One more problem defined only with lines

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 10:31 PM

Let $ABC$ be a triangle and the points $K$ and $L$ on $AB$, $M$ and $N$ on $BC$, and $P$ and $Q$ on $AC$ be such that $AK = LB < \frac{1}{2}AB, BM = NC < \frac{1}{2}BC$ and $CP = QA < \frac{1}{2}AC$. The intersections of $KN$ with $MQ$ and $LP$ are $R$ and $T$ respectively, and the intersections of $NP$ with $LM$ and $KQ$ are $D$ and $E$, respectively. Prove that the lines $DR, BE$ and $CT$ are concurrent.

Fixed point in a small configuration

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 10:23 PM

Let $A, B, C, D$ be fixed points on this order on a line. Let $\omega$ be a variable circle through $C$ and $D$ and suppose it meets the perpendicular bisector of $CD$ at the points $X$ and $Y$. Let $Z$ and $T$ be the other points of intersection of $AX$ and $BY$ with $\omega$. Prove that $ZT$ passes through a fixed point independent of $\omega$.

Projections on collections of lines

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 10:17 PM

Let $\mathcal{D}$ be the set of all lines in the plane and $A$ be a set of $17$ points in the plane. For a line $d\in \mathcal{D}$ let $n_d(A)$ be the number of distinct points among the orthogonal projections of the points from $A$ on $d$. Find the maximum possible number of distinct values of $n_d(A)$ (this quantity is computed for any line $d$) as $A$ varies.
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Interesting polygon game

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 10:14 PM

Let $n\geq 3$ be an integer. Alice and Bob play the following game on the vertices of a regular $n$-gon. Alice places her token on a vertex of the n-gon. Afterwards Bob places his token on another vertex of the n-gon. Then, with Alice playing first, they move their tokens alternately as follows for $2n$ rounds: In Alice’s turn on the $k$-th round, she moves her token $k$ positions clockwise or anticlockwise. In Bob’s turn on the $k$-th round, he moves his token $1$ position clockwise or anticlockwise. If at the end of any person’s turn the two tokens are on the same vertex, then Alice wins the game, otherwise Bob wins. Decide for each value of $n$ which player has a winning strategy.

Euler Totient optimality - why combinatorics?

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 10:12 PM

Let $k$ be a positive integer. Prove that there exists a positive integer $n$ and distinct primes $p_1,p_2,\ldots,p_k$ such that if $A(n)$ denotes the number of positive integers less than or equal to $n$ and not divisible by any of $p_1,p_2,\ldots,p_k$, then
$$ \left|n\left(1 - \frac{1}{p_1}\right)\left(1 - \frac{1}{p_2}\right)\cdots \left(1-\frac{1}{p_k}\right) - A(n)\right| > 2^{k-3} $$

Abstraction function in combinatorics

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 10:09 PM

Let $n\geq 2$ be an integer and denote $S = \{1,2,\ldots,n^2\}$. For a function $f: S \to S$ we denote Im $f = \{b\in S: \exists a\in S, f(a) = b\}$, Fix $f = \{x \in S: f(x) = x\}$ and $f^{-1}(k) = \{a\in S: f(a) = k\}$. Find all possible values of $|$Im $f|$ + $|$Fix $f|$ + $\max_{k\in S} |f^{-1}(k)|$.

An equation from the past with different coefficients

by Assassino9931, Apr 27, 2025, 1:00 PM

Let $n$ be an integer. Prove that $n^4 - 12n^2 + 144$ is not a perfect cube of an integer.

all functions satisfying f(x+yf(x))+y = xy + f(x+y)

by falantrng, Apr 27, 2025, 11:52 AM

Find all functions $f\colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$,
\[f(x+yf(x))+y = xy + f(x+y).\]
Proposed by Giannis Galamatis, Greece
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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
\[
(x^{2}-yz)(y^{2}-zx)(z^{2}-xy).
\]

Sum of divisors

by DinDean, Apr 18, 2025, 2:47 PM

Does there exist $M>0$, such that $\forall m>M$, there exists an integer $n$ satisfying $\sigma(n)=m$?
$\sigma(n)=$ the sum of all positive divisors of $n$.
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