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a My Retirement & New Leadership at AoPS
rrusczyk   1408
N 11 minutes ago by FrenchFry99
I write today to announce my retirement as CEO from Art of Problem Solving. When I founded AoPS 22 years ago, I never imagined that we would reach so many students and families, or that we would find so many channels through which we discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and I’m thankful for the many supporters who provided inspiration and encouragement along the way. I'm particularly grateful to all of the wonderful members of the AoPS Community!

I’m delighted to introduce our new leaders - Ben Kornell and Andrew Sutherland. Ben has extensive experience in education and edtech prior to joining AoPS as my successor as CEO, including starting like I did as a classroom teacher. He has a deep understanding of the value of our work because he’s an AoPS parent! Meanwhile, Andrew and I have common roots as founders of education companies; he launched Quizlet at age 15! His journey from founder to MIT to technology and product leader as our Chief Product Officer traces a pathway many of our students will follow in the years to come.

Thank you again for your support for Art of Problem Solving and we look forward to working with millions more wonderful problem solvers in the years to come.

And special thanks to all of the amazing AoPS team members who have helped build AoPS. We’ve come a long way from here:IMAGE
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k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Mar 2, 2025
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
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Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
Cauchy-Schwarz 1
prtoi   0
2 minutes ago
Source: Handout by Samin Riasat
$\frac{a}{b+c}+\frac{b}{c+d}+\frac{c}{d+a}+\frac{d}{a+b}\ge2$
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prtoi
2 minutes ago
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Another AM-GM problem
prtoi   0
8 minutes ago
Source: Handout by Samin Riasat
Prove that:
$\frac{a^2}{b}+\frac{b^2}{c}+\frac{c^2}{a}+\frac{3n}{a^2+b^2+c^2}\ge3+n$
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prtoi
8 minutes ago
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AM-GM problem from a handout
prtoi   0
10 minutes ago
Prove that:
$\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}+\frac{3(abc)^{1/3}}{a+b+c}\ge3+n$
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prtoi
10 minutes ago
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Slightly weird points which are not so weird
Pranav1056   12
N 29 minutes ago by ihategeo_1969
Source: India TST 2023 Day 4 P1
Suppose an acute scalene triangle $ABC$ has incentre $I$ and incircle touching $BC$ at $D$. Let $Z$ be the antipode of $A$ in the circumcircle of $ABC$. Point $L$ is chosen on the internal angle bisector of $\angle BZC$ such that $AL = LI$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of arc $BZC$, and let $V$ be the midpoint of $ID$. Prove that $\angle IML = \angle DVM$
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Pranav1056
Jul 9, 2023
ihategeo_1969
29 minutes ago
Combinatoric's comeback
giangtruong13   1
N 29 minutes ago by wassupevery1
Source: Vietnam TST IMO 2025 P5
Given $n$x$n$ square board has the row and column numbered from $1$ to $n$, square in $ith$ row and $jth$ column get symbolized by square $(i,j)$ . Subset $A$ of squares on the board is called "good" subset if two random squares $({x}_1, y), ({x}_2, y)$ belong to $A$ satisfy that the squares $(u,v)$ with $ {x}_1 <u \leq {x}_2,v<y$ or ${x}_1 \leq u <{x}_2, v>y$ are not belong to $A$. Find the minimum number of "good" distinct subsets such that each square on the board belongs to only one subset
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giangtruong13
39 minutes ago
wassupevery1
29 minutes ago
The three lines AA', BB' and CC' meet on the line IO
WakeUp   44
N 29 minutes ago by ihategeo_1969
Source: Romanian Master Of Mathematics 2012
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and let $I$ and $O$ denote its incentre and circumcentre respectively. Let $\omega_A$ be the circle through $B$ and $C$ which is tangent to the incircle of the triangle $ABC$; the circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ are defined similarly. The circles $\omega_B$ and $\omega_C$ meet at a point $A'$ distinct from $A$; the points $B'$ and $C'$ are defined similarly. Prove that the lines $AA',BB'$ and $CC'$ are concurrent at a point on the line $IO$.

(Russia) Fedor Ivlev
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WakeUp
Mar 3, 2012
ihategeo_1969
29 minutes ago
Nice problemm
hanzo.ei   0
35 minutes ago

Consider the sequence $(a_n)$ defined as follows:
\[
a_1 = \frac{\sqrt{6}}{3},
\quad 
a_{n+1} = a_n + \frac{1}{3a_n}, 
\quad 
\forall n \in \mathbb{N}.
\]
a, Prove that
\[
0 \le a_n \sqrt{6} - 2\sqrt{n}
\le 
\frac{1}{4\sqrt{n}}
\Bigl(
1 + \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{3} + \dots + \frac{1}{n}
\Bigr),
\quad 
\forall n \in \mathbb{N}.
\]b,For each $n \in \mathbb{N}$, define
\[
b_n = \frac{3a_n^2 - 2n - 1}{\ln(n+1)}.
\]Compute the limit $\displaystyle \lim_{n \to \infty} b_n.$
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hanzo.ei
35 minutes ago
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i need help
MR.1   4
N 37 minutes ago by GreekIdiot
Source: help
can you guys tell me problems about fe in $R+$(i know $R$ well). i want to study so if you guys have some easy or normal problems please send me
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MR.1
Mar 15, 2025
GreekIdiot
37 minutes ago
IMO 2016 Problem 1
quangminhltv99   147
N an hour ago by bjump
Source: IMO 2016
Triangle $BCF$ has a right angle at $B$. Let $A$ be the point on line $CF$ such that $FA=FB$ and $F$ lies between $A$ and $C$. Point $D$ is chosen so that $DA=DC$ and $AC$ is the bisector of $\angle{DAB}$. Point $E$ is chosen so that $EA=ED$ and $AD$ is the bisector of $\angle{EAC}$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $CF$. Let $X$ be the point such that $AMXE$ is a parallelogram. Prove that $BD,FX$ and $ME$ are concurrent.
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quangminhltv99
Jul 11, 2016
bjump
an hour ago
integral points
jhz   2
N an hour ago by DottedCaculator
Source: 2025 CTST P17
Prove: there exist integer $x_1,x_2,\cdots x_{10},y_1,y_2,\cdots y_{10}$ satisfying the following conditions:
$(1)$ $|x_i|,|y_i|\le 10^{10} $ for all $1\le i \le 10$
$(2)$ Define the set \[S = \left\{ \left( \sum_{i=1}^{10} a_i x_i, \sum_{i=1}^{10} a_i y_i \right) : a_1, a_2, \cdots, a_{10} \in \{0, 1\} \right\},\]then \(|S| = 1024\)and any rectangular strip of width 1 covers at most two points of S.
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jhz
Today at 1:14 AM
DottedCaculator
an hour ago
Functional Equation
AnhQuang_67   1
N 2 hours ago by zoinkers
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \cup \{0\} \to \mathbb{N} \cup \{0\}$ satisfying: $$f(f(m)+f(n))=m+n, \forall m, n \in \mathbb{N} \cup \{0\}$$
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1 viewing
AnhQuang_67
2 hours ago
zoinkers
2 hours ago
Function on positive integers with two inputs
Assassino9931   1
N 2 hours ago by how_to_what_to
Source: Bulgaria Winter Competition 2025 Problem 10.4
The function $f: \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \times \mathbb{Z}_{>0} \to \mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ is such that $f(a,b) + f(b,c) = f(ac, b^2) + 1$ for any positive integers $a,b,c$. Assume there exists a positive integer $n$ such that $f(n, m) \leq f(n, m + 1)$ for all positive integers $m$. Determine all possible values of $f(2025, 2025)$.
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Assassino9931
Jan 27, 2025
how_to_what_to
2 hours ago
Prove that there exists a convex 1990-gon
orl   11
N 2 hours ago by lpieleanu
Source: IMO 1990, Day 2, Problem 6, IMO ShortList 1990, Problem 16 (NET 1)
Prove that there exists a convex 1990-gon with the following two properties :

a.) All angles are equal.
b.) The lengths of the 1990 sides are the numbers $ 1^2$, $ 2^2$, $ 3^2$, $ \cdots$, $ 1990^2$ in some order.
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orl
Nov 11, 2005
lpieleanu
2 hours ago
SL 2015 G1: Prove that IJ=AH
Problem_Penetrator   133
N 2 hours ago by maths_enthusiast_0001
Source: IMO 2015 Shortlist, G1
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$. Let $G$ be the point such that the quadrilateral $ABGH$ is a parallelogram. Let $I$ be the point on the line $GH$ such that $AC$ bisects $HI$. Suppose that the line $AC$ intersects the circumcircle of the triangle $GCI$ at $C$ and $J$. Prove that $IJ = AH$.
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Problem_Penetrator
Jul 7, 2016
maths_enthusiast_0001
2 hours ago
Poland 2017 P1
j___d   18
N Mar 23, 2025 by Avron
Points $P$ and $Q$ lie respectively on sides $AB$ and $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$ and $BP=CQ$. Segments $BQ$ and $CP$ cross at $R$. Circumscribed circles of triangles $BPR$ and $CQR$ cross again at point $S$ different from $R$. Prove that point $S$ lies on the bisector of angle $BAC$.
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j___d
Apr 4, 2017
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Points $P$ and $Q$ lie respectively on sides $AB$ and $AC$ of a triangle $ABC$ and $BP=CQ$. Segments $BQ$ and $CP$ cross at $R$. Circumscribed circles of triangles $BPR$ and $CQR$ cross again at point $S$ different from $R$. Prove that point $S$ lies on the bisector of angle $BAC$.
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Hii
there is a lemma that I call it the Key Lemma.
Lemma :

Let S be a point out of the triangle ABC . Then we have : $Sin <BAS / Sin <SAC =( Sin <ABS / Sin <ACS) * BS / CS.$

Proof:
$Sin <BAS / BS = Sin <ABS / AS.$

$Sin <SAC / CS = Sin <ACS / AS.$

SO : $Sin <BAS / Sin <SAC =( Sin <ABS / Sin <ACS) * BS / CS.$

Now let's back to the question.

We have to prove that Sin<BAS = Sin <SAC. So we use the Lemma in ABSQ.
We know :
$Sin <BAS / Sin <SAQ = (Sin <ABS / Sin <AQS) * BS/SQ.$
$<ABS = <SRC = <SQC = 180 - <AQS  =>  Sin <ABS = Sin <AQS.$

So we have to prove $BS=QS.$
$<PSB = <PRB = <QRC = <QSC.$
$ <CQS = <CRS = <PBS .$
And we know $BP=CQ.$

So $PBS = CQS  => BS = QS.$ And we are done. :)
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By construction, $S$ is the center of the spiral similarity that sends $BP$ to $QC$. However, since $BP = CQ$, this spiral similarity is actually a rotation centered in $S$. Thus we have: $$SB = SQ \text{ and } SP = SC$$Now, since $S$ is the center of the spiral similarity that maps $BP$ to $QC$, then we know that $ABSQ$ and $ACSP$ are cyclic quadrilaterals. Hence, $\angle BAS = \angle BQS = \angle RQS = \angle RCS$ and $\angle SAC = \angle SPC$. But $\angle SPC = \angle RCS$ since $SC = SP$. Then, it follows that $\angle BAS = \angle SAC$, as desired.
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Let $\omega_1(O_1,r_1)$ and $\omega_2(O_2,r_2)$ be the circumcircles of $\triangle PRB$ and $\triangle QCR$, respectively. Let $\{T\}=\overleftrightarrow{SC} \cap \omega_1$.
By extended law of sines in $\triangle QCR$ and $\triangle PRB$, $\frac{BP}{\sin \angle PRB}=2r_1=\frac{CQ}{sin}=2r_2 \implies r_1=r_2$.
So $\frac{RS}{\sin \angle SBR}=2r_1=2r_2=\frac{RS}{\sin \angle RCS} \implies \angle SBR = \angle RCS$, since $\angle SBR + \angle RCS < 180^{\circ}$.
Then $\angle SBR=\angle SPR=\angle RCS \implies SP=SC$.
Note that $\angle QCS = \angle BRS = 180^{\circ}-\angle STB \implies BT \parallel AC$, thus $\angle PAC = 180^{\circ}- \angle TBP=\angle PST \implies ACSP$ is cyclic. But since $SC=SP$, $AS$ is the bisector of angle $BAC$.
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Dear Mathlinkers,
a variation at

11-ième O.M. de St-Petersburg (1999), Round de sélection, problème 2.

Sincerely
Jean-Louis
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That's famous situation
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Because $B, R$ and $Q$ are concyclic and $C, R, P$ are also concyclic, that means that we have that there exists a spiral similarity mapping $\triangle SBP$ to $\triangle SQC$. Because $BP=CQ$, then we know that we have that $\triangle SBP$ is congruent to $\triangle SQC$. In addition, by angle chasing, we get that $$\angle CSP = \angle CSR + \angle RSP = \angle AQR + \angle RBP = 180^{\circ} - \angle BAC.$$That shows us that $APSC$ is cyclic, and analogously, $AQSB$ is cyclic too. Finally, due to the fact that $\triangle SBP$ is congruent to $\triangle SQC$, we have that $PS=SC$. Since $APSC$ is syclic, then $\angle PAS = \angle SAC$ so $\angle SAB = \angle SAC$ meaning $S$ is on the angle bisector of $\angle ABC$ so we are done.
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Let $\varphi$ be the spiral similarity centered at $S$, since we have that $BP=CQ$, we get that (under $\varphi$) $SB=SQ$ and that $SP=SC$.
So now all that's left is to show that $CSPA$ is cyclic.
But notice that:
$$\angle SCQ=\angle SRB = \angle BPS$$meanins that $CSPA$ is cyclic.
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Let's start with proving that APSC and AQSB are cyclic.
∠QSB = ∠RSQ + ∠RSB = ∠QCR + ∠RPA = 180 - ∠A ---> AQSB is cyclic.
∠PSC = ∠PSR + ∠RSC = ∠RBP + ∠RQA = 180 - ∠A ---> APSC is cyclic.
∠BAS = ∠BQS = ∠RCS and ∠CAS = ∠CPS = ∠RPS.
It's easy to prove triangles SBP and SQC are congruent so SP = SC and ∠RCS = ∠RPS.
We're Done.
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It's clear that $S$ is the Miquel Point of $BPCQ$, so $SBP \overset{+}{\sim} SQC$. But we know $BP = CQ$, so the two triangles are actually congruent, yielding $SB = SQ$.

Properties of Miquel Points imply $ABSQ$ is cyclic. Hence, $S$ is the midpoint of arc $BQ$, so $AS$ bisects $\angle BAQ \equiv \angle BAC$. $\blacksquare$
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Note that $S$ is the miquel point of quad $APRQ$ (not $BPCQ$ because I don't like self intersecting quads :P ) so $SBP \sim SQC$ which along with the condition makes the two triangles congruent, so $SB = SQ$ and $SP = SC$
Now the fact that $ABSQ$ combined with sine rule on $\triangle SAB$ and $\triangle SAQ$ proves the desired result $\blacksquare$
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Notice there is a spiral similarity at $S$ such that $\overline{BP}\mapsto\overline{CQ}.$ Since we also know $BP=CQ,$ we see that $\triangle SBP\cong\triangle SQC.$ Therefore, $$\delta(S,\overline{AB})=\delta(S,\overline{BP})=\delta(S,\overline{CQ})=\delta(S,\overline{AC}).$$$\square$
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Let $D$, $E$ be the points in lines $AB$, $AC$ such that $SD \perp AB$ and $SE \perp AC$. We want to show that $SD=SE$. Let $X$ and $Y$ be the midpoints of $BQ$, $PC$. Note that $\angle PBS = \angle CRS = \angle CQS$, and $\angle BPS = \angle BRS= \angle SCQ$ together with $QC = BP$ implies $\triangle BPS \simeq SQC $. Therefore $SC = SP$ and $SB=SQ$ implies $ SX \perp BQ$ and $SY \perp PC$. So quadrilaterals $DBSX$ and $SYEC$ are cyclic. Hence:
$$\angle DXS = \angle YXS = 180^{\circ}- \angle SBD + \angle SQC = 180^{\circ}$$Hence $D,X,Y$ are colinear. In a similar way we have $X,Y,E$ colinear. Therefore $\angle SDX = \angle SEX = \angle SBD$ and we are done since it follows that $SD = SE$.
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Cute problem :)
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After understanding that APSC is cyclic, we should notice that radii of (BPR) and (CQR) are equal. It is obvious by Law os sinuses to this triangles. Then angles SPR and SCR are equal, hence SP=SC. How we know APSC is cyclic then we can easily get that AS is angle bisector of angle PAQ. And we are done. (Sory I am too lazy for convert this to LaTeX)
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Reason: I confused name of law of sinuses with sinus theorem
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$S$ is the miquel point of the complete quadrilateral $BPSQAR$ so $APSC$ is cyclic. Moreover, it is well known that $S$ is the center of spiral similarity caring $BP$ to $QC$, and in fact it is a spiral congruence therefore $PS=SC$ and we're done.
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