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jwelsh   0
Aug 1, 2025
CONGRATULATIONS to all the competitors at this year’s International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)! The US Team took second place with 5 gold medals and 1 silver - we are proud to say that each member of the 2025 IMO team has participated in an AoPS WOOT (Worldwide Online Olympiad Training) class!

"As a parent, I'm deeply grateful to AoPS. Tiger has taken very few math courses outside of AoPS, except for a local Math Circle that doesn't focus on Olympiad math. AoPS has been one of the most important resources in his journey. Without AoPS, Tiger wouldn't be where he is today — especially considering he's grown up in a family with no STEM background at all."
— Doreen Dai, parent of IMO US Team Member Tiger Zhang

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jwelsh
Aug 1, 2025
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Mu Alpha theta components
T.K.I.T   2
N a minute ago by T.K.I.T
I'm a freshman whose about to start Mu Alpha Theta and I was wondering if anyone out here has a complete list of concepts I should know for the Theta competition, I already have passed Algebra 1 and Geometry and have a good understanding of Algebra 2, but even including that what are some core concepts I should learn?
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T.K.I.T
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Circle geometry proof
littleduckysteve   3
N 10 minutes ago by littleduckysteve
Suppose 3 circles are drawn in the 2-dimensional grid such that no two circles are of the same radius. Now we draw the 2 lines which are both tangent to the smallest circle and the median circle, and call their intersection, A. Now we do the same thing for the biggest circle and the smallest, and finally the biggest and the median circles. Now assume that we call these two points, B and C. Prove that A, B, and C are all colinear regardless of where the circles are.
Edit: That includes internally tangent circles, and circles which share part of their regions with each other.
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littleduckysteve
Yesterday at 7:29 AM
littleduckysteve
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Thailand FE
radioactiverascal90210   0
21 minutes ago
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying
$f(y + f(x))$ = $f(x)f(y)$ + $f(f(x))$ + $f(y)$$xy$
for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$
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radioactiverascal90210
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D1055 : Les parties chouette
Dattier   0
31 minutes ago
$A$ set $A$ is 'neat' (from the French partie chouette) if $A$ is a subset of $[25, 2025]\cap  N$ and for all pairs $(a,b)$ in $A$ with $a \neq b, \gcd(a,b)=1$.

Determine the maximum size that a 'neat' set can have.

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Burning Bud on Stock
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Burning Bud is currently in stock in Grow a Garden, and you can either buy a pack of:
- 12 stocks of Burning Bud, or
- 5 stocks of Burning Bud.

Determine the maximum amount of Burning Bud you can't earn, after buying some stocks of it.
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lrnnz
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ishat_jha
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y-intercept
WhizKid   3
N 39 minutes ago by sausagebun
Source: 1976 Euclid Part A Problem 6
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The $y$-intercept of the graph of the function defined by $y=\frac{4(x+3)(x-2)-24}{(x+4)}$ is

$\textbf{(A) } -24 \qquad \textbf{(B) } -12 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 0 \qquad \textbf{(D) } -4 \qquad \textbf{(E) } -48$
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WhizKid
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sausagebun
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Minimum Value
WhizKid   3
N an hour ago by ishat_jha
Source: 1976 Euclid Part A Problem 3
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The minimum value of the function $2x^2+6x+7$ is

$\textbf{(A) } 7 \qquad \textbf{(B) } \frac{5}{2} \qquad \textbf{(C) } \frac{9}{4} \qquad \textbf{(D) } -\frac{9}{2} \qquad \textbf{(E) } \frac{5}{4}$
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WhizKid
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ishat_jha
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Similar Rectangles
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N an hour ago by ishat_jha
Source: 1976 Euclid Part A Problem 1
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In the diagram, $ABCD$ and $EFGH$ are similar rectangles. $DK:KC=3:2$. Then rectangle $ABCD:$ rectangle $EFGH$ is equal to

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$\textbf{(A) } 3:2 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 9:4 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 5:2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 25:4 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 6:2$
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WhizKid
Dec 13, 2018
ishat_jha
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Inequalities
sqing   4
N an hour ago by sqing
Let $ a,b,c \in[-1,1] . $ Prove that
$$ a^2+c^2-ab \leq 3$$$$  a^2+b^2 -ab-bc-ca\leq 3$$$$a^2+b^2+c^2-ab\leq 4$$$$a^2+c^2 -ab- ca \leq 4$$$$  a^2+b^2+c^2-ab-bc\leq 5$$$$a^2+ c^2 -2ab-  ca\leq 5$$$$  (a-b)^2+c^2\leq 5$$
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2024 NYMA = New Years Mock AIME #12 NT \Omega (np) = 1+\Omega (n)
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N an hour ago by parmenides51
Let $\Omega (n)$ be the function defined by $\Omega (1) = 0$ and $\Omega (np) = 1+\Omega (n)$ whenever $p$ is a prime number and $n$ is a positive integer. Find the number of pairs of positive integers $(x, y)$ that satisfy $x + y \le 555$ and $$\Omega \left(16xy^{x^2-1} + 4x + 4y^{x^2-1}x^5 + x^5\right) < 5.$$
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Prove that this is a multiple of 3
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N 2 hours ago by P0tat0b0y
Prove or disprove that $2^a+(-1)^{a+1}$ is a multiple of 3 for $a \geq 0$.
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littleduckysteve
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About Cauchy Inequality
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N 2 hours ago by sqing
How does $\dfrac{x}{y+z}+\dfrac{4x}{2x+y+z} \ge \dfrac{9x}{2(x+y+z)}$ prove by Cauchy Inequality?
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lgx57
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sqing
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Swiss Mathematical Olympiad 2011 Final Round
radioactiverascal90210   4
N 2 hours ago by P0tat0b0y
For a given rational number $r$ find all integers $z$ such that
$2^z + 2= r^2$
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P0tat0b0y
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Inequalities
sqing   18
N 3 hours ago by nudinhtien
Let $ a,b \geq 0,a +b =1 . $ Prove that
$$ \sqrt{a^4 + \frac{3}{4}ab} + \sqrt{b^4 + \frac{3}{4}ab} \geq 1$$Let $ a,b \geq 0,a +b =4 . $ Prove that
$$ \sqrt{a^4 + 12ab} + \sqrt{b^4 + 12ab} \geq 16$$Let $ a,b,c \geq 0,a +b +c=1 . $ Prove that
$$  a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + \frac{1}{2}\sqrt{3abc}  \geq \frac{1}{2}$$Let $ a,b,c \geq 0,a +b +c=3 . $ Prove that
$$  a^2 + b^2 + c^2 +\frac{3}{2} \sqrt{abc}  \geq \frac{9}{2}$$
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sqing
Aug 1, 2025
nudinhtien
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Calculate the function
Arkham   1
N May 18, 2025 by Mathzeus1024
Consider $ y = f (x) = \arcsin (- \sqrt {1 + 10x}) $, $ x \in [-1 / 10,0] $. Calculate the function where $ g $ is the inverse function of $ f $

Note: $ g (y) = f ^ {- 1} (y) $]
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Calculate the function
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Consider $ y = f (x) = \arcsin (- \sqrt {1 + 10x}) $, $ x \in [-1 / 10,0] $. Calculate the function where $ g $ is the inverse function of $ f $

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Swapping $y$ with $x$ yields:

$x = \arcsin(-\sqrt{1+10y})$;

or $-\sin(x) = \sqrt{1+10y}$ (for $x \in [-\pi/2,0], y \in [-1/10,0]$);

or $\sin^{2}(x) = 1+10y$;

or $y = -\frac{1-\sin^{2}(x)}{10}$;

or $\textcolor{red}{y =f^{-1}(x) = -\frac{\cos^{2}(x)}{10}}$ (for $x \in [-\pi/2,0]$).
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