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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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May 1, 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
Anything real in this system must be integer
Assassino9931   8
N 33 minutes ago by Abdulaziz_Radjabov
Source: Al-Khwarizmi International Junior Olympiad 2025 P1
Determine the largest integer $c$ for which the following statement holds: there exists at least one triple $(x,y,z)$ of integers such that
\begin{align*} x^2 + 4(y + z) = y^2 + 4(z + x) = z^2 + 4(x + y) = c \end{align*}and all triples $(x,y,z)$ of real numbers, satisfying the equations, are such that $x,y,z$ are integers.

Marek Maruin, Slovakia
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Assassino9931
May 9, 2025
Abdulaziz_Radjabov
33 minutes ago
Good Permutations in Modulo n
swynca   10
N 43 minutes ago by MR.1
Source: BMO 2025 P1
An integer $n > 1$ is called $\emph{good}$ if there exists a permutation $a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots, a_n$ of the numbers $1, 2, 3, \dots, n$, such that:
$(i)$ $a_i$ and $a_{i+1}$ have different parities for every $1 \leq i \leq n-1$;
$(ii)$ the sum $a_1 + a_2 + \cdots + a_k$ is a quadratic residue modulo $n$ for every $1 \leq k \leq n$.
Prove that there exist infinitely many good numbers, as well as infinitely many positive integers which are not good.
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swynca
Apr 27, 2025
MR.1
43 minutes ago
Quadratic + cubic residue => 6th power residue?
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL B. 5445
Decide whether the following statement is true: if an infinite arithmetic sequence of positive integers includes both a perfect square and a perfect cube, then it also includes a perfect $6$th power.

Proposed by Sándor Róka, Nyíregyháza
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
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Minimum number of points
Ecrin_eren   6
N an hour ago by Ecrin_eren
There are 18 teams in a football league. Each team plays against every other team twice in a season—once at home and once away. A win gives 3 points, a draw gives 1 point, and a loss gives 0 points. One team became the champion by earning more points than every other team. What is the minimum number of points this team could have?

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Ecrin_eren
Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Ecrin_eren
an hour ago
Cute property of Pascal hexagon config
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL B. 5444
In cyclic hexagon $ABCDEF$ let $P$ denote the intersection of diagonals $AD$ and $CF$, and let $Q$ denote the intersection of diagonals $AE$ and $BF$. Prove that if $BC=CP$ and $DP=DE$, then $PQ$ bisects angle $BQE$.

Proposed by Géza Kós, Budapest
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
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II_a - r_a = R - r implies A = 60
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL B. 5421
The incenter and the inradius of the acute triangle $ABC$ are $I$ and $r$, respectively. The excenter and exradius relative to vertex $A$ is $I_a$ and $r_a$, respectively. Let $R$ denote the circumradius. Prove that if $II_a=r_a+R-r$, then $\angle BAC=60^\circ$.

Proposed by Class 2024C of Fazekas M. Gyak. Ált. Isk. és Gimn., Budapest
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
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Cheating effectively in game of luck
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL B. 5420
Ádám, the famous conman signed up for the following game of luck. There is a rotating table with a shape of a regular $13$-gon, and at each vertex there is a black or a white cap. (Caps of the same colour are indistinguishable from each other.) Under one of the caps $1000$ dollars are hidden, and there is nothing under the other caps. The host rotates the table, and then Ádám chooses a cap, and take what is underneath. Ádám's accomplice, Béla is working at the company behind this game. Béla is responsible for the placement of the $1000$ dollars under the caps, however, the colors of the caps are chosen by a different collegaue. After placing the money under a cap, Béla
[list=a]
[*] has to change the color of the cap,
[*] is allowed to change the color of the cap, but he is not allowed to touch any other cap.
[/list]
Can Ádám and Béla find a strategy in part a. and in part b., respectively, so that Ádám can surely find the money? (After entering the casino, Béla cannot communicate with Ádám, and he also cannot influence his colleague choosing the colors of the caps on the table.)

Proposed by Gábor Damásdi, Budapest
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
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IMO Genre Predictions
ohiorizzler1434   68
N an hour ago by Koko11
Everybody, with IMO upcoming, what are you predictions for the problem genres?


Personally I predict: predict
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ohiorizzler1434
May 3, 2025
Koko11
an hour ago
Gcd(m,n) and Lcm(m,n)&F.E.
Jackson0423   1
N 2 hours ago by WallyWalrus
Source: 2012 KMO Second Round

Find all functions \( f : \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N} \) such that for all positive integers \( m, n \),
\[
f(mn) = \mathrm{lcm}(m, n) \cdot \gcd(f(m), f(n)),
\]where \( \mathrm{lcm}(m, n) \) and \( \gcd(m, n) \) denote the least common multiple and the greatest common divisor of \( m \) and \( n \), respectively.
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Jackson0423
May 13, 2025
WallyWalrus
2 hours ago
Trigonometric Product
Henryfamz   3
N 2 hours ago by Aiden-1089
Compute $$\prod_{n=1}^{45}\sin(2n-1)$$
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Henryfamz
May 13, 2025
Aiden-1089
2 hours ago
"Eulerian" closed walk with of length less than v+e
Miquel-point   0
2 hours ago
Source: IMAR 2019 P4
Show that a connected graph $G=(V, E)$ has a closed walk of length at most $|V|+|E|-1$ passing through each edge of $G$ at least once.

Proposed by Radu Bumbăcea
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Miquel-point
2 hours ago
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b+c <=a/sin(A/2)
lgx57   4
N 3 hours ago by cosinesine
Prove that: In $\triangle ABC$,$b+c \le \dfrac{a}{\sin \frac{A}{2}}$
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lgx57
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cosinesine
3 hours ago
2014 preRMO p10, computational with ratios and areas
parmenides51   11
N 4 hours ago by MATHS_ENTUSIAST
In a triangle $ABC, X$ and $Y$ are points on the segments $AB$ and $AC$, respectively, such that $AX : XB = 1 : 2$ and $AY :YC = 2:1$. If the area of triangle $AXY$ is $10$, then what is the area of triangle $ABC$?
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parmenides51
Aug 9, 2019
MATHS_ENTUSIAST
4 hours ago
Graphs and Trig
Math1331Math   7
N 4 hours ago by BlackOctopus23
The graph of the function $f(x)=\sin^{-1}(2\sin{x})$ consists of the union of disjoint pieces. Compute the distance between the endpoints of any one piece
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Math1331Math
Jun 19, 2016
BlackOctopus23
4 hours ago
Proof Marathon
ReticulatedPython   5
N Apr 25, 2025 by rchokler
You can post any interesting proof-based problems here that are high school level.

Rule(s): A proof must be provided to the most recent problem before a new one is posted.
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Apr 25, 2025
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You can post any interesting proof-based problems here that are high school level.

Rule(s): A proof must be provided to the most recent problem before a new one is posted.
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Idk if this is a high school level but anyway:

Describe all positive integers $n$ such that there exists $2$ not necessarily distinct positive divisors of $n$ where adding those $2$ divisors of $n$ gives another divisor of $n$. (Source:Illinois middle school math Olympiad 2024 problem 2)
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Here is the proof Click to reveal hidden text
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Inequality proof problem
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i believe this is false?
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First of all, $t\geq 6$ by AM-GM used thrice.

Also, without the constraint $x+y+z+\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=t$, expanding the objective expression and applying AM-GM to pairs of reciprocal terms gives $(x+y+z)\left(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}\right)\geq 9$ with equality along the ray $x=y=z>0$.

Since $x=y=z=\frac{t\pm\sqrt{t^2-36}}{6}$ satisfies the constraint, this makes the constraint redundant.

A slightly better problem is given $x+y+z+\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=t$, prove $\left(x+y+z\right)\left(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}\right)\leq\frac{t^2}{4}$. But this isn't challenging either as it follows immediately by AM-GM.

Here is a good one:
Show that a reflection in $\mathbb{R}^3$ about the plane $ax+by+cz=0$ is given by $\begin{bmatrix}x\\y\\z\end{bmatrix}\mapsto\frac{1}{a^2+b^2+c^2}\begin{bmatrix}-a^2+b^2+c^2&-2ab&-2ac\\-2ab&a^2-b^2+c^2&-2bc\\-2ac&-2bc&a^2+b^2-c^2\end{bmatrix}\begin{bmatrix}x\\y\\z\end{bmatrix}$.
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