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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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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
v_Enhance
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
Functional equation
Nima Ahmadi Pour   100
N 40 minutes ago by jasperE3
Source: ISl 2005, A2, Iran prepration exam
We denote by $\mathbb{R}^+$ the set of all positive real numbers.

Find all functions $f: \mathbb R^ + \rightarrow\mathbb R^ +$ which have the property:
\[f(x)f(y)=2f(x+yf(x))\]
for all positive real numbers $x$ and $y$.

Proposed by Nikolai Nikolov, Bulgaria
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Nima Ahmadi Pour
Apr 24, 2006
jasperE3
40 minutes ago
how can I solve this FE
Jackson0423   6
N 41 minutes ago by jasperE3

Let \( f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} \) be a function that satisfies the following equation for all real numbers \( x \):
\[
f(x^2 + x + 3) + 2f(x^2 - 3x + 5) = 6x^2 - 10x + 17.
\]Find the value of \( f(100) \).
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Jackson0423
2 hours ago
jasperE3
41 minutes ago
a does not divide b^n - n for all positive integers n?
N.T.TUAN   28
N 42 minutes ago by alexanderhamilton124
Source: USA Team Selection Test 2007
Determine whether or not there exist positive integers $ a$ and $ b$ such that $ a$ does not divide $ b^n - n$ for all positive integers $ n$.
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N.T.TUAN
Dec 8, 2007
alexanderhamilton124
42 minutes ago
Urgent. Need them quick
sealight2107   1
N 43 minutes ago by arqady
With $a,b,c>1$ and $a+b+c=2abc$. Prove that:
$\sqrt[3]{ab-1}+\sqrt[3]{bc-1}+\sqrt[3]{ca-1} \le \sqrt[3]{(a+b+c)^2}$
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sealight2107
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arqady
43 minutes ago
Divisibility..
Sadigly   3
N an hour ago by Jackson0423
Source: Azerbaijan Junior MO 2025 P2
Find all $4$ consecutive even numbers, such that the square of their product is divisible by the sum of their squares.
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Sadigly
Today at 7:37 AM
Jackson0423
an hour ago
Divisibilty...
Sadigly   9
N an hour ago by Jackson0423
Source: My (fake) translation error
Find all $4$ consecutive even numbers, such that the square of their product divides the sum of their squares.
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Sadigly
2 hours ago
Jackson0423
an hour ago
Inspired by Kosovo 2010
sqing   1
N an hour ago by ytChen
Source: Own
Let $ a,b>0  , a+b\leq k $. Prove that
$$\left(1+\frac{1}{a(b+1)}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{b(a+1)}\right)\geq\left(1+\frac{4}{k(k+2)}\right)^2$$$$\left(1+\frac {a}{b(a+1)}\right)\left(1+\frac {b}{a(b+1)}\right) \geq\left(1+\frac{2}{k+2}\right)^2$$Let $ a,b>0  , a+b\leq 2 $. Prove that
$$\left(1+\frac{1}{a(b+1)}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{b(a+1)}\right)\geq \frac{9}{4} $$$$\left(1+\frac {a}{b(a+1)}\right)\left(1+\frac {b}{a(b+1)}\right) \geq \frac{9}{4} $$
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sqing
Today at 3:56 AM
ytChen
an hour ago
Number Theory
VicKmath7   5
N an hour ago by Adywastaken
Source: Archimedes Junior 2014
Let $p$ prime and $m$ a positive integer. Determine all pairs $( p,m)$ satisfying the equation: $ p(p+m)+p=(m+1)^3$
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VicKmath7
Mar 17, 2020
Adywastaken
an hour ago
x+y in B iff x,y in A
fattypiggy123   5
N an hour ago by Math2030
Source: China Mathematical Olympiad 2015 Q3
Let $n \geq 5$ be a positive integer and let $A$ and $B$ be sets of integers satisfying the following conditions:

i) $|A| = n$, $|B| = m$ and $A$ is a subset of $B$
ii) For any distinct $x,y \in B$, $x+y \in B$ iff $x,y \in A$

Determine the minimum value of $m$.
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fattypiggy123
Dec 20, 2014
Math2030
an hour ago
IMO Genre Predictions
ohiorizzler1434   65
N 2 hours ago by Oksutok
Everybody, with IMO upcoming, what are you predictions for the problem genres?


Personally I predict: predict
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ohiorizzler1434
May 3, 2025
Oksutok
2 hours ago
The best math formulas?
anticodon   17
N 2 hours ago by Soupboy0
my math teacher recently offhandedly mentioned in class that "the law of sines is probably in the top 10 of math formulas". This inspired me to make a top 10 list to see if he's right (imo he actually is...)

so I decided, it would be interesting to hear others' opinions on the top 10 and we can compile an overall list.

Attached=my list (sorry if you can't read my handwriting, I was too lazy to do latex, and my normal pencil handwriting looks better)

the formulas
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anticodon
Yesterday at 11:00 PM
Soupboy0
2 hours ago
prime numbers
wpdnjs   117
N 2 hours ago by Soupboy0
does anyone know how to quickly identify prime numbers?

thanks.
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wpdnjs
Oct 2, 2024
Soupboy0
2 hours ago
Calculate the distance AD
MTA_2024   0
2 hours ago
A semi-circle is inscribed in a quadrilateral $ABCD$. The center $O$ of the semi-circle is the midpoint of segment $AD$. We have $AB=9$ and $CD=16$.
Calculate the distance $AD$.
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MTA_2024
2 hours ago
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MAP Goals
Antoinette14   4
N 2 hours ago by Antoinette14
What's yall's MAP goals for this spring?
Mine's a 300 (trying to beat my brother's record) but since I'm at a 285 rn, 290+ is more reasonable.
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Antoinette14
Yesterday at 11:59 PM
Antoinette14
2 hours ago
Camp Conway acceptance
fossasor   21
N May 7, 2025 by fossasor
Hello! I've just been accepted into Camp Conway, but I'm not sure how popular this camp actually is, given that it's new. Has anyone else applied/has been accepted/is going? (I'm trying to figure out to what degree this acceptance was just lack of qualified applicants, so I can better predict my chances of getting into my preferred math camp.)
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fossasor
Feb 20, 2025
fossasor
May 7, 2025
Camp Conway acceptance
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Hello! I've just been accepted into Camp Conway, but I'm not sure how popular this camp actually is, given that it's new. Has anyone else applied/has been accepted/is going? (I'm trying to figure out to what degree this acceptance was just lack of qualified applicants, so I can better predict my chances of getting into my preferred math camp.)
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WAIT WHAT I APPLIED
WHERE IS THE LETTER
WHERE DO U FIND IT
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jb2015007 wrote:
WAIT WHAT I APPLIED
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gl :pray:
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jb2015007 wrote:
WAIT WHAT I APPLIED
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They release application decisions in batches. You probably just didn't hear back from them yet. When you do, it will be an email.
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congratulations!
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KingKoala wrote:
congratulations!

Thank you! Have you also applied? :)
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I applied for MathPath
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Check your DM's.
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Bumping this
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jb2015007 wrote:
WAIT WHAT I APPLIED
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Out of curiosity, did you apply for the first session of Conway or the second?

None of the other sessions of Conway or Sierpinski worked for me, so I only applied for the second.
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second but my incompetent non - academic recommendation coach lacks competence and he sent the rec. to me after the deadline. He is so annoying, he asked for a thank you after. Bruh
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I think they might actually be accepting the majority of decently qualified people. Maybe I'll see you in second session! Good luck lol :)
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WAIT ITS $3500
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welp im never going T-T
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WAIT ITS $3500
AND ITS IN CALIFORNIA
welp im never going T-T

If the expenses are problematic, I will point out they offer a financial aid program which may be of use. :)
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I haven't even heard of it.
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same? ig guess i neevr have heard of it ? intrestingly
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It's happening this year for the first time, so that's not a surprise. :)
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I don't think it's very famous right now
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parnikap wrote:
WAIT ITS $3500
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welp im never going T-T

3500 dollars is expensive
that price is like :stretcher:
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CONGRATSSSSS!!!!!!
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CONGRATSSSSS!!!!!!

Thank you!
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