\triangle ABC)}{\text{area}(\triangle HBC)}=5.$ Then, if $OA$ is the length of the circumradius, then $OA^2$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Compute $m + n$.

A geometric series is one where the ratio between each two consecutive terms is constant (ex. 3,6,12,24,...). The fifth term of a geometric series is 5!, and the sixth term is 6!. What is the fourth term?

Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N} $ such that $$ f\left(x+yf\left(x\right)\right) = x+f\left(y\right)f\left(x\right) $$ holds for all $ x,y \in \mathbb{N} $

A convex quadrilateral $ABCD$ is inscribed into a circle $\omega$ . Suppose that there is a point $X$ on the segment $AC$ such that the $XB$ and $XD$ tangents to the circle $\omega$ . Tangent of $\omega$ at $C$, intersect $XD$ at $Q$. Let $E$ ($E\ne A$) be the intersection of the line $AQ$ with $\omega$ . Prove that $AD, BE$, and $CQ$ are concurrent.

A [i]festive [/i] number is a four-digit integer containing one of each of the digits $0, 1, 2$, and $4$ in its decimal representation. How many festive numbers are there?