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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
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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
Find values for a, b ,c
Ferum_2710   2
N 2 minutes ago by Jupiterballs
Source: Romania JBMO tst 2023 day2 p4
Let $M \geq 1$ be a real number. Determine all natural numbers $n$ for which there exist distinct natural numbers $a$, $b$, $c > M$, such that
$n = (a,b) \cdot (b,c) + (b,c) \cdot (c,a) + (c,a) \cdot (a,b)$
(where $(x,y)$ denotes the greatest common divisor of natural numbers $x$ and $y$).
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Ferum_2710
Apr 30, 2023
Jupiterballs
2 minutes ago
Center lies on circumcircle of other
Philomath_314   41
N 13 minutes ago by Adywastaken
Source: INMO P1
In triangle $ABC$ with $CA=CB$, point $E$ lies on the circumcircle of $ABC$ such that $\angle ECB=90^{\circ}$. The line through $E$ parallel to $CB$ intersects $CA$ in $F$ and $AB$ in $G$. Prove that the center of the circumcircle of triangle $EGB$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ECF$.

Proposed by Prithwijit De
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Philomath_314
Jan 21, 2024
Adywastaken
13 minutes ago
find question
mathematical-forest   7
N 26 minutes ago by whwlqkd
Are there any contest questions that seem simple but are actually difficult? :-D
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mathematical-forest
Thursday at 10:19 AM
whwlqkd
26 minutes ago
Inspired by a cool result
DoThinh2001   1
N 26 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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+1 w
DoThinh2001
Today at 12:08 AM
arqady
26 minutes ago
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
JBMO Shortlist 2023 G7
Orestis_Lignos   7
N 2 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
2 hours ago
Reflected point lies on radical axis
Mahdi_Mashayekhi   5
N 2 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.
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Mahdi_Mashayekhi
Apr 19, 2025
Mahdi_Mashayekhi
2 hours ago
<BAC = 2 <ABC wanted, AC + AI = BC given , incenter I
parmenides51   3
N Today at 1:47 AM by LeYohan
Source: 2020 Dutch IMO TST 1.1
In acute-angled triangle $ABC, I$ is the center of the inscribed circle and holds $| AC | + | AI | = | BC |$. Prove that $\angle BAC = 2 \angle ABC$.
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parmenides51
Nov 21, 2020
LeYohan
Today at 1:47 AM
Parallelograms and concyclicity
Lukaluce   32
N Today at 1:44 AM by v_Enhance
Source: EGMO 2025 P4
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with incentre $I$ and $AB \neq AC$. Let lines $BI$ and $CI$ intersect the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $P \neq B$ and $Q \neq C$, respectively. Consider points $R$ and $S$ such that $AQRB$ and $ACSP$ are parallelograms (with $AQ \parallel RB, AB \parallel QR, AC \parallel SP$, and $AP \parallel CS$). Let $T$ be the point of intersection of lines $RB$ and $SC$. Prove that points $R, S, T$, and $I$ are concyclic.
32 replies
Lukaluce
Apr 14, 2025
v_Enhance
Today at 1:44 AM
Easy right-angled triangle problem
gghx   7
N Today at 1:02 AM by LeYohan
Source: SMO open 2024 Q1
In triangle $ABC$, $\angle B=90^\circ$, $AB>BC$, and $P$ is the point such that $BP=BC$ and $\angle APB=90^\circ$, where $P$ and $C$ lie on the same side of $AB$. Let $Q$ be the point on $AB$ such that $AP=AQ$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of $QC$. Prove that the line through $M$ parallel to $AP$ passes through the midpoint of $AB$.
7 replies
gghx
Aug 3, 2024
LeYohan
Today at 1:02 AM
A scalene triangle and nine point circle
ariopro1387   2
N Yesterday at 10:23 PM by Mysteriouxxx
Source: Iran Team selection test 2025 - P12
In a scalene triangle $ABC$, points $Y$ and $X$ lie on $AC$ and $BC$ respectively such that $BC \perp XY$. Points $Z$ and $T$ are the reflections of $X$ and $Y$ with respect to the midpoints of sides $BC$ and $AC$, respectively. Point $P$ lies on segment $ZT$ such that the circumcenter of triangle $XZP$ coincides with the circumcenter of triangle $ABC$.
Prove that the nine-point circle of triangle $ABC$ passes through the midpoint of segment $XP$.
2 replies
ariopro1387
May 27, 2025
Mysteriouxxx
Yesterday at 10:23 PM
A circle tangent to AB,AC with center J!
Noob_at_math_69_level   6
N Yesterday at 8:00 PM by awesomeming327.
Source: DGO 2023 Team P2
Let $\triangle{ABC}$ be a triangle with a circle $\Omega$ with center $J$ tangent to sides $AC,AB$ at $E,F$ respectively. Suppose the circle with diameter $AJ$ intersects the circumcircle of $\triangle{ABC}$ again at $T.$ $T'$ is the reflection of $T$ over $AJ$. Suppose points $X,Y$ lie on $\Omega$ such that $EX,FY$ are parallel to $BC$. Prove that: The intersection of $BX,CY$ lie on the circumcircle of $\triangle{BT'C}.$

Proposed by Dtong08math & many authors
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Noob_at_math_69_level
Dec 18, 2023
awesomeming327.
Yesterday at 8:00 PM
Very odd geo
Royal_mhyasd   1
N Yesterday at 6:13 PM by Royal_mhyasd
Source: own (i think)
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute triangle with $AC>AB>BC$ and let $H$ be its orthocenter. Let $P$ be a point on the perpendicular bisector of $AH$ such that $\angle APH=2(\angle ABC - \angle ACB)$ and $P$ and $C$ are on different sides of $AB$, $Q$ a point on the perpendicular bisector of $BH$ such that $\angle BQH = 2(\angle ACB-\angle BAC)$ and $R$ a point on the perpendicular bisector of $CH$ such that $\angle CRH=2(\angle ABC - \angle BAC)$ and $Q,R$ lie on the opposite side of $BC$ w.r.t $A$. Prove that $P,Q$ and $R$ are collinear.
1 reply
Royal_mhyasd
Yesterday at 6:10 PM
Royal_mhyasd
Yesterday at 6:13 PM
Swap to the symmedian
Noob_at_math_69_level   7
N Yesterday at 5:48 PM by awesomeming327.
Source: DGO 2023 Team P1
Let $\triangle{ABC}$ be a triangle with points $U,V$ lie on the perpendicular bisector of $BC$ such that $B,U,V,C$ lie on a circle. Suppose $UD,UE,UF$ are perpendicular to sides $BC,AC,AB$ at points $D,E,F.$ The tangent lines from points $E,F$ to the circumcircle of $\triangle{DEF}$ intersects at point $S.$ Prove that: $AV,DS$ are parallel.

Proposed by Paramizo Dicrominique
7 replies
Noob_at_math_69_level
Dec 18, 2023
awesomeming327.
Yesterday at 5:48 PM
Find the minimum
sqing   1
N Apr 24, 2025 by sqing
Source: SXTX Q616
In acute triangle $ABC$, Find the minimum of $ 2\tan A +9\tan B +17 \tan C .$
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In acute triangle $ABC$, Find the minimum of $ 4\tan A +7\tan B +14 \tan C .$
In acute triangle $ABC$. Prove that$$ 2\tan A +9\tan B +17 \tan C \geq 40 $$
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sqing
Jul 25, 2023
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Apr 24, 2025
Find the minimum
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In acute triangle $ABC$. Prove that$$ 2\tan A +9\tan B +17 \tan C \geq 40 $$
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Let $x\in (0,\frac{\pi}{2}) . $ Find the minimum of $ \frac{1}{3\sin^3x} +\frac{12\sqrt 3}{\cos x} .$
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