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, do not answer with "
is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "
is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
be a positive integer. A subset 
with four distinct elements is special if there exists a rearrangement 
of 
such that 
. Prove that the set 
cannot be partitioned into special disjoint sets.
(first player) and 
, take alternate turns in playing a game using 2016 chips as follows: the player whose turn it is, must remove 
chips from the remaining pile of chips, where 
. No one can skip a turn. The player who at some point is unable to make a move (cannot remove chips from the pile) loses the game. Who among the two players can force a win on this game?
be positive real numbers so that 
. Prove that![\[ \left( a - 1 + \frac 1b \right) \left( b - 1 + \frac 1c \right) \left( c - 1 + \frac 1a \right) \leq 1.
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. Denote by 
the number of changes of signs in the
Then prove that
.
be an acute triangle with orthocenter 
, and let 
be a point on the side 
, lying strictly between 
and 
. The points 
and 
are the feet of the altitudes from and , respectively. Denote by 
is the circumcircle of 
, and let 
be the point on such that 
is a diameter of . Analogously, denote by 
the circumcircle of triangle 
, and let 
be the point such that 
is a diameter of . Prove that 
and are collinear.
greater than 
, such that, if 
, then 
satisfying 
and their sum is an even number, consider the quadratic polynomial:![\[
P(x) = x^2 - (m^2 - m + 1)x + (m^2 - n^2 - m)(n^2 + 1).
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are positive integers but are not perfect squares.
and are externally tangent at a point 
. Let 
be a line tangent to at 
and at 
. Let 
and 
be diameters in and respectively. Suppose points 
and 
lies on such that 
and 
are tangent to , and points 
and 
lies on such that 
and 
are tangent to ., , , lie on a circle 
., , , determine a quadrilateral with an incircle 
, and its radius is 
times the radius of .
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. I couldn't solve this and was wondering if any of you can find the pattern
. I couldn't solve this and was wondering if any of you can find the pattern
.
, and thus the next term is 
and 
Prove that
:
,
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1, 2, 5, 40, 1280, ?
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![\[
a_n = \frac{381}{8}n^{4} - \frac{1885}{4}n^{3} + \frac{13103}{8}n^{2} - \frac{9313}{4}n + 1115
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:![\[
a_1 = \frac{381}{8}(1)^4 - \frac{1885}{4}(1)^3 + \frac{13103}{8}(1)^2 - \frac{9313}{4}(1) + 1115 = 1
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/a/4/b/a4b8690544780a4953ff30b7e9bfd650d5c05c64.png)
:![\[
a_2 = \frac{381}{8}(2)^4 - \frac{1885}{4}(2)^3 + \frac{13103}{8}(2)^2 - \frac{9313}{4}(2) + 1115 = 2
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/0/1/401ac0e6b9e04a3bbb18b93adf3afd46aa401c2a.png)
:![\[
a_3 = \frac{381}{8}(3)^4 - \frac{1885}{4}(3)^3 + \frac{13103}{8}(3)^2 - \frac{9313}{4}(3) + 1115 = 5
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/7/f/c/7fc785dbf6d9a0992d3bb5e2011bc4db67ef1c02.png)
:![\[
a_4 = \frac{381}{8}(4)^4 - \frac{1885}{4}(4)^3 + \frac{13103}{8}(4)^2 - \frac{9313}{4}(4) + 1115 = 40
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/2/1/b/21b4e2e4d19b6d5c983417f70abf485ad3eb155a.png)
:![\[
a_5 = \frac{381}{8}(5)^4 - \frac{1885}{4}(5)^3 + \frac{13103}{8}(5)^2 - \frac{9313}{4}(5) + 1115 = 1280
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/d/9/bd9f2528ec68ad7182630c86181261f2eeabad17.png)
:![\[
a_6 = \frac{381}{8}(6)^4 - \frac{1885}{4}(6)^3 + \frac{13103}{8}(6)^2 - \frac{9313}{4}(6) + 1115
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/4/a/8/4a8c57a4df9d6246743b76544bd06d424c99c27f.png)
![\[
a_6 = \frac{381}{8} \times 1296 - \frac{1885}{4} \times 216 + \frac{13103}{8} \times 36 - \frac{9313}{4} \times 6 + 1115
\]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/b/a/d/bade9652d9835650aa5c7ae840e9564696946715.png)
![\[
a_6 = 69420
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