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k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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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
Equilateral triangle fun
navi_09220114   0
2 minutes ago
Source: Own. Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P8
Let $ABC$ be an equilateral triangle, and $P$ is a point on its incircle. Let $\omega_a$ be the circle tangent to $AB$ passing through $P$ and $A$. Similarly, let $\omega_b$ be the circle tangent to $BC$ passing through $P$ and $B$, and $\omega_c$ be the circle tangent to $CA$ passing through $P$ and $C$.

Prove that the circles $\omega_a$, $\omega_b$, $\omega_c$ has a common tangent line.

Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin
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navi_09220114
2 minutes ago
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Equality case being all distinct reals?
navi_09220114   0
2 minutes ago
Source: Own. Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P7
Given a real polynomial $P(x)=a_{2024}x^{2024}+\cdots+a_1x+a_0$ with degree $2024$, such that for all positive reals $b_1, b_2,\cdots, b_{2025}$ with product $1$, then; $$P(b_1)+P(b_2)+\cdots +P(b_{2025})\ge 0$$Suppose there exist positive reals $c_1, c_2, \cdots, c_{2025}$ with product $1$, such that; $$P(c_1)+P(c_2)+ \cdots +P(c_{2025})=0$$Is it possible that the values $c_1, c_2, \cdots, c_{2025}$ are all distinct?

Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin
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navi_09220114
2 minutes ago
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a+b+c=3 inequality
jokehim   0
3 minutes ago
Source: my problem
Problem. Given non-negative real numbers $a,b,c$ satisfying $a+b+c=3.$ Prove that $$\frac{1}{a+b+1}+\frac{1}{b+c+1}+\frac{1}{c+a+1}\le \frac{9}{ab+bc+ca+6}.$$Proposed by Phan Ngoc Chau
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jokehim
3 minutes ago
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Round up to the nearest power of two
navi_09220114   0
4 minutes ago
Source: Own. Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P6
A sequence $2^{a_1}, 2^{a_2}, \cdots,2^{a_m}$ is called \textit{good}, if $a_i$ are non-negative integers, and $a_{i+1}-a_{i}$ is either $0$ or $1$ for all $1\le i\le m-1$.

Fix a positive integer $n$, and Ivan has a whiteboard with some ones written on it. In each step, he may erase any good sequence $2^{a_1}, 2^{a_2}, \cdots,2^{a_m}$ that appears on the whiteboard, and then he writes the number $2^k$ such that $$2^{k-1}<2^{a_1}+2^{a_2}+\cdots+2^{a_m}\le 2^{k}$$Suppose Ivan starts with the least possible number of ones to obtain $2^n$ after some steps, determine the minimum number of steps he will need in order to do so.

Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin
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navi_09220114
4 minutes ago
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Whiteboard magic again
navi_09220114   0
5 minutes ago
Source: Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P5
Fix positive integers $n$ and $k$, and $2n$ positive (not neccesarily distinct) real numbers $a_1,\cdots, a_n$, $b_1, \cdots, b_n$. An equation is written on a whiteboard: $$t=*\times*\times\cdots\times*$$where $t$ is a fixed positive real number, with exactly $k$ asterisks.

Ebi fills each asterisk with a number from $a_1, a_2,\cdots, a_n$, while Rubi fills each asterisk with a number from $b_1, b_2,\cdots, b_n$, so that the equation on the whiteboard is correct. Suppose for every positive real number $t$, the number of ways for Ebi and Rubi to do so are equal.

Prove that the sequences $a_1,\cdots, a_n$ and $b_1, \cdots, b_n$ are permutations of each other.

(Note: $t=a_1a_2a_3$ and $t=a_2a_3a_1$ are considered different ways to fill the asterisks, and the chosen terms need not be distinct, for example $t=a_1a_1a_2$.)

Proposed by Wong Jer Ren
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navi_09220114
5 minutes ago
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Isogonal from antipodes
navi_09220114   0
6 minutes ago
Source: Own. Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P4
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, with incenter $I$ and $A$-excenter $J$. The lines $BI$, $CI$, $BJ$ and $CJ$ intersect the circumcircle of $ABC$ at $P$, $Q$, $R$ and $S$ respectively. Let $IM$, $JN$ be diameters in the circumcircles of triangles $IPQ$ and $JRS$ respectively.

Prove that $\angle BAM+\angle CAN=180^{\circ}$.

Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin
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navi_09220114
6 minutes ago
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AM-GM FE ineq
navi_09220114   0
9 minutes ago
Source: Own. Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P3
Let $\mathbb R$ be the set of real numbers. Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ where there exist a real constant $c\ge 0$ such that $$x^3+y^2f(y)+zf(z^2)\ge cf(xyz)$$holds for all reals $x$, $y$, $z$ that satisfy $x+y+z\ge 0$.

Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin
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navi_09220114
9 minutes ago
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Guessing with intervals
navi_09220114   0
12 minutes ago
Source: Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P2
Let $n\ge 4$ be a positive integer. Megavan and Minivan are playing a game, where Megavan secretly chooses a real number $x$ in $[0, 1]$. At the start of the game, the only information Minivan has about $x$ is $x$ in $[0, 1]$. He needs to now learn about $x$ based on the following protocols: at each turn of his, Minivan chooses a number $y$ and submits to Megavan, where Megavan replies immediately with one of $y > x$, $y < x$, or $y\simeq x$, subject to two rules:

$\bullet$ The answers in the form of $y > x$ and $y < x$ must be truthful;

$\bullet$ Define the score of a round, known only to Megavan, as follows: $0$ if the answer is in the form $y > x$ and $y < x$, and $|x - y|$ if in the form $y\simeq x$. Then for every positive integer $k$ and every $k$ consecutive rounds, at least one round has score no more than $\frac{1}{k + 1}$.

Minivan's goal is to produce numbers $a, b$ such that $a\le x\le b$ and $b - a\le \frac 1n$. Let $f(n)$ be the minimum number of queries that Minivan needs in order to guarantee success, regardless of Megavan's strategy. Prove that $$n\le f(n) \le 4n$$
Proposed by Anzo Teh Zhao Yang
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navi_09220114
12 minutes ago
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2022 Junior Balkan MO, Problem 3
sarjinius   23
N 14 minutes ago by anudeep
Source: 2022 JBMO Problem 3
Find all quadruples of positive integers $(p, q, a, b)$, where $p$ and $q$ are prime numbers and $a > 1$, such that $$p^a = 1 + 5q^b.$$
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sarjinius
Jun 30, 2022
anudeep
14 minutes ago
Infinite sequences.. welp
navi_09220114   1
N 14 minutes ago by navi_09220114
Source: Own. Malaysian IMO TST 2025 P1
Determine all integers $n\ge 2$ such that for any two infinite sequences of positive integers $a_1<a_2< \cdots $ and $b_1, b_2, \cdots$, such that $a_i\mid a_j$ for all $i<j$, there always exists a real number $c$ such that $$\lfloor{ca_i}\rfloor \equiv b_i \pmod {n}$$for all $i\ge 1$.

Proposed by Wong Jer Ren & Ivan Chan Kai Chin
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navi_09220114
15 minutes ago
navi_09220114
14 minutes ago
hard..........
Noname23   3
N 18 minutes ago by pco
problem
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Noname23
Today at 5:42 AM
pco
18 minutes ago
Mathhhhh
mathbetter   11
N 40 minutes ago by GreekIdiot
Three turtles are crawling along a straight road heading in the same
direction. "Two other turtles are behind me," says the first turtle. "One turtle is
behind me and one other is ahead," says the second. "Two turtles are ahead of me
and one other is behind," says the third turtle. How can this be possible?
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mathbetter
Mar 20, 2025
GreekIdiot
40 minutes ago
Oi! These lines concur
Rg230403   19
N an hour ago by cursed_tangent1434
Source: LMAO 2021 P5, LMAOSL G3(simplified)
Let $I, O$ and $\Gamma$ respectively be the incentre, circumcentre and circumcircle of triangle $ABC$. Points $A_1, A_2$ are chosen on $\Gamma$, such that $AA_1 = AI = AA_2$, and point $A'$ is the foot of the altitude from $I$ to $A_1A_2$. If $B', C'$ are similarly defined, prove that lines $AA', BB'$ and $CC'$ concurr on $OI$.
Original Version from SL
Proposed by Mahavir Gandhi
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Rg230403
May 10, 2021
cursed_tangent1434
an hour ago
Arrange positive divisors of n in rectangular table!
cjquines0   43
N an hour ago by lelouchvigeo
Source: 2016 IMO Shortlist C2
Find all positive integers $n$ for which all positive divisors of $n$ can be put into the cells of a rectangular table under the following constraints:
[list]
[*]each cell contains a distinct divisor;
[*]the sums of all rows are equal; and
[*]the sums of all columns are equal.
[/list]
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cjquines0
Jul 19, 2017
lelouchvigeo
an hour ago
Find the number of positive integral solutions
Mathlover08092002   1
N Mar 20, 2025 by quasar_lord
Source: MTRP 2019 Class 11-Multiple Choice Question: Problem 3 :-
Find the number of positive integral solutions to the equation $\sum \limits_{i=1}^{2019} 10^{a_i}=\sum \limits_{i=1}^{2019} 10^{b_i}$, such that $a_1<a_2<\cdots <a_{2019}$ , $b_1<b_2<\cdots <b_{2019}$ and $a_{2019} < b_{2019}$
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[*] 1
[*] 2
[*] 2019
[*] None of the above
[/list]
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Apr 9, 2020
quasar_lord
Mar 20, 2025
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