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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 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
Interesting Diophantine equation
Ro.Is.Te.   0
4 minutes ago
Find x, y, z that are positive integers which satisfy this equation $$\frac{1}{x+1} + \frac{1}{y+2} + \frac{1}{z+3} = \frac{11}{12}$$
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Ro.Is.Te.
4 minutes ago
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Arbitrary point on BC and its relation with orthocenter
falantrng   31
N an hour ago by NZP_IMOCOMP4
Source: Balkan MO 2025 P2
In an acute-angled triangle \(ABC\), \(H\) be the orthocenter of it and \(D\) be any point on the side \(BC\). The points \(E, F\) are on the segments \(AB, AC\), respectively, such that the points \(A, B, D, F\) and \(A, C, D, E\) are cyclic. The segments \(BF\) and \(CE\) intersect at \(P.\) \(L\) is a point on \(HA\) such that \(LC\) is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle \(PBC\) at \(C.\) \(BH\) and \(CP\) intersect at \(X\). Prove that the points \(D, X, \) and \(L\) lie on the same line.

Proposed by Theoklitos Parayiou, Cyprus
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falantrng
Apr 27, 2025
NZP_IMOCOMP4
an hour ago
IMO Genre Predictions
ohiorizzler1434   23
N an hour ago by ohiorizzler1434
Everybody, with IMO upcoming, what are you predictions for the problem genres?


Personally I predict: predict
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ohiorizzler1434
Yesterday at 6:51 AM
ohiorizzler1434
an hour ago
Number theory
gggzul   0
an hour ago
Is the number
$$10^{32}+10^{28}+...+10^4+1$$a perfect square?
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gggzul
an hour ago
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3 var inequality
sqing   1
N 2 hours ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c>0 . $ Prove that
$$ \left(1 +\frac{a}{b}\right)\left(1+\frac{b}{c}\right)\left(1+\frac{c}{a}\right )\geq  \frac{8}{3}\left(1+\frac{a+b}{b+c}+ \frac{b+c}{a+b}\right)$$$$ \left(1 +\frac{a^2}{b^2}\right)\left(1+\frac{b^2}{c^2}\right)\left(1+\frac{c^2}{a^2}\right )\geq \frac{8}{3}\left( 1+\frac{a^2+bc}{b^2+ca}+\frac{b^2+ca  }{a^2+bc}\right)$$
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sqing
May 1, 2025
sqing
2 hours ago
Classic FE
BR1F1SZ   4
N 2 hours ago by User141208
Source: Argentina IberoAmerican TST 2024 P5
Let \( \mathbb R \) be the set of real numbers. Find all functions \( f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} \) such that, for all real numbers \( x \) and \( y \), the following equation holds:$$\big (x^2-y^2\big )f\big (xy\big )=xf\big (x^2y\big )-yf\big (xy^2\big ).$$
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BR1F1SZ
Aug 9, 2024
User141208
2 hours ago
Maybe LTE
navredras   2
N 2 hours ago by Blackbeam999
Source: Bulgaria 1997
Let $ n $ be a positive integer. If $ 3^n-2^n $ is a power of a prime number, prove that $ n $ is also prime.
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navredras
Jan 4, 2015
Blackbeam999
2 hours ago
Sequence Gets Ratio’d
v4913   21
N 2 hours ago by cursed_tangent1434
Source: EGMO 2023/1
There are $n \ge 3$ positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$. For each $1 \le i \le n$ we let $b_i = \frac{a_{i-1} + a_{i+1}}{a_i}$ (here we define $a_0$ to be $a_n$ and $a_{n+1}$ to be $a_1$). Assume that for all $i$ and $j$ in the range $1$ to $n$, we have $a_i \le a_j$ if and only if $b_i \le b_j$.
Prove that $a_1 = a_2 = \dots = a_n$.
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v4913
Apr 16, 2023
cursed_tangent1434
2 hours ago
Functional equation on (0,infinity)
mathwizard888   56
N 2 hours ago by Adywastaken
Source: 2016 IMO Shortlist A4
Find all functions $f:(0,\infty)\rightarrow (0,\infty)$ such that for any $x,y\in (0,\infty)$, $$xf(x^2)f(f(y)) + f(yf(x)) = f(xy) \left(f(f(x^2)) + f(f(y^2))\right).$$
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mathwizard888
Jul 19, 2017
Adywastaken
2 hours ago
Orthocenter
jayme   6
N 2 hours ago by Sadigly
Dear Mathlinkers,

1. ABC an acuatangle triangle
2. H the orthcenter of ABC
3. DEF the orthic triangle of ABC
4. A* the midpoint of AH
5. X the point of intersection of AH and EF.

Prove : X is the orthocenter of A*BC.

Sincerely
Jean-Louis
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jayme
Mar 25, 2015
Sadigly
2 hours ago
positive integers forming a perfect square
cielblue   2
N 3 hours ago by Pal702004
Find all positive integers $n$ such that $2^n-n^2+1$ is a perfect square.
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cielblue
Friday at 8:25 PM
Pal702004
3 hours ago
1500th Post!
PikaPika999   105
N 5 hours ago by Craftybutterfly
I hit my 1500th post!!
This is just gonna be a 24 game thread then ig :)
You can't use concatenation
To start off, ig make 24 using the following numbers:

3,3,8,8

EDIT: NOTE THAT I DIDN'T MEAN TO GET THIS FROM THE TEAM CONTEST THING! I GOT THIS FROM MY FRIENDS, SO PLEASE STOP BUGGING ME ABOUT THIS
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PikaPika999
May 1, 2025
Craftybutterfly
5 hours ago
National Team Round Problem 10?!
Leeoz   0
6 hours ago
This was the 2015 national team round problem 10...


[quote=The hardest problem in MathCounts]
In the city of Trichotomy, every day the weather is exactly one of the following:
sunny, cloudy or rainy. Each day has a 50% chance of having the same weather
as the day before and a 25% chance of having each of the other two types of
weather. If it does not rain on Friday, what is the probability that there will be
no rain during the weekend (Saturday and Sunday)? Express your answer as a
common fraction.
[/quote]
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Leeoz
6 hours ago
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BmMT Online 2025: Problem of the Week 1
BerkeleyMathTournament   2
N Today at 5:27 AM by aidan0626
BmMT Online 2025 is in 5 weeks, register here! https://berkeley.mt/events/bmmt-2025-online/.

We'll highlight some problems for practice as the contest gets sooner -

How would you solve Relay #1, Relay #2 from last year's test?
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BerkeleyMathTournament
Today at 4:29 AM
aidan0626
Today at 5:27 AM
k real math problems
Soupboy0   60
N Apr 18, 2025 by Soupboy0
Ill be posting questions once in a while. Here's the first question:

What fraction of numbers from $1$ to $1000$ have the digit $7$ and are divisible by $3$?
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Soupboy0
Mar 25, 2025
Soupboy0
Apr 18, 2025
real math problems
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11) Given $\log{7} \approx 0.84509804$, how many digits does $7^{7^{7}}$ have?
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11) Given $\log{7} \approx 0.84509804$, how many digits does $7^{7^{7}}$ have?

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according to order of operations, it'd be $823543^7$ not $7^823543$
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12) What number under $100000$ has the most factors?
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according to order of operations, it'd be $823543^7$ not $7^823543$
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nope, when power towers are stacked we assume to do the top ones first, so $7^{7^7}=7^{(7^7)}$
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Soupboy0 wrote:
12) What number under $100000$ has the most factors?

Answer

Checking with my best friend (and the most inaccurate tool to ever exist) Google AI Overview I'm correct and Alternative Solution is also a solution with Factor Count factors.
This, @Soupboy0, is why we check if the answer is unambiguous.
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12) What number under $100000$ has the most factors?

truly one of the greatest real math problems of all time
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maxamc wrote:
SpeedCuber7 wrote:
not a msm problem

solution

it is msm

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are you sure elementary derivatives are part of the middle school curriculum?

it’s msm not msm curriculum silly silly
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13) What is the highest power of $3$ that can divide a number in the form $\overline{abcdefghij}$, where each of $(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)$ represents a distinct digit from $0$ to $9$?
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K1mchi_ wrote:
it’s msm not msm curriculum silly silly

breh

the description of the forum is "grades 5-8", sounds like middle school to me!
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K1mchi_ wrote:
it’s msm not msm curriculum silly silly

breh

the description of the forum is "grades 5-8", sounds like middle school to me!

that means the forum is for GRADES 5-8 and nawt CURRICULUM for grades 5-8 silly silly
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K1mchi_ wrote:
SpeedCuber7 wrote:
K1mchi_ wrote:
it’s msm not msm curriculum silly silly

breh

the description of the forum is "grades 5-8", sounds like middle school to me!

that means the forum is for GRADES 5-8 and nawt CURRICULUM for grades 5-8 silly silly

Agreed.
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13) What is the highest power of $3$ that can divide a number in the form $\overline{abcdefghij}$, where each of $(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j)$ represents a distinct digit from $0$ to $9$?

1434 moment

sol using python
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