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k a July Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jwelsh   0
Jul 1, 2025
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jwelsh
Jul 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
I'm moving my marbles
YaoAOPS   4
N 2 minutes ago by Sunshine132
Source: IMO Shortlist 2024 C6
Let $n$ and $T$ be positive integers. James has $4n$ marbles with weights $1$, $2$, \dots, $4n$. He places them on a balance scale, so that both sides have equal weight. Andrew may move a marble from one side of the scale to the other, so that the absolute difference in weights of the two sides remains at most $T$.

Find, in terms of $n$, the minimum positive integer $T$ such that Andrew may make a sequence of moves such that each marble ends up on the opposite side of the scale, regardless of how James initially placed the marbles.
4 replies
YaoAOPS
Jul 16, 2025
Sunshine132
2 minutes ago
\sqrt{4^x + 5^y} is rational for integers x,y
parmenides51   3
N 4 minutes ago by blug
Source: 2017 Romania JBMO TST 1.3
Determine the integers $x$ and $y$ for which $\sqrt{4^x + 5^y}$ is rational.
3 replies
parmenides51
Jun 27, 2020
blug
4 minutes ago
IMO ShortList 2002, geometry problem 7
orl   112
N 7 minutes ago by Kempu33334
Source: IMO ShortList 2002, geometry problem 7
The incircle $ \Omega$ of the acute-angled triangle $ ABC$ is tangent to its side $ BC$ at a point $ K$. Let $ AD$ be an altitude of triangle $ ABC$, and let $ M$ be the midpoint of the segment $ AD$. If $ N$ is the common point of the circle $ \Omega$ and the line $ KM$ (distinct from $ K$), then prove that the incircle $ \Omega$ and the circumcircle of triangle $ BCN$ are tangent to each other at the point $ N$.
112 replies
orl
Sep 28, 2004
Kempu33334
7 minutes ago
Finding all integers with a divisibility condition
Tintarn   16
N 10 minutes ago by LeYohan
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 $d^2n+1$.
16 replies
Tintarn
Jun 22, 2020
LeYohan
10 minutes ago
2024 ISL A3
sqing-inequality-BUST   13
N 12 minutes ago by ray66
Source: 2024 ISL A3
Decide whether for every sequence $(a_n)$ of positive real numbers,

$\frac{3^{a_1}+3^{a_2}+\cdots+3^{a_n}}{(2^{a_1}+2^{a_2}+\cdots+2^{a_n})^2} < \frac{1}{2024}$

is true for at least one positive integer $n$.
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sqing-inequality-BUST
Jul 16, 2025
ray66
12 minutes ago
E_1F_1 = E_2F_2 geometry
v_Enhance   56
N 18 minutes ago by BS2012
Source: USA TSTST 2018 Problem 5
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with circumcircle $\omega$, and let $H$ be the foot of the altitude from $A$ to $\overline{BC}$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be the points on $\omega$ with $PA = PH$ and $QA = QH$. The tangent to $\omega$ at $P$ intersects lines $AC$ and $AB$ at $E_1$ and $F_1$ respectively; the tangent to $\omega$ at $Q$ intersects lines $AC$ and $AB$ at $E_2$ and $F_2$ respectively. Show that the circumcircles of $\triangle AE_1F_1$ and $\triangle AE_2F_2$ are congruent, and the line through their centers is parallel to the tangent to $\omega$ at $A$.

Ankan Bhattacharya and Evan Chen
56 replies
v_Enhance
Jun 26, 2018
BS2012
18 minutes ago
Integers and divisibility
Rukevwe   5
N 23 minutes ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
Source: 2022 Switzerland IMO TST, Problem 6
Let $n \geq 2$ be an integer. Prove that if $$\frac{n^2+4^n+7^n}{n}$$is an integer, then it is divisible by 11.
5 replies
Rukevwe
Aug 7, 2022
SomeonecoolLovesMaths
23 minutes ago
Navid FE on R+
Assassino9931   3
N an hour ago by Mysteriouxxx
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 $x,y$.
3 replies
Assassino9931
Apr 9, 2025
Mysteriouxxx
an hour ago
IMO 2025 P2
sarjinius   84
N an hour ago by pi271828
Source: 2025 IMO P2
Let $\Omega$ and $\Gamma$ be circles with centres $M$ and $N$, respectively, such that the radius of $\Omega$ is less than the radius of $\Gamma$. Suppose $\Omega$ and $\Gamma$ intersect at two distinct points $A$ and $B$. Line $MN$ intersects $\Omega$ at $C$ and $\Gamma$ at $D$, so that $C, M, N, D$ lie on $MN$ in that order. Let $P$ be the circumcentre of triangle $ACD$. Line $AP$ meets $\Omega$ again at $E\neq A$ and meets $\Gamma$ again at $F\neq A$. Let $H$ be the orthocentre of triangle $PMN$.

Prove that the line through $H$ parallel to $AP$ is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle $BEF$.

Proposed by Trần Quang Hùng, Vietnam
84 replies
sarjinius
Jul 15, 2025
pi271828
an hour ago
symplification of trig eqs
youochange   2
N an hour ago by BLUE_ECLIPSE
symplify the following:

tan$\theta$ tan$4\theta$ tan$7\theta$ ... tan$(3n-2)\theta$
2 replies
youochange
Today at 1:14 PM
BLUE_ECLIPSE
an hour ago
Polynomials
JetFire008   2
N an hour ago by RagvaloD
Source: own
Find a fifth degree polynomial $p(x)$ such that $p(x)+1$ is divisible by $(x-1)^3$ and $p(x)-1$ is divisible by $(x+1)^3$.
2 replies
JetFire008
4 hours ago
RagvaloD
an hour ago
medium lvl NT
COCBSGGCTG3   1
N an hour ago by Solar Plexsus
Source: Azerbaijan Senior Math Olympiad Training TST 2025 P3
Find all $k$ natural numbers such that there exist natural numbers $x$, $y$ such that $\frac{x^k y}{y^2-x^2}$ is a prime number.
1 reply
COCBSGGCTG3
Today at 4:42 AM
Solar Plexsus
an hour ago
trig telescoping
ACalculationError   1
N an hour ago by P0tat0b0y
Source: PMO 2017 Qualifying Stage Part I. 8
Problem Statement: Evaluate the sum
$$1 + \cos\frac{\pi}{3} + \cos\frac{2\pi}{3} + \cos\frac{3\pi}{3} + \dots + \cos\frac{2016\pi}{3}.$$Answer Confirmation
Solution
1 reply
ACalculationError
4 hours ago
P0tat0b0y
an hour ago
original problem with double angle identities
ACalculationError   1
N an hour ago by P0tat0b0y
Problem Statement: Evaluate
$$\frac{1}{\sin^2 \theta} + \frac{1}{\cos^2 \theta}$$given that
$$\tan(2\theta) = 4, \quad 0 < \theta < \frac{\pi}{4}$$Answer Confirmation
Solution
1 reply
ACalculationError
2 hours ago
P0tat0b0y
an hour ago
solve this problem by use invariant
illybest   1
N May 14, 2025 by GreekIdiot
Define a "hook" to be a figure made up of six unit squares as shown below in the picture, or any of the figures obtained by applying rotations and reflections to this figure.
Determine all mxn rectangles that can be covered without gaps and without overlaps with hooks such that

- the rectangle is covered without gaps and without overlaps
- no part of a hook covers area outside the rectangle.
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illybest
May 5, 2024
GreekIdiot
May 14, 2025
solve this problem by use invariant
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Define a "hook" to be a figure made up of six unit squares as shown below in the picture, or any of the figures obtained by applying rotations and reflections to this figure.
Determine all mxn rectangles that can be covered without gaps and without overlaps with hooks such that

- the rectangle is covered without gaps and without overlaps
- no part of a hook covers area outside the rectangle.
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