2016 Kmo Final round

by Jackson0423, Apr 22, 2025, 3:58 PM

Let \(x,y,z\in\mathbb R\) with \(x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=1\).
Find the maximum value of
\[
(x^{2}-yz)(y^{2}-zx)(z^{2}-xy).
\]

2^x+3^x = yx^2

by truongphatt2668, Apr 22, 2025, 3:38 PM

Prove that the following equation has infinite integer solutions:
$$2^x+3^x = yx^2$$

Interesting F.E

by Jackson0423, Apr 18, 2025, 4:12 PM

Show that there does not exist a function
\[
f : \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}
\]satisfying the condition that for all \( x, y \in \mathbb{R}^+ \),
\[
f(x + y^2) \geq f(x) + y.
\]

~Korea 2017 P7
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Reason: Sorry guys..

Geometry Problem

by Itoz, Apr 18, 2025, 11:49 AM

Given $\triangle ABC$. Let the perpendicular line from $A$ to $BC$ meets $BC,\odot(ABC)$ at points $S,K$, respectively, and the foot from $B$ to $AC$ is $L$. $\odot (AKL)$ intersects line $AB$ at $T(\neq A)$, $\odot(AST)$ intersects line $AC$ at $M(\neq A)$, and lines $TM,CK$ intersect at $N$.

Prove that $\odot(CNM)$ is tangent to $\odot (BST)$.
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combinatorial geo question

by SAAAAAAA_B, Apr 14, 2025, 10:34 PM

Kuba has two finite families $\mathcal{A}, \mathcal{B}$ of convex polygons (in the plane). It turns out that every point of the plane lies in the same number of elements of $\mathcal{A}$ as elements of $\mathcal{B}$. Prove that $|\mathcal{A}| = |\mathcal{B}|$.

\textit{Note:} We treat segments and points as degenerate convex polygons, and they can be elements of $\mathcal{A}$ or $\mathcal{B}$.

hard problem

by Cobedangiu, Apr 2, 2025, 6:11 PM

Let $x,y,z>0$ and $xy+yz+zx=3$ : Prove that :
$\sum  \ \frac{x}{y+z}\ge\sum  \frac{1}{\sqrt{x+3}}$

Inequalities make a comeback

by MS_Kekas, Jan 20, 2025, 3:16 AM

Determine the largest possible constant \( C \) such that for any positive real numbers \( x, y, z \), which are the sides of a triangle, the following inequality holds:
\[
\frac{xy}{x^2 + y^2 + xz} + \frac{yz}{y^2 + z^2 + yx} + \frac{zx}{z^2 + x^2 + zy} \geq C.
\]
Proposed by Vadym Solomka

All prime factors under 8

by qwedsazxc, Mar 26, 2023, 6:29 AM

Find all positive integers $n$ satisfying the following.
$$2^n-1 \text{ doesn't have a prime factor larger than } 7$$
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Factor sums of integers

by Aopamy, Feb 23, 2023, 3:13 AM

Let $n$ be a positive integer. A positive integer $k$ is called a benefactor of $n$ if the positive divisors of $k$ can be partitioned into two sets $A$ and $B$ such that $n$ is equal to the sum of elements in $A$ minus the sum of the elements in $B$. Note that $A$ or $B$ could be empty, and that the sum of the elements of the empty set is $0$.

For example, $15$ is a benefactor of $18$ because $1+5+15-3=18$.

Show that every positive integer $n$ has at least $2023$ benefactors.

Nasty Floor Sum with Omega Function

by Kezer, Jul 15, 2017, 9:52 AM

Let $\Omega(n)$ denote the number of prime factors of $n$, counted with multiplicity. Evaluate \[ \sum_{n=1}^{1989} (-1)^{\Omega(n)}\left\lfloor \frac{1989}{n} \right \rfloor. \]
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    by SonyWii, Aug 6, 2010, 2:20 PM

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    by Jongy, Aug 1, 2010, 11:52 PM

  • omg, apparently you like cryptography; and apparently I'm not a contribb D:

    by SonyWii, Jul 26, 2010, 9:48 PM

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    by fortenforge, Jan 17, 2010, 6:35 PM

  • Wow this is a really cool blog

    by alkjash, Jan 16, 2010, 7:04 PM

  • Hi :)

    by fortenforge, Jan 7, 2010, 12:12 AM

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    by Richard_Min, Jan 5, 2010, 9:29 PM

  • Hi :) :)

    by fortenforge, Jan 3, 2010, 10:14 PM

  • HELLO FORTENFORGE I AM THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO YOU IN IDEAMATH

    by ButteredButNotEaten, Dec 24, 2009, 4:19 AM

  • @dragon96 Not if you celebrate Christmas with neon lights
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    by fortenforge, Dec 20, 2009, 4:39 AM

  • I too share a love for cryptography and cryptanalysis, may I be a contrib?

    by batteredbutnotdefeated, Dec 20, 2009, 2:38 AM

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    by dragon96, Dec 20, 2009, 2:12 AM

  • I thought I'd change the colors for the Holidays :lol:

    by fortenforge, Dec 13, 2009, 10:53 PM

  • hi, some "simple" cryptography here: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/weblog_entry.php?t=317795

    by phiReKaLk6781, Dec 12, 2009, 3:46 AM

  • Yeah, that is binary, for modern cryptography, most text is converted to binary first and then algorithm's for encryption are preformed on the binary rather than the English letters. The text is converted using the ASCII table or UNICODE.

    by fortenforge, Oct 13, 2009, 10:33 PM

  • Whoa, I love your background! Is that binary?

    by pianogirl, Oct 13, 2009, 8:34 PM

  • Sure, I'll add you as a contributer...

    by fortenforge, Oct 2, 2009, 4:44 AM

  • May I make a post on one cipher I made up? (It's a good code for science people! *hint hint*)

    by dragon96, Oct 2, 2009, 4:04 AM

  • Nice blog, this is interesting... :lol:

    and guess who i am :ninja:

    by Yoshi, Sep 21, 2009, 4:02 AM

  • Thanks :lol:

    by fortenforge, Sep 17, 2009, 1:33 AM

  • Very interesting blog. Nice!

    by AIME15, Sep 16, 2009, 5:21 PM

  • When you mean 'write' do you mean like programming? Much of cryptography has to do with programming and most modern cryptographers are excellent programmers because modern complex ciphers are difficult to implement by hand.

    See if you can write a program for the substitution cipher. The user should be able to enter the key and the message. I know it is possible to do it in pretty much any language because I was able to do it in c.

    by fortenforge, Aug 7, 2009, 8:17 PM

  • Hello. I don't know much about advanced cryptography but I did write a Caeser Chipher encrypter and decrypter!

    by Poincare, Jul 31, 2009, 8:55 PM

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