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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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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
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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:


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May 4, 2019
Proof-based math
imbadatmath1233   0
4 minutes ago
Okay, I need help in deciding on how i am going to prep. My JMO index was 121.5+11 = 231.5(10A) and I missed the cutoff by 1.5. Ive already grieved about this before but I need some help in deciding what I should do next year. I think I can make JMO but my goal is to get 21+ on JMO. However, OTIS applications are already done so does anyone have any other tips on how to prep for JMO. Any help would be very much appreciated. Also, how much time should i spend on computational if i want to prep for olympiad but I don't want to get rusty. Thanks for helping!
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BAM10   21
N 11 minutes ago by imbadatmath1233
I mock ~90-100 on very recent AMC 10 mock right now. I plan to take AMC 10 final fives(9th), intermediate NT(9th), aime A+B courses in 10th and 11th and maybe mathWOOT 1 (12th). For more info I got 20 on this years AMC 8 with 3 sillies and 32 on MATHCOUNTS chapter. Also what is a realistic timeline to do this
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imbadatmath1233
11 minutes ago
Circles, Lines, Angles, Oh My!
atmchallenge   19
N 23 minutes ago by kilobyte144
Source: 2016 AMC 8 #23
Two congruent circles centered at points $A$ and $B$ each pass through the other circle's center. The line containing both $A$ and $B$ is extended to intersect the circles at points $C$ and $D$. The circles intersect at two points, one of which is $E$. What is the degree measure of $\angle CED$?

$\textbf{(A) }90\qquad\textbf{(B) }105\qquad\textbf{(C) }120\qquad\textbf{(D) }135\qquad \textbf{(E) }150$
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atmchallenge
Nov 23, 2016
kilobyte144
23 minutes ago
4th grader qual JMO
HCM2001   23
N 43 minutes ago by nitride
i mean.. whattttt??? just found out about this.. is he on aops? (i'm sure he is) where are you orz lol..
https://www.mathschool.com/blog/results/celebrating-success-douglas-zhang-is-rsm-s-youngest-usajmo-qualifier
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HCM2001
Today at 12:53 AM
nitride
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Serbian selection contest for the IMO 2025 - P2
OgnjenTesic   8
N an hour ago by MathLuis
Source: Serbian selection contest for the IMO 2025
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle. Let $A'$ be the reflection of point $A$ over the line $BC$. Let $O$ and $H$ be the circumcenter and the orthocenter of triangle $ABC$, respectively, and let $E$ be the midpoint of segment $OH$. Let $D$ and $L$ be the points where the reflection of line $AA'$ with respect to line $OA'$ intersects the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$, where point $D$ lies on the arc $BC$ not containing $A$. If \( M \) is a point on the line \( BC \) such that \( OM \perp AD \), prove that \( \angle MAD = \angle EAL \).

Proposed by Strahinja Gvozdić
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OgnjenTesic
Today at 4:02 PM
MathLuis
an hour ago
Primes and sets
mathisreaI   41
N 2 hours ago by Tinoba-is-emotional
Source: IMO 2022 Problem 3
Let $k$ be a positive integer and let $S$ be a finite set of odd prime numbers. Prove that there is at most one way (up to rotation and reflection) to place the elements of $S$ around the circle such that the product of any two neighbors is of the form $x^2+x+k$ for some positive integer $x$.
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Jul 13, 2022
Tinoba-is-emotional
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Minimum times maximum
y-is-the-best-_   64
N 2 hours ago by ezpotd
Source: IMO 2019 SL A2
Let $u_1, u_2, \dots, u_{2019}$ be real numbers satisfying \[u_{1}+u_{2}+\cdots+u_{2019}=0 \quad \text { and } \quad u_{1}^{2}+u_{2}^{2}+\cdots+u_{2019}^{2}=1.\]Let $a=\min \left(u_{1}, u_{2}, \ldots, u_{2019}\right)$ and $b=\max \left(u_{1}, u_{2}, \ldots, u_{2019}\right)$. Prove that
\[
a b \leqslant-\frac{1}{2019}.
\]
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y-is-the-best-_
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ezpotd
2 hours ago
Prove $x+y$ is a composite number.
mt0204   1
N 2 hours ago by sharknavy75
Let $x, y \in \mathbb{N}^*$ such that $1000 x^{2023}+2024 y^{2023}$ is divisible by $x+y$ and $x+y>2$. Prove that $x+y$ is a composite number.
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mt0204
Today at 3:59 PM
sharknavy75
2 hours ago
Serbian selection contest for the IMO 2025 - P1
OgnjenTesic   2
N 2 hours ago by MathLuis
Source: Serbian selection contest for the IMO 2025
Let \( p \geq 7 \) be a prime number and \( m \in \mathbb{N} \). Prove that
\[\left| p^m - (p - 2)! \right| > p^2.\]Proposed by Miloš Milićev
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OgnjenTesic
Today at 4:01 PM
MathLuis
2 hours ago
JBMO Shortlist 2021 N1
Lukaluce   15
N 2 hours ago by LeYohan
Source: JBMO Shortlist 2021
Find all positive integers $a, b, c$ such that $ab + 1$, $bc + 1$, and $ca + 1$ are all equal to
factorials of some positive integers.

Proposed by Nikola Velov, Macedonia
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Lukaluce
Jul 2, 2022
LeYohan
2 hours ago
a+b+c+d divides abc+bcd+cda+dab
v_Enhance   51
N 2 hours ago by BossLu99
Source: USA Team Selection Test for IMO 2021, Problem 1
Determine all integers $s \ge 4$ for which there exist positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ such that $s = a+b+c+d$ and $s$ divides $abc+abd+acd+bcd$.

Proposed by Ankan Bhattacharya and Michael Ren
51 replies
v_Enhance
Mar 1, 2021
BossLu99
2 hours ago
three discs of radius 1 cannot cover entirely a square surface of side 2
parmenides51   1
N 3 hours ago by Blast_S1
Source: 2014 Romania NMO VIII p4
Prove that three discs of radius $1$ cannot cover entirely a square surface of side $2$, but they can cover more than $99.75\%$ of it.
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parmenides51
Aug 15, 2024
Blast_S1
3 hours ago
Floor sequence
va2010   88
N 3 hours ago by heheman
Source: 2015 ISL N1
Determine all positive integers $M$ such that the sequence $a_0, a_1, a_2, \cdots$ defined by \[ a_0 = M + \frac{1}{2}   \qquad  \textrm{and} \qquad    a_{k+1} = a_k\lfloor a_k \rfloor   \quad \textrm{for} \, k = 0, 1, 2, \cdots \]contains at least one integer term.
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va2010
Jul 7, 2016
heheman
3 hours ago
2025 Caucasus MO Juniors P6
BR1F1SZ   2
N 4 hours ago by IEatProblemsForBreakfast
Source: Caucasus MO
A point $P$ is chosen inside a convex quadrilateral $ABCD$. Could it happen that$$PA = AB, \quad PB = BC, \quad PC = CD \quad \text{and} \quad PD = DA?$$
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BR1F1SZ
Mar 26, 2025
IEatProblemsForBreakfast
4 hours ago
Where to Learn Barycentric Coordinates
srisainandan6   9
N Apr 28, 2020 by amuthup
So I was doing this year's AIME #13, and I realized you could solve it with Barycentric Coordinates.

Can anyone post resources/links on where to learn barycentric coordinates? I know mass points but not barycentric coordinates.

Thanks in advance, srisianandan6
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srisainandan6
Apr 27, 2020
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Apr 28, 2020
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So I was doing this year's AIME #13, and I realized you could solve it with Barycentric Coordinates.

Can anyone post resources/links on where to learn barycentric coordinates? I know mass points but not barycentric coordinates.

Thanks in advance, srisianandan6
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Try EGMO or Evan chen's Barycentric coordinates handout.
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ok thanks @above

but aren't both of those really advanced. Is there any place easier to learn it
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I honestly believe that barycentric coordinates is just a matter of memorization. I'll go into a basic intro (that should help you easily understand the rest of EGMO's chapter):

Consider a triangle $\triangle ABC$ (doesn't have to be called $ABC$), and we define the homogenized barycentric coordinate as
\[P=\left(\dfrac{[PBC]}{[ABC]},\dfrac{[PAC]}{[ABC]},\dfrac{[PAB]}{[ABC]}\right)\]Note that we can define $A=(1,0,0),B=(0,1,0),C=(0,0,1)$ in this system. Furthermore, if a point $P\in BC$, then we have that $[PBC]=0$, so thus we easily have that
\[P=(0,\text{something},1-\text{something})\]What are the advantages of barycentric coordinates? Here are a few:
  • We can easily find the area of a triangle $PQR$ as
    \[[ABC]\begin{vmatrix}p_1&q_1&r_1\\p_2&q_2&r_2\\p_3&q_3&r_3\end{vmatrix}\]where $P=(p_1,p_2,p_3)$ and $Q,R$ are defined analogously.
  • The formula for many of the standard centers are pretty immediate. For example, consider the centroid. We have that the medians divide a triangle into $6$ triangles of equal areas, so
    \[G=\left(\dfrac{[GBC]}{[ABC]},\dfrac{[GAC]}{[ABC]},\dfrac{[GAB]}{[ABC]}\right)=\left(\dfrac 13,\dfrac 13,\dfrac 13\right)\]The circumcenter and orthocenter aren't as nice, but still are nice. Furthermore, we have that
    \[[IBC]=\dfrac 12ar\]and analogous objects, so thus
    \[I=\left(\dfrac{ar}{2rs},\dfrac{br}{2rs},\dfrac{cr}{2rs}\right)\]where I used $[ABC]=rs$. However, we can "cancel" the $r$ to get
    \[I=\left(\dfrac{a}{2s},\dfrac{b}{2s},\dfrac{c}{2s}\right)\]
  • We can actually expand our definition to unhomogenized barycentric coordinates, where we have that
    \[P=(x:y:z)\]as long as $x,y,z$ are in the same ratio as $[PBC],[PAC],[PAB]$. That allows us to remove the denominator in, for example, $I$, so we get
    \[I=(a:b:c)\]\[G=(1:1:1)\]
  • We can actually transform barycentric coordinates into vectors by assuming that
    \[\vec P=x\vec A+y\vec B+z\vec C\iff P=(x,y,z)\]That helps, for example, with finding the distance between two points, finding perpendicular lines, and also finding circles.
This is a non-exhaustive list. Try to use them for several problems - especially when you think that finding a synthetic solution is going to be pretty hard. I do suggest EGMO for reading however.
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srisainandan6 wrote:
ok thanks @above

but aren't both of those really advanced. Is there any place easier to learn it

Yes, but they start from very basics. Barycentric coords is just a rather advanced topic, that doesn't really come up on AIME or AMC.
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A lot of problems can be barybashed, though.
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wait theoretically if you were to learn bary, could you bary bash all aime geo within a reasonable time limit? is this a good idea?! I hear bary bashing is very powerful but i assume it's mainly for oly >_<

^bc synthetic geo...is not exactly my strong point (aka i have 0 intuition)
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wait theoretically if you were to learn bary, could you bary bash all aime geo within a reasonable time limit? is this a good idea?! I hear bary bashing is very powerful but i assume it's mainly for oly >_<

^bc synthetic geo...is not exactly my strong point (aka i have 0 intuition)

No. No. No. Don't try something with like 50 circles. Maybe, but not. Learn all forms of bashing, and come back to learn the ways.

Also, I mainly suggest learning a few important configurations and then bash effortlessly.
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When I did the bary chapter in EGMO, I basically skimmed the whole chapter without understanding anything, and then just constantly referred to the areal definition for the problems. Over time, the concepts became much easier to understand, and as @naman12 pointed out, it is just memorization. So don't be scared of Evan Chen's bary handout!
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