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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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May 1, 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.

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[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
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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]
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.


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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.

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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
Tangents to circle concurrent on a line
Drytime   9
N a minute ago by Autistic_Turk
Source: Romania TST 3 2012, Problem 2
Let $\gamma$ be a circle and $l$ a line in its plane. Let $K$ be a point on $l$, located outside of $\gamma$. Let $KA$ and $KB$ be the tangents from $K$ to $\gamma$, where $A$ and $B$ are distinct points on $\gamma$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be two points on $\gamma$. Lines $PA$ and $PB$ intersect line $l$ in two points $R$ and respectively $S$. Lines $QR$ and $QS$ intersect the second time circle $\gamma$ in points $C$ and $D$. Prove that the tangents from $C$ and $D$ to $\gamma$ are concurrent on line $l$.
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Drytime
May 11, 2012
Autistic_Turk
a minute ago
Quadratic
Rushil   8
N 2 minutes ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
Source: Indian RMO 2004 Problem 3
Let $\alpha$ and $\beta$ be the roots of the equation $x^2 + mx -1 = 0$ where $m$ is an odd integer. Let $\lambda _n = \alpha ^n + \beta ^n , n \geq 0$
Prove that
(A) $\lambda _n$ is an integer
(B) gcd ( $\lambda _n , \lambda_{n+1}$) = 1 .
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Rushil
Feb 28, 2006
SomeonecoolLovesMaths
2 minutes ago
$n^{22}-1$ and $n^{40}-1$
v_Enhance   6
N 12 minutes ago by BossLu99
Source: OTIS Mock AIME 2024 #13
Let $S$ denote the sum of all integers $n$ such that $1 \leq n \leq 2024$ and exactly one of $n^{22}-1$ and $n^{40}-1$ is divisible by $2024$. Compute the remainder when $S$ is divided by $1000$.

Raymond Zhu

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v_Enhance
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BossLu99
12 minutes ago
inequality
danilorj   0
19 minutes ago
Suppose $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers and $a+b+c=2$. Show that

$(1+a^2)(1+b^2)(1+c^2)\geq 3$.
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danilorj
19 minutes ago
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Parallelogram in the Plane
Taco12   8
N 27 minutes ago by lpieleanu
Source: 2023 Canada EGMO TST/2
Parallelogram $ABCD$ is given in the plane. The incircle of triangle $ABC$ has center $I$ and is tangent to diagonal $AC$ at $X$. Let $Y$ be the center of parallelogram $ABCD$. Show that $DX$ and $IY$ are parallel.
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Feb 10, 2023
lpieleanu
27 minutes ago
Combinatorial
|nSan|ty   7
N 43 minutes ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
Source: RMO 2007 problem
How many 6-digit numbers are there such that-:
a)The digits of each number are all from the set $ \{1,2,3,4,5\}$
b)any digit that appears in the number appears at least twice ?
(Example: $ 225252$ is valid while $ 222133$ is not)
[weightage 17/100]
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|nSan|ty
Oct 10, 2007
SomeonecoolLovesMaths
43 minutes ago
pairs (m, n) such that a fractional expression is an integer
cielblue   0
an hour ago
Find all pairs $(m,\ n)$ of positive integers such that $\frac{m^3-mn+1}{m^2+mn+2}$ is an integer.
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cielblue
an hour ago
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the same prime factors
andria   6
N an hour ago by MathLuis
Source: Iranian third round number theory P4
$a,b,c,d,k,l$ are positive integers such that for every natural number $n$ the set of prime factors of $n^k+a^n+c,n^l+b^n+d$ are same. prove that $k=l,a=b,c=d$.
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Sep 6, 2015
MathLuis
an hour ago
Inspired by RMO 2006
sqing   1
N 2 hours ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
Source: Own
Let $ a,b >0  . $ Prove that
$$  \frac {a^{2}+1}{b+k}+\frac { b^{2}+1}{ka+1}+\frac {2}{a+kb}  \geq \frac {6}{k+1}  $$Where $k\geq 0.03 $
$$  \frac {a^{2}+1}{b+1}+\frac { b^{2}+1}{a+1}+\frac {2}{a+b}  \geq 3  $$
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sqing
Today at 3:24 PM
SomeonecoolLovesMaths
2 hours ago
Problem 4 of RMO 2006 (Regional Mathematical Olympiad-India)
makar   7
N 2 hours ago by SomeonecoolLovesMaths
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A $ 6\times 6$ square is dissected in to 9 rectangles by lines parallel to its sides such that all these rectangles have integer sides. Prove that there are always two congruent rectangles.
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makar
Sep 13, 2009
SomeonecoolLovesMaths
2 hours ago
Simple FE
oVlad   52
N 2 hours ago by Sadigly
Source: BMO Shortlist 2022, A1
Find all functions $f : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f(x(x + f(y))) = (x + y)f(x),\]for all $x, y \in\mathbb{R}$.
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Sadigly
2 hours ago
Cool Functional Equation
Warideeb   1
N 2 hours ago by maromex
Find all functions real to real such that
$f(xy+f(x))=xf(y)+f(x)$
for all reals $x,y$.
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2 hours ago
Functional equation
socrates   10
N 2 hours ago by MathLuis
Source: Inspired by another
Determine all functions $f : \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+$ such that \[ \forall x, y \in \mathbb{R}^+ \ , \  \ f(x+f(xy))=f(x)+xf(y).\]
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socrates
Oct 28, 2014
MathLuis
2 hours ago
Find f
Redriver   7
N 2 hours ago by aaravdodhia
Find all $: R \to R : \ \ f(x^2+f(y))=y+f^2(x)$
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Redriver
Jun 25, 2006
aaravdodhia
2 hours ago
Regular pyramid and sphere
kueh   7
N Oct 17, 2005 by cadge_nottosh
Source: UK IMO NST 2
Let $n \geq 2$ be a natural number. A pyramid $P$ has base $A_1A_2...A_{2n}$ and apex $O$. The polygon $A_1A_2...A_{2n}$ is regular and the point $C$ is its centre. The line $OC$ is perpendicular to the plane of the base of $P$. A sphere passes through $O$ and meets each of the line segments $OA_i$ internally. For each $i = 1, 2,..., 2n$, let $X_i$ be the point (other than $O$) where the sphere meets $OA_i$. Prove that $OX_1+OX_3 + ... + OX_{2n-1} =  OX_2+OX_4 + ... + OX_{2n}$
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kueh
Jun 1, 2005
cadge_nottosh
Oct 17, 2005
Regular pyramid and sphere
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Let $n \geq 2$ be a natural number. A pyramid $P$ has base $A_1A_2...A_{2n}$ and apex $O$. The polygon $A_1A_2...A_{2n}$ is regular and the point $C$ is its centre. The line $OC$ is perpendicular to the plane of the base of $P$. A sphere passes through $O$ and meets each of the line segments $OA_i$ internally. For each $i = 1, 2,..., 2n$, let $X_i$ be the point (other than $O$) where the sphere meets $OA_i$. Prove that $OX_1+OX_3 + ... + OX_{2n-1} =  OX_2+OX_4 + ... + OX_{2n}$
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We can actually project all the points and segments to the plane of the base and thus get back a plane figure. Now it should be easy to handle.
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Let $U$ be the center of sphere and $V$ it's projection on a plane of poligon.

$A_iX.A_iO = A_iO(A_iO - OX_i)=A_iU^2 - R^2 = A_iV^2 +UV^2 -R^2$

Summing we just need to prove that for any point $V$ in plane $A_1A_2..A_n$ that

$A_1V^2+A_3V^2+...+A_{2n-1}V^2 = A_2V^2+A_4V^2+...+A_{2n}V^2$

But this is corect from analitic geometry and complex numbers.
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Use intersecting chords theorem to make the condition equivalent to some sums of squares being equal, then use the gpat (I missed this last step, but it is still 7-, probably, as it is an easy application, and I proved it for 2 divides n)
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cadge_nottosh wrote:
Use intersecting chords theorem to make the condition equivalent to some sums of squares being equal, then use the gpat (I missed this last step, but it is still 7-, probably, as it is an easy application, and I proved it for 2 divides n)

interesecting chords thm? where's the cyclic quad?
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Well, it is easy to see that it suffices to prove $\Sigma A_{2i+1}X_{2i+1} = \Sigma A_{2i}X_{2i}$.
But if $K$ is the centre of the sphere, $R$ its radius, then $A_{i}X_{i}.A_{i}O = A_{i}K^{2} - R^{2}$.
Then GPAT finishes it off.
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What is GPAT?
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Well, if $(X_{i},M_{i}) , (Y_{i}, N_{i})$ are two sets of points with masses associated with them, with the total mass of $X$ being $M$, of $Y$ being $N$, and the mean square distance of the two sets of points is defined to be \[ \frac{1}{MN}\sum{M_{i}N_{i}|X_{i}Y_{i}|^2 }\], with $\sigma(X)$ being the mean square distance of the points $X_i$ to their centroid $X^{\prime}$, then the Generalised Parallel Axis Theorem states that the mean square distance of the $X_{i}$ and $Y_{i}$ is\[ \sigma(X) + |X^{\prime}Y^{\prime}|^2 + \sigma(Y) \].

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