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jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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jlacosta
May 1, 2025
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Finding Max!
goldeneagle   4
N 7 minutes ago by aidan0626
Source: Iran 3rd round 2013 - Algebra Exam - Problem 2
Real numbers $a_1 , a_2 , \dots, a_n$ add up to zero. Find the maximum of $a_1 x_1 + a_2 x_2 + \dots + a_n x_n$ in term of $a_i$'s, when $x_i$'s vary in real numbers such that $(x_1 - x_2)^2 + (x_2 - x_3)^2 + \dots + (x_{n-1} - x_n)^2 \leq 1$.
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goldeneagle
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aidan0626
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produit   0
8 minutes ago
Find the lowest value of C for which there exists such sequence
1 = x_0 ⩾ x_1 ⩾ x_2 ⩾ . . . ⩾ x_n ⩾ . . .
that for any positive integer n
x_{0}^2/x_{1}+x_{1}^{2}/x_{2}+ . . . +x_{n}^2/x_{n+1}< C.
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math_comb01   38
N 40 minutes ago by lakshya2009
Source: INMO 2024/3
Let $p$ be an odd prime and $a,b,c$ be integers so that the integers $$a^{2023}+b^{2023},\quad b^{2024}+c^{2024},\quad a^{2025}+c^{2025}$$are divisible by $p$.
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$\quad$
Proposed by Navilarekallu Tejaswi
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math_comb01
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lakshya2009
40 minutes ago
number of positive divisors is equal to n/5
falantrng   4
N an hour ago by Adywastaken
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loup blanc
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RobertRogo   3
N Yesterday at 5:45 PM by Etkan
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Let $A, B \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ Show that the following statements are equivalent:

i) For every $C \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ there exist $X, Y \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ such that $AX + YB = C$
ii) For every $C \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ there exist $U, V \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{C})$ such that $A^2 U + V B^2 = C$

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ehsan2004   2
N Yesterday at 5:25 PM by pi_quadrat_sechstel
Let $ \lambda_1 \leq \lambda_2 \leq...$ be a positive sequence and let $ K$ be a constant such that \[  \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \lambda^2_k < K \lambda^2_n \;(n=1,2,...).\] Prove that there exists a constant $ K'$ such that \[  \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \lambda_k < K' \lambda_n \;(n=1,2,...).\]

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N Yesterday at 4:46 PM by loup blanc
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N Yesterday at 3:54 PM by alexheinis
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Kent Merryfield   14
N Yesterday at 3:06 PM by anudeep
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Kent Merryfield
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anudeep
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RobertRogo   1
N Yesterday at 2:41 PM by pi_quadrat_sechstel
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Find all functions $f \colon \mathbb{R} \to (0, \infty)$ of class $C^2$ for which there exists an $\alpha>1$ such that $$f''(x)f(x) \geq \alpha \left(f'(x)\right)^2, \; \forall x \in \mathbb{R}$$
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RobertRogo
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pi_quadrat_sechstel
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Putnam 1983 B6
Kunihiko_Chikaya   1
N Yesterday at 2:26 PM by pi_quadrat_sechstel
Let $ k$ be a positive integer, let $ m=2^k+1$, and let $ r\neq 1$ be a complex root of $ z^m-1=0$. Prove that there exist polynomials $ P(z)$ and $ Q(z)$ with integer coefficients such that $ (P(r))^2+(Q(r))^2=-1$.
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Kunihiko_Chikaya
Jun 5, 2008
pi_quadrat_sechstel
Yesterday at 2:26 PM
Preparing for Putnam level entrance examinations
Cats_on_a_computer   2
N Yesterday at 2:20 PM by anudeep
Non American high schooler in the equivalent of grade 12 here. Where I live, two the best undergraduates program in the country accepts students based on a common entrance exam. The first half of the exam is “screening”, with 4 options being presented per question, each of which one has to assign a True or False. This first half is about the difficulty of an average AIME, or JEE Adv paper, and it is a requirement for any candidate to achieve at least 24/40 on this half for the examiners to even consider grading the second part. The second part consists of long form questions, and I have, no joke, seen them literally rip off, verbatim, Putnam A6s. Some of the problems are generally standard textbook problems in certain undergrad courses but obviously that doesn’t translate it to being doable for high school students. I’ve effectively got to prepare for a slightly nerfed Putnam, if you will, and so I’ve been looking for resources (not just problems) for Putnam level questions. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Cats_on_a_computer
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anudeep
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Hard Polynomial
ZeltaQN2008   1
N Apr 18, 2025 by kiyoras_2001
Source: IDK
Let ?(?) be a polynomial with integer coefficients. Suppose there exist infinitely many integer pairs (?,?) such that
?(?) + ?(?) = 0. Prove that the graph of ?(?) is symmetric about a point (i.e., it has a center of symmetry).






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ZeltaQN2008
Apr 16, 2025
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Apr 18, 2025
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