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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
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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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
Geometry with altitudes and the nine point centre
Adywastaken   1
N 24 minutes ago by Adywastaken
Source: KoMaL B5333
The foot of the altitude from vertex $A$ of acute triangle $ABC$ is $T_A$. The ray drawn from $A$ through the circumcenter $O$ intersects $BC$ at $R_A$. Let the midpoint of $AR_A$ be $F_A$. Define $T_B$, $R_B$, $F_B$, $T_C$, $R_C$, $F_C$ similarly. Prove that $T_AF_A$, $T_BF_B$, $T_CF_C$ are concurrent.
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Adywastaken
24 minutes ago
Adywastaken
24 minutes ago
This question just asks if you can factorise 12 factorial or not
Sadigly   5
N 38 minutes ago by Just1
Source: Azerbaijan Junior MO 2025 P1
A teacher creates a fraction using numbers from $1$ to $12$ (including $12$). He writes some of the numbers on the numerator, and writes $\times$ (multiplication) between each number. Then he writes the rest of the numbers in the denominator and also writes $\times$ between each number. There is at least one number both in numerator and denominator. The teacher ensures that the fraction is equal to the smallest possible integer possible.

What is this positive integer, which is also the value of the fraction?
5 replies
Sadigly
May 9, 2025
Just1
38 minutes ago
Inequality for beginners.
mudok   3
N 42 minutes ago by sqing
Source: own
$a,b,c>0, \ \ \ \sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}=3$. Prove that \[\sqrt{a^2+1}+\sqrt{b^2+1}+\sqrt{c^2+1}\le \sqrt{2}(a+b+c)\]
I meant easy inequality...
3 replies
mudok
Aug 6, 2012
sqing
42 minutes ago
Changing state of subset of light bulbs
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL A. 907
$2025$ light bulbs are operated by some switches. Each switch works on a subset of the light bulbs. When we use a switch, all the light bulbs in the subset change their state: bulbs that were on turn off, and bulbs that were off turn on. We know that every light bulb is operated by at least one of the switches. Initially, all lamps were off. Find the biggest number $k$ for which we can surely turn on at least $k$ light bulbs.

Based on an OKTV problem
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
0 replies
Drawing excircle on circular paper with very strange ruler
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL A. 906
Let $\mathcal{V}_c$ denote the infinite parallel ruler with the parallel edges being at distance $c$ from each other. The following construction steps are allowed using ruler $\mathcal V_c$:
[list]
[*] the line through two given points;
[*] line $\ell'$ parallel to a given line $\ell $at distance $c$ (there are two such lines, both of which can be constructed using this step);
[*] for given points $A$ and $B$ with $|AB|\ge c$ two parallel lines at distance $c$ such that one of them passes through $A$, and the other one passes through $B$ (if $|AB|>c$, there exists two such pairs of parallel lines, and both can be constructed using this step).
[/list]
On the perimeter of a circular piece of paper three points are given that form a scalene triangle. Let $n$ be a given positive integer. Prove that based on the three points and $n$ there exists $C>0$ such that for any $0<c\le C$ it is possible to construct $n$ points using only $\mathcal V_c$ on one of the excircles of the triangle.
We are not allowed to draw anything outside our circular paper. We can construct on the boundary of the paper; it is allowed to take the intersection point of a line with the boundary of the paper.

Proposed by Áron Bán-Szabó
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
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hard inequality omg
tokitaohma   5
N an hour ago by math90
1. Given $a, b, c > 0$ and $abc=1$
Prove that: $ \sqrt{a^2+1} + \sqrt{b^2+1} + \sqrt{c^2+1} \leq \sqrt{2}(a+b+c) $

2. Given $a, b, c > 0$ and $a+b+c=1 $
Prove that: $ \dfrac{\sqrt{a^2+2ab}}{\sqrt{b^2+2c^2}} + \dfrac{\sqrt{b^2+2bc}}{\sqrt{c^2+2a^2}} + \dfrac{\sqrt{c^2+2ca}}{\sqrt{a^2+2b^2}} \geq \dfrac{1}{a^2+b^2+c^2} $
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tokitaohma
May 11, 2025
math90
an hour ago
Non-decelarating sequence is convergence-inducing
Miquel-point   0
an hour ago
Source: KoMaL A. 905
We say that a strictly increasing sequence of positive integers $n_1, n_2,\ldots$ is non-decelerating if $n_{k+1}-n_k\le n_{k+2}-n_{k+1}$ holds for all positive integers $k$. We say that a strictly increasing sequence $n_1, n_2, \ldots$ is convergence-inducing, if the following statement is true for all real sequences $a_1, a_2, \ldots$: if subsequence $a_{m+n_1}, a_{m+n_2}, \ldots$ is convergent and tends to $0$ for all positive integers $m$, then sequence $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ is also convergent and tends to $0$. Prove that a non-decelerating sequence $n_1, n_2,\ldots$ is convergence-inducing if and only if sequence $n_2-n_1$, $n_3-n_2$, $\ldots$ is bounded from above.

Proposed by András Imolay
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Miquel-point
an hour ago
0 replies
Changing the states of light bulbs
Lukaluce   1
N an hour ago by sarjinius
Source: 2025 Macedonian Balkan Math Olympiad TST Problem 1
A set of $n \ge 2$ light bulbs are arranged around a circle, and are consecutively numbered with
$1, 2, . . . , n$. Each bulb can be in one of two states: either it is on or off. In the initial configuration,
at least one bulb is turned on. On each one of $n$ days we change the current on/off configuration as
follows: for $1 \le k \le n$, on the $k$-th day we start from the $k$-th bulb and moving in clockwise direction
along the circle, we change the state of every traversed bulb until we switch on a bulb which was
previously off.
Prove that the final configuration, reached on the $n$-th day, coincides with the initial one.
1 reply
Lukaluce
Apr 14, 2025
sarjinius
an hour ago
Proving radical axis through orthocenter
azzam2912   0
an hour ago
In acute triangle $ABC$ let $D, E$ and $F$ denote the feet of the altitudes from $A, B$ and $C$, respectively. Let line $DE$ intersect circumcircle $ABC$ at points $G, H$. Similarly, let line $DF$ intersect circumcircle $ABC$ at points $I, J$. Prove that the radical axis of circles $EIJ$ and $FGH$ passes through the orthocenter of triangle $ABC$
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azzam2912
an hour ago
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Ez induction to start it off
alexanderhamilton124   22
N an hour ago by Adywastaken
Source: Inmo 2025 p1
Consider the sequence defined by \(a_1 = 2\), \(a_2 = 3\), and
\[
a_{2k+1} = 2 + 2a_k, \quad a_{2k+2} = 2 + a_k + a_{k+1},
\]for all integers \(k \geq 1\). Determine all positive integers \(n\) such that
\[
\frac{a_n}{n}
\]is an integer.

Proposed by Niranjan Balachandran, SS Krishnan, and Prithwijit De.
22 replies
alexanderhamilton124
Jan 19, 2025
Adywastaken
an hour ago
Deliverance of Justice
User1239784   2
N 3 hours ago by N3bula
I would like to bring to the community's attention the actions of an integrity-less, dishonest cheater. We will make out of this loser an example. Let me make it clear that I don't care whatever actions this user chooses to pursue in the future. They will reap the seeds of their wrongdoing, which they knowingly and willingly sowed themselves. They have no excuse for their inexcusable actions.

Fact #1: Anticodon qualified USAJMO through AMC index after getting barely a 114 on the AMC10B this year. They claim to have solved 14 problems on the AIME, and got 13 correct.
Proof: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3514242p34115225 (Post #10)
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514060647/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3514242p34115225

This is extremely suspicious by itself, but of course we cannot simply call someone a cheater from their score. Obviously there is some boundary to which getting lucky or unlucky can affect your score, and 93 on AMC12A and 114 on AMC10B to 13 on AIME is obviously pushing that boundary. But let's see what else we have.

Fact #2: They cannot solve many early middle school level problems
Evidence: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3454526p33354305
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514070149/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3454526p33354305
It's not only wrong, they also used AI, because they didn't know how to do it; check the following image: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1218356881446408192/1367329444200583369/image.png?ex=682553c7&is=68240247&hm=fd00c3c5fd0d80571ab1e190dcfdfa37c374e8dd499a80f0185f5b98b77cfeaf&

Evidence: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3465216p33498941
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514070528/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3465216_help_with_2022_amc_10_a_question (Post #12)
This whole paragraph is absolute gibberish. For starters, $\frac{abc}{999}=\frac{1}{3}\cdot(\frac{a}{9}+\frac{b}{9}+\frac{c}{9})$ is clearly not true. Even a 1st grader can see that. And what does "a number not a product" mean? A product is a number? Literally makes 0 sense.

Fact #3: They claim to be very good at trig
Proof: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3382843p33181682
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250506020552/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3382843p33181682

Fact #4: Yet they cannot seem to understand the fundamentals of trig
Evidence: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c123h3455648_5236_transcendental_number_with_integer_coefficients
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514071755/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c123h3455648_5236_transcendental_number_with_integer_coefficients (#26 and #31)
They decided to just copy dolphinday's solution. It's clear they do not understand a thing about it. :| Seriously?

Evidence: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3442725p33193970
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514071318/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c5h3442725p33193970
NOTE: wangzrpi = anticodon. Just check their blogs and posts.
Anyways, I don't see how any kind of trig god as anticodon makes themselves out to be can not realize that $\tan(x) = \cot(\frac{pi}{2}-x)$.

Fact #5: They have extremely strange, inconsistent behavior
Evidence: https://web.archive.org/web/20250509034013/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c4114443h3564842
Check their attached screenshot. Why don't they write $-8\sqrt{13} + 9\sqrt{13}$ as $\sqrt{13}$? What's wrong with them? Even a 1st grader can see that's so easy to simplify. Not to mention them acting all high and mighty since they memorized the cosine addition formula... so annoying.

Fact #6: They have extremely low mathematical (not to mention mental...) maturity
Proof: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3564811p34779811
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514061542/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3564811

#1 and #9 are the same, how did the trig god not understand that simple trigonometric/complex fact?

#8 is a definition, not a formula. Can't get even the simplest things right?

#6 is complete nonsense, not even a formula. Where are all these random variables coming from? Just trying to "show off" again huh, well no one's impressed, because we aren't idiots we can see it's just a bunch of garbage just like their brain.

#4 is common sense, are they really that hungry for attention that they'll just write a bunch of trivial integrals and try to pass it off as something so "cool" and "top 10" and whatnot??? same goes for #10.

#5 why can't they just say what x' and y' is? rotation by theta degrees counterclockwise you mean? oh i know, because u don't know what they mean.

It's clear throughout this whole post they're just trying to "flex" on everyone else, it's hilarious yet annoying and stupid at the same time.

Fact #7: They don't understand a thing about mathematics; rather, they're obsessed with keeping up a facade of "prodigiousness" or something
Proof: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h420395p34822492
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514072408/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h420395p34822492

If you can't understand the problem, "prove the quadratic doesn't have negative roots" does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. when will this arrogance end?

Fact #8: They're egotistical and proud. Yet wrong, again and again.
To add on to the examples showing this previously:
Evidence: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h3479026p33709927
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514073137/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h3479026p33709927
What kind of "advice" is "try USAMTS?" The person who asked needs help figuring out proofs, you don't just shove a bunch of random problems in their face. What even is common sense at this point?

They are clearly just trying to boost their ego by dishing out garbage "helpful" advice to others who are more experienced than them. While they clearly, know nothing.

Evidence: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3473318p33671683 (#66)
Backup: https://web.archive.org/web/20250514064308/https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c3h3473318p33671683
Woah, they're so advanced to know what's Mandlebrot Set equation, wow everyone go orz them oh wait it's wrong, who would've guessed from their previous track record? For future reference it's $Z_{n+1}=Z_n^2+C$ if you do go around, acting like some kind of god again, "anticodon." Everyone will worship you finally for being able to copy from Google correctly!...

Except no one will worship you anymore, and no one ever did, because you are just an egotistical, privileged, idiot. Don't ever whine about "hard work," when those born into lower classes have worked harder than you could have ever imagined, yet achieved less, simply because they were less lucky and born into a place where they were not nurtured with as much time and money as you, who was born into the upper rank. But in the end, it doesn't matter. Everything falls at the same speed, including you who thinks you are somehow invincible and arrogant enough to be doing this idiocy on AoPS.

Morals?
We will make an example out of the wickedness of this ungrateful, arrogant piece of trash.

It's clear that they cheated to get into USAJMO.

NOTE: Sometimes Internet Archive bugs out while saving webpages. I have screenshots of all their posts, notify me immediately if "anticodon" begins editing their posts. I have screenshots of everything, but since I'm a new user I can't attach files. I've saved all evidence of wrongdoing.

I will deliver justice.
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User1239784
5 hours ago
N3bula
3 hours ago
[MAIN ROUND STARTS MAY 17] OMMC Year 5
DottedCaculator   51
N 4 hours ago by Pengu14
Hello to all creative problem solvers,

Do you want to work on a fun, untimed team math competition with amazing questions by MOPpers and IMO & EGMO medalists? $\phantom{You lost the game.}$
Do you want to have a chance to win thousands in cash and raffle prizes (no matter your skill level)?

Check out the fifth annual iteration of the

Online Monmouth Math Competition!

Online Monmouth Math Competition, or OMMC, is a 501c3 accredited nonprofit organization managed by adults, college students, and high schoolers which aims to give talented high school and middle school students an exciting way to develop their skills in mathematics.

Our website: https://www.ommcofficial.org/
Our Discord (6000+ members): https://tinyurl.com/joinommc
Test portal: https://ommc-test-portal.vercel.app/

This is not a local competition; any student 18 or younger anywhere in the world can attend. We have changed some elements of our contest format, so read carefully and thoroughly. Join our Discord or monitor this thread for updates and test releases.

How hard is it?

We plan to raffle out a TON of prizes over all competitors regardless of performance. So just submit: a few minutes of your time will give you a great chance to win amazing prizes!

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Timeline:
Main Round: May 17th - May 24th
Test Portal Released. The Main Round of the contest is held. The Main Round consists of 25 questions that each have a numerical answer. Teams will have the entire time interval to work on the questions. They can submit any time during the interval. Teams are free to edit their submissions before the period ends, even after they submit.

Final Round: May 26th - May 28th
The top placing teams will qualify for this invitational round (5-10 questions). The final round consists of 5-10 proof questions. Teams again will have the entire time interval to work on these questions and can submit their proofs any time during this interval. Teams are free to edit their submissions before the period ends, even after they submit.

Conclusion of Competition: Early June
Solutions will be released, winners announced, and prizes sent out to winners.

Scoring:

Prizes:

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We hope for your participation, and good luck!

OMMC staff

OMMC’S 2025 EVENTS ARE SPONSORED BY:

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[*]Jane Street
[*]And counting!
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DottedCaculator
Apr 26, 2025
Pengu14
4 hours ago
9 JMO<200?
DreamineYT   5
N Today at 4:39 AM by xHypotenuse
Just wanted to ask
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DreamineYT
May 10, 2025
xHypotenuse
Today at 4:39 AM
Goals for 2025-2026
Airbus320-214   120
N Today at 3:55 AM by Schintalpati
Please write down your goal/goals for competitions here for 2025-2026.
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Airbus320-214
May 11, 2025
Schintalpati
Today at 3:55 AM
Weird FedEx Shipment?
Mathandski   28
N Apr 19, 2025 by hashbrown2009
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;
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Mathandski
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hashbrown2009
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Mathandski
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I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;
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Quentissential
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I got the email too but I'm not going to qualify for MOP (I failed p2 and 6), it could just be scores as it said that it arrives in a week which is typically around the scores date
Also it said the package weight is 2 pounds so it could be something else
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KevinChen_Yay
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maybe tshirts or smth? also got but no chance of mop
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vincentwant
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I did not receive this shipment... am i cooked for mop
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Major_Monogram
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Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;

it might be swag or prep materials.
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dragoon
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Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;

Wait same am I not cooked
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UberPiggy
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I also got the email, most likely swag/scores because I absolutely failed JMO
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dragoon
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UberPiggy wrote:
I also got the email, most likely swag/scores because I absolutely failed JMO

Aw man
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mathnerd_101
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vincentwant wrote:
I did not receive this shipment... am i cooked for mop

yes.
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dragoon
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I think there’s a connection between this and the Jane street USAJMO qual t-shirt. Did anybody receive the email but not fill out the t-shirt form, or vice versa?
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deduck
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i think its the aime qualifier shirts because i didnt get mine yet
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Pengu14
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deduck wrote:
i think its the aime qualifier shirts because i didnt get mine yet

aime qualifier shirts came a while ago
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vincentwant
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i dont think i filled out the t-shirt form thats probably why i didnt get anything
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BS2012
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i also got it
i looked up the address, seemed to be a big warehouse or smth
i think it may be the citadel t-shirt
Quentissential wrote:
I got the email too but I'm not going to qualify for MOP (I failed p2 and 6), it could just be scores as it said that it arrives in a week which is typically around the scores date
Also it said the package weight is 2 pounds so it could be something else
why would they send scores in a 2 pound package though
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lpieleanu
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Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;

I also got the email and have 0 MOP chances, so it certainly doesn't mean making MOP.
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EpicBird08
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I also got such an email from FedEx, maybe it could be something regarding swag shipment?
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eg4334
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I also got the email with no MOP chances, likely swag as stated by many above.
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YaoAOPS
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This forum has turned into mop emails astrology.
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Bigtree
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Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;
maybe try and open the box :faceplam:
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BS2012
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Bigtree wrote:
Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;
maybe try and open the box :faceplam:

it hasnt shipped yet
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spectator01
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i didn't qual amo and i got the package so
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gavinhaominwang
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Bigtree wrote:
Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;
maybe try and open the box :faceplam:

maybe try reading
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anishm2
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gavinhaominwang wrote:
Bigtree wrote:
Mathandski wrote:
I got an email about new FedEx shipment earlier today. I never ordered anything and was pretty confused but it caught my interest because it shipped out of Elgin, IL, which is only ~15 miles from the place where MOP is taking place and was shipped directly to my name and the email I signed up to AMCs with (which I don't use for much other things).

This is a very stupid question and it might be a coincidence but did any other AoPSers waiting on MOP email receive this ;-;
maybe try and open the box :faceplam:

maybe try reading

:faceplam:
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anishm2
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I received a FedEx package containing 20 pounds of C4. Am I cooked for MOP?

You are going to be mopped up more like

Or whats left of you
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RocketScientist
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is mop in a different location this year? i always thought it was in PA
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RedFireTruck
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i got this as well :o
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Gavin_Deng
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RocketScientist wrote:
is mop in a different location this year? i always thought it was in PA

It’s at Illinois math and science academy this year.
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Schintalpati
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Bro I was so scared about this wtf but ig many people got it then so im good
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hashbrown2009
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I got this as email as well idk tbh
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