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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
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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.
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Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
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c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
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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.


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Reflections of lines through reflections of excenters
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N 10 minutes ago by awesomeming327.
Source: 2016 IMO Shortlist G7
Let $I$ be the incentre of a non-equilateral triangle $ABC$, $I_A$ be the $A$-excentre, $I'_A$ be the reflection of $I_A$ in $BC$, and $l_A$ be the reflection of line $AI'_A$ in $AI$. Define points $I_B$, $I'_B$ and line $l_B$ analogously. Let $P$ be the intersection point of $l_A$ and $l_B$.
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[*] Prove that $P$ lies on line $OI$ where $O$ is the circumcentre of triangle $ABC$.
[*] Let one of the tangents from $P$ to the incircle of triangle $ABC$ meet the circumcircle at points $X$ and $Y$. Show that $\angle XIY = 120^{\circ}$.
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cjquines0
Jul 19, 2017
awesomeming327.
10 minutes ago
2xy is perfect square and x^2 + y^2 is prime
parmenides51   4
N 11 minutes ago by LeYohan
Source: Dutch NMO 2020 p4
Determine all pairs of integers $(x, y)$ such that $2xy$ is a perfect square and $x^2 + y^2$ is a prime number.
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Really classical inequatily from canada
shobber   79
N 14 minutes ago by sharknavy75
Source: Canada 2002
Prove that for all positive real numbers $a$, $b$, and $c$,
\[ \frac{a^3}{bc} + \frac{b^3}{ca} + \frac{c^3}{ab} \geq a+b+c \]
and determine when equality occurs.
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shobber
Mar 5, 2006
sharknavy75
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Functional equation
Pmshw   18
N 15 minutes ago by jasperE3
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Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for any real value of $x,y$ we have:
$$f(xf(y)+f(x)+y)=xy+f(x)+f(y)$$
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jasperE3
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f(x)f(yf(x)) = f(x+y)
ISHO95   5
N 35 minutes ago by jasperE3
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R^+ \to \mathbb R^+$, for all $x,y \in \mathbb R^+$, \[ f(x)f(yf(x))=f(x+y). \]
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ISHO95
Jan 14, 2013
jasperE3
35 minutes ago
Two players want to obtain a number divisible by 2023
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N 39 minutes ago by fathalishah
Source: All-Russian MO 2023 Final stage 11.5
Initially, $10$ ones are written on a blackboard. Grisha and Gleb are playing game, by taking turns; Grisha goes first. On one move Grisha squares some $5$ numbers on the board. On his move, Gleb picks a few (perhaps none) numbers on the board and increases each of them by $1$. If in $10,000$ moves on the board a number divisible by $2023$ appears, Gleb wins, otherwise Grisha wins. Which of the players has a winning strategy?
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a_507_bc
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fathalishah
39 minutes ago
Points on a lattice path lies on a line
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N 40 minutes ago by pbornsztein
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Let $S$ be a nonempty subset of the points in the Cartesian plane such that for each $x\in S$ exactly one of $x+(0,1)$ or $x+(1,0)$ also belongs to $S$. Prove that for each positive integer $k$ there is a line in the plane (possibly different lines for different $k$) which contains at least $k$ points of $S$.
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Functional inequality
Jackson0423   2
N an hour ago by nitride
Show that there does not exist a function \( f : \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+ \) such that for all positive real numbers \( x, y \),
\[
f^2(x) \geq f(x+y)\left(f(x) + y\right).
\]
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an hour ago
Find all integers
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N 2 hours ago by grupyorum
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Find all positive integers $(x,n)$ such that $x^n + 2^n + 1$ is a divisor of $x^{n+1} + 2^{n+1} +1 $ .
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velmurugan
Jul 30, 2015
grupyorum
2 hours ago
Graph Process Problem
Maximilian113   10
N 2 hours ago by Ru83n05
Source: CMO 2025 P1
The $n$ players of a hockey team gather to select their team captain. Initially, they stand in a circle, and each person votes for the person on their left.

The players will update their votes via a series of rounds. In one round, each player $a$ updates their vote, one at a time, according to the following procedure: At the time of the update, if $a$ is voting for $b,$ and $b$ is voting for $c,$ then $a$ updates their vote to $c.$ (Note that $a, b,$ and $c$ need not be distinct; if $b=c$ then $a$'s vote does not change for this update.) Every player updates their vote exactly once in each round, in an order determined by the players (possibly different across different rounds).

They repeat this updating procedure for $n$ rounds. Prove that at this time, all $n$ players will unanimously vote for the same person.
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Maximilian113
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Ru83n05
2 hours ago
Congrats to former two perfect scorer in IMO
mszew   0
2 hours ago
Source: Where should it be posted?
Congrats to the new president of Romania...Mr. Nicuşor Dan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicu%C8%99or_Dan

https://www.imo-official.org/participant_r.aspx?id=1571
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mszew
2 hours ago
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Austrian Regional MO 2025 P4
BR1F1SZ   3
N 2 hours ago by LeYohan
Source: Austrian Regional MO
Let $z$ be a positive integer that is not divisible by $8$. Furthermore, let $n \geqslant 2$ be a positive integer. Prove that none of the numbers of the form $z^n + z + 1$ is a square number.

(Walther Janous)
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BR1F1SZ
Apr 18, 2025
LeYohan
2 hours ago
Nice concurrency
navi_09220114   3
N 2 hours ago by sami1618
Source: TASIMO 2025 Day 1 Problem 2
Four points $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$ lie on a semicircle $\omega$ in this order with diameter $AD$, and $AD$ is not parallel to $BC$. Points $X$ and $Y$ lie on segments $AC$ and $BD$ respectively such that $BX\parallel AD$ and $CY\perp AD$. A circle $\Gamma$ passes through $D$ and $Y$ is tangent to $AD$, and intersects $\omega$ again at $Z\neq D$. Prove that the lines $AZ$, $BC$ and $XY$ are concurrent.
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navi_09220114
Today at 11:42 AM
sami1618
2 hours ago
system in R+, four equations/variables
jasperE3   2
N 2 hours ago by Yiyj
Source: Bulgaria 1972 P2
Solve the system of equations:
$$\begin{cases}\sqrt{\frac{y(t-y)}{t-x}-\frac4x}+\sqrt{\frac{z(t-z)}{t-x}-\frac4x}=\sqrt x\\\sqrt{\frac{z(t-z)}{t-y}-\frac4y}+\sqrt{\frac{x(t-x)}{t-y}-\frac4y}=\sqrt y\\\sqrt{\frac{x(t-x)}{t-z}-\frac4z}+\sqrt{\frac{y(t-y)}{t-z}-\frac4z}=\sqrt z\\x+y+z=2t\end{cases}$$if the following conditions are satisfied: $0<x<t$, $0<y<t$, $0<z<t$.

H. Lesov
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jasperE3
Jun 21, 2021
Yiyj
2 hours ago
Two Integer Sequences
Brut3Forc3   12
N Apr 13, 2023 by S.Das93
Source: USAMO 1973
Let $ \{X_n\}$ and $ \{Y_n\}$ denote two sequences of integers defined as follows:
\begin{align*} X_0 = 1,\ X_1 = 1,\ X_{n + 1} = X_n + 2X_{n - 1} \quad (n = 1,2,3,\ldots), \\
Y_0 = 1,\ Y_1 = 7,\ Y_{n + 1} = 2Y_n + 3Y_{n - 1} \quad (n = 1,2,3,\ldots).\end{align*}Prove that, except for the "1", there is no term which occurs in both sequences.
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Brut3Forc3
Mar 7, 2010
S.Das93
Apr 13, 2023
Two Integer Sequences
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Let $ \{X_n\}$ and $ \{Y_n\}$ denote two sequences of integers defined as follows:
\begin{align*} X_0 = 1,\ X_1 = 1,\ X_{n + 1} = X_n + 2X_{n - 1} \quad (n = 1,2,3,\ldots), \\
Y_0 = 1,\ Y_1 = 7,\ Y_{n + 1} = 2Y_n + 3Y_{n - 1} \quad (n = 1,2,3,\ldots).\end{align*}Prove that, except for the "1", there is no term which occurs in both sequences.
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Assuming you actually mean $ X_{n+1}=X_n + 2X_{n-1}$ and the same for $ Y_n$ then,

taking the sequences $ \mod 8$

$ \{X_i\} = \{1,1,3, - 3,3, - 3,3,...\}$

$ \{Y_i\} = \{1, - 1,1, - 1,1, - 1,...\}$
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Brut3Forc3
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ocha wrote:
Assuming you actually mean $ X_{n + 1} = X_n + 2X_{n - 1}$ and the same for $ Y_n$ then,

taking the sequences $ \mod 8$

$ \{X_i\} = \{1,1,3, - 3,3, - 3,3,...\}$

$ \{Y_i\} = \{1, - 1,1, - 1,1, - 1,...\}$
Yes, it was a typo. My bad.
How does this finish the problem?
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Brut3Forc3 wrote:
How does this finish the problem?

if $ X_a=Y_b$ then we would have $ \pm 3\equiv \pm 1 \mod 8$...
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Brut3Forc3
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Oh. I think I misread it and thought that your sets repeated (the whole pattern, not just the plus minus 3 only), but now I get what you mean.
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Solving the first recurrence yields \[x_n=X(-1)^n+Y2^n.\] Using $x_1$ and $x_2$ yields \[x_n=\frac{2^n+(-1)^{n+1}}{3}.\] Similarly, solving for the second recurrence yields \[y_n=2\cdot 3^{n-1}+(-1)^n.\] So if $x_m=y_n$ then $2\cdot 3^n+3(-1)^n=2^m+(-1)^{m+1}$ or $2\cdot 3^n+3(-1)^n+(-1)^m$.

If $m=1$ or $2$, then $n=1$ is the only solution, corresponding the the fact that the term $1$ is in both sequences. If $m>2$, then $2^m\equiv 0\pmod 8$. But we have $3^n\equiv (-1)^n\pmod 4$, so \[2\cdot 3^n+3(-1)^n+(-1)^m\equiv 5(-1)^n+(-1)^m\pmod 8\] which cannot be $0\mod 8$. Hence there are no solutions for $m>2$, and the only integer in both sequences is indeed $1$. $\Box$
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This is probably overkill, but I still like it :)

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This is probably overkill, but I still like it :)

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But you just proved that $X_n$ cannot be equal to $Y_n$. :blush:
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I really want to know how to proof a more general case,what if characteristic roots are irrational?(in this case,someone told me if the sequence is different,they had only finite terms which occur in both sequences.)
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OlympusHero wrote:
This is probably overkill, but I still like it :)

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But you just proved that $X_n$ cannot be equal to $Y_n$. :blush:

Yes, that is what we are trying to prove.

Back to the problem. We can prove this by induction. Base Case: Y_1>X_1, Y_2=2x7+3x1=17>3=1+2x1=X_2. Now suppose this is true for some k. Since Y_k>X_k, 2Y_k>X_k, and 3Y_(k-1)>2X_(k-1), so adding these two gives Y_(k+1)>X_(k+1), which means Y_n will always be greater than X_n for all $n\geq1$.

Also, can someone tell me the latex for putting a black/white square at the end of your proofs?

Thanks @below and @2below.
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white square is \square and black square is \blacksquare :)
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huashiliao2020 wrote:

Yes, that is what we are trying to prove.

Back to the problem. We can prove this by induction. Base Case: $Y_1>X_1, Y_2=2\cdot7+3\cdot1=17>3=1+2\cdot1=X_2$. Now suppose this is true for some $k$. Since $Y_k>X_k, 2Y_k>X_k$, and $3Y_{k-1}>2X_{k-1}$, so adding these two gives $Y_{k+1}>X_{k+1}$, which means $Y_n$ will always be greater than $X_n$ for all $n\geq1$. $\blacksquare$

Also, can someone tell me the latex for putting a black/white square at the end of your proofs?

:)
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