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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Apr 2, 2025
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Apr 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
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
$f\circ g +g\circ f=0\implies n$ even
al3abijo   4
N an hour ago by alexheinis
Let $n$ a positive integer . suppose that there exist two automorphisms $f,g$ of $\mathbb{R}^n$ such that $f\circ g +g\circ f=0$ .
Prove that $n$ is even.
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al3abijo
2 hours ago
alexheinis
an hour ago
Equal Distances in an Isosceles Setting
mojyla222   3
N 2 hours ago by sami1618
Source: IDMC 2025 P4
Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AB=AC$. The circle $\omega_1$, passing through $B$ and $C$, intersects segment $AB$ at $K\neq B$. The circle $\omega_2$ is tangent to $BC$ at $B$ and passes through $K$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of segments $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. The line $MN$ intersects $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at points $P$ and $Q$, respectively, where $P$ and $Q$ are the intersections closer to $M$. Prove that $MP=MQ$.

Proposed by Hooman Fattahi
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mojyla222
Today at 5:05 AM
sami1618
2 hours ago
standard Q FE
jasperE3   1
N 2 hours ago by ErTeeEs06
Source: gghx, p19004309
Find all functions $f:\mathbb Q\to\mathbb Q$ such that for any $x,y\in\mathbb Q$:
$$f(xf(x)+f(x+2y))=f(x)^2+f(y)+y.$$
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jasperE3
5 hours ago
ErTeeEs06
2 hours ago
Dear Sqing: So Many Inequalities...
hashtagmath   33
N 2 hours ago by GeoMorocco
I have noticed thousands upon thousands of inequalities that you have posted to HSO and was wondering where you get the inspiration, imagination, and even the validation that such inequalities are true? Also, what do you find particularly appealing and important about specifically inequalities rather than other branches of mathematics? Thank you :)
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hashtagmath
Oct 30, 2024
GeoMorocco
2 hours ago
3 knightlike moves is enough
sarjinius   1
N 2 hours ago by markam
Source: Philippine Mathematical Olympiad 2025 P6
An ant is on the Cartesian plane. In a single move, the ant selects a positive integer $k$, then either travels [list]
[*] $k$ units vertically (up or down) and $2k$ units horizontally (left or right); or
[*] $k$ units horizontally (left or right) and $2k$ units vertically (up or down).
[/list]
Thus, for any $k$, the ant can choose to go to one of eight possible points.
Prove that, for any integers $a$ and $b$, the ant can travel from $(0, 0)$ to $(a, b)$ using at most $3$ moves.
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sarjinius
Mar 9, 2025
markam
2 hours ago
Weird Geo
Anto0110   0
2 hours ago
In a trapezium $ABCD$, the sides $AB$ and $CD$ are parallel and the angles $\angle ABC$ and $\angle BAD$ are acute. Show that it is possible to divide the triangle $ABC$ into 4 disjoint triangle $X_1. . . , X_4$ and the triangle $ABD$ into 4 disjoint triangles $Y_1,. . . , Y_4$ such that the triangles $X_i$ and $Y_i$ are congruent for all $i$.
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Anto0110
2 hours ago
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2025 OMOUS Problem 6
enter16180   2
N 2 hours ago by loup blanc
Source: Open Mathematical Olympiad for University Students (OMOUS-2025)
Let $A=\left(a_{i j}\right)_{i, j=1}^{n} \in M_{n}(\mathbb{R})$ be a positive semi-definite matrix. Prove that the matrix $B=\left(b_{i j}\right)_{i, j=1}^{n} \text {, where }$ $b_{i j}=\arcsin \left(x^{i+j}\right) \cdot a_{i j}$, is also positive semi-definite for all $x \in(0,1)$.
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enter16180
Apr 18, 2025
loup blanc
2 hours ago
Is the geometric function injective?
Project_Donkey_into_M4   1
N 2 hours ago by Funcshun840
Source: Mock RMO TDP and Kayak 2018, P3
A non-degenerate triangle $\Delta ABC$ is given in the plane, let $S$ be the set of points which lie strictly inside it. Also let $\mathfrak{C}$ be the set of circles in the plane. For a point $P \in S$, let $A_P, B_P, C_P$ be the reflection of $P$ in sides $\overline{BC}, \overline{CA}, \overline{AB}$ respectively. Define a function $\omega: S \rightarrow \mathfrak{C}$ such that $\omega(P)$ is the circumcircle of $A_PB_PC_P$. Is $\omega$ injective?

Note: The function $\omega$ is called injective if for any $P, Q \in S$, $\omega(P) = \omega(Q) \Leftrightarrow P = Q$
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Project_Donkey_into_M4
5 hours ago
Funcshun840
2 hours ago
numbers at vertices of triangle / tetrahedron, consecutive and gcd related
parmenides51   1
N 3 hours ago by TheBaiano
Source: 2022 May Olympiad L2 p4
a) A positive integer is written at each vertex of a triangle. Then on each side of the triangle the greatest common divisor of its ends is written. It is possible that the numbers written on the sides be three consecutive integers, in some order?
b) A positive integer is written at each vertex of a tetrahedron. Then, on each edge of the tetrahedron is written the greatest common divisor of its ends . It is possible that the numbers written in the edges are six consecutive integers, in some order?
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parmenides51
Sep 4, 2022
TheBaiano
3 hours ago
red squares in a 7x7 board
parmenides51   2
N 3 hours ago by TheBaiano
Source: 2022 May Olympiad L2 p1
In a $7\times7$ board, some squares are painted red. Let $a$ be the number of rows that have an odd number of red squares and let $b$ be the number of columns that have an odd number of red squares. Find all possible values of $a+b$. For each value found, give a example of how the board can be painted.
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parmenides51
Sep 4, 2022
TheBaiano
3 hours ago
winning strategy, vertices of regular n-gon
parmenides51   1
N 3 hours ago by TheBaiano
Source: 2022 May Olympiad L2 p5
The vertices of a regular polygon with $N$ sides are marked on the blackboard. Ana and Beto play alternately, Ana begins. Each player, in turn, must do the following:
$\bullet$ join two vertices with a segment, without cutting another already marked segment; or
$\bullet$ delete a vertex that does not belong to any marked segment.
The player who cannot take any action on his turn loses the game. Determine which of the two players can guarantee victory:
a) if $N=28$
b) if $N=29$
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parmenides51
Sep 4, 2022
TheBaiano
3 hours ago
Find the formula
JetFire008   2
N 3 hours ago by Rohit-2006
Find a formula in compact form for the general term of the sequence defined recursively by $x_1=1, x_n=x_{n-1}+n-1$ if $n$ is even.
2 replies
JetFire008
Today at 12:23 PM
Rohit-2006
3 hours ago
another functional inequality?
Scilyse   31
N 3 hours ago by Andyexists
Source: 2023 ISL A4
Let $\mathbb R_{>0}$ be the set of positive real numbers. Determine all functions $f \colon \mathbb R_{>0} \to \mathbb R_{>0}$ such that \[x \big(f(x) + f(y)\big) \geqslant \big(f(f(x)) + y\big) f(y)\]for every $x, y \in \mathbb R_{>0}$.
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Scilyse
Jul 17, 2024
Andyexists
3 hours ago
Sum of multinomial in sublinear time
programjames1   0
4 hours ago
Source: Own
A frog begins at the origin, and makes a sequence of hops either two to the right, two up, or one to the right and one up, all with equal probability.

1. What is the probability the frog eventually lands on $(a, b)$?

2. Find an algorithm to compute this in sublinear time.
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programjames1
4 hours ago
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Unique global minimum points
chirita.andrei   1
N Apr 8, 2025 by chirita.andrei
Source: Own. Proposed for Romanian National Olympiad 2025.
Let $f\colon[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function. Suppose that for each $t\in(0,1)$, the function \[f_t\colon[0,1-t]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}, f_t(x)=f(x+t)-f(x)\]has an unique global minimum point, which we will denote by $g(t)$. Prove that if $\lim\limits_{t\to 0}g(t)=0$, then $g$ is constant zero.
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chirita.andrei
Apr 2, 2025
chirita.andrei
Apr 8, 2025
Unique global minimum points
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Source: Own. Proposed for Romanian National Olympiad 2025.
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Let $f\colon[0,1]\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function. Suppose that for each $t\in(0,1)$, the function \[f_t\colon[0,1-t]\rightarrow\mathbb{R}, f_t(x)=f(x+t)-f(x)\]has an unique global minimum point, which we will denote by $g(t)$. Prove that if $\lim\limits_{t\to 0}g(t)=0$, then $g$ is constant zero.
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Bump. I think this is worth trying.
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