2013 Japan MO Finals P5

by parkjungmin, Jun 5, 2025, 4:40 PM

Concurrence

by LiamChen, Jun 5, 2025, 2:48 PM

What the isogonal conjugate on IO

by reni_wee, Jun 5, 2025, 2:11 PM

Given a triangle $ABC$ with incircle $(I)$ tangent to $BC, CA, AB$ at points $D, E, F$, respectively. Let $P$ be a point such that its isogonal conjugate lies on the line $OI$ (where $O$ is the circumcenter and $I$ the incenter of $ABC$). The line $PA$ intersects segments $DE$ and $DF$ at points $M_a$ and $N_a$, respectively, such that the circle with diameter $M_a N_a$ meets $BC$ at points $P_a$ and $Q_a$.

1) Prove that the circle $(AP_a Q_a)$ is tangent to the incircle $(I)$ at some point $X$.

2) Similarly define points $Y, Z$ corresponding to vertices $B, C$. Prove that the lines $AX, BY, CZ$ are concurrent.

Might be slightly generalizable

by Rijul saini, Jun 4, 2025, 6:39 PM

Let $ABC$ be an acute angled triangle with orthocenter $H$ and $AB<AC$. Let $T(\ne B,C, H)$ be any other point on the arc $\stackrel{\LARGE\frown}{BHC}$ of the circumcircle of $BHC$ and let line $BT$ intersect line $AC$ at $E(\ne A)$ and let line $CT$ intersect line $AB$ at $F(\ne A)$. Let the circumcircles of $AEF$ and $ABC$ intersect again at $X$ ($\ne A$). Let the lines $XE,XF,XT$ intersect the circumcircle of $(ABC)$ again at $P,Q,R$ ($\ne X$). Prove that the lines $AR,BC,PQ$ concur.

Sharing is a nontrivial task

by bjump, Jan 15, 2024, 5:00 PM

Suppose $a_{1} < a_{2}< \cdots < a_{2024}$ is an arithmetic sequence of positive integers, and $b_{1} <b_{2} < \cdots <b_{2024}$ is a geometric sequence of positive integers. Find the maximum possible number of integers that could appear in both sequences, over all possible choices of the two sequences.

Ray Li
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Most accurate rounding

by popcorn1, Dec 11, 2023, 5:00 PM

Find the smallest constant $C > 1$ such that the following statement holds: for every integer $n \geq 2$ and sequence of non-integer positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$ satisfying $$\frac{1}{a_1} + \frac{1}{a_2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{a_n} = 1,$$it's possible to choose positive integers $b_i$ such that
(i) for each $i = 1, 2, \dots, n$, either $b_i = \lfloor a_i \rfloor$ or $b_i = \lfloor a_i \rfloor + 1$, and
(ii) we have $$1 < \frac{1}{b_1} + \frac{1}{b_2} + \cdots + \frac{1}{b_n} \leq C.$$(Here $\lfloor \bullet \rfloor$ denotes the floor function, as usual.)

Merlijn Staps
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students in a classroom sit in a round table, possible to split into 3 groups

by parmenides51, Aug 30, 2019, 5:16 PM

In the classroom of at least four students the following holds: no matter which four of them take seats around a round table, there is always someone who either knows both of his neighbours, or does not know either of his neighbours. Prove that it is possible to divide the students into two groups such that in one of them, all students know one another, and in the other, none of the students know each other.

(Note: if student A knows student B, then student B knows student A as well.)

Merlijn Has 100 Coins

by tastymath75025, Jun 25, 2019, 5:36 PM

Consider coins with positive real denominations not exceeding 1. Find the smallest $C>0$ such that the following holds: if we have any $100$ such coins with total value $50$, then we can always split them into two stacks of $50$ coins each such that the absolute difference between the total values of the two stacks is at most $C$.

Merlijn Staps
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Prove that circumcircle of the triangle TEF tangent to (O), (K), (L)

by centos6, Nov 30, 2018, 11:40 AM

Let $(O)$ be the circumcircle of the triangle $\triangle ABC$. $A’$ be the antipode of $A$ in $(O)$. Angle bisector of angle $\angle A$ meets $BC$ and $A-Mixtilinear$ at $D$ and $E$. Let $N$ be the midpoind of the arc $BAC$. $ T = A’E \cap (O), T \neq A’, F = AD \cap NT$. $(K)$ and $(L)$ be the Thebault circles of the cevian $AD$. Prove that circumcircle of the triangle $\triangle TEF$ tangent to $(O)$, $(K)$ and $(L)$.

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IMO ShortList 1998, algebra problem 1

by orl, Oct 22, 2004, 2:46 PM

Let $a_{1},a_{2},\ldots ,a_{n}$ be positive real numbers such that $a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots +a_{n}<1$. Prove that

\[ \frac{a_{1} a_{2} \cdots a_{n} \left[ 1 - (a_{1} + a_{2} + \cdots + a_{n}) \right] }{(a_{1} + a_{2} + \cdots + a_{n})( 1 - a_{1})(1 - a_{2}) \cdots (1 - a_{n})} \leq \frac{1}{ n^{n+1}}. \]
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  • Yeah, I noticed that too. I'll change it later, but there's a weird glitch for you. The top and left properties should be automatically set to 0 if position is set to absolute or fixed. Go Firefox!

    by googology101, Jan 21, 2009, 10:03 PM

  • i viewed this from ie and it looks like position fixed also ruins the left aligned so put left:0. nice submit buttons

    by Sephiroth, Jan 21, 2009, 5:32 AM

  • Use filter:alpha(opacity=80) to make it semitransparent in IE. And make sure you use -moz-opacity instead of opacity to make sure that older versions of Firefox will cooperate. And by the way, you're free to copy the code. The whole thing is at http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/templates/blogs/Hyperion/style/c1366.css

    by googology101, Jan 19, 2009, 9:50 PM

  • add filter: alpha(opacity=80) and opacity:0.8

    by Sephiroth, Jan 19, 2009, 3:51 AM

  • Could I use that code in my blog?

    by dysfunctionalequations, Jan 19, 2009, 1:51 AM

  • Watch out! position:fixed ruins the box's 100% width. Here's the code I used:

    #navigation_box {
    background-color: #005500 !important;
    border-bottom-style:solid !important;
    -moz-opacity:0.80;
    color:white !important;
    position:fixed !important;
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    Don't overdo the opacity. 0.80 or 0.90 will do. Sorry, IE and Safari users, you aren't seeing it.

    by googology101, Jan 19, 2009, 1:26 AM

  • what do you mean by floating menus? like how he made navigation_box fixed? he used "#navigation_box{ position: fixed;}" i like how you made it opacity :)

    by Sephiroth, Jan 18, 2009, 4:45 AM

  • Floating menus? How do you do that?

    by dysfunctionalequations, Jan 18, 2009, 1:25 AM

  • Yup. I'm trying to post daily.

    by googology101, Jan 14, 2009, 12:05 AM

  • 3rd post!

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