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DoThinh2001   1
N 36 minutes ago by arqady
Source: Old?
Let three real numbers $a,b,c\geq 0$, no two of which are $0$. Prove that:
$$\sqrt{\frac{a^2+bc}{b^2+c^2}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+ca}{c^2+a^2}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+ab}{a^2+b^2}}\geq 2+\sqrt{\frac{ab+bc+ca}{a^2+b^2+c^2}}.$$
Inspiration
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DoThinh2001
Today at 12:08 AM
arqady
36 minutes ago
Crossing ٍٍChords
matinyousefi   1
N an hour ago by Trenod
Source: Iranian Combinatorics Olympiad 2020 P3
$1399$ points and some chords between them is given.
$a)$ In every step we can take two chords $RS,PQ$ with a common point other than $P,Q,R,S$ and erase exactly one of $RS,PQ$ and draw $PS,PR,QS,QR$ let $s$ be the minimum of chords after some steps. Find the maximum of $s$ over all initial positions.
$b)$ In every step we can take two chords $RS,PQ$ with a common point other than $P,Q,R,S$ and erase both of $RS,PQ$ and draw $PS,PR,QS,QR$ let $s$ be the minimum of chords after some steps. Find the maximum of $s$ over all initial positions.

Proposed by Afrouz Jabalameli, Abolfazl Asadi
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matinyousefi
Apr 24, 2020
Trenod
an hour ago
Nice NT with powers of two
oVlad   7
N an hour ago by SimplisticFormulas
Source: Romania TST 2024 Day 1 P3
Let $n{}$ be a positive integer and let $a{}$ and $b{}$ be positive integers congruent to 1 modulo 4. Prove that there exists a positive integer $k{}$ such that at least one of the numbers $a^k-b$ and $b^k-a$ is divisible by $2^n.$

Cătălin Liviu Gherghe
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oVlad
Jul 31, 2024
SimplisticFormulas
an hour ago
Inequality in triangle
Nguyenhuyen_AG   0
2 hours ago
Let $a,b,c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Prove that
\[\frac{1}{(a-4b)^2}+\frac{1}{(b-4c)^2}+\frac{1}{(c-4a)^2} \geqslant \frac{1}{ab+bc+ca}.\]
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Nguyenhuyen_AG
2 hours ago
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D,E,F are collinear.
TUAN2k8   2
N 2 hours ago by TUAN2k8
Source: Own
Help me with this:
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TUAN2k8
May 28, 2025
TUAN2k8
2 hours ago
Combinatorial identity
MehdiGolafshan   4
N 2 hours ago by watery
Let $n$ is a positive integer. Prove that
$$\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}\frac{1}{k+1}\binom{n-1}{k} = \frac{2^n-1}{n}.$$
4 replies
MehdiGolafshan
Jan 16, 2023
watery
2 hours ago
JBMO Shortlist 2023 G7
Orestis_Lignos   7
N 3 hours ago by tilya_TASh
Source: JBMO Shortlist 2023, G7
Let $D$ and $E$ be arbitrary points on the sides $BC$ and $AC$ of triangle $ABC$, respectively. The circumcircle of $\triangle ADC$ meets for the second time the circumcircle of $\triangle BCE$ at point $F$. Line $FE$ meets line $AD$ at point $G$, while line $FD$ meets line $BE$ at point $H$. Prove that lines $CF, AH$ and $BG$ pass through the same point.
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Orestis_Lignos
Jun 28, 2024
tilya_TASh
3 hours ago
Reflected point lies on radical axis
Mahdi_Mashayekhi   5
N 3 hours ago by Mahdi_Mashayekhi
Source: Iran 2025 second round P4
Given is an acute and scalene triangle $ABC$ with circumcenter $O$. $BO$ and $CO$ intersect the altitude from $A$ to $BC$ at points $P$ and $Q$ respectively. $X$ is the circumcenter of triangle $OPQ$ and $O'$ is the reflection of $O$ over $BC$. $Y$ is the second intersection of circumcircles of triangles $BXP$ and $CXQ$. Show that $X,Y,O'$ are collinear.
5 replies
Mahdi_Mashayekhi
Apr 19, 2025
Mahdi_Mashayekhi
3 hours ago
Find the value
sqing   18
N 3 hours ago by Yiyj
Source: 2024 China Fujian High School Mathematics Competition
Let $f(x)=a_6x^6+a_5x^5+a_4x^4+a_3x^3+a_2x^2+a_1x+a_0,$ $a_i\in\{-1,1\} ,i=0,1,2,\cdots,6 $ and $f(2)=-53 .$ Find the value of $f(1).$
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sqing
Jun 22, 2024
Yiyj
3 hours ago
Number Theory
fasttrust_12-mn   14
N 3 hours ago by Namisgood
Source: Pan African Mathematics Olympiad P1
Find all positive intgers $a,b$ and $c$ such that $\frac{a+b}{a+c}=\frac{b+c}{b+a}$ and $ab+bc+ca$ is a prime number
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fasttrust_12-mn
Aug 15, 2024
Namisgood
3 hours ago
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