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IMO Genre Predictions
ohiorizzler1434   24
N 10 minutes ago by Miquel-point
Everybody, with IMO upcoming, what are you predictions for the problem genres?


Personally I predict: predict
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ohiorizzler1434
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10 minutes ago
foldina a rectangle paper 3 times
parmenides51   1
N an hour ago by TheBaiano
Source: 2023 May Olympiad L2 p4
Matías has a rectangular sheet of paper $ABCD$, with $AB<AD$.Initially, he folds the sheet along a straight line $AE$, where $E$ is a point on the side $DC$ , so that vertex $D$ is located on side $BC$, as shown in the figure. Then folds the sheet again along a straight line $AF$, where $F$ is a point on side $BC$, so that vertex $B$ lies on the line $AE$; and finally folds the sheet along the line $EF$. Matías observed that the vertices $B$ and $C$ were located on the same point of segment $AE$ after making the folds. Calculate the measure of the angle $\angle DAE$.
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an hour ago
Source: Japan 1996, ONTCP
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N an hour ago by Primeniyazidayi
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Integers $a_1, a_2, \dots a_n$ are different at $\text{mod n}$. If $a_1, a_2-a_1, a_3-a_2, \dots a_n-a_{n-1}$ are also different at $\text{mod n}$, we call the ordered $n$-tuple $(a_1, a_2, \dots a_n)$ lucky. For which positive integers $n$, one can find a lucky $n$-tuple?
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Trigo + Series
P162008   0
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$F(r,x) = \tan\left(\frac{\pi}{3} + 3^r x\right)$ and $G(r,x) = \cot\left(\frac{\pi}{6} + 3^r x\right)$

Let $A = \sum_{r=0}^{24} \frac{d(F(r,x))}{dx} \left[\frac{1}{F(r,x) + \frac{1}{F(r,x)}}\right]$

$B = \sum_{r=0}^{24} \frac{-d(G(r,x))}{dx} \left[\frac{1}{G(r,x) + \frac{1}{G(r,x)}}\right]$

$P = \prod_{r=0}^{24} F(r,x), Q = \prod_{r=0}^{24} G(r,x)$

and, $R = \frac{A - B}{\tan x\left[PQ - \frac{1}{3^{25}}\right]}$ where $x \in R$

Find the remainder when $R^{2025}$ is divided by $11.$
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P162008
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D1026 : An equivalent
Dattier   2
N Today at 9:39 AM by Dattier
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Let $u_0=1$ and $\forall n \in \mathbb N, u_{2n+1}=\ln(1+u_{2n}), u_{2n+2}=\sin(u_{2n+1})$.

Find an equivalent of $u_n$.
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bakkune
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N Today at 3:58 AM by bakkune
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Find all continuous function $f, g\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfied
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(x - k)f(x) = \int_k^x g(y)\mathrm{d}y 
$$for all $x\in\mathbb{R}$ and all $k\in\mathbb{Z}$.
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bakkune
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N Today at 2:05 AM by Alphaamss
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Alphaamss
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Alphaamss
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N Today at 12:00 AM by cosmicgenius
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Let $f:X\to Y$ be a closed map with the property that the inverse image of each point in $Y$ is a compact subset of $X$. Prove that $f^{-1}(K)$ is compact whenever $K$ is compact in $Y$.
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cosmicgenius
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Does the sequence log(1+sink)/k converge?
tom-nowy   7
N Yesterday at 9:25 PM by GreenKeeper
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Does the sequence $$ \frac{\ln(1+\sin k)}{k} \;\;\;(k=1,2,3,\ldots) $$converge?
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tom-nowy
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GreenKeeper
Yesterday at 9:25 PM
s(I)=2019
math90   8
N Yesterday at 8:39 PM by MathSaiyan
Source: IMC 2019 Day 2 P8
Let $x_1,\ldots,x_n$ be real numbers. For any set $I\subset\{1,2,…,n\}$ let $s(I)=\sum_{i\in I}x_i$. Assume that the function $I\to s(I)$ takes on at least $1.8^n$ values where $I$ runs over all $2^n$ subsets of $\{1,2,…,n\}$. Prove that the number of sets $I\subset \{1,2,…,n\}$ for which $s(I)=2019$ does not exceed $1.7^n$.

Proposed by Fedor Part and Fedor Petrov, St. Petersburg State University
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math90
Jul 31, 2019
MathSaiyan
Yesterday at 8:39 PM
Cauchy's functional equation with f({max{x,y})=max{f(x),f(y)}
tom-nowy   1
N Yesterday at 7:04 PM by Filipjack
Source: https://x.com/D_atWork/status/1788496152855560470, Problem 4
Determine all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ satisfying the following two conditions for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$:
\[ f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y), \;\;\; f \left( \max \{x, y \} \right) = \max \left\{ f(x),f(y) \right\}. \]
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tom-nowy
Yesterday at 2:23 PM
Filipjack
Yesterday at 7:04 PM
minimal number of questions necessary to find all numbers
orl   14
N Apr 17, 2025 by bin_sherlo
Source: ARO 2005 - problem 10.3 / 11.2
Given 2005 distinct numbers $a_1,\,a_2,\dots,a_{2005}$. By one question, we may take three different indices $1\le i<j<k\le 2005$ and find out the set of numbers $\{a_i,\,a_j,\,a_k\}$ (unordered, of course). Find the minimal number of questions, which are necessary to find out all numbers $a_i$.
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orl
Apr 30, 2005
bin_sherlo
Apr 17, 2025
minimal number of questions necessary to find all numbers
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Given 2005 distinct numbers $a_1,\,a_2,\dots,a_{2005}$. By one question, we may take three different indices $1\le i<j<k\le 2005$ and find out the set of numbers $\{a_i,\,a_j,\,a_k\}$ (unordered, of course). Find the minimal number of questions, which are necessary to find out all numbers $a_i$.
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i think its 1203, isnt it ?
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I think it's $1003$, actually, and, for general $n$ instead of $2005$, I think it's $\left\lceil\frac n2\right\rceil$.

To show that at least that many are necessary (the part I'm not too sure of), we can do this: We start asking questions so that each one is, if possible, "connected" to the previous ones, in the sense that one of the indices whcih it concerns has already been dealt with in some previous question. If we do this until it's no longer possible, it means that each question we ask adds at most two more indices, so when we have to stop we will have determined all the numbers with the respective indices and we will have used at least $\frac m2$ questions, where $m$ is the number of indices which have been included in our questions so far. After we have to stop, it means that we can start asking questions about the other $n-m$ indices, the ones we haven't touched so far, and the procedure is repeated.

Conversely, in order to show that $\left\lceil\frac n2\right\rceil$ questions suffice, assume first that $n$ is even (but $>4$; for $n=4$ we need $3$ questions, $2$ don't suffice). We ask questions $\{i,i+1,i+2\}$ for odd $i$ between $1$ and $n-3$, and after that we ask the question $\{1,3,n\}$. For odd $n$ we do something very similar.
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I do not understand teh first part, grobber. What if we ask for some triple wich intersect with first $m$ numbers after few questions concerning next group? For example: 123, then 234, then 567, then 514?
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But the order of the questions does not matter, so we ask them in the order we desire. If after we have asked some questions, there is another question regarding one of the numbers we have asked before, then we ask that one. In this case, we simply reorder the questions so that $514$ is the third one.
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It is not clear. aybe, our strategy uses previous answers before asking further questions. Say, we ask 514 only if 2>1>3, else we ask 523.
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You ask a question which includes three numbers. After this, if there still are some questions which include on of the numbers used, choose one and ask it. After that, look once more for questions in our list which include one of the numbers already used, and if there are such questions, choose one and ask it. What exactly isn't clear? :? If there are more questions using numbers already used, just choose one of them. We do this until we no longer can, i.e. until there are no questions using the numbers previously used.
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Or, I am stupid, I forgot, which problem are you talking about (I thought about 9.4.)
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grobber wrote:
I think it's $1003$, actually, and, for general $n$ instead of $2005$, I think it's $\left\lceil\frac n2\right\rceil$.

If we ask instead of triplets for k-tuples, the answer is $\left\lceil\frac {n}{k-1}\right\rceil$ ?
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grobber wrote:
If we do this until it's no longer possible, it means that each question we ask adds at most two more indices, so when we have to stop we will have determined all the numbers with the respective indices and we will have used at least $\frac{m}{2}$ questions, where $m$ is the number of indices which have been included in our questions so far. After we have to stop, it means that we can start asking questions about the other $n-m$ indices, the ones we haven't touched so far, and the procedure is repeated.

But when we begin each time, we use three indices. So we might be able to determine three indices by that question...
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Hmmm I think grobber's solution works (basically induction, right?) and is probably the most intuitive. However, here's another way I will roughly outline. Suppose less than n/2 questions are used. Then more than half the elements have been asked about only once (obviously every element is asked about at least once). Then there exists some question such that two of the elements it concerns were only asked about once. But then we can not distinguish between these two, so we need at least (roughly) n/2 questions.
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probability1.01 wrote:
Then there exists some question such that two of the elements it concerns were only asked about once.

Hmm.. how does this come?
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dragonfire wrote:
probability1.01 wrote:
Then there exists some question such that two of the elements it concerns were only asked about once.

Hmm.. how does this come?

There are more than n/2 elements with the property of [asked about only once]. Each of these belongs to one of fewer than n/2 questions. Of course, there is some casework for even and odd n, but I think you can figure it out.
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Here is an amusing solution that is different from the above.

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Answer is $1003$. Ask $\{a_1,a_2,a_3\},\{a_3,a_4,a_5\},\dots,\{a_{2003},a_{2004},a_{2005}\},\{a_{2005},a_1,a_3\}$. Let $t$ of $a_i$ be asked once. If $a_i,a_j$ are asked once, then they cannot be asked in the same set hence there are at least $t$ sets asked. Consider the bipartite graph whose vertices are $\{a_1,\dots,a_{2025}\}$ and the asked sets. If one could find in $\leq 1002$ questions, then by looking at degrees, we get $3006\geq t+2(2005-t)$ or $t\geq 1004$ however, there must be at least $t$ sets which contradicts as desired.$\blacksquare$
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