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jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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Kids in clubs
atdaotlohbh   1
N 3 minutes ago by Diamond-jumper76
There are $6k-3$ kids in a class. Is it true that for all positive integers $k$ it is possible to create several clubs each with 3 kids such that any pair of kids are both present in exactly one club?
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parallel wanted, right triangle, circumcircle, angle bisector related
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Source: Norwegian Mathematical Olympiad 2020 - Abel Competition p4b
The triangle $ABC$ has a right angle at $A$. The centre of the circumcircle is called $O$, and the base point of the normal from $O$ to $AC$ is called $D$. The point $E$ lies on $AO$ with $AE = AD$. The angle bisector of $\angle CAO$ meets $CE$ in $Q$. The lines $BE$ and $OQ$ intersect in $F$. Show that the lines $CF$ and $OE$ are parallel.
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N an hour ago by awesomeming327.
Source: IMO ShortList 2008, Number Theory problem 5, German TST 6, P2, 2009
For every $ n\in\mathbb{N}$ let $ d(n)$ denote the number of (positive) divisors of $ n$. Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{N}$ with the following properties: [list][*] $ d\left(f(x)\right) = x$ for all $ x\in\mathbb{N}$.
[*] $ f(xy)$ divides $ (x - 1)y^{xy - 1}f(x)$ for all $ x$, $ y\in\mathbb{N}$.[/list]

Proposed by Bruno Le Floch, France
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N Yesterday at 5:56 PM by Magdalo
Suppose a function $f:\mathbb R\to \mathbb R$ satisfies the following conditions:
\begin{align*}
&f(4xy)=2y[f(x+y)+f(x-y)]\text{ for all }x,y\in\mathbb R\\
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A Richard sequence $(r_1, r_2, r_3, \dots, r_7)$ is an ordered sequence of positive integers greater than one satisfying the following conditions:
[list]
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[*] If $r_i$ is a composite number, then there exists at least 1 positive integer $q$, $1 \leq q \leq i-1$, such that $r_q \mid r_i$.
[*] The sequence has exactly $7$ terms.

[/list]
How many different Richard Sequences can be made containing the terms $2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 15, 33$?

Answer Confirmation
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pandev3   6
N Yesterday at 3:56 PM by SpeedCuber7
Hi everyone,

Is it possible for the area of a triangle to be equal to $b^2-4ac$, given that $a, b, c$ are positive integers?

This expression is well-known from the quadratic formula discriminant, but can it also represent the area of a valid triangle? Are there any conditions on $a, b, c$ that make this possible?

I’d love to hear your thoughts, proofs, or examples. Let’s discuss!

P.S. For $a=85, b=369, c=356$, the difference is $1$ (the "discriminant" is exactly $1$ greater than the area).
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N Yesterday at 3:43 PM by Magdalo
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N Yesterday at 3:24 PM by elpianista227
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elpianista227
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Linear colorings mod 2^n
vincentwant   1
N May 8, 2025 by vincentwant
Let $n$ be a positive integer. The ordered pairs $(x,y)$ where $x,y$ are integers in $[0,2^n)$ are each labeled with a positive integer less than or equal to $2^n$ such that every label is used exactly $2^n$ times and there exist integers $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2^n}$ and $b_1,b_2,\dots,b_{2^n}$ such that the following property holds: For any two lattice points $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ that are both labeled $t$, there exists an integer $k$ such that $x_2-x_1-ka_t$ and $y_2-y_1-kb_t$ are both divisible by $2^n$. How many such labelings exist?
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vincentwant
Apr 30, 2025
vincentwant
May 8, 2025
Linear colorings mod 2^n
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