Max value

by Hip1zzzil, May 17, 2025, 3:55 AM

Three distinct nonzero real numbers $x,y,z$ satisfy:

(i)$2x+2y+2z=3$
(ii)$\frac{1}{xz}+\frac{x-y}{y-z}=\frac{1}{yz}+\frac{y-z}{z-x}=\frac{1}{xy}+\frac{z-x}{x-y}$
Find the maximum value of $18x+12y+6z$.

Pythagoras...

by Hip1zzzil, May 17, 2025, 3:41 AM

Find the sum of all $k$s such that:
There exists two odd positive integers $a,b$ such that ${k}^{2}={a}^{2b}+{(2b)}^{4}.$
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Guangxi High School Mathematics Competition 2025 Q12

by sqing, May 17, 2025, 2:58 AM

Let $ a,b,c>0  $. Prove that
$$abc\geq \frac {a+b+c}{\frac {1}{a^2}+\frac {1}{b^2}+\frac {1}{c^2} }\geq(a+b-c)(b+c-a)(c+a-b)$$
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Prove that the triangle is isosceles.

by TUAN2k8, May 16, 2025, 9:55 AM

Given acute triangle $ABC$ with two altitudes $CF$ and $BE$.Let $D$ be the point on the line $CF$ such that $DB \perp BC$.The lines $AD$ and $EF$ intersect at point $X$, and $Y$ is the point on segment $BX$ such that $CY \perp BY$.Suppose that $CF$ bisects $BE$.Prove that triangle $ACY$ is isosceles.

Inequality on APMO P5

by Jalil_Huseynov, May 17, 2022, 6:50 PM

Let $a,b,c,d$ be real numbers such that $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=1$. Determine the minimum value of $(a-b)(b-c)(c-d)(d-a)$ and determine all values of $(a,b,c,d)$ such that the minimum value is achived.

Hard Function

by johnlp1234, Jul 8, 2020, 8:21 AM

Find all function $f:\mathbb{R}^{+} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that:
$$f(x^3+f(y))=y+(f(x))^3$$

2018 Hong Kong TST2 problem 4

by YanYau, Oct 21, 2017, 11:54 AM

In triangle $ABC$ with incentre $I$, let $M_A,M_B$ and $M_C$ by the midpoints of $BC, CA$ and $AB$ respectively, and $H_A,H_B$ and $H_C$ be the feet of the altitudes from $A,B$ and $C$ to the respective sides. Denote by $\ell_b$ the line being tangent tot he circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ and passing through $B$, and denote by $\ell_b'$ the reflection of $\ell_b$ in $BI$. Let $P_B$ by the intersection of $M_AM_C$ and $\ell_b$, and let $Q_B$ be the intersection of $H_AH_C$ and $\ell_b'$. Defined $\ell_c,\ell_c',P_C,Q_C$ analogously. If $R$ is the intersection of $P_BQ_B$ and $P_CQ_C$, prove that $RB=RC$.

Finite differences and Factorials

by always_correct, Dec 24, 2016, 11:05 PM

Denote by $\Delta_{k}$ the $k$th finite difference of a sequence. Show that $\Delta_{n} x^{n} = n!$.
Clearly $\Delta_{1} x^{1} = 1!$. Now we show
$$\Delta_{n} x^{n} = n! \implies \Delta_{n+1} x^{n+1} = (n+1)!$$
Assume that $\Delta_{n} x^{n} = n!$, which holds for all $x$. Take the anti-derivative of both sides. We get
\begin{align*}
\int \Delta_{n} x^{n} dx = \int n! \, dx \\
\Delta_{n} \int x^{n} dx = n!\cdot x + C_{1} \\ 
\Delta_{n} \frac{x^{n+1}}{n+1} + C_{2} = n!\cdot x + C_{1}
\end{align*}
Setting $x=0$ we see that $C_1 = C_2$. We remove them from the equality.

\begin{align*}
\Delta_{n} \frac{x^{n+1}}{n+1}  = n!\cdot x \\
\frac{1}{n+1} \cdot \Delta_{n} x^{n+1} = n! \cdot x \\
\Delta_{n} x ^{n+1} = (n+1)!\cdot x
\end{align*}
We then proceed to take the next finite difference.

\begin{align*}
\Delta_{n+1} x^{n+1} = \Delta_{1} (n+1)! \cdot x \\
\Delta_{n+1} x^{n+1} = (n+1)! \cdot (x+1) - (n+1)! \cdot x
\end{align*}$$\boxed{\Delta_{n+1} x^{n+1} = (n+1)!} $$
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APMO 2016: one-way flights between cities

by shinichiman, May 16, 2016, 8:52 PM

The country Dreamland consists of $2016$ cities. The airline Starways wants to establish some one-way flights between pairs of cities in such a way that each city has exactly one flight out of it. Find the smallest positive integer $k$ such that no matter how Starways establishes its flights, the cities can always be partitioned into $k$ groups so that from any city it is not possible to reach another city in the same group by using at most $28$ flights.

Warut Suksompong, Thailand
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Circles intersecting each other

by rkm0959, Mar 22, 2015, 5:25 AM

There are $2015$ distinct circles in a plane, with radius $1$.
Prove that you can select $27$ circles, which form a set $C$, which satisfy the following.

For two arbitrary circles in $C$, they intersect with each other or
For two arbitrary circles in $C$, they don't intersect with each other.
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IMO ShortList 2002, algebra problem 3

by orl, Sep 28, 2004, 1:19 PM

Let $P$ be a cubic polynomial given by $P(x)=ax^3+bx^2+cx+d$, where $a,b,c,d$ are integers and $a\ne0$. Suppose that $xP(x)=yP(y)$ for infinitely many pairs $x,y$ of integers with $x\ne y$. Prove that the equation $P(x)=0$ has an integer root.
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