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  • ...math> in the polynomial <math> \prod_{i=1}^{n}(t+x_i) </math> (see [[Viete's sums]]). We define the ''symmetric average'' <math>d_k </math> to be <math ...have a root between <math>x_i </math> and <math>x_{i+1} </math> by [[Rolle's theorem]] if <math>x_i \neq x_{i+1} </math>, and if <math> x_i = x_{i+1} =
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  • ...ymmetric polynomial]]s. For notation and background, we refer to [[Newton's Inequality]]. By the lemma from [[Newton's Inequality]], it suffices to show that for any <math>n </math>,
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  • '''Nesbitt's [[Inequality]]''' is a theorem which, although rarely cited, has many instr If <math> a_1, \ldots a_n </math> are positive and <math> \sum_{i=1}^{n}a_i = s </math>, then
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  • '''Pascal's Theorem''' is a result in [[projective geometry]]. It states that if a [[h Since it is a result in the projective plane, it has a dual, [[Brianchon's Theorem]], which states that the diagonals of a hexagon circumscribed about
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  • The '''Russell's Paradox''', credited to Bertrand Russell, was one of those which forced the
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  • '''Green's Theorem''' is a result in [[real analysis]]. It is continuous [[partial derivative]]s mapping an open set containing
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  • '''Cramer's Rule''' is a method of solving systems of equations using [[matrix|matrices Cramer's Rule employs the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Determinant matrix determina
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  • #REDIRECT[[Ceva's theorem/Problems]]
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  • '''L'Hopital's Rule''' is a theorem dealing with [[limit]]s that is very important to [[calculus]]. ...cdot \epsilon(h)}</math>, which would hence prove our lemma for L'Hospital's rule.
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  • '''Zorn's Lemma''' is a [[set theory | set theoretic]] result which is equivalent to We first prove some intermediate results, viz., Bourbaki's Theorem (also known as the Bourbaki-Witt theorem).
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  • ...coefficients). It can often be used to simplify complicated [[expression]]s involving binomial coefficients. ...is also known as Pascal's Rule, Pascal's Formula, and occasionally Pascal's Theorem.
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  • '''Binet's formula''' is an explicit formula used to find the <math>n</math>th term of It's coefficients look like this:
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  • '''Carleman's Inequality''' states that for [[nonnegative]] [[real numbers]] <math>\{a_n\
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  • ...its roots can be easily expressed as a ratio between two of the polynomial's coefficients. It is among the most ubiquitous results to circumvent finding a polynomial's roots in competition math and sees widespread usage in many math contests/t
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  • ...ct should have been either common notions or postulates, as some of Euclid's methods of proof were faulty. Euclid's work is split into thirteen volumes. It covers not only geometry, but numbe
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  • #REDIRECT [[Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes]]
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  • '''Lagrange's mean value theorem''' (often called "the mean value theorem," and abbreviat We reduce the problem to [[Rolle's theorem]] by using an auxiliary function.
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  • ...s proof of the lemma in 1934 to provide a more elegant proof of [[Schreier's Theorem]]. He was a doctorate student under Emil Artin at the time. In th ...up of <math>K' \cdot (H \cap K)</math>; furthermore, the [[quotient group]]s
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  • ...[[Zassenhaus's Lemma | lemma]], which gives an improved proof of Schreier's Theorem. ...gma_1</math> and <math>\Sigma_2</math>, respectively. Again by Zassenhaus's Lemma, the quotients <math>H'_{im+j}/H'_{im+j+1}</math> and <math>K'_{jn+i}
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  • We say that a finite set <math>\mathcal{S}</math> in the plane is <i> balanced </i> ...any two different points <math>A</math>, <math>B</math> in <math>\mathcal{S}</math>, there is
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  • ...istered to approximately 500 of the best and brightest students from the U.S. and Canada. Qualification is based on [[AMC 10]], [[AMC 12]], and [[AIME]] ...Olympiad?" in the ''American Mathematical Monthly'' 78 (1971), the [[MAA]]'s National Contest Committee revived an Olympiad Subcommittee, which voted to
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  • '''Informatics competitions''' test a student's ability to understand, organize, and work with information on computers. * [[St Mary’s University High School Programming Competition]] [http://cs.stmarys.ca/hspc
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  • ...nds. Please email Xinke Guo-Xue at xinkeguoxue@gmail.com, or message Xinke's AoPS account "hurdler", if you are interested in trying out for the Alabama ...at the San Diego Math Circle (SDMC), and most of the students on last year's team were regular attendees at SDMC. Also, since the 2007 team contained no
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  • * Kohl's Kids Who Care Scholarship Program [http://www.kohlscorporation.com/communit
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  • #10 The set S is {#, !, @, *, $, %}. How many different proper subsets are possible?
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  • The Power Mean Inequality follows from [[Jensen's Inequality]]. As <math>\ln(x)</math> is concave, by [[Jensen's Inequality]], the last inequality is true, proving <math>M(t)\ge M(0)</math
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  • In [[number theory]], '''Wilson's Theorem''' states that if [[integer ]]<math>p > 1</math> , then <math>(p-1) ...e. Consider the [[field]] of integers modulo <math>p</math>. By [[Fermat's Little Theorem]], every nonzero element of this field is a root of the [[po
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  • For all [[real number]]s <math>x</math>, <math>x^2 \ge 0</math>. ...h> and <math>s</math> are relatively prime positive integers. Find <math>r+s</math>. (Solution [[User:Ddk001#Solution_1.28Probably_official_MAA.2C_lots_
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  • '''Heron's Formula''' (sometimes called Hero's formula) is a [[mathematical formula | formula]] for finding the [[area]] o <math>A=\sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}</math>
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  • ...onnegative]], [[integer|integral]] powers and multiplied by [[coefficient]]s from a predetermined [[set]] (usually the set of integers; [[rational]], [[ ...ly one way (not counting re-arrangements of the terms of the product). It's very easy to find the roots of a polynomial in this form because the roots
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  • Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick (SFFT) (made by AoPS user [https://artofproblemsol ...t 1, then divide the coefficient off of the equation.). According to Simon's Favorite Factoring Trick, this equation can be transformed into: <cmath>(x+
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  • Using the formula for the sum of a [[geometric sequence]], it's easy to derive the general formula for difference of powers: == Vieta's/Newton Factorizations ==
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  • ===[[Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes]]===
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  • ...king. Mathematical [[problem solving]] involves using all the tools at one's disposal to attack a problem in a new way.
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  • ...ts, 2n}</math>. Show that if we choose <math>n+1</math> numbers from <math>S</math>, then there exist two numbers such that one is a multiple of the oth ...ath> integers. Prove that there exists distinct <math>a, b</math> in <math>S</math> such that <math>a - b</math> is a multiple of <math>n</math>.''
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  • ...>, where <math>a</math>, <math>b</math> and <math>c</math> are [[constant]]s (that is, they do not depend on <math>x</math>) and <math>x</math> is the u ...of factoring is to turn a general quadratic into a product of [[binomial]]s. This is easier to illustrate than to describe.
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  • Two [[positive]] [[integer]]s <math>m</math> and <math>n</math> are said to be '''relatively prime''' or [[Euler's totient function]] determines the number of positive integers less than any
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  • #REDIRECT[[Vieta's formulas]]
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  • * 2015 - Frank Han (11th written, S)
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