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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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Sep 9, 2019
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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:
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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:
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- "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:
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- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
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3-var inequality
sqing   2
N 11 minutes ago by ytChen
Source: Own
Let $ a,b>0 $ and $\frac{1}{a^2+3}+ \frac{1}{b^2+ 3} \leq \frac{1}{2} . $ Prove that
$$a^2+ab+b^2\geq 3$$$$a^2-ab+b^2 \geq 1 $$Let $ a,b>0 $ and $\frac{1}{a^3+3}+ \frac{1}{b^3+ 3}\leq \frac{1}{2} . $ Prove that
$$a^3+ab+b^3 \geq 3$$$$ a^3-ab+b^3\geq 1 $$
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sqing
May 7, 2025
ytChen
11 minutes ago
IMO 2018 Problem 1
juckter   169
N 19 minutes ago by Thelink_20
Let $\Gamma$ be the circumcircle of acute triangle $ABC$. Points $D$ and $E$ are on segments $AB$ and $AC$ respectively such that $AD = AE$. The perpendicular bisectors of $BD$ and $CE$ intersect minor arcs $AB$ and $AC$ of $\Gamma$ at points $F$ and $G$ respectively. Prove that lines $DE$ and $FG$ are either parallel or they are the same line.

Proposed by Silouanos Brazitikos, Evangelos Psychas and Michael Sarantis, Greece
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juckter
Jul 9, 2018
Thelink_20
19 minutes ago
Urgent. Need them quick
sealight2107   2
N 35 minutes ago by Bergo1305
With $a,b,c>1$ and $a+b+c=2abc$. Prove that:
$\sqrt[3]{ab-1}+\sqrt[3]{bc-1}+\sqrt[3]{ca-1} \le \sqrt[3]{(a+b+c)^2}$
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sealight2107
Today at 4:58 PM
Bergo1305
35 minutes ago
Croatian mathematical olympiad, day 1, problem 2
Matematika   6
N an hour ago by Cqy00000000
There were finitely many persons at a party among whom some were friends. Among any $4$ of them there were either $3$ who were all friends among each other or $3$ who weren't friend with each other. Prove that you can separate all the people at the party in two groups in such a way that in the first group everyone is friends with each other and that all the people in the second group are not friends to anyone else in second group. (Friendship is a mutual relation).
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Matematika
Apr 10, 2011
Cqy00000000
an hour ago
Game
Pascual2005   27
N 2 hours ago by HamstPan38825
Source: Colombia TST, IMO ShortList 2004, combinatorics problem 5
$A$ and $B$ play a game, given an integer $N$, $A$ writes down $1$ first, then every player sees the last number written and if it is $n$ then in his turn he writes $n+1$ or $2n$, but his number cannot be bigger than $N$. The player who writes $N$ wins. For which values of $N$ does $B$ win?

Proposed by A. Slinko & S. Marshall, New Zealand
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Pascual2005
Jun 7, 2005
HamstPan38825
2 hours ago
Lines concur on bisector of BAC
Invertibility   2
N 3 hours ago by NO_SQUARES
Source: Slovenia 2025 TST 3 P2
Let $\Omega$ be the circumcircle of a scalene triangle $ABC$. Let $\omega$ be a circle internally tangent to $\Omega$ in $A$. Tangents from $B$ touch $\omega$ in $P$ and $Q$, such that $P$ lies in the interior of $\triangle{}ABC$. Similarly, tangents from $C$ touch $\omega$ in $R$ and $S$, such that $R$ lies in the interior of $\triangle{}ABC$.

Prove that $PS$ and $QR$ concur on the bisector of $\angle{}BAC$.
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Invertibility
4 hours ago
NO_SQUARES
3 hours ago
Why is the old one deleted?
EeEeRUT   16
N 4 hours ago by ravengsd
Source: EGMO 2025 P1
For a positive integer $N$, let $c_1 < c_2 < \cdots < c_m$ be all positive integers smaller than $N$ that are coprime to $N$. Find all $N \geqslant 3$ such that $$\gcd( N, c_i + c_{i+1}) \neq 1$$for all $1 \leqslant i \leqslant m-1$

Here $\gcd(a, b)$ is the largest positive integer that divides both $a$ and $b$. Integers $a$ and $b$ are coprime if $\gcd(a, b) = 1$.

Proposed by Paulius Aleknavičius, Lithuania
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EeEeRUT
Apr 16, 2025
ravengsd
4 hours ago
angle chasing with 2 midpoints, equal angles given and wanted
parmenides51   5
N 4 hours ago by breloje17fr
Source: Ukrainian Geometry Olympiad 2017, IX p1, X p1, XI p1
In the triangle $ABC$, ${{A}_{1}}$ and ${{C}_{1}} $ are the midpoints of sides $BC $ and $AB$ respectively. Point $P$ lies inside the triangle. Let $\angle BP {{C}_{1}} = \angle PCA$. Prove that $\angle BP {{A}_{1}} = \angle PAC $.
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parmenides51
Dec 11, 2018
breloje17fr
4 hours ago
Problem 4 of Finals
GeorgeRP   2
N 5 hours ago by Assassino9931
Source: XIII International Festival of Young Mathematicians Sozopol 2024, Theme for 10-12 grade
The diagonals \( AD \), \( BE \), and \( CF \) of a hexagon \( ABCDEF \) inscribed in a circle \( k \) intersect at a point \( P \), and the acute angle between any two of them is \( 60^\circ \). Let \( r_{AB} \) be the radius of the circle tangent to segments \( PA \) and \( PB \) and internally tangent to \( k \); the radii \( r_{BC} \), \( r_{CD} \), \( r_{DE} \), \( r_{EF} \), and \( r_{FA} \) are defined similarly. Prove that
\[
r_{AB}r_{CD} + r_{CD}r_{EF} + r_{EF}r_{AB} = r_{BC}r_{DE} + r_{DE}r_{FA} + r_{FA}r_{BC}.
\]
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GeorgeRP
Sep 10, 2024
Assassino9931
5 hours ago
Interesting functional equation with geometry
User21837561   3
N 5 hours ago by Double07
Source: BMOSL 2024 G7
For an acute triangle $ABC$, let $O$ be the circumcentre, $H$ be the orthocentre, and $G$ be the centroid.
Let $f:\pi\rightarrow\mathbb R$ satisfy the following condition:
$f(A)+f(B)+f(C)=f(O)+f(G)+f(H)$
Prove that $f$ is constant.
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User21837561
Today at 8:14 AM
Double07
5 hours ago
greatest volume
hzbrl   1
N 5 hours ago by hzbrl
Source: purple comet
A large sphere with radius 7 contains three smaller balls each with radius 3 . The three balls are each externally tangent to the other two balls and internally tangent to the large sphere. There are four right circular cones that can be inscribed in the large sphere in such a way that the bases of the cones are tangent to all three balls. Of these four cones, the one with the greatest volume has volume $n \pi$. Find $n$.
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hzbrl
Yesterday at 9:56 AM
hzbrl
5 hours ago
(n+1)2^n, (n+3)2^{n+2} not perfect squares for the same n
parmenides51   3
N 5 hours ago by AylyGayypow009
Source: Greece JBMO TST 2015 p3
Prove that there is not a positive integer $n$ such that numbers $(n+1)2^n, (n+3)2^{n+2}$ are both perfect squares.
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parmenides51
Apr 29, 2019
AylyGayypow009
5 hours ago
IMO 2010 Problem 3
canada   59
N 5 hours ago by pi271828
Find all functions $g:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow\mathbb{N}$ such that \[\left(g(m)+n\right)\left(g(n)+m\right)\] is a perfect square for all $m,n\in\mathbb{N}.$

Proposed by Gabriel Carroll, USA
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canada
Jul 7, 2010
pi271828
5 hours ago
Equilateral triangle formed by circle and Fermat point
Mimii08   2
N 6 hours ago by Mimii08
Source: Heard from a friend
Hi! I found this interesting geometry problem and I would really appreciate help with the proof.

Let ABC be an acute triangle, and let T be the Fermat (Torricelli) point of triangle ABC. Let A1, B1, and C1 be the feet of the perpendiculars from T to the sides BC, AC, and AB, respectively. Let ω be the circle passing through points A1, B1, and C1. Let A2, B2, and C2 be the second points where ω intersects the sides BC, AC, and AB, respectively (different from A1, B1, C1).

Prove that triangle A2B2C2 is equilateral.

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Mimii08
Yesterday at 10:36 PM
Mimii08
6 hours ago
old and easy imo inequality
Valentin Vornicu   215
N May 5, 2025 by cubres
Source: IMO 2000, Problem 2, IMO Shortlist 2000, A1
Let $ a, b, c$ be positive real numbers so that $ abc = 1$. Prove that
\[ \left( a - 1 + \frac 1b \right) \left( b - 1 + \frac 1c \right) \left( c - 1 + \frac 1a \right) \leq 1.
\]
215 replies
Valentin Vornicu
Oct 24, 2005
cubres
May 5, 2025
old and easy imo inequality
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Let $ a, b, c$ be positive real numbers so that $ abc = 1$. Prove that
\[ \left( a - 1 + \frac 1b \right) \left( b - 1 + \frac 1c \right) \left( c - 1 + \frac 1a \right) \leq 1.
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Since $abc = 1$, there exist positive real numbers $x$, $y$ and $z$ such that $a = x/y$, $b = y/z$ and $c = z/x$. The inequality then reduces to

\[ \left( \frac{x-y+z}y \right) \left( \frac{y-z+x}z \right) \left( \frac{z-x+y}x \right) \leq 1.  \]

Substitute $p= b + c - a$, $q = c + a - b$ and $r = a + b - c$. The inequality then reduces to \[ 8pqr \le (p+q)(q+r)(r+p)  \] which is obvious from the AM-GM since at most one of $p,q,r$ can be negaitve..
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There's no need to quote my post for giving a solution Peter ;)
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I'm sorry, it's an old habit. :(

Maybe you can configure the resource page so that it ignores quotes? (just like it ignores attachements)
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From problem every one can take as
$abc\geq (a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c)$ so we have to prove this
WLOG we can assume $a\geq b\geq c$ then $a+c>b$ and $a+b>c$
1) $b+c>a$ an others then it ia sides of triangle so take
$a=x+y, b=y+z, c=z+x$ so from it follows. (we will look next step)
2) $a\geq b+c$ . Since $a,b,c$ are positive so
$abc>0\geq (a+b-c)(a-b+c)(-a+b+c)$
Abdurashid
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Peter VDD wrote:
\[8pqr \le (p+q)(q+r)(r+p)\] which is obvious from the AM-GM since at most one of $p,q,r$ can be negaitve..

I don't understand this step. Please, can anyone explain me?
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note that...
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José wrote:
Peter VDD wrote:
\[8pqr \le (p+q)(q+r)(r+p)\] which is obvious from the AM-GM since at most one of $p,q,r$ can be negaitve..

I don't understand this step. Please, can anyone explain me?
The numbers $(p+q),(q+r),(r+p)$ are positive by definition.

Now obviously at most one of the numbers $p,q,r$ can be negative. If one of the numbers is negative, then it is trivial since the left side would be negative and the right side positive.

Hence we can assume that they are are all nonnegative and then it is an application of AmGm.
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I feel ignorant. How do I pass from AM-GM inequality to the inequality that Peter gave? I understood everything in his proof but this (the passage)
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you can expand it and apply AM-GM with 8 variables
or you can apply $p+q\ge2\sqrt{pq}$ and multiply each factor
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Now yes, thanks!
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Peter VDD wrote:
you can expand it and apply AM-GM with 8 variables
or you can apply $p+q\ge2\sqrt{pq}$ and multiply each factor
Nice options... :rotfl:
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I think this is easier______CHN student
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oh wow thats nice also
hehe i was stuck with that inequality for a while...
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In fact, it's not entirely correct. Why would $x+y-z\ge0$ for example? If not, you can't appy AM-GM. There is a solution in that sense, but not as trivial as the one posted there.
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