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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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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.

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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
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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
Hard cyclic inequality
JK1603JK   2
N 30 minutes ago by arqady
Source: unknown
Prove that $$\frac{a-1}{\sqrt{b+1}}+\frac{b-1}{\sqrt{c+1}}+\frac{c-1}{\sqrt{a+1}}\ge 0,\quad \forall a,b,c>0: a+b+c=3.$$
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JK1603JK
Today at 4:36 AM
arqady
30 minutes ago
Indonesia Regional MO 2019 Part A
parmenides51   10
N 34 minutes ago by Mr.Awan
Indonesia Regional MO
Year 2019 Part A

Time: 90 minutes Rules


p1. In the bag there are $7$ red balls and $8$ white balls. Audi took two balls at once from inside the bag. The chance of taking two balls of the same color is ...


p2. Given a regular hexagon with a side length of $1$ unit. The area of the hexagon is ...


p3. It is known that $r, s$ and $1$ are the roots of the cubic equation $x^3 - 2x + c = 0$. The value of $(r-s)^2$ is ...


p4. The number of pairs of natural numbers $(m, n)$ so that $GCD(n,m) = 2$ and $LCM(m,n) = 1000$ is ...


p5. A data with four real numbers $2n-4$, $2n-6$, $n^2-8$, $3n^2-6$ has an average of $0$ and a median of $9/2$. The largest number of such data is ...


p6. Suppose $a, b, c, d$ are integers greater than $2019$ which are four consecutive quarters of an arithmetic row with $a <b <c <d$. If $a$ and $d$ are squares of two consecutive natural numbers, then the smallest value of $c-b$ is ...


p7. Given a triangle $ABC$, with $AB = 6$, $AC = 8$ and $BC = 10$. The points $D$ and $E$ lies on the line segment $BC$. with $BD = 2$ and $CE = 4$. The measure of the angle $\angle DAE$ is ...


p8. Sequqnce of real numbers $a_1,a_2,a_3,...$ meet $\frac{na_1+(n-1)a_2+...+2a_{n-1}+a_n}{n^2}=1$ for each natural number $n$. The value of $a_1a_2a_3...a_{2019}$ is ....


p9. The number of ways to select four numbers from $\{1,2,3, ..., 15\}$ provided that the difference of any two numbers at least $3$ is ...


p10. Pairs of natural numbers $(m , n)$ which satisfies $$m^2n+mn^2 +m^2+2mn = 2018m + 2019n + 2019$$are as many as ...


p11. Given a triangle $ABC$ with $\angle ABC =135^o$ and $BC> AB$. Point $D$ lies on the side $BC$ so that $AB=CD$. Suppose $F$ is a point on the side extension $AB$ so that $DF$ is perpendicular to $AB$. The point $E$ lies on the ray $DF$ such that $DE> DF$ and $\angle ACE = 45^o$. The large angle $\angle AEC$ is ...


p12. The set of $S$ consists of $n$ integers with the following properties: For every three different members of $S$ there are two of them whose sum is a member of $S$. The largest value of $n$ is ....


p13. The minimum value of $\frac{a^2+2b^2+\sqrt2}{\sqrt{ab}}$ with $a, b$ positive reals is ....


p14. The polynomial P satisfies the equation $P (x^2) = x^{2019} (x+ 1) P (x)$ with $P (1/2)= -1$ is ....


p15. Look at a chessboard measuring $19 \times 19$ square units. Two plots are said to be neighbors if they both have one side in common. Initially, there are a total of $k$ coins on the chessboard where each coin is only loaded exactly on one square and each square can contain coins or blanks. At each turn. You must select exactly one plot that holds the minimum number of coins in the number of neighbors of the plot and then you must give exactly one coin to each neighbor of the selected plot. The game ends if you are no longer able to select squares with the intended conditions. The smallest number of $k$ so that the game never ends for any initial square selection is ....
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Almost Squarefree Integers
oVlad   1
N 41 minutes ago by Tintarn
Source: Romania Junior TST 2025 Day 1 P1
A positive integer $n\geqslant 3$ is almost squarefree if there exists a prime number $p\equiv 1\bmod 3$ such that $p^2\mid n$ and $n/p$ is squarefree. Prove that for any almost squarefree positive integer $n$ the ratio $2\sigma(n)/d(n)$ is an integer.
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oVlad   0
an hour ago
Source: Romania Junior TST 2025 Day 1 P5
Let $n\geqslant 3$ be a positive integer and $\mathcal F$ be a family of at most $n$ distinct subsets of the set $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ with the following property: we can consider $n$ distinct points in the plane, labelled $1,2,\ldots,n$ and draw segments connecting these points such that points $i$ and $j$ are connected if and only if $i{}$ belongs to $j$ subsets in $\mathcal F$ for any $i\neq j.$ Determine the maximal value that the sum of the cardinalities of the subsets in $\mathcal{F}$ can take.
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oVlad
an hour ago
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Number Theory Chain!
JetFire008   29
N an hour ago by Primeniyazidayi
I will post a question and someone has to answer it. Then they have to post a question and someone else will answer it and so on. We can only post questions related to Number Theory and each problem should be more difficult than the previous. Let's start!

Question 1
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an hour ago
Navid FE on R+
Assassino9931   2
N an hour ago by internationalnick123456
Source: Bulgaria Balkan MO TST 2025
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^{+} \to \mathbb{R}^{+}$ such that
\[ f(x)f\left(x + 4f(y)\right) = xf\left(x + 3y\right) + f(x)f(y) \]for any positive real numbers $x,y$.
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Assassino9931
Apr 9, 2025
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an hour ago
Determining Integers From Sums
oVlad   0
an hour ago
Source: Romania Junior TST 2025 Day 1 P3
Let $n\geqslant 3$ be a positiv integer. Ana chooses the positive integers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ and for any non-empty subset $A\subseteq\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ she computes the sum \[s_A=\sum_{k
\in A}a_k.\]She orders these sums $s_1\leqslant s_2\leqslant\cdots\leqslant s_{2^n-1}.$ Prove that there exists a subset $B\subseteq\{1,2,\ldots,2^n-1\}$ with $2^{n-2}+1$ elements such that, regardless of the integers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ chosen by Ana, these can be determined by only knowing the sums $s_i$ with $i\in B.$
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oVlad
an hour ago
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Tangents and chord
iv999xyz   0
an hour ago
Given a circle with chord AB. k and l are tangents to the circle at points A and B. C and E are in different half-planes with respect to AB and lie on k, and F and D are in different half-planes with respect to AB and lie on l. Furthermore, C and F are in the same half-plane with respect to AB and AC = BD; AE = BF. CD intersects the circle at P and R and EF intersects the circle at Q and S. P and Q are in the same half-plane with respect to AB and in different half-plane with R and S. Prove that PQRS is a parallelogram if and only if AB, CD, and EF intersect at one point.
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iv999xyz
an hour ago
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Isosceles Triangle Geo
oVlad   0
an hour ago
Source: Romania Junior TST 2025 Day 1 P2
Consider the isosceles triangle $ABC$ with $\angle A>90^\circ$ and the circle $\omega$ of radius $AC$ centered at $A.$ Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AC.$ The line $BM$ intersects $\omega$ a second time at $D.$ Let $E$ be a point on $\omega$ such that $BE\perp AC.$ Let $N$ be the intersection of $DE$ and $AC.$ Prove that $AN=2\cdot AB.$
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oVlad
an hour ago
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Inequalities
sqing   5
N an hour ago by sqing
Let $ a,b,c,d\geq 0 ,a-b+d=21 $ and $ a+3b+4c=101 $. Prove that
$$ - \frac{1681}{3}\leq   ab - cd \leq 820$$$$ - \frac{16564}{9}\leq   ac -bd \leq 420$$$$ - \frac{10201}{48}\leq ad- bc \leq\frac{1681}{3}$$
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sqing
Yesterday at 3:53 AM
sqing
an hour ago
Inequality
SunnyEvan   5
N 2 hours ago by SunnyEvan
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be non-negative real numbers, no two of which are zero. Prove that :
$$ \sum \frac{3ab-2bc+3ca}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} \geq \frac{12}{7}$$
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SunnyEvan
Apr 1, 2025
SunnyEvan
2 hours ago
Interesting result of angle bisectors and a 120-angled triangle
KAME06   1
N 2 hours ago by Mathzeus1024
Source: OMEC Ecuador National Olympiad Final Round 2024 N3 P3 day 1
Let $\triangle ABC$ with $\angle BAC=120 ^\circ$. Let $D, E, F$ points on sides $BC, CA, AB$, respectively, such that $AD, BE, CF$ are angle bisectors on $\triangle ABC$.
Prove that $\triangle ABC$ is isosceles if and only if $\triangle DEF$ is right-angled isosceles.
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KAME06
Feb 28, 2025
Mathzeus1024
2 hours ago
high school math
aothatday   3
N 2 hours ago by aothatday
Let $x_n$ be a positive root of the equation $x_n^n=x^2+x+1$. Prove that the following sequence converges: $n^2(x_n-x_{ n+1})$
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aothatday
Thursday at 2:20 PM
aothatday
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JEE Related ig?
mikkymini2   10
N Today at 4:08 AM by Idiot_of_the64squares
Hey everyone,

Just wanted to see if there are any other JEE aspirants on this forum currently prepping for it[mention year if you can]

I am actually entering 10th this year and have decided to try for it...So this year is just going to go in me strengthening my math (IOQM level (heard its enough till Mains part, so will start from there) for the problem solving part, and learn some topics from 11th and 12th as well)

It would be great to connect with others who are going through the same thing - share study strategies, tips, resources, discuss, and maybe even form study groups(not sure how to tho :maybe: ) and motivate each other ig?. :D
So yea, cya later
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mikkymini2
Thursday at 2:54 PM
Idiot_of_the64squares
Today at 4:08 AM
KVS IOQM P27 max angle of triangle by recflections of acute ABC
parmenides51   6
N Dec 29, 2021 by SatisfiedMagma
Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle and $P$ be a point in its interior. Let $P_A,P_B$ and $P_c$ be the images of $P$ under reflection in the sides $BC,CA$, and $AB$, respectively. If $P$ is the orthocentre of the triangle $P_AP_BP_C$ and if the largest angle of the triangle that can be formed by the line segments$ PA, PB$. and $PC$ is $x^o$, determine the value of $x$.
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parmenides51
Jan 30, 2021
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Dec 29, 2021
KVS IOQM P27 max angle of triangle by recflections of acute ABC
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Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle and $P$ be a point in its interior. Let $P_A,P_B$ and $P_c$ be the images of $P$ under reflection in the sides $BC,CA$, and $AB$, respectively. If $P$ is the orthocentre of the triangle $P_AP_BP_C$ and if the largest angle of the triangle that can be formed by the line segments$ PA, PB$. and $PC$ is $x^o$, determine the value of $x$.
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Point $P$ must be the circumcenter of $\triangle ABC$.

The triangle with sides $PA,PB,PC$ is equilateral.
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@above Can you describe the proof for point $P$ being the circumcenter or guide me to any resources that do so?
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Point $P$ must be the circumcenter of $\triangle ABC$.

misread the problem again :< , thought it was reflection in the vertices

@below yeah
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@above I think you made a mistake somewhere. But thanks for the intuition.

The dilation centered at $P$ with scale factor should send $P_A$ to $P_A'$ on $BC$ etc.
Since $P$ is the orthocenter of $\Delta P_A'P_B'P_C'$, we have that $P_b'P_c'\perp PP_a'\perp BC$. This means $\Delta P_a'P_b'P_c'$ is the inscribed triangle of $\Delta ABC$ that is also similar to it, hence it is the medial triangle.
Since the centroid of $\Delta P_a'P_b'P_c'$ is the same as that of $\Delta ABC$, we can send $\Delta P_a'P_b'P_c'$ to $\Delta ABC$ with a homothety of $-2$ centered around this centroid. This sends $P$ to point $P'$, which must be the orthocenter of $\Delta ABC$. It is well known that the dilation of the orthocenter by $-\frac{1}{2}$ about the centroid sends the orthocenter to the circumcenter (euler line), so $P$ must be the circumcenter of $\Delta ABC$.

Edit: Actually it is a lot easier to just note that since $\Delta P_a'P_b'P_c'$ is the medial triangle, $P_a'$ is the midpoint of $BC$ etc. Since $PP_A'$ is perpendicular to $BC$, we know that $PP_a'$ is the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ etc.
I guess this is another proof of the euler line.
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I guess P is the incentre.
But dont know proof
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This one will use a well-known theorem which can be shown easily with the sine rule that if $\triangle ABC$ has orthocenter $H$ then the circumcircles of $\triangle HBC, \triangle HAC$ and $\triangle HAB$ have equal radii which can be shown with Sine Rule easily. There is an inversive proof too, which I don't know, but I am pretty sure it exists.

Now consider $P_C$. as $B$ lies on perpendicular bisector of $PP_A$, then $PB = P_AB$. Similarly, we can show that $P_CB=PB$. So, $P_C$ is the circumcenter of $P_APP_C$. Then everything symmetrically happens and then we apply the above well-known theorem to get that $P$ is the circumcenter of $\triangle ABC$. Rest is trivial. $\blacksquare$
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