Good divisors and special numbers.

by Nuran2010, Apr 29, 2025, 4:52 PM

$N$ is a positive integer. Call all positive divisors of $N$ which are different from $1$ and $N$ beautiful divisors.We call $N$ a special number when it has at least $2$ beautiful divisors and difference of any $2$ beautiful divisors divides $N$ as well. Find all special numbers.

Vasc = 1?

by Li4, Apr 26, 2025, 1:33 PM

Find all integer tuples $(a, b, c)$ such that
\[(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)^2 = 3(a^3b + b^3c + c^3a) + 1. \]
Proposed by Li4, Untro368, usjl and YaWNeeT.

hard problem

by Cobedangiu, Apr 21, 2025, 1:51 PM

Let $a,b,c>0$ and $a+b+c=3$. Prove that:
$\dfrac{4}{a+b}+\dfrac{4}{b+c}+\dfrac{4}{c+a} \le \dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}+3$

Counting graph theory

by MathSaiyan, Mar 17, 2025, 2:00 PM

Let $m$ and $n$ be positive integers. For a connected simple graph $G$ on $n$ vertices and $m$ edges, we consider the number $N(G)$ of orientations of (all of) its edges so that, in the resulting directed graph, every vertex has even outdegree.
Show that $N(G)$ only depends on $m$ and $n$, and determine its value.

2 variable functional equation in integers

by Supercali, Dec 20, 2022, 12:08 PM

Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z} \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying
$$f(x+f(xy))=f(x)+xf(y)$$for all integers $x,y$.

Another perpendicular to the Euler line

by darij grinberg, Mar 11, 2022, 1:01 PM

Let $ABC$ be a triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $P$ be a point in the plane such that $AP \perp BC$. Let $Q$ and $R$ be the reflections of $P$ in the lines $CA$ and $AB$, respectively. Let $Y$ be the orthogonal projection of $R$ onto $CA$. Let $Z$ be the orthogonal projection of $Q$ onto $AB$. Assume that $H \neq O$ and $Y \neq Z$. Prove that $YZ \perp HO$.

[asy]
import olympiad;
unitsize(30);
pair A,B,C,H,O,P,Q,R,Y,Z,Q2,R2,P2;
A = (-14.8, -6.6);
B = (-10.9, 0.3);
C = (-3.1, -7.1);
O = circumcenter(A,B,C);
H = orthocenter(A,B,C);
P = 1.2 * H - 0.2 * A;
Q = reflect(A, C) * P;
R = reflect(A, B) * P;
Y = foot(R, C, A);
Z = foot(Q, A, B);
P2 = foot(A, B, C);
Q2 = foot(P, C, A);
R2 = foot(P, A, B);
draw(B--(1.6*A-0.6*B));
draw(B--C--A);
draw(P--R, blue);
draw(R--Y, red);
draw(P--Q, blue);
draw(Q--Z, red);
draw(A--P2, blue);
draw(O--H, darkgreen+linewidth(1.2));
draw((1.4*Z-0.4*Y)--(4.6*Y-3.6*Z), red+linewidth(1.2));
draw(rightanglemark(R,Y,A,10), red);
draw(rightanglemark(Q,Z,B,10), red);
draw(rightanglemark(C,Q2,P,10), blue);
draw(rightanglemark(A,R2,P,10), blue);
draw(rightanglemark(B,P2,H,10), blue);
label("$\textcolor{blue}{H}$",H,NW);
label("$\textcolor{blue}{P}$",P,N);
label("$A$",A,W);
label("$B$",B,N);
label("$C$",C,S);
label("$O$",O,S);
label("$\textcolor{blue}{Q}$",Q,E);
label("$\textcolor{blue}{R}$",R,W);
label("$\textcolor{red}{Y}$",Y,S);
label("$\textcolor{red}{Z}$",Z,NW);
dot(A, filltype=FillDraw(black));
dot(B, filltype=FillDraw(black));
dot(C, filltype=FillDraw(black));
dot(H, filltype=FillDraw(blue));
dot(P, filltype=FillDraw(blue));
dot(Q, filltype=FillDraw(blue));
dot(R, filltype=FillDraw(blue));
dot(Y, filltype=FillDraw(red));
dot(Z, filltype=FillDraw(red));
dot(O, filltype=FillDraw(black));
[/asy]

Integer Functional Equation

by mathlogician, Sep 11, 2020, 11:52 PM

Let $f\colon\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ be a function that satisfies$$\frac{ab}{f(a)} + \frac{ab}{f(b)} = f(a+b)$$for all positive integer pairs $(a,b).$ Find all possible functions $f.$

(Here, we define $\mathbb{N}$ as the set of all positive integers.)

H not needed

by dchenmathcounts, May 23, 2020, 11:00 PM

Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral. A circle centered at $O$ passes through $B$ and $D$ and meets lines $BA$ and $BC$ again at points $E$ and $F$ (distinct from $A,B,C$). Let $H$ denote the orthocenter of triangle $DEF.$ Prove that if lines $AC,$ $DO,$ $EF$ are concurrent, then triangle $ABC$ and $EHF$ are similar.

Robin Son
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\sqrt{(1^2+2^2+...+n^2)/n}$ is an integer.

by parmenides51, Mar 26, 2020, 5:08 PM

Find the smallest positive integer $n$ so that $\sqrt{\frac{1^2+2^2+...+n^2}{n}}$ is an integer.
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Intersection of circumcircles of MNP and BOC

by Djile, Apr 8, 2013, 3:13 PM

Let $M$, $N$ and $P$ be midpoints of sides $BC, AC$ and $AB$, respectively, and let $O$ be circumcenter of acute-angled triangle $ABC$. Circumcircles of triangles $BOC$ and $MNP$ intersect at two different points $X$ and $Y$ inside of triangle $ABC$. Prove that \[\angle BAX=\angle CAY.\]

Catherine Asaro Math Jam Tuesday, April 24

by rrusczyk, Apr 23, 2012, 3:34 PM

Tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 PM ET/4:30 PM PT, renowned science fiction writer Catherine Asaro will host a free Math Jam at Art of Problem Solving. Catherine has won two Nebula Awards, for her novel The Quantum Rose and her novella The Spacetime Pool. (The Nebula Award is one of the most prestigious prizes in science fiction.) In her Math Jam, Catherine will discuss her career, her approach to writing, and give advice to participants who aspire to be writers. Here is an essay of hers about using her understanding of math to inspire aspects of her writing.

Catherine's an avid problem-solver, too, having been a member of AoPS since 2004! She holds a PhD in chemical physics from Harvard and has also coached a USAJMO winner.

You can learn more about all of the Math Jams at Art of Problem Solving here.
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