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k a My Retirement & New Leadership at AoPS
rrusczyk   1571
N Mar 26, 2025 by SmartGroot
I write today to announce my retirement as CEO from Art of Problem Solving. When I founded AoPS 22 years ago, I never imagined that we would reach so many students and families, or that we would find so many channels through which we discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. I am very proud of all we have accomplished and I’m thankful for the many supporters who provided inspiration and encouragement along the way. I'm particularly grateful to all of the wonderful members of the AoPS Community!

I’m delighted to introduce our new leaders - Ben Kornell and Andrew Sutherland. Ben has extensive experience in education and edtech prior to joining AoPS as my successor as CEO, including starting like I did as a classroom teacher. He has a deep understanding of the value of our work because he’s an AoPS parent! Meanwhile, Andrew and I have common roots as founders of education companies; he launched Quizlet at age 15! His journey from founder to MIT to technology and product leader as our Chief Product Officer traces a pathway many of our students will follow in the years to come.

Thank you again for your support for Art of Problem Solving and we look forward to working with millions more wonderful problem solvers in the years to come.

And special thanks to all of the amazing AoPS team members who have helped build AoPS. We’ve come a long way from here:IMAGE
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Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 26, 2025
k a March Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
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
Lines intersecting on the circumcircle (BxMO 2023, Problem 3)
Lepuslapis   15
N 8 minutes ago by GeorgeMetrical123
Source: BxMO 2023, Problem 3
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with incentre $I$ and circumcircle $\omega$. Let $N$ denote the second point of intersection of line $AI$ and $\omega$. The line through $I$ perpendicular to $AI$ intersects line $BC$, segment $[AB]$, and segment $[AC]$ at the points $D$, $E$, and $F$, respectively. The circumcircle of triangle $AEF$ meets $\omega$ again at $P$, and lines $PN$ and $BC$ intersect at $Q$. Prove that lines $IQ$ and $DN$ intersect on $\omega$.
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Lepuslapis
May 6, 2023
GeorgeMetrical123
8 minutes ago
weird functional equation
a2048   4
N an hour ago by jasperE3
Source: SaCrEd MoCk P24
Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that $f(a)f(b)=f(a + bf(a))$
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a2048
Jun 10, 2020
jasperE3
an hour ago
kissing circles
miiirz30   1
N an hour ago by Edward_Tur
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Three circles with radii $1$, $2$, and $3$ are pairwise tangent to each other. Find the radius of the circle that is externally tangent to all three of these circles.

Proposed by Tamar Turashvili, Georgia
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miiirz30
3 hours ago
Edward_Tur
an hour ago
5-digit perfect square palindromes
miiirz30   2
N 2 hours ago by GreekIdiot
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Find all five-digit numbers that satisfy the following conditions:

1. The number is a palindrome.
2. The middle digit is twice the value of the first digit.
3. The number is a perfect square.


Proposed by Tamar Turashvili, Georgia
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miiirz30
4 hours ago
GreekIdiot
2 hours ago
A flag with gold stars
miiirz30   1
N 2 hours ago by Hertz
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
There are 12 gold stars arranged in a circle on a blue background. Giorgi wants to label each star with one of the letters $G$, $E$, or $O$, such that no two consecutive stars have the same letter.

Determine the number of distinct ways Giorgi can label the stars.

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Proposed by Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia
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miiirz30
3 hours ago
Hertz
2 hours ago
minimum sum
miiirz30   2
N 2 hours ago by Soupboy0
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Find the minimum value of $m + n$, where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers satisfying:

$2023 \vert m + 2025n$
$2025 \vert m + 2023n$

Proposed by Prudencio Guerrero Fernández
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miiirz30
3 hours ago
Soupboy0
2 hours ago
My problem
hacbachvothuong   4
N 2 hours ago by arqady
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca=3$. Prove that:
$\frac{a^2}{a^2+b+c}+\frac{b^2}{b^2+c+a}+\frac{c^2}{c^2+a+b}\ge1$
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hacbachvothuong
Mar 29, 2025
arqady
2 hours ago
Jury Meeting Lasting for Twenty Years
USJL   5
N 2 hours ago by USJL
Source: 2025 Taiwan TST Round 2 Independent Study 1-C
2025 IMO leaders are discussing $100$ problems in a meeting. For each $i = 1, 2,\ldots , 100$, each leader will talk about the $i$-th problem for $i$-th minutes. The chair can assign one leader to talk about a problem of his choice, but he would have to wait for the leader to complete the entire talk of that problem before assigning the next leader and problem. The next leader can be the same leader. The next problem can be a different problem. Each leader’s longest idle time is the longest consecutive time that he is not talking.
Find the minimum positive integer $T$ so that the chair can ensure that the longest idle time for any leader does not exceed $T$.

Proposed by usjl
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USJL
Mar 26, 2025
USJL
2 hours ago
digit sum of squares
miiirz30   1
N 3 hours ago by maromex
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Let $s(n)$ be the final value obtained after repeatedly summing the digits of $n$ until a single-digit number is reached. (For example: $s(187) = 7$, because the digit sum of $187$ is $16$ and the digit sum of $16$ is $7$). Evaluate the sum:
$$ s(1^2) + s(2^2) + s(3^2) + \ldots + s(2025^2)$$
Proposed by Lia Chitishvili, Georgia
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miiirz30
3 hours ago
maromex
3 hours ago
ratio close to pi
miiirz30   0
3 hours ago
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Let $S$ be the set of non-negative integer powers of $3$ and $5$, $S = \{1, 3, 5, 3^2, 5^2, \ldots \}$. For every $a$ and $b$ in $S$ satisfying $$ \left| \pi - \frac{a}{b} \right| < 0.1 $$Find the minimum value of $ab$.

Proposed by Irakli Shalibashvili, Georgia
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miiirz30
3 hours ago
0 replies
Another Looooong Geo for Opening to Day 3
AlperenINAN   2
N 3 hours ago by Mapism
Source: Turkey TST 2025 P7
Let $\omega$ be a circle on the plane. Let $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ be circles which are internally tangent to $\omega$ at points $A$ and $B$ respectively. Let the centers of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ be $O_1$ and $O_2$ respectively and let the intersection points of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ be $X$ and $Y$. Assume that $X$ lies on the line $AB$. Let the common external tangent of $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ that is closer to point $Y$ be tangent to the circles $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at $K$ and $L$ respectively. Let the second intersection point of the line $AK$ and $\omega$ be $P$ and let the second intersection point of the circumcircle of $PKL$ and $\omega$ be $S$. Let the circumcenter of $AKL$ be $Q$ and let the intersection points of $SQ$ and $O_1O_2$ be $R$. Prove that
$$\frac{\overline{O_1R}}{\overline{RO_2}}=\frac{\overline{AX}}{\overline{XB}}$$
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AlperenINAN
Mar 18, 2025
Mapism
3 hours ago
fraction sum
miiirz30   1
N 3 hours ago by ehuseyinyigit
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Evaluate the following sum:
$$ \frac{1}{1} + \frac{1}{1 + 2} + \frac{1}{1 + 2 + 3} + \frac{1}{1 + 2 + 3 + 4} + \ldots + \frac{1}{1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + \dots + 2025} $$
Proposed by Prudencio Guerrero Fernández
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miiirz30
4 hours ago
ehuseyinyigit
3 hours ago
Seven rays on a plane
miiirz30   0
3 hours ago
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
There are seven rays emanating from a point $A$ on a plane, such that the angle between the two consecutive rays is $30 ^{\circ}$. A point $A_1$ is located on the first ray. The projection of $A_1$ onto the second ray is denoted as $A_2$. Similarly, the projection of $A_2$ onto the third ray is $A_3$, and this process continues until the projection of $A_6$ onto the seventh ray is $A_7$. Find the ratio $\frac{A_7A}{A_1A}$.

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Proposed by Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia
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miiirz30
3 hours ago
0 replies
Maximum angle ratio
miiirz30   0
4 hours ago
Source: 2025 Euler Olympiad, Round 1
Given any arc $AB$ on a circle and points $C$ and $D$ on segment $AB$, such that $$CD = DB = 2AC.$$Find the ratio $\frac{CM}{MD}$, where $M$ is a point on arc $AB$, such that $\angle CMD$ is maximized.

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Proposed by Andria Gvaramia, Georgia
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miiirz30
4 hours ago
0 replies
An almost identity polynomial
nAalniaOMliO   3
N Mar 29, 2025 by jasperE3
Source: Belarusian National Olympiad 2025
Let $n$ be a positive integer and $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that $P(1)=1,P(2)=2,\ldots,P(n)=n$.
Prove that $P(0)$ is divisible by $2 \cdot 3 \cdot \ldots \cdot n$.
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nAalniaOMliO
Mar 28, 2025
jasperE3
Mar 29, 2025
An almost identity polynomial
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Let $n$ be a positive integer and $P(x)$ be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that $P(1)=1,P(2)=2,\ldots,P(n)=n$.
Prove that $P(0)$ is divisible by $2 \cdot 3 \cdot \ldots \cdot n$.
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Set $Q(x):=P(x)-x$. Then $Q(1)=\cdots=Q(n)=0$, i.e., $Q(x) = (x-1)\cdots(x-n)R(x)$ for $R\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$. So, $P(x) = x+Q(x)$ and $P(0) = (-1)^n n! R(0)$, which is divisible by $n!$.
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Set $Q(x):=P(x)-x$. Then $Q(1)=\cdots=Q(n)=0$, i.e., $Q(x) = (x-1)\cdots(x-n)R(x)$ for $R\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$. So, $P(x) = x+Q(x)$ and $P(0) = (-1)^n n! R(0)$, which is divisible by $n!$.

How do you know that $R \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$?
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grupyorum wrote:
Set $Q(x):=P(x)-x$. Then $Q(1)=\cdots=Q(n)=0$, i.e., $Q(x) = (x-1)\cdots(x-n)R(x)$ for $R\in\mathbb{Z}[x]$. So, $P(x) = x+Q(x)$ and $P(0) = (-1)^n n! R(0)$, which is divisible by $n!$.

How do you know that $R \in \mathbb{Z}[x]$?

It is not true that all functions $R$ that satisfy $Q(x)=(x-1)\cdots(x-n)R(x)$ are integer polynomials. However, the remainder/factor theorem means that there exists some $R\in\mathbb Z[x]$ that satisfies it since $Q\in\mathbb Z[x]$ and $Q$ has roots $1$ through $n$.
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