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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Apr 2, 2025
Spring is in full swing and summer is right around the corner, what are your plans? At AoPS Online our schedule has new classes starting now through July, so be sure to keep your skills sharp and be prepared for the Fall school year! Check out the schedule of upcoming classes below.

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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
Hard EV Problem
nrg123   2
N a few seconds ago by wisewigglyjaguar
Priscus and Verus, the two most celebrated gladiators in all of Rome, are locked in a 100-battle showdown at the Colosseum. The entire city is buzzing with excitement –everyone is in attendance, except for you and your archrival, the only two Romans unfortunate enough to miss out on tickets.

To amuse himself (and perhaps to add a twist to the spectacle), the emperor catches wind of this and decides to organize a special game just for the two of you. Every time Priscus wins a match, the emperor adds 1 gold coin to a prize pool. At the end of the event, he will give each of you the opportunity to submit one sealed whole number gold
coin bid for the pot, exchanging the entire pool for the highest bid.

In a twist of fate, your cunning rival has managed to sneak into the Colosseum for the first 9 matches before being caught by a guard and thrown out. Incensed, you make a plea to the emperor, who decrees to the both of you that if identical bids are submitted, you now win the prize (in other words, ties go to you). Each of the 100 battles is independent of every other, and both fighters have an equal chance of winning them.

Determined to outwit your rival, you grudgingly accept the terms. What do you bid for Priscus’ prize pool, and how much gold do you expect to win?
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nrg123
25 minutes ago
wisewigglyjaguar
a few seconds ago
AMC and AIME help
jack_ma   1
N 10 minutes ago by RollingPanda4616
This year, I got a 3 on the AIME. I want to make olympiad by 2026. I made AIME by a small margin. To make olympiad, I need good scores on the AMC and AIME. What should I do to increase my AMC and AIME score?
1 reply
jack_ma
12 minutes ago
RollingPanda4616
10 minutes ago
Discuss the Stanford Math Tournament Here
Aaronjudgeisgoat   222
N 34 minutes ago by EaZ_Shadow
I believe discussion is allowed after yesterday at midnight, correct?
If so, I will put tentative answers on this thread.
By the way, does anyone know the answer to Geometry Problem 5? I was wondering if I got that one right
Also, if you put answers, please put it in a hide tag

Answers for the Algebra Subject Test
Estimated Algebra Cutoffs
Answers for the Geometry Subject Test
Estimated Geo Cutoffs
Answers for the Discrete Subject Test
Estimated Cutoffs for Discrete
Answers for the Team Round
Guts Answers
222 replies
Aaronjudgeisgoat
Monday at 1:44 PM
EaZ_Shadow
34 minutes ago
function Z to Z..
Jackson0423   3
N 2 hours ago by jasperE3
Let \( f : \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z} \) be a function satisfying
\[
f(f(x)) = x^2 - 6x + 6
\quad \text{for all} \quad x \in \mathbb{Z}.
\]Given that
\[
f(i) < f(i+1) \quad \text{for} \quad i = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
\]find the value of
\[
f(0) + f(1) + f(2) + \cdots + f(6).
\]
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Jackson0423
Monday at 2:49 PM
jasperE3
2 hours ago
Tennessee Math Tournament (TMT) Online 2025
TennesseeMathTournament   69
N 2 hours ago by sadas123
Hello everyone! We are excited to announce a new competition, the Tennessee Math Tournament, created by the Tennessee Math Coalition! Anyone can participate in the virtual competition for free.

The testing window is from March 22nd to April 12th, 2025. Virtual competitors may participate in the competition at any time during that window.

The virtual competition consists of three rounds: Individual, Bullet, and Team. The Individual Round is 60 minutes long and consists of 30 questions (AMC 10 level). The Bullet Round is 20 minutes long and consists of 80 questions (Mathcounts Chapter level). The Team Round is 30 minutes long and consists of 16 questions (AMC 12 level). Virtual competitors may compete in teams of four, or choose to not participate in the team round.

To register and see more information, click here!

If you have any questions, please email connect@tnmathcoalition.org or reply to this thread!

Thank you to our lead sponsor, Jane Street!

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TennesseeMathTournament
Mar 9, 2025
sadas123
2 hours ago
Functional equation
tenplusten   9
N 2 hours ago by Jakjjdm
Source: Bulgarian NMO 2015 P4
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R^+}\to\mathbb {R^+} $ such that for all $x,y\in R^+$ the followings hold:
$i) $ $f (x+y)\ge f (x)+y $
$ii) $ $f (f (x))\le x $
9 replies
tenplusten
Apr 29, 2018
Jakjjdm
2 hours ago
Prove DK and BC are perpendicular.
yunxiu   61
N 2 hours ago by Avron
Source: 2012 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad P1
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcentre $O$. The points $D,E,F$ lie in the interiors of the sides $BC,CA,AB$ respectively, such that $DE$ is perpendicular to $CO$ and $DF$ is perpendicular to $BO$. (By interior we mean, for example, that the point $D$ lies on the line $BC$ and $D$ is between $B$ and $C$ on that line.)
Let $K$ be the circumcentre of triangle $AFE$. Prove that the lines $DK$ and $BC$ are perpendicular.

Netherlands (Merlijn Staps)
61 replies
yunxiu
Apr 13, 2012
Avron
2 hours ago
Number Theory Chain!
JetFire008   56
N 2 hours ago by TestX01
I will post a question and someone has to answer it. Then they have to post a question and someone else will answer it and so on. We can only post questions related to Number Theory and each problem should be more difficult than the previous. Let's start!

Question 1
56 replies
JetFire008
Apr 7, 2025
TestX01
2 hours ago
European Mathematical Cup 2016 senior division problem 1
steppewolf   11
N 3 hours ago by MuradSafarli
Is there a sequence $a_{1}, . . . , a_{2016}$ of positive integers, such that every sum
$$a_{r} + a_{r+1} + . . . + a_{s-1} + a_{s}$$(with $1 \le r \le s \le 2016$) is a composite number, but:
a) $GCD(a_{i}, a_{i+1}) = 1$ for all $i = 1, 2, . . . , 2015$;
b) $GCD(a_{i}, a_{i+1}) = 1$ for all $i = 1, 2, . . . , 2015$ and $GCD(a_{i}, a_{i+2}) = 1$ for all $i = 1, 2, . . . , 2014$?
$GCD(x, y)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of $x$, $y$.

Proposed by Matija Bucić
11 replies
steppewolf
Dec 31, 2016
MuradSafarli
3 hours ago
Find all real functions withf(x^2 + yf(z)) = xf(x) + zf(y)
Rushil   32
N 3 hours ago by InterLoop
Source: INMO 2005 Problem 6
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x^2 + yf(z)) = xf(x) + zf(y) , \] for all $x, y, z \in \mathbb{R}$.
32 replies
Rushil
Aug 23, 2005
InterLoop
3 hours ago
IMO 2018 Problem 5
orthocentre   78
N 4 hours ago by chenghaohu
Source: IMO 2018
Let $a_1$, $a_2$, $\ldots$ be an infinite sequence of positive integers. Suppose that there is an integer $N > 1$ such that, for each $n \geq N$, the number
$$\frac{a_1}{a_2} + \frac{a_2}{a_3} + \cdots + \frac{a_{n-1}}{a_n} + \frac{a_n}{a_1}$$is an integer. Prove that there is a positive integer $M$ such that $a_m = a_{m+1}$ for all $m \geq M$.

Proposed by Bayarmagnai Gombodorj, Mongolia
78 replies
orthocentre
Jul 10, 2018
chenghaohu
4 hours ago
3-variable inequality with min(ab,bc,ca)>=1
mathwizard888   71
N 5 hours ago by Burak0609
Source: 2016 IMO Shortlist A1
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $\min(ab,bc,ca) \ge 1$. Prove that $$\sqrt[3]{(a^2+1)(b^2+1)(c^2+1)} \le \left(\frac{a+b+c}{3}\right)^2 + 1.$$
Proposed by Tigran Margaryan, Armenia
71 replies
mathwizard888
Jul 19, 2017
Burak0609
5 hours ago
IMO Shortlist 2011, Algebra 7
orl   23
N 5 hours ago by bin_sherlo
Source: IMO Shortlist 2011, Algebra 7
Let $a,b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $\min(a+b,b+c,c+a) > \sqrt{2}$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2=3.$ Prove that

\[\frac{a}{(b+c-a)^2} + \frac{b}{(c+a-b)^2} + \frac{c}{(a+b-c)^2} \geq \frac{3}{(abc)^2}.\]

Proposed by Titu Andreescu, Saudi Arabia
23 replies
orl
Jul 11, 2012
bin_sherlo
5 hours ago
one cyclic formed by two cyclic
CrazyInMath   31
N Yesterday at 6:45 PM by juckter
Source: EGMO 2025/3
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.
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CrazyInMath
Apr 13, 2025
juckter
Yesterday at 6:45 PM
k 19th ELMO 2017 (Both Days released)
whatshisbucket   204
N Jun 1, 2018 by v_Enhance
Source: 2017 ELMO
19th ELMO on AoPS: The vEry badLy naMed cOntest
Jun 10th and 17th, 2017

Results!

Day 2 has been released!
Both days are attached at the bottom of this post.

Hi! Since v_Enhance and ABCDE are both busy being at MOP this year, I will being running this year's ELMO on AoPS.

The ELMO is an olympiad test similar to both the USAMO and IMO in format. It is written, administrated and graded by returning MOPers for those attending MOP for the first time. However, because there are only finitely many people who can attend MOP each year, for many years the competition has also been posted and run on AoPS, similarly to many of the other mocks that run on this site. Here are links to the previous AoPS ELMO threads. You can also find the problems and shortlist in the USA contests section of the Contest Collections. The acronym is different every year, and will be chosen during the first week of MOP.

[list][*]You should sign up in this thread if you intend to do the contest. You are not required to sign up in order to take it, nor will you be required to take it if you sign up, but we want to have an estimate of how many people take the test and engage in some of the same tomfoolery as last year.
[*]You may participate in either or both of the two days. Each day will consist of three problems, of a similar difficulty as the USAMO. The top scores from each day and overall will be recognized, and all scores will be posted on the ELMO website, where you can also find past results.
[*]Solutions will be due on June 25th.
[*]Each day should be taken in a contiguous 4.5-hour period, similarly to how you would take the USAMO, although you do not need a proctor.
[*]Submit your solutions to whatshisbucket, trumpeter, and suli on AoPS. You may either scan written solutions or write your solutions in LaTeX. You may write your solutions on paper and then transcribe them to LaTeX immediately afterwards, provided that you do so entirely verbatim. Please only do so if you have hideous handwriting like mine that only you can decipher or do not have anything resembling a scanner available.
[*]Please do not discuss the problems with anyone else before you take the test. After you have taken the test, please do not discuss the problems with anyone who has not yet taken the test. After the tests are over, the problems will be posted in the High School Olympiads forum.

We look forward to your participation!
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whatshisbucket
May 22, 2017
v_Enhance
Jun 1, 2018
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