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JONATHAN DU MOPPER EXPOSED
CryEngineX   0
6 minutes ago
Dear everyone,

I am writing to inform the math community about a statistical anomaly that popped up a while ago in the cheating community. I want to denote this individual as bio_lover, who has changed his display name from bio_lover to flour. I have strong evidence that suggests this individual is none other than our favorite mathematician, Jonathan Du from Los Altos High School.

We examine a few data points:

First, this individual is clearly strong at math—having solved many leaked USAMO and JMO problems at a level similar to a MOP qualifier. We also have strong evidence to believe he attended MOP as he only went on this account at night during the MOP timeframe, and he also attempted to cheat on USAMO. It is likely that he has MOPped again in his junior year, possibly even attaining a USAMO gold medal.

"Bio_lover" also worked with several individuals such as the likes of Populous and Kited to promote to platinum in the 2023 December contest . Interestingly, Jonathan Du also appears on the promotion list.
He also switched his focus onto camping for USACO this year - although he has stated that he was unsuccessful, as echoed in Jonathan Du's platinum results.

"Bio_lover" has also cheated on the USAPhO to a bronze medal - interestingly, a medal identical to that of Jonathan Du.

"Bio_lover" has also made efforts to crack the USABO software, as echoed in Jonathan Du's USABO semifinalist qualification.

"BIo_lover" also cheated on the PRIMES problem set this year. Guess who else made PRIMES?

We also have reasonable evidence to suggest he cheated on HMMT as echoed by his fabulous top 50 performance this year, a huge uptrend from his lackluster performance the previous year.
I do agree that this is all speculation. However, bio_lover leaked his name last year to multiple individuals upon being lax with the tabs he chose to open during screen sharing. Following this, his activity in the public cheating space dramatically decreased, and he even went so as far as to abandon his account when he got publicly doxxed. My friends and I have then investigated this and concluded that -- with further information we cannot post -- without a doubt, bio_lover == Jonathan Du.

I want to urge the community to push into a ban for him from all top 20 colleges in the US, the MAA, AAPT, and USACO series of contests. He's a good-for-nothing cheater that ruins everyone's aspirations and dreams.

Brian Dean, I applaud you for your effort in catching many cheaters who attempted to go from gold to platinum this cycle. Now I urge you to do us good one last time and check Jonathan Du's solutions for the 2023 USACO December contest. Manually examine it alongside similar code, and you will be shocked.

CollegeBoard, this individual sold and cheated on your AP set of examinations last year. I urge your team to pursue legal action.

Spread the word! Bring attention to this individual's horrific actions!

Signing off,
CryEngineX
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Intermediate Counting
RenheMiResembleRice   3
N 32 minutes ago by Nab-Mathgic
A coin is flipped, a 6-sided die numbered 1 through 6 is rolled, and a 10-sided die numbered 0
through 9 is rolled. What is the probability that the coin comes up heads and the sum of the
numbers that show on the dice is 8?
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N an hour ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
proof is below
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\[
\sqrt{a + b} + \sqrt{b + c} + \sqrt{c + a} \geq \frac{4(ab + bc + ca)}{\sqrt{(a + b)(b + c)(c + a)}}
\]
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N an hour ago by DAVROS
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Might be the first equation marathon
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N 2 hours ago by eric201291
As far as I know, it seems that no one on HSM has organized an equation marathon before. Click to reveal hidden textSo why not give it a try? Click to reveal hidden text Let's start one!
Some basic rules need to be clarified:
$\cdot$ If a problem has not been solved within $5$ days, then others are eligible to post a new probkem.
$\cdot$ Not only simple one-variable equations, but also systems of equations are allowed.
$\cdot$ The difficulty of these equations should be no less than that of typical quadratic one-variable equations. If the problem involves higher degrees or more variables, please ensure that the problem is solvable (i.e., has a definite solution, rather than an approximate one).
$\cdot$ Please indicate the domain of the solution to the equation (e.g., solve in $\mathbb{R}$, solve in $\mathbb{C}$).
Here's an simple yet fun problem, hope you enjoy it :P :
P1
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N Today at 8:42 AM by Ecrin_eren
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for 0 ≤ x, y < 41.

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N Today at 1:00 AM by sasu1ke
IMAGE
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mingzhehu   1
N Yesterday at 11:14 PM by scrabbler94
A=(10X1+1)(10X+1),X1,X∈N+
B=(10 X1+3)(10X+7),X∈N,X1∈N
C=(10 X1+9)(10X+9), X∈N,X1∈N
D=(10 X1+1)(10X+3), X1∈N+,X∈N
E=(10 X1+7)(10X+9),X∈N,X1∈N
F=(10 X1+1)(10X+7),X1∈N+,X∈N
G=(10 X1+3)(10X+9),X∈N,X1∈N
H=(10 X1+1)10X+9),X1∈N+,X∈N
I=(10 X1+3)(10X+3),X1∈N,X∈N
J=( 10X1+7)(10X+7),X∈N,X1∈N

For any natural number P∈{P=10N+1,n∈N},make P=A or B or C
If P can make the roots of function group(ABC) without any root group completely made up of integer, P will be a prime
For any natural number P∈{P=10N+3,n∈N},make P=D or E
If P can make the roots of function group(DE) without any root group completely made up
of integer, P will be a prime
For any natural number P∈{P=10N+7,n∈N},make P=F or G
If P can make the roots of function group(FG) without any root group completely made up
of integer, P will be a prime
For any natural number P∈{P=10N+9,n∈N},make P=H or I or J
If P can make the roots of function group(GIJ) without any root group completely made up
of integer, P will be a prime
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mingzhehu
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inequality
revol_ufiaw   3
N Yesterday at 2:55 PM by MS_asdfgzxcvb
Prove that that for any real $x \ge 0$ and natural number $n$,
$$x^n (n+1)^{n+1} \le n^n (x+1)^{n+1}.$$
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What is an isogonal conjugate and why is it useful?
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What is an isogonal conjugate and why is it useful? People use them in Olympiad geometry proofs but I don’t understand why and what is the purpose, as it complicates me because of me not understanding it.
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Any nice way to do this?
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N Yesterday at 2:00 PM by pooh123
Source: Taichung P.S.1 math program tryouts

How many ordered pairs $(a,b,c)\in\mathbb{N}^3$ are there such that $c=ab$ and $1\le a\le b\le c\le60$?
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Geometry problem
greenapple2   3
N Jan 29, 2020 by jayme
Let K be the circle passing through all four corners of a square ABCD. Let P be a point on the minor arc CD, different from C and D. The line AP meets the line BD at X and the line CP meets the line BD at Y. Let M be the midpoint of XY.

Prove that MP is tangent to K.
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Dec 4, 2019
jayme
Jan 29, 2020
Geometry problem
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Let K be the circle passing through all four corners of a square ABCD. Let P be a point on the minor arc CD, different from C and D. The line AP meets the line BD at X and the line CP meets the line BD at Y. Let M be the midpoint of XY.

Prove that MP is tangent to K.
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We denote the center of circle as O

As AC is also a diameter of the circle K,
we’ll note that < YPX is a right angle,

Now we shall write < MXP and < MPX as sums of arcs
<MXP = (1/2)(arcAD + arcDP) = 1/2(arcAP)
whereas,
<MPX = (1/2)(arcAD + arcDP) = 1/2(arcAP)

Meaning that both <MXP= < MPX
Which leads to MP=MX
As triangleXPY is a right triangle, we conclude that M is the midpoint of XY.
Now we need to still proof that <OPM is a right angle,
Which is evident as <MPD = <DBP = <XPB
We are done.
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Dear Mathlinkers,

1. L the circumcircle of the triangle PXT
2. L and K are orthogonal and we are done...

Sincerely
Jean-Louis
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Dear Mathlinkers,

http://jl.ayme.pagesperso-orange.fr/Docs/Miniatures%20Geometriques%20addendum%20VI.pdf p. 76...

Sincerely
Jean-Louis
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