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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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jlacosta
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Sum of points' powers
Suntafayato   3
N 7 minutes ago by Ianis
Given 2 circles $\omega_1, \omega_2$, find the locus of all points $P$ such that $\mathcal{P}ow(P, \omega_1) + \mathcal{P}ow(P, \omega_2) = 0$ (i.e: sum of powers of point $P$ with respect to the two circles $\omega_1, \omega_2$ is zero).
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Suntafayato
Mar 24, 2020
Ianis
7 minutes ago
Do not try to bash on beautiful geometry
ItzsleepyXD   6
N 27 minutes ago by Assassino9931
Source: Own , Mock Thailand Mathematic Olympiad P9
Let $ABC$be triangle with point $D,E$ and $F$ on $BC,AB,CA$
such that $BE=CF$ and $E,F$ are on the same side of $BC$
Let $M$ be midpoint of segment $BC$ and $N$ be midpoint of segment $EF$
Let $G$ be intersection of $BF$ with $CE$ and $\dfrac{BD}{DC}=\dfrac{AC}{AB}$
Prove that $MN\parallel DG$
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ItzsleepyXD
Wednesday at 9:30 AM
Assassino9931
27 minutes ago
PAMO 2017 Shortlst: Sum of maxima of adjacent pairs in permutation
DylanN   1
N 28 minutes ago by MelonGirl
Source: 2017 Pan-African Shortlist - I4
Find the maximum and minimum of the expression
\[
    \max(a_1, a_2) + \max(a_2, a_3), + \dots + \max(a_{n-1}, a_n) + \max(a_n, a_1),
\]where $(a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n)$ runs over the set of permutations of $(1, 2, \dots, n)$.
1 reply
DylanN
May 5, 2019
MelonGirl
28 minutes ago
Bijective quartic modulo p
DottedCaculator   12
N an hour ago by MathLuis
Source: ELMO 2024/6
For a prime $p$, let $\mathbb{F}_p$ denote the integers modulo $p$, and let $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ be the set of polynomials with coefficients in $\mathbb{F}_p$. Find all $p$ for which there exists a quartic polynomial $P(x) \in \mathbb{F}_p[x]$ such that for all integers $k$, there exists some integer $\ell$ such that $P(\ell) \equiv k \pmod p$. (Note that there are $p^4(p-1)$ quartic polynomials in $\mathbb{F}_p[x]$ in total.)

Aprameya Tripathy
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DottedCaculator
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MathLuis
an hour ago
Differential Equations Question
Riptide1901   2
N Yesterday at 4:09 PM by greenturtle3141
I'm taking a class on differential equations, and I'm confused why, when dealing with systems of differential equations, they choose to notate the solutions in the fundamental set (expressed as vectors), with superscripts instead of subscripts (as in the image attached). This confuses me with taking derivatives of $\mathbf{x}.$ Is there any reason why we shouldn't write $\mathbf{x}=c_1\mathbf{x}_1+c_2\mathbf{x}_2$ instead?
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Riptide1901
Wednesday at 2:02 PM
greenturtle3141
Yesterday at 4:09 PM
Putnam 1958 February A5
sqrtX   4
N Yesterday at 2:21 PM by Safal
Source: Putnam 1958 February
Show that the integral equation
$$f(x,y) = 1 + \int_{0}^{x} \int_{0}^{y} f(u,v) \, du \, dv$$has at most one solution continuous for $0\leq x \leq 1, 0\leq y \leq 1.$
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sqrtX
Jul 18, 2022
Safal
Yesterday at 2:21 PM
Miklós Schweitzer 1956- Problem 1
Coulbert   1
N Yesterday at 1:30 PM by NODIRKHON_UZ
1. Solve without use of determinants the following system of linear equations:

$\sum_{j=0}{k} \binom{k+\alpha}{j} x_{k-j} =b_k$ ($k= 0,1, \dots , n$),

where $\alpha$ is a fixed real number. (A. 7)
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Coulbert
Oct 9, 2015
NODIRKHON_UZ
Yesterday at 1:30 PM
D1021 : Does this series converge?
Dattier   3
N Yesterday at 1:21 PM by Dattier
Source: les dattes à Dattier
Is this series $\sum \limits_{k\geq 1} \dfrac{\ln(1+\sin(k))} k$ converge?
3 replies
Dattier
Apr 26, 2025
Dattier
Yesterday at 1:21 PM
If a matrix exponential is identity, does it follow the initial matrix is zero?
bakkune   5
N Yesterday at 12:45 PM by loup blanc
This might be a really dumb question, but I have neither a rigorous proof nor a counter example.

For any square matrix $\mathbf{A}$, define
$$
e^{\mathbf{A}} = \mathbf{I} + \sum_{n=1}^{+\infty} \frac{1}{n!}\mathbf{A}^n
$$where $\mathbf{I}$ is the identity matrix. If for some matrix $\mathbf{A}$ that $e^{\mathbf{A}}$ is identity, does it follow that $\mathbf{A}$ is zero?
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bakkune
Mar 4, 2025
loup blanc
Yesterday at 12:45 PM
Range of 2 parameters and Convergency of Improper Integral
Kunihiko_Chikaya   3
N Yesterday at 11:37 AM by Mathzeus1024
Source: 2012 Kyoto University Master Course in Mathematics
Let $\alpha,\ \beta$ be real numbers. Find the ranges of $\alpha,\ \beta$ such that the improper integral $\int_1^{\infty} \frac{x^{\alpha}\ln x}{(1+x)^{\beta}}$ converges.
3 replies
Kunihiko_Chikaya
Aug 21, 2012
Mathzeus1024
Yesterday at 11:37 AM
Matrix Row and column relation.
Schro   6
N Yesterday at 6:20 AM by Schro
If ith row of a matrix A is dependent,Then ith column of A is also dependent and vice versa .

Am i correct...
6 replies
Schro
Apr 28, 2025
Schro
Yesterday at 6:20 AM
A small problem in group theory
qingshushuxue   2
N Yesterday at 4:42 AM by qingshushuxue
Assume that $G,A,B,C$ are group. If $G=\left( AB \right) \bigcup \left( CA \right)$, prove that $G=AB$ or $G=CA$.

where $$A,B,C\subset G,AB\triangleq \left\{ ab:a\in A,b\in B \right\}.$$
2 replies
qingshushuxue
Yesterday at 2:06 AM
qingshushuxue
Yesterday at 4:42 AM
Putnam 1958 February A4
sqrtX   2
N Yesterday at 2:14 AM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1958 February
If $a_1 ,a_2 ,\ldots, a_n$ are complex numbers such that
$$ |a_1| =|a_2 | =\cdots = |a_n| =r \ne 0,$$and if $T_s$ denotes the sum of all products of these $n$ numbers taken $s$ at a time, prove that
$$ \left| \frac{T_s }{T_{n-s}}\right| =r^{2s-n}$$whenever the denominator of the left-hand side is different from $0$.
2 replies
sqrtX
Jul 18, 2022
centslordm
Yesterday at 2:14 AM
analysis
Hello_Kitty   2
N Wednesday at 10:37 PM by Hello_Kitty
what is the range of $f=x+2y+3z$ for any positive reals satifying $z+2y+3x<1$ ?
2 replies
Hello_Kitty
Wednesday at 9:59 PM
Hello_Kitty
Wednesday at 10:37 PM
combinatorics and number theory beautiful problem
Medjl   2
N Apr 6, 2025 by mathprodigy2011
Source: Netherlands TST for BxMo 2017 problem 4
A quadruple $(a; b; c; d)$ of positive integers with $a \leq b \leq c \leq d$ is called good if we can colour each integer red, blue, green or purple, in such a way that
$i$ of each $a$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured red;
$ii$ of each $b$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured blue;
$iii$ of each $c$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured green;
$iiii$ of each $d$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured purple.
Determine all good quadruples with $a = 2.$
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Medjl
Feb 1, 2018
mathprodigy2011
Apr 6, 2025
combinatorics and number theory beautiful problem
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A quadruple $(a; b; c; d)$ of positive integers with $a \leq b \leq c \leq d$ is called good if we can colour each integer red, blue, green or purple, in such a way that
$i$ of each $a$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured red;
$ii$ of each $b$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured blue;
$iii$ of each $c$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured green;
$iiii$ of each $d$ consecutive integers at least one is coloured purple.
Determine all good quadruples with $a = 2.$
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Can anybody explain what this problem says? Thanks
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Can anybody explain what this problem says? Thanks

i have no idea
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