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Question on Balkan SL
Fmimch   1
N 32 minutes ago by Fmimch
Does anyone know where to find the Balkan MO Shortlist 2024? If you have the file, could you send in this thread? Thank you!
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Fmimch
6 hours ago
Fmimch
32 minutes ago
Find f
Redriver   3
N 36 minutes ago by jasperE3
Find all $: R \to R : \ \ f(x^2+f(y))=y+f^2(x)$
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Redriver
Jun 25, 2006
jasperE3
36 minutes ago
problem interesting
Cobedangiu   0
44 minutes ago
Let $a=3k^2+3k+1 (a,k \in N)$
$i)$ Prove that: $a^2$ is the sum of $3$ square numbers
$ii)$ Let $b \vdots a$ and $b$ is the sum of $3$ square numbers. Prove that: $b^n$ is the sum of $3$ square numbers
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Cobedangiu
44 minutes ago
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Easy Geometry Problem in Taiwan TST
chengbilly   7
N an hour ago by L13832
Source: 2025 Taiwan TST Round 1 Independent Study 2-G
Suppose $I$ and $I_A$ are the incenter and the $A$-excenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively.
Let $M$ be the midpoint of arc $BAC$ on the circumcircle, and $D$ be the foot of the
perpendicular from $I_A$ to $BC$. The line $MI$ intersects the circumcircle again at $T$ . For
any point $X$ on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$, let $XT$ intersect $BC$ at $Y$ . Prove
that $A, D, X, Y$ are concyclic.
7 replies
chengbilly
Mar 6, 2025
L13832
an hour ago
Overlapping game
Kei0923   3
N 2 hours ago by CrazyInMath
Source: 2023 Japan MO Finals 1
On $5\times 5$ squares, we cover the area with several S-Tetrominos (=Z-Tetrominos) along the square so that in every square, there are two or fewer tiles covering that (tiles can be overlap). Find the maximum possible number of squares covered by at least one tile.
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Kei0923
Feb 11, 2023
CrazyInMath
2 hours ago
Interesting Function
Kei0923   4
N 2 hours ago by CrazyInMath
Source: 2024 JMO preliminary p8
Function $f:\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}$ satisfies
$$f(m+n)^2=f(m|f(n)|)+f(n^2)$$for any non-negative integers $m$ and $n$. Determine the number of possible sets of integers $\{f(0), f(1), \dots, f(2024)\}$.
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Kei0923
Jan 9, 2024
CrazyInMath
2 hours ago
Functional Geometry
GreekIdiot   1
N 2 hours ago by ItzsleepyXD
Source: BMO 2024 SL G7
Let $f: \pi \to \mathbb R$ be a function from the Euclidean plane to the real numbers such that $f(A)+f(B)+f(C)=f(O)+f(G)+f(H)$ for any acute triangle $\Delta ABC$ with circumcenter $O$, centroid $G$ and orthocenter $H$. Prove that $f$ is constant.
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GreekIdiot
Apr 27, 2025
ItzsleepyXD
2 hours ago
hard inequalities
pennypc123456789   1
N 2 hours ago by 1475393141xj
Given $x,y,z$ be the positive real number. Prove that

$\frac{2xy}{\sqrt{2xy(x^2+y^2)}} + \frac{2yz}{\sqrt{2yz(y^2+z^2)}} + \frac{2xz}{\sqrt{2xz(x^2+z^2)}} \le \frac{2(x^2+y^2+z^2) + xy+yz+xz}{x^2+y^2+z^2}$
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pennypc123456789
6 hours ago
1475393141xj
2 hours ago
Cute R+ fe
Aryan-23   6
N 2 hours ago by jasperE3
Source: IISc Pravega, Enumeration 2023-24 Finals P1
Find all functions $f\colon \mathbb R^+ \mapsto \mathbb R^+$, such that for all positive reals $x,y$, the following is true:

$$xf(1+xf(y))= f\left(f(x) + \frac 1y\right)$$
Kazi Aryan Amin
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Aryan-23
Jan 27, 2024
jasperE3
2 hours ago
Easy Combinatorial Game Problem in Taiwan TST
chengbilly   8
N 2 hours ago by CrazyInMath
Source: 2025 Taiwan TST Round 1 Independent Study 1-C
Alice and Bob are playing game on an $n \times n$ grid. Alice goes first, and they take turns drawing a black point from the coordinate set
\[\{(i, j) \mid i, j \in \mathbb{N}, 1 \leq i, j \leq n\}\]There is a constraint that the distance between any two black points cannot be an integer. The player who cannot draw a black point loses. Find all integers $n$ such that Alice has a winning strategy.

Proposed by chengbilly
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chengbilly
Mar 5, 2025
CrazyInMath
2 hours ago
Tiling problem (Combinatorics or Number Theory?)
Rukevwe   4
N 2 hours ago by CrazyInMath
Source: 2022 Nigerian MO Round 3/Problem 3
A unit square is removed from the corner of an $n \times n$ grid, where $n \geq 2$. Prove that the remainder can be covered by copies of the figures of $3$ or $5$ unit squares depicted in the drawing below.
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Note: Every square must be covered once and figures must not go over the bounds of the grid.
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Rukevwe
May 2, 2022
CrazyInMath
2 hours ago
Finding all integers with a divisibility condition
Tintarn   15
N 3 hours ago by CrazyInMath
Source: Germany 2020, Problem 4
Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exists a positive integer $d$ with the property that $n$ is divisible by $d$ and $n^2+d^2$ is divisible by $d^2n+1$.
15 replies
Tintarn
Jun 22, 2020
CrazyInMath
3 hours ago
Find all functions
WakeUp   21
N 3 hours ago by CrazyInMath
Source: Baltic Way 2010
Let $\mathbb{R}$ denote the set of real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(x^2)+f(xy)=f(x)f(y)+yf(x)+xf(x+y)\]
for all $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$.
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WakeUp
Nov 19, 2010
CrazyInMath
3 hours ago
Polynomial divisible by x^2+1
Miquel-point   0
Apr 6, 2025
Source: Romanian IMO TST 1981, P1 Day 1
Consider the polynomial $P(X)=X^{p-1}+X^{p-2}+\ldots+X+1$, where $p>2$ is a prime number. Show that if $n$ is an even number, then the polynomial \[-1+\prod_{k=0}^{n-1} P\left(X^{p^k}\right)\]is divisible by $X^2+1$.

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Miquel-point
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Consider the polynomial $P(X)=X^{p-1}+X^{p-2}+\ldots+X+1$, where $p>2$ is a prime number. Show that if $n$ is an even number, then the polynomial \[-1+\prod_{k=0}^{n-1} P\left(X^{p^k}\right)\]is divisible by $X^2+1$.

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