real+ FE

by pomodor_ap, Apr 21, 2025, 11:24 AM

Let $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+$ be a function such that
$$f(x)f(x^2 + y f(y)) = f(x)f(y^2) + x^3$$for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}^+$. Determine all such functions $f$.

Arrangement of integers in a row with gcd

by egxa, Apr 18, 2025, 5:09 PM

Let \( n \) be a natural number. The numbers \( 1, 2, \ldots, n \) are written in a row in some order. For each pair of adjacent numbers, their greatest common divisor (GCD) is calculated and written on a sheet. What is the maximum possible number of distinct values among the \( n - 1 \) GCDs obtained?
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Calculate the distance of chess king!!

by egxa, Apr 18, 2025, 9:58 AM

A chess king was placed on a square of an \(8 \times 8\) board and made $64$ moves so that it visited all squares and returned to the starting square. At every moment, the distance from the center of the square the king was on to the center of the board was calculated. A move is called $\emph{pleasant}$ if this distance becomes smaller after the move. Find the maximum possible number of pleasant moves. (The chess king moves to a square adjacent either by side or by corner.)

Why is the old one deleted?

by EeEeRUT, Apr 16, 2025, 1:33 AM

For a positive integer $N$, let $c_1 < c_2 < \cdots < c_m$ be all positive integers smaller than $N$ that are coprime to $N$. Find all $N \geqslant 3$ such that $$\gcd( N, c_i + c_{i+1}) \neq 1$$for all $1 \leqslant i \leqslant m-1$

Here $\gcd(a, b)$ is the largest positive integer that divides both $a$ and $b$. Integers $a$ and $b$ are coprime if $\gcd(a, b) = 1$.

Proposed by Paulius Aleknavičius, Lithuania
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FE solution too simple?

by Yiyj1, Apr 9, 2025, 3:26 AM

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that the equality $$f(f(x)+y) = f(x^2-y)+4f(x)y$$holds for all pairs of real numbers $(x,y)$.

My solution

I feel like my solution is too simple. Is there something I did wrong or something I missed?

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.

Least integer T_m such that m divides gauss sum

by Al3jandro0000, Nov 17, 2020, 7:24 PM

Let $T_n$ denotes the least natural such that
$$n\mid 1+2+3+\cdots +T_n=\sum_{i=1}^{T_n} i$$Find all naturals $m$ such that $m\ge T_m$.

Proposed by Nicolás De la Hoz
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Polynomials in Z[x]

by BartSimpsons, Dec 27, 2017, 12:25 PM

Find all polynomials $P$ with integer coefficients such that $P (0)\ne  0$ and $$P^n(m)\cdot P^m(n)$$is a square of an integer for all nonnegative integers $n, m$.

Remark: For a nonnegative integer $k$ and an integer $n$, $P^k(n)$ is defined as follows: $P^k(n) = n$ if $k = 0$ and $P^k(n)=P(P(^{k-1}(n))$ if $k >0$.

Proposed by Adrian Beker.
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Estonian Math Competitions 2005/2006

by STARS, Jul 30, 2008, 1:17 AM

A $ 9 \times 9$ square is divided into unit squares. Is it possible to fill each unit square with a number $ 1, 2,..., 9$ in such a way that, whenever one places the tile so that it fully covers nine unit squares, the tile will cover nine different numbers?

Sum of whose elements is divisible by p

by nntrkien, Aug 8, 2004, 1:29 AM

Let $ p$ be an odd prime number. How many $ p$-element subsets $ A$ of $ \{1,2,\dots,2p\}$ are there, the sum of whose elements is divisible by $ p$?

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