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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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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
Self-evident inequality trick
Lukaluce   4
N 10 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Source: 2025 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad P4
Let $x, y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers, such that $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 3$. Prove the inequality
\[\frac{x^3}{2 + x} + \frac{y^3}{2 + y} + \frac{z^3}{2 + z} \ge 1.\]When does the equality hold?
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Lukaluce
6 hours ago
MathIQ.
10 minutes ago
A gint equation
Rushil   15
N 14 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Source: Indian RMO 2001 Problem 3
Find the number of positive integers $x$ such that \[ \left[ \frac{x}{99} \right] = \left[ \frac{x}{101} \right] .  \]
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Rushil
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MathIQ.
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integral of product with monomial
segment   3
N 20 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Source: Own
$f$ is a polynomial with degree $k$. For $i=0,\cdots,k$, $$\int^b_a x^if(x)dx=0$$where $a,b$ is fixed real numbers such that $a<b$. Find all $f$.
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Determining when an integral function is eventually constant
freshestcheese   2
N 22 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Source: My creation
Let
$$f\left(a\right)=\int_{0}^{1}\frac{\sin\left(2023\pi ax\right)\sin\left(2023\pi x\right)\cos\left(2024\pi x\right)\cos\left(2024\pi ax\right)}{\sin\left(\pi ax\right)\sin\left(\pi x\right)}dx$$Determine the smallest positive integer $N$ such that for all positive integers $m, n > N, f(m) = f(n).$
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freshestcheese
Oct 3, 2024
MathIQ.
22 minutes ago
Romania TST 2022 Day 4 P2
oVlad   4
N 25 minutes ago by Andyexists
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Fix a nonnegative integer $a_0$ to define a sequence of integers $a_0,a_1,\ldots$ by letting $a_k,k\geq 1$ be the smallest integer (strictly) greater than $a_{k-1}$ making $a_{k-1}+a_k{}$ into a perfect square. Let $S{}$ be the set of positive integers not expressible as the difference of two terms of the sequence $(a_k)_{k\geq 0}.$ Prove that $S$ is finite and determine its size in terms of $a_0.$
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Geometry
AlexCenteno2007   0
30 minutes ago
Let ABC be an acute triangle and A′
the point diametrically opposite A on the circumcircle of the triangle. Through point A, draw a tangent to the circumcircle of triangle ABC that intersects line BC at point D, and take a point E on segment BC such that AD = ED. Let A′′ be the point on the circumcircle of triangle ABC
(other than A) that lies between the reflection of line AA′
and line AE. Show that lines A′A′′ and BC are parallel.
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AlexCenteno2007
30 minutes ago
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A diophantine equation
crazyfehmy   14
N 31 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Source: Turkey Junior National Olympiad 2012 P1
Let $x, y$ be integers and $p$ be a prime for which

\[ x^2-3xy+p^2y^2=12p \]
Find all triples $(x,y,p)$.
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crazyfehmy
Dec 12, 2012
MathIQ.
31 minutes ago
f(2) = 7, find all integer functions [Taiwan 2014 Quizzes]
v_Enhance   59
N 34 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Find all increasing functions $f$ from the nonnegative integers to the integers satisfying $f(2)=7$ and \[ f(mn) = f(m) + f(n) + f(m)f(n) \] for all nonnegative integers $m$ and $n$.
59 replies
v_Enhance
Jul 18, 2014
MathIQ.
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f(x^3 + y^3 + z^3) = f(x)^3 + f(y)^3 + f(z)^3
pigfly   15
N 38 minutes ago by MathIQ.
Source: VietNam TST 2005, problem 3
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{Z} \mapsto \mathbb{Z}$ satisfying the condition: $f(x^3 +y^3 +z^3 )=f(x)^3+f(y)^3+f(z)^3.$
15 replies
pigfly
Aug 4, 2004
MathIQ.
38 minutes ago
geometry problem
invt   1
N 41 minutes ago by Diamond-jumper76
In a triangle $ABC$ with $\angle B<\angle C$, denote its incenter and midpoint of $BC$ by $I$, $M$, respectively. Let $C'$ be the reflected point of $C$ wrt $AI$. Let the lines $MC'$ and $CI$ meet at $X$. Suppose that $\angle XAI=\angle XBI=90^{\circ}$. Prove that $\angle C=2\angle B$.
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invt
Yesterday at 11:59 AM
Diamond-jumper76
41 minutes ago
Gergonne point Harmonic quadrilateral
niwobin   3
N an hour ago by niwobin
Triangle ABC has incircle touching the sides at D, E, F as shown.
AD, BE, CF concurrent at Gergonne point G.
BG and CG cuts the incircle at X and Y, respectively.
AG cuts the incircle at K.
Prove: K, X, D, Y form a harmonic quadrilateral. (KX/KY = DX/DY)
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niwobin
Yesterday at 8:17 PM
niwobin
an hour ago
Computing functions
BBNoDollar   2
N an hour ago by alinazarboland
Let $f : [0, \infty) \to [0, \infty)$, $f(x) = \dfrac{ax + b}{cx + d}$, with $a, d \in (0, \infty)$, $b, c \in [0, \infty)$. Prove that there exists $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$ such that for every $x \geq 0$
\[
f_n(x) = \frac{x}{1 + nx}, \quad \text{if and only if } f(x) = \frac{x}{1 + x}, \quad \forall x \geq 0.
\](For $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$ and $x \geq 0$, the notation $f_n(x)$ represents $\underbrace{(f \circ f \circ \dots \circ f)}_{n \text{ times}}(x)$. )
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A "side chase" for juniors
Lukaluce   3
N 2 hours ago by lksb
Source: 2025 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad P5
Let $M$ be the midpoint of side $BC$ in $\triangle ABC$, and $P \neq B$ is such that the quadrilateral $ABMP$ is cyclic and the circumcircle of $\triangle BPC$ is tangent to the line $AB$. If $E$ is the second common point of the line $BP$ and the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$, determine the ratio $BE: BP$.
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Lukaluce
5 hours ago
lksb
2 hours ago
IMO ShortList 1998, number theory problem 1
orl   58
N 2 hours ago by MihaiT
Source: IMO ShortList 1998, number theory problem 1
Determine all pairs $(x,y)$ of positive integers such that $x^{2}y+x+y$ is divisible by $xy^{2}+y+7$.
58 replies
orl
Oct 22, 2004
MihaiT
2 hours ago
Board problem with complex numbers
egxa   1
N Apr 18, 2025 by hectorraul
Source: All Russian 2025 11.1
$777$ pairwise distinct complex numbers are written on a board. It turns out that there are exactly 760 ways to choose two numbers \(a\) and \(b\) from the board such that:
\[
a^2 + b^2 + 1 = 2ab
\]Ways that differ by the order of selection are considered the same. Prove that there exist two numbers \(c\) and \(d\) from the board such that:
\[
c^2 + d^2 + 2025 = 2cd
\]
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egxa
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Apr 18, 2025
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$777$ pairwise distinct complex numbers are written on a board. It turns out that there are exactly 760 ways to choose two numbers \(a\) and \(b\) from the board such that:
\[
a^2 + b^2 + 1 = 2ab
\]Ways that differ by the order of selection are considered the same. Prove that there exist two numbers \(c\) and \(d\) from the board such that:
\[
c^2 + d^2 + 2025 = 2cd
\]
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Consider the graph $G$ of $777$ nodes, one for each complex number and draw edges if the condition is held.

$\textbf{claim:}$ $G$ is form by exactly $17$ disconnected and simple path.
$\textbf{proof:}$ Condition is equivalent to $a-b = \pm i$ meaning that $a$ can only be connected to $a-i$ and $a+i$, this ensure that $G$ is a union of disconnected and simple path.
Suppose that we have $k$ of these path, each of length $l_1,l_2,...,l_k$. The we have that $\sum l_i = 760$ and $777 = \sum (l_i+1) = \sum l_i + k = 760+k$, then $k = 17$.$\square$

Now, by PHP one of these chains has at least $\lceil 777/17\rceil = 46$ nodes. So we have a complex number $c$ and $c+45i$ and its easy to check that
\[
c^2+(c+45i)^2+2025 = 2c(c+45i)
\].
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