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May 1, 2025
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jlacosta
May 1, 2025
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Hard to approach it !
BogG   131
N 2 minutes ago by Giant_PT
Source: Swiss Imo Selection 2006
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB \not= AC$. Let $H$ be the orthocenter of triangle $ABC$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of the side $BC$. Let $D$ be a point on the side $AB$ and $E$ a point on the side $AC$ such that $AE=AD$ and the points $D$, $H$, $E$ are on the same line. Prove that the line $HM$ is perpendicular to the common chord of the circumscribed circles of triangle $\triangle ABC$ and triangle $\triangle ADE$.
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BogG
May 25, 2006
Giant_PT
2 minutes ago
Inspired by lbh_qys.
sqing   1
N 8 minutes ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b>0   $ . Prove that
$$ \frac{a}{a^2+a +b+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+a +b+1}  \leq  \frac{1}{2} $$$$ \frac{a}{a^2+ab+a+b+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+ab+a+b+1} \leq   \sqrt 2-1  $$$$\frac{a}{a^2+ab+a+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+ab+b+1} \leq  \frac{2(2\sqrt 2-1)}{7} $$$$\frac{a}{a^2+ab+b+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+ab+a+1} \leq  \frac{2(2\sqrt 2-1)}{7} $$
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sqing
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sqing
8 minutes ago
3-var inequality
sqing   2
N 35 minutes ago by sqing
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Let $ a,b,c>0 $ and $\frac{1}{a+1}+ \frac{1}{b+1}+\frac{1}{c+1}   \geq \frac{a+b +c}{2}   $ . Prove that
$$ \frac{1}{a+2}+ \frac{1}{b+2} + \frac{1}{c+2}\geq1$$
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sqing
an hour ago
sqing
35 minutes ago
2-var inequality
sqing   4
N 38 minutes ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b>0   $ . Prove that
$$\frac{a}{a^2+b+1}+ \frac{b}{b^2+a+1} \leq  \frac{2}{3} $$Thank lbh_qys.
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sqing
an hour ago
sqing
38 minutes ago
Inequalities
sqing   1
N an hour ago by sqing
Let $ a, b, c >0, a^2 + \frac{b}{a}  = 8 $ and $ 3a + b + c \geq  9\sqrt{3} .$ Prove that $$   ab + c^2\geq 18$$
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sqing
Yesterday at 9:08 AM
sqing
an hour ago
non-homogeneous inequality
BrocSoc   2
N 2 hours ago by sqing
$a+b+c+d=4$. Prove that $$ \frac{4}{abcd} \ge \frac{a}{b} + \frac{b}{c} +\frac{c}{d} +\frac{d}{a} $$
Source: Exercise 1.3.2 in https://web.williams.edu/Mathematics/sjmiller/public_html/161/articles/Riasat_BasicsOlympiadInequalities.pdf
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BrocSoc
Yesterday at 8:05 PM
sqing
2 hours ago
2 circles
macves   0
2 hours ago
Triangle ABC having AM as bisector of angle BAC. Let O và O’ be incenters of triangle ABM, ACM, respectively. (O) touchs AB at E, (O') touchs AC at F. EF intersects (O) at X and (O') at Y. Prove that EX = FY.
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macves
2 hours ago
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How many nonnegative integers
Darealzolt   5
N 5 hours ago by ilikemath247365
How many nonnegative integers can be written in the form
\[
a_7 \cdot 3^7 + a_6 \cdot 3^6 + a_5 \cdot 3^5 + a_4 \cdot 3^4 + a_3 \cdot 3^3 + a_2 \cdot 3^2 + a_1 \cdot 3^1 + a_0 \cdot 3^0
\]where \( a_i \in \{-1, 0, 1\} \) for \( 0 \le i \le 7 \)?
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Darealzolt
Yesterday at 4:58 AM
ilikemath247365
5 hours ago
Weird locus problem
Sedro   4
N Yesterday at 9:09 PM by ReticulatedPython
Points $A$ and $B$ are in the coordinate plane such that $AB=2$. Let $\mathcal{H}$ denote the locus of all points $P$ in the coordinate plane satisfying $PA\cdot PB=2$, and let $M$ be the midpoint of $AB$. Points $X$ and $Y$ are on $\mathcal{H}$ such that $\angle XMY = 45^\circ$ and $MX\cdot MY=\sqrt{2}$. The value of $MX^4 + MY^4$ can be expressed in the form $\tfrac{m}{n}$, where $m$ and $n$ are relatively prime positive integers. Find $m+n$.
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Sedro
May 11, 2025
ReticulatedPython
Yesterday at 9:09 PM
How much sides does M and N have
Darealzolt   1
N Yesterday at 7:47 PM by Lankou
Two regular polygons have \( m \) sides and \( n \) sides, respectively. The total number of sides is 33, and the total number of diagonals is 243. What are the values of \( m \) and \( n \)?
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Darealzolt
Yesterday at 5:00 AM
Lankou
Yesterday at 7:47 PM
Compilation of functions problems
Saucepan_man02   5
N Yesterday at 7:16 PM by Konigsberg
Could anyone post some handout/compilation of problems related to functions (difficulty similar to AIME/ARML/HMMT etc)?

Thanks..
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Saucepan_man02
May 7, 2025
Konigsberg
Yesterday at 7:16 PM
polynomials book recs
sunshine_12   2
N Yesterday at 7:14 PM by Konigsberg
hi all! I know pretty much all of the basic high school algebra upto 11th grade- quadratics, solving equations, matrices nd determinants, etc. I was looking for book recs or handouts on polynomials, but pls know that I have no previous experience whatsoever in olympiad algebra. I did try from an excursion in mathematics but couldn't really approach the problems. any help would be rlly appreciated.
xx
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sunshine_12
Yesterday at 4:07 PM
Konigsberg
Yesterday at 7:14 PM
Continued fraction
ReticulatedPython   4
N Yesterday at 6:04 PM by jasperE3
Find the exact value of the continued fraction $$1^2+\frac{1}{2^2+\frac{1}{3^2+\frac{1}{4^2+\frac{1}{5^2+\cdots}}}}
$$
I know that it is approximately $1.2432$ but I am looking for the exact value. Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
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ReticulatedPython
Yesterday at 4:03 PM
jasperE3
Yesterday at 6:04 PM
Can someone catch my mistake?
jL56L06B9   3
N Yesterday at 4:12 PM by RegalSparrow
$4$ knights and $4$ jokers are to be seated around a round table. They randomly pick the particular seats they want to sit at. What's the probability they'd be seated alternately?
sol
what I did
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jL56L06B9
Aug 2, 2020
RegalSparrow
Yesterday at 4:12 PM
Help me :)
M.Roueintan   2
N Apr 29, 2025 by frost23
Hi everyone
I actually didn't know where to ask this question, so i'm sorry for asking here
Do you know a good resource for learning complex numbers? something like book..
What about a good resource for learning polynomial Interpolation?
Thanks
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M.Roueintan
Apr 29, 2025
frost23
Apr 29, 2025
Help me :)
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Hi everyone
I actually didn't know where to ask this question, so i'm sorry for asking here
Do you know a good resource for learning complex numbers? something like book..
What about a good resource for learning polynomial Interpolation?
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There is a book by Titu Andreescu and Dorin Andrica for complex numbers and it's called Complex numbers from A to Z
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yes it is very good
there is also a book higher algebra barnald and child
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