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Another right angled triangle
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Source: Iran Team selection test 2025 - P7
Let $ABC$ be a right angled triangle with $\angle A=90$. Point $M$ is the midpoint of side $BC$ And $P$ be an arbitrary point on $AM$. The reflection of $BP$ over $AB$ intersects lines $AC$ and $AM$ at $T$ and $Q$, respectively. The circumcircles of $BPQ$ and $ABC$ intersect again at $F$. Prove that the center of the circumcircle of $CFT$ lies on $BQ$.
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diophantine equation
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Find all positive integers $n,k$ such that $$5^{2n+1}-5^n+1=k^2$$
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ISI UGB 2025 P2
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If the interior angles of a triangle $ABC$ satisfy the equality, $$\sin ^2 A + \sin ^2 B + \sin^2  C = 2 \left( \cos ^2 A + \cos ^2 B + \cos ^2 C \right),$$prove that the triangle must have a right angle.
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Poly with sequence give infinitely many prime divisors
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Let $P(x)$ be a non-constant monic polynomial with integer coefficients and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ be an infinite sequence of positive integers. Prove that there are infinitely many primes, each of which divides at least one term of the sequence $P(n)^{a_n} + 1$.
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Let $P(x)$ be a non-constant monic polynomial with integer coefficients and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ be an infinite sequence of positive integers. Prove that there are infinitely many primes, each of which divides at least one term of the sequence $P(n)^{a_n} + 1$.
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Suppose that $\{p_1,\dots,p_x\}$ is the set of prime divisors of $\{b_i\}$.

Lemma: Let be a prime. If $d$ is the smallest positive integer such that $p|t^d+1$ and $p|t^{dm+r}+1$, where $0\leq r<d$, then $r=0$.
Proof: Suppose that $r\neq 0$. We have $p|(-1)^mt^r+1$ and if $m$ is even, $r<d$ would give a contradiction. For odd $m$, we get $p|t^r-1$ thus, $ord_p(t)|r$ but then $p|t^{d-ord_p(t)}+1$ where $d-ord_p(t)>0$ which results in a contradiction.

Let $p_1|P(1)^{d_1}+1,\dots, p_k|P(1)^{d_k}+1$. We see that for $n\equiv 1(mod \ p_1\dots p_x)$, we have $p_i|P(n)^{d_i}+1$ and $p_i\not | P(n)^{l}+1$ for $l<d_i$ positive integer. Pick $n$ sufficiently large. If $p_i^{\theta_i}||P(1)^{d_i}+1$, then $n\equiv 1(mod \ p_i^{\theta_i+1})$ in order to get $p_i^{\theta_i}||P(n)^{d_i}+1$.
Assume that $rad (P(n)^{a_n}+1)=p_1\dots p_k$. Let $a_n=p_1^{\beta_1}\dots p_k^{\beta_k}m$ for $\beta_j\geq 0$.
\[\nu_{p_i}(P(n)^{a_n}+1)\leq \nu_{p_i}((P(n)^{d_i})^{p_1^{\beta_1}\dots p_k^{\beta_k}m}+1)=\nu_{p_i}(P(n)^{d_i}+1)+\beta_i=\nu_{p_i}(P(1)^{d_i}+1)+\beta_i=\beta_i+\theta_i\]\[P(n)^{p_1^{\beta}\dots p_k^{\beta_k}m}+1\leq p_1^{\beta_1+\theta_1}\dots p_k^{\beta_k+\theta_k}=(p_1^{\beta_1}\dots p_k^{\beta_k})(p_1^{\theta_1}\dots p_k^{\theta_k})\]Let $p_1^{\beta_1}\dots p_k^{\beta_k}=\ell$ and note that $p_1^{\theta_1}\dots p_k^{\theta_k}=c$ is a constant. We have $|P(n)^{\ell}+1|\leq |P(n)^{m\ell}+1|\leq |c\ell|$. Since $P$ is non-constant and monic, $P(n)$ is unbounded above. $P(n)>5c$ exists hence $cl\geq 5^{\ell}.c^{\ell}$ does not hold. Hence we get contradiction as desired.$\blacksquare$
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Nice problem , my solution is similar to bin_sherlo besides that i proved that if there are finite primes then $P(0)=0$ which is contradiction, good problem.
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bin_sherlo wrote:

Let $p_1|P(1)^{d_1}+1,\dots, p_k|P(1)^{d_k}+1$. We see that for $n\equiv 1(mod \ p_1\dots p_x)$, we have $p_i|P(n)^{d_i}+1$ and $p_i\not | P(n)^{l}+1$ for $l<d_i$ positive integer. Pick $n$ sufficiently large. If $p_i^{\theta_i}||P(1)^{d_i}+1$, then $n\equiv 1(mod \ p_i^{\theta_i+1})$ in order to get $p_i^{\theta_i}||P(n)^{d_i}+1$.

Why does such $d_i$'s exsist? What if $p_i\mid P(1)$ or like the situation when $t=2,p=7$? I'm confused.
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DinDean wrote:
bin_sherlo wrote:

Let $p_1|P(1)^{d_1}+1,\dots, p_k|P(1)^{d_k}+1$. We see that for $n\equiv 1(mod \ p_1\dots p_x)$, we have $p_i|P(n)^{d_i}+1$ and $p_i\not | P(n)^{l}+1$ for $l<d_i$ positive integer. Pick $n$ sufficiently large. If $p_i^{\theta_i}||P(1)^{d_i}+1$, then $n\equiv 1(mod \ p_i^{\theta_i+1})$ in order to get $p_i^{\theta_i}||P(n)^{d_i}+1$.

Why does such $d_i$'s exsist? What if $p_i\mid P(1)$ or like the situation when $t=2,p=7$? I'm confused.

Such $d_i$ does not have to exist, but if $p_i|P(n)^{a_n}+1$ for some $i$, then there must be a minimum for $p_i|P(n)^{d_i}+1$.
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A nice problem in the spirit of Sledgehammers in Number Theory, particularly Schur context for the bounded sequence case.

We consider separately the cases when the sequence \( (a_n) \) is unbounded and when it is bounded.

First approach, unbounded

Second approach, unbounded

First approach, bounded

Second approach, bounded
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