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k a My Retirement & New Leadership at AoPS
rrusczyk   1571
N Mar 26, 2025 by SmartGroot
I write today to announce my retirement as CEO from Art of Problem Solving. When I founded AoPS 22 years ago, I never imagined that we would reach so many students and families, or that we would find so many channels through which we discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and I’m thankful for the many supporters who provided inspiration and encouragement along the way. I'm particularly grateful to all of the wonderful members of the AoPS Community!

I’m delighted to introduce our new leaders - Ben Kornell and Andrew Sutherland. Ben has extensive experience in education and edtech prior to joining AoPS as my successor as CEO, including starting like I did as a classroom teacher. He has a deep understanding of the value of our work because he’s an AoPS parent! Meanwhile, Andrew and I have common roots as founders of education companies; he launched Quizlet at age 15! His journey from founder to MIT to technology and product leader as our Chief Product Officer traces a pathway many of our students will follow in the years to come.

Thank you again for your support for Art of Problem Solving and we look forward to working with millions more wonderful problem solvers in the years to come.

And special thanks to all of the amazing AoPS team members who have helped build AoPS. We’ve come a long way from here:IMAGE
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rrusczyk
Mar 24, 2025
SmartGroot
Mar 26, 2025
k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
Mar 2, 2025
March is the month for State MATHCOUNTS competitions! Kudos to everyone who participated in their local chapter competitions and best of luck to all going to State! Join us on March 11th for a Math Jam devoted to our favorite Chapter competition problems! Are you interested in training for MATHCOUNTS? Be sure to check out our AMC 8/MATHCOUNTS Basics and Advanced courses.

Are you ready to level up with Olympiad training? Registration is open with early bird pricing available for our WOOT programs: MathWOOT (Levels 1 and 2), CodeWOOT, PhysicsWOOT, and ChemWOOT. What is WOOT? WOOT stands for Worldwide Online Olympiad Training and is a 7-month high school math Olympiad preparation and testing program that brings together many of the best students from around the world to learn Olympiad problem solving skills. Classes begin in September!

Do you have plans this summer? There are so many options to fit your schedule and goals whether attending a summer camp or taking online classes, it can be a great break from the routine of the school year. Check out our summer courses at AoPS Online, or if you want a math or language arts class that doesn’t have homework, but is an enriching summer experience, our AoPS Virtual Campus summer camps may be just the ticket! We are expanding our locations for our AoPS Academies across the country with 15 locations so far and new campuses opening in Saratoga CA, Johns Creek GA, and the Upper West Side NY. Check out this page for summer camp information.

Be sure to mark your calendars for the following events:
[list][*]March 5th (Wednesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, HCSSiM Math Jam 2025. Amber Verser, Assistant Director of the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, will host an information session about HCSSiM, a summer program for high school students.
[*]March 6th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar on Math Competitions from elementary through high school. Join us for an enlightening session that demystifies the world of math competitions and helps you make informed decisions about your contest journey.
[*]March 11th (Tuesday), 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET, 2025 MATHCOUNTS Chapter Discussion MATH JAM. AoPS instructors will discuss some of their favorite problems from the MATHCOUNTS Chapter Competition. All are welcome!
[*]March 13th (Thursday), 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET, Free Webinar about Summer Camps at the Virtual Campus. Transform your summer into an unforgettable learning adventure! From elementary through high school, we offer dynamic summer camps featuring topics in mathematics, language arts, and competition preparation - all designed to fit your schedule and ignite your passion for learning.[/list]
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jlacosta
Mar 2, 2025
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
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
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
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:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
AMC 10/AIME Study Forum
PatTheKing806   55
N 7 minutes ago by MathRook7817
[center]

Me (PatTheKing806) and EaZ_Shadow have created a AMC 10/AIME Study Forum! Hopefully, this forum wont die quickly. To signup, do /join or \join.

Click here to join! (or do some pushups) :P

People should join this forum if they are wanting to do well on the AMC 10 next year, trying get into AIME, or loves math!
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PatTheKing806
Thursday at 11:34 PM
MathRook7817
7 minutes ago
USA Canada math camp
Bread10   36
N 16 minutes ago by torch
How difficult is it to get into USA Canada math camp? What should be expected from an accepted applicant in terms of the qualifying quiz, essays and other awards or math context?
36 replies
Bread10
Mar 2, 2025
torch
16 minutes ago
An almost identity polynomial
nAalniaOMliO   3
N an hour ago by jasperE3
Source: Belarusian National Olympiad 2025
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that $P(1)=1,P(2)=2,\ldots,P(n)=n$.
Prove that $P(0)$ is divisible $2 \cdot 3 \cdot \ldots \cdot n$.
3 replies
nAalniaOMliO
5 hours ago
jasperE3
an hour ago
Harmonic Series and Infinite Sequences
steven_zhang123   0
an hour ago
Source: China TST 2025 P19
Let $\left \{ x_n \right \} _{n\ge 1}$ and $\left \{ y_n \right \} _{n\ge 1}$ be two infinite sequences of integers. Prove that there exists an infinite sequence of integers $\left \{ z_n \right \} _{n\ge 1}$ such that for any positive integer \( n \), the following holds:

\[
\sum_{k|n} k \cdot z_k^{\frac{n}{k}} = \left( \sum_{k|n} k \cdot x_k^{\frac{n}{k}} \right) \cdot \left( \sum_{k|n} k \cdot y_k^{\frac{n}{k}} \right).
\]
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steven_zhang123
an hour ago
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A lot of numbers and statements
nAalniaOMliO   1
N an hour ago by RagvaloD
Source: Belarusian National Olympiad 2025
101 numbers are written in a circle. Near the first number the statement "This number is bigger than the next one" is written, near the second "This number is bigger that the next two" and etc, near the 100th "This number is bigger than the next 100 numbers".
What is the maximum possible amount of the statements that can be true?
1 reply
nAalniaOMliO
5 hours ago
RagvaloD
an hour ago
Square sequence
eulerleonhardfan   0
an hour ago
Source: Own
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ be an infinite sequence and $n$ be a positive integer such that $a_1=1, a_2=n^2$, and $$a_{i+2}=(n^2-2)a_{i+1}-a_i+2$$for all $i \geq 1$. Prove that $a_i$ is a perfect square for all $i$.
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eulerleonhardfan
an hour ago
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f(x+f(y))=f(x+y)+y
John_Mgr   3
N an hour ago by jasperE3
Determine with proof all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that for all real $x,y:$
\[f(x+f(y))=f(x+y)+y\]
3 replies
John_Mgr
Yesterday at 5:14 PM
jasperE3
an hour ago
A problem with non-negative a,b,c
KhuongTrang   2
N an hour ago by KhuongTrang
Source: own
Problem. Let $a,b,c$ be non-negative real variables with $ab+bc+ca\neq 0.$ Prove that$$\color{blue}{\sqrt{\frac{8a^{2}+\left(b-c\right)^{2}}{\left(b+c\right)^{2}}}+\sqrt{\frac{8b^{2}+\left(c-a\right)^{2}}{\left(c+a\right)^{2}}}+\sqrt{\frac{8c^{2}+\left(a-b\right)^{2}}{\left(a+b\right)^{2}}}\ge \sqrt{\frac{18(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})}{ab+bc+ca}}.}$$Equality holds iff $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,t)$ or $(a,b,c)\sim(t,t,0)$ where $t>0.$
2 replies
KhuongTrang
Mar 4, 2025
KhuongTrang
an hour ago
2025 INTEGIRLS NYC/NJ Math Competition
sargamsujit   2
N 2 hours ago by sargamsujit
NYC/NJ INTEGIRLS will be hosting our second annual math competition on May 3rd, 2025 from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM EST at Rutgers University. Last year, we proudly organized the largest math competition for girls globally, welcoming over 500 participants from across the tristate area. Join other female-identifying and non-binary "STEMinists" in solving problems, socializing, playing games, and more! If you are interested in competing, please register at https://forms.gle/jqwEiq5PgqefetLj7

Find our website at https://nyc.nj.integirls.org/

[center]Important Information[/center]

Eligibility: This competition is open to all female-identifying and non-binary students in 8th grade or under. The competition is also completely free, including registration and lunch.

System: We will have two divisions: a middle school division and an elementary school division. There will be an individual round and team round. There will be prizes for the top competitors in each division!

Problem Difficulty: Our amazing team of problem writers is working hard to ensure that there will be problems for problem-solvers of all levels! The elementary school problems will range from introductory to AMC 8 level, while the middle school problems will be for more advanced problem-solvers. Team round problems will cover various difficulty levels.

Platform: This contest will be held in person at Rutgers University. Competitors will all receive free merchandise, raffle tickets, and the chance to win exclusive gift prizes!


[center]Prizes

Over $2,000 in awards, including plaques, medals, plushies, gift cards, toys, books, swag, and more for top competitors and teams

[center]Help Us Out[/center]


[center]Please help us in sharing our competition and spreading the word! Our amazing team of officers has worked very hard to provide this educational opportunity to as many students as possible and we would appreciate it if you could help us spread the word!
Format credits go to Indy INTEGIRLS!
2 replies
sargamsujit
Jan 28, 2025
sargamsujit
2 hours ago
Finding positive integers with good divisors
nAalniaOMliO   1
N 2 hours ago by RagvaloD
Source: Belarusian National Olympiad 2025
For every positive integer $n$ write all its divisors in increasing order: $1=d_1<d_2<\ldots<d_k=n$.
Find all $n$ such that $2025 \cdot n=d_{20} \cdot d_{25}$.
1 reply
nAalniaOMliO
5 hours ago
RagvaloD
2 hours ago
Very Hard Math Problem
nonofuukl   0
2 hours ago
Let x,y,z be positive real numbers such that x + y+z = 3xyz. Prove that
x^2 +y^2 +z^2 +3 ≥2(xy+yz+zx). And please explain step by step because it's a test probleme.
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nonofuukl
2 hours ago
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Tricky NT
Hip1zzzil   0
2 hours ago
Source: 2024 Korea
find the minimum value of positive integer which when multiplied by 2024, its digits are only 1 or 0.
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Hip1zzzil
2 hours ago
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Two numbers divisible by 2025
nAalniaOMliO   1
N 3 hours ago by RagvaloD
Source: Belarusian National Olympiad 2025
Find the biggest positive integer $n$ such that both $n^3-n$ and $(n+1)^3-(n+1)$ are divisible by $2025$.
1 reply
nAalniaOMliO
5 hours ago
RagvaloD
3 hours ago
A lot of integer lengths: JMO #6 or USAMO Problem 4
BarbieRocks   80
N 3 hours ago by Maximilian113
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle A = 90^{\circ}$. Points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $AC$ and $AB$, respectively, such that $\angle ABD = \angle DBC$ and $\angle ACE = \angle ECB$. Segments $BD$ and $CE$ meet at $I$. Determine whether or not it is possible for segments $AB$, $AC$, $BI$, $ID$, $CI$, $IE$ to all have integer lengths.
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BarbieRocks
Apr 29, 2010
Maximilian113
3 hours ago
k Request for Clarification on Post Removal
merit2023   1
N Mar 25, 2025 by jcoons91
Hi Mods,

Could you please let me know why my replies about leaks were removed? Were there any inappropriate words in my response? I spent a valuable hour of my time writing those replies, and I find it frustrating that only the post supporting MAA was kept while all other perspectives were removed.

Is the goal to turn this forum into a sinking ship, just like MAA? Why can't people express their honest opinions on this critical issue and push for much-needed change?

I understand that my post may be removed again, but I would appreciate a reasonable explanation—either here or via PM.

Thank you!
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merit2023
Mar 25, 2025
jcoons91
Mar 25, 2025
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Hi Mods,

Could you please let me know why my replies about leaks were removed? Were there any inappropriate words in my response? I spent a valuable hour of my time writing those replies, and I find it frustrating that only the post supporting MAA was kept while all other perspectives were removed.

Is the goal to turn this forum into a sinking ship, just like MAA? Why can't people express their honest opinions on this critical issue and push for much-needed change?

I understand that my post may be removed again, but I would appreciate a reasonable explanation—either here or via PM.

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Your replies violated Rule 14 of this forum.

14. Discussion of cheating: strongly discouraged
If you have evidence or reasonable suspicion of cheating, please report this to your Competition Manager or to the AMC HQ; these forums cannot help you.
Otherwise, please avoid public discussion of cheating. That is: no discussion of methods of cheating, no speculation about how cheating affects cutoffs, and so on --- it is not helpful to anyone, and it creates a sour atmosphere.
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