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Sequence interesting problem
vickyricky   10
N an hour ago by kamatadu
Let $ a_{0} =1$ and $ b_{0} =1$ . Define $a_{n} , b_{n} $ for $ n\ge 1$ as $a_{n}=a_{n-1}+2b_{n-1} $ , $b_{n}=a_{n-1}+b_{n-1} $ . Prove that $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a_n}{b_n}$ exists and find it's value .
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vickyricky
Jun 6, 2020
kamatadu
an hour ago
Very nice Darboux epsilon-delta
CatalinBordea   1
N an hour ago by QQQ43
Source: Romanian National Olympiad 2000, Grade XI, Problem 4
Let $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ be a function that satisfies the conditions:
$ \text{(i)}\quad \lim_{x\to\infty} (f\circ f) (x) =\infty =-\lim_{x\to -\infty} (f\circ f) (x) $
$ \text{(ii)}\quad f $ has Darboux’s property

a) Prove that the limits of $ f $ at $ \pm\infty $ exist.
b) Is possible for the limits from a) to be finite?
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CatalinBordea
Oct 2, 2018
QQQ43
an hour ago
Most Evil and Brutal Integral Ever Officially Proposed for an Integration Bee
Silver08   3
N 2 hours ago by Silver08
Source: UK University Integration Bee 2024-2025 Round 2 Relay (Singapore)
Compute: \[ \int_{1}^{2}e^{x( x+\sqrt{x^2-1} )}dx \]
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Silver08
Mar 6, 2025
Silver08
2 hours ago
IMC 2018 P4
ThE-dArK-lOrD   17
N 4 hours ago by sangsidhya
Source: IMC 2018 P4
Find all differentiable functions $f:(0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
$$f(b)-f(a)=(b-a)f’(\sqrt{ab}) \qquad \text{for all}\qquad a,b>0.$$
Proposed by Orif Ibrogimov, National University of Uzbekistan
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ThE-dArK-lOrD
Jul 24, 2018
sangsidhya
4 hours ago
f(x)=x-xe^(-1/x)
Sayan   6
N 4 hours ago by kamatadu
Source: ISI (BS) 2006 #6
(a) Let $f(x)=x-xe^{-\frac1x}, \ \ x>0$. Show that $f(x)$ is an increasing function on $(0,\infty)$, and $\lim_{x\to\infty} f(x)=1$.

(b) Using part (a) or otherwise, draw graphs of $y=x-1, y=x, y=x+1$, and $y=xe^{-\frac{1}{|x|}}$ for $-\infty<x<\infty$ using the same $X$ and $Y$ axes.
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Sayan
Jun 2, 2012
kamatadu
4 hours ago
Square of a rational matrix of dimension 2
loup blanc   7
N Today at 11:53 AM by ysharifi
The following exercise was posted -two months ago- on the Website StackExchange; cf.
https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/5006488/image-of-the-squaring-function-on-mathcalm-2-mathbbq
There was no solution on Stack.

-Statement of the exercise-
We consider the matrix function $f:X\in M_2(\mathbb{Q})\mapsto X^2\in M_2(\mathbb{Q})$.
Find the image of $f$.
In other words, give a method to decide whether a given matrix has or does not have at least a square root
in $M_2(\mathbb{Q})$; if the answer is yes, then give a method to calculate at least one of its roots.
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loup blanc
Feb 17, 2025
ysharifi
Today at 11:53 AM
find the isomorphism
nguyenalex   10
N Today at 11:38 AM by Royrik123456
I have the following exercise:

Let $E$ be an algebraic extension of $K$, and let $F$ be an algebraic closure of $K$ containing $E$. Prove that if $\sigma : E \to F$ is an embedding such that $\sigma(c) = c$ for all $c \in K$, then $\sigma$ extends to an automorphism of $F$.

My attempt:

Theorem (*): Suppose that $E$ is an algebraic extension of the field $K$, $F$ is an algebraically closed field, and $\sigma: K \to F$ is an embedding. Then, there exists an embedding $\tau: E \to F$ that extends $\sigma$. Moreover, if $E$ is an algebraic closure of $K$ and $F$ is an algebraic extension of $\sigma(K)$, then $\tau$ is an isomorphism.

Back to our main problem:

Since $K \subset E$ and $F$ is an algebraic extension of $K$, it follows that $F$ is an algebraic extension of $E$. Assume that there exists an embedding $\sigma : E \to F$ such that $\sigma(c) = c$ for all $c \in K$. By Theorem (*), there exists an embedding $\tau : F \to F$ that extends $\sigma$. Since $F$ is algebraically closed, $\tau(F)$ is also an algebraically closed field.

Furthermore, because $\sigma(c) = c$ for all $c \in K$ and $\tau$ is an extension of $\sigma$, we have
$$K = \sigma(K) \subset K \subset \sigma(E) \subset \tau(F) \subset F.$$
This implies that $F$ is an algebraic extension of $\tau(F)$. We conclude that $F = \tau(F)$, meaning that $\tau$ is an automorphism. (Finished!!)

Let choose $F = A$ be the field of algebraic numbers, $K=\mathbb{Q}$. Consider the embedding $\sigma: \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}) \to \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2}) \subset A$ defined by
$$
a + b\sqrt{2} \mapsto a - b\sqrt{2}.
$$Then, according to the exercise above, $\sigma$ extends to an isomorphism
$$
\bar{\sigma}: A \to A.
$$How should we interpret $\bar{\sigma}$?
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nguyenalex
Yesterday at 3:58 PM
Royrik123456
Today at 11:38 AM
Generating functions and recursions smelling from 1000 km
Assassino9931   12
N Today at 11:22 AM by sangsidhya
Source: IMC 2022 Day 1 Problem 3
Let $p$ be a prime number. A flea is staying at point $0$ of the real line. At each minute,
the flea has three possibilities: to stay at its position, or to move by $1$ to the left or to the right.
After $p-1$ minutes, it wants to be at $0$ again. Denote by $f(p)$ the number of its strategies to do this
(for example, $f(3) = 3$: it may either stay at $0$ for the entire time, or go to the left and then to the
right, or go to the right and then to the left). Find $f(p)$ modulo $p$.
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Assassino9931
Aug 5, 2022
sangsidhya
Today at 11:22 AM
ISI 2018 #3
integrated_JRC   34
N Today at 7:08 AM by anudeep
Source: ISI 2018 B.Stat / B.Math Entrance Exam
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such that for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ and for all $t\geqslant 0$, $$f(x)=f(e^tx)$$Show that $f$ is a constant function.
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integrated_JRC
May 13, 2018
anudeep
Today at 7:08 AM
Integration Bee Kaizo
Calcul8er   40
N Today at 7:07 AM by Figaro
Hey integration fans. I decided to collate some of my favourite and most evil integrals I've written into one big integration bee problem set. I've been entering integration bees since 2017 and I've been really getting hands on with the writing side of things over the last couple of years. I hope you'll enjoy!
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Calcul8er
Mar 2, 2025
Figaro
Today at 7:07 AM
Factoring Marathon
pican   1426
N Mar 9, 2025 by Math-lover1
Hello guys,
I think we should start a factoring marathon. Post your solutions like this SWhatever, and your problems like this PWhatever. Please make your own problems, and I'll start off simple: P1
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pican
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Mar 9, 2025
Factoring Marathon
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Hello guys,
I think we should start a factoring marathon. Post your solutions like this SWhatever, and your problems like this PWhatever. Please make your own problems, and I'll start off simple: P1
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pican wrote:
Hello guys,
I think we should start a factoring marathon. Post your solutions like this SWhatever, and your problems like this PWhatever. Please make your own problems, and I'll start off simple: P1

How is this simple, the factorization has so many radicals...look here:

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=factor+x%5E2%2B12x-36

New P1:

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Did you mean problem 2?
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Can you explain how to do P6??
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AMC_Kid wrote:
Can you explain how to do P6??

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