Changing the states of light bulbs
by Lukaluce, Apr 14, 2025, 10:44 AM
A set of
light bulbs are arranged around a circle, and are consecutively numbered with
. Each bulb can be in one of two states: either it is on or off. In the initial configuration,
at least one bulb is turned on. On each one of
days we change the current on/off configuration as
follows: for
, on the
-th day we start from the
-th bulb and moving in clockwise direction
along the circle, we change the state of every traversed bulb until we switch on a bulb which was
previously off.
Prove that the final configuration, reached on the
-th day, coincides with the initial one.


at least one bulb is turned on. On each one of

follows: for



along the circle, we change the state of every traversed bulb until we switch on a bulb which was
previously off.
Prove that the final configuration, reached on the

Arithmetic Sequence
by FireBreathers, Apr 14, 2025, 9:54 AM
Prove that there exist a natural number
such that we can choose
natural numbers
, so no three of which form an arithmetic sequence.



Find the minimum
by sqing, Apr 14, 2025, 8:58 AM
Let
be a triangle with
and the rea is
Find the minimum of 




Mock 22nd Thailand TMO P9
by korncrazy, Apr 13, 2025, 6:57 PM
Let
be the feet of the altitudes of the triangle
from
, respectively.
is the point on the circumcircle of the triangle
,
is the orthocenter of the triangle
, and the incircle of triangle
has radius
. Let
be the point such that
and
are on the opposite side of
, line
is perpendicular to the line
, and the distance from
to line
is
. Define
and
similarly. Prove that
are collinear.





















pairwise coprime sum gcd
by InterLoop, Apr 13, 2025, 12:34 PM
For a positive integer
, let
be all the positive integers smaller than
that are coprime to
. Find all
such that
for all
.







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Isosceles Triangle Geo
by oVlad, Apr 12, 2025, 9:38 AM
Consider the isosceles triangle
with
and the circle
of radius
centered at
Let
be the midpoint of
The line
intersects
a second time at
Let
be a point on
such that
Let
be the intersection of
and
Prove that 

















EGMO Genre Predictions
by ohiorizzler1434, Mar 28, 2025, 4:16 AM
Everybody, with EGMO upcoming, what are you predictions for the problem genres?
Personally I predict: predict
Personally I predict: predict
ANG GCA
EGMO
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(3^{p-1} - 1)/p is a perfect square for prime p
by parmenides51, May 28, 2020, 4:10 AM
Find all prime numbers
such that
is a perfect square.


This post has been edited 1 time. Last edited by parmenides51, May 28, 2020, 4:13 AM
Quadric equations
by JBMO2020, Apr 22, 2020, 6:10 AM
Given are 10 quadric equations
,
,...,
.
It is known that each of these equations has two distinct real roots and the set of all solutions is
. Find the minimum value of 



It is known that each of these equations has two distinct real roots and the set of all solutions is


This post has been edited 1 time. Last edited by JBMO2020, Apr 22, 2020, 6:14 AM
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