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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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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.

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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:
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!


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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
The line passes through the incenter
djuro   10
N a minute ago by Tony_stark0094
Source: Croatia TST 2009
A triangle $ ABC$ is given with $ \left|AB\right| > \left|AC\right|$. Line $ l$ tangents in a point $ A$ the circumcirle of $ ABC$. A circle centered in $ A$ with radius $ \left|AC\right|$ cuts $ AB$ in the point $ D$ and the line $ l$ in points $ E, F$ (such that $ C$ and $ E$ are in the same halfplane with respect to $ AB$). Prove that the line $ DE$ passes through the incenter of $ ABC$.
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djuro
Apr 15, 2009
Tony_stark0094
a minute ago
Arbitrary point on BC and its relation with orthocenter
falantrng   18
N 3 minutes ago by Rayvhs
Source: Balkan MO 2025 P2
In an acute-angled triangle \(ABC\), \(H\) be the orthocenter of it and \(D\) be any point on the side \(BC\). The points \(E, F\) are on the segments \(AB, AC\), respectively, such that the points \(A, B, D, F\) and \(A, C, D, E\) are cyclic. The segments \(BF\) and \(CE\) intersect at \(P.\) \(L\) is a point on \(HA\) such that \(LC\) is tangent to the circumcircle of triangle \(PBC\) at \(C.\) \(BH\) and \(CP\) intersect at \(X\). Prove that the points \(D, X, \) and \(L\) lie on the same line.

Proposed by Theoklitos Parayiou, Cyprus
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falantrng
Yesterday at 11:47 AM
Rayvhs
3 minutes ago
Hard Inequality Problem
Omerking   0
4 minutes ago
$\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}=3$ is given where $a,b,c$ are positive reals. Prove that:
$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^3+1}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{b^3+1}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{c^3+1}} \le \frac{3}{\sqrt{2}}$$
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Omerking
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qwerty123456asdfgzxcvb   13
N 17 minutes ago by soryn
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Consider the set of all points $P$ such that their isogonal conjugate $Q$ in $\triangle ABC$ has $PQ$ parallel to $BC$.

Prove that the midpoint of all $P,Q$ in this set lies on a rectangular hyperbola, and locate its center.
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soryn
17 minutes ago
Inversion exercise
Assassino9931   5
N 27 minutes ago by awesomeming327.
Source: Balkan MO Shortlist 2024 G5
Let $ABC$ be an acute scalene triangle $ABC$, $D$ be the orthogonal projection of $A$ on $BC$, $M$ and $N$ are the midpoints of $AB$ and $AC$ respectively. Let $P$ and $Q$ are points on the minor arcs $\widehat{AB}$ and $\widehat{AC}$ of the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$ respectively such that $PQ \parallel BC$. Show that the circumcircles of triangles $DPQ$ and $DMN$ are tangent if and only if $M$ lies on $PQ$.
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Assassino9931
Yesterday at 10:29 PM
awesomeming327.
27 minutes ago
Interesting inequalities
sqing   9
N an hour ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b\geq 0 $ and $ a+b+ab=3. $ Prove that
$$ab^2( b +1) \leq 4$$$$ab( b +1) \leq \frac{9}{4} $$$$a^2b (  a+b^2 ) \leq \frac{76}{27}$$$$a^2b( b +1  )  \leq \frac{3(69-11\sqrt{33})}{8} $$$$a^2b^2( b +1  )  \leq \frac{2(73\sqrt{73}-595)}{27} $$
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sqing
Yesterday at 3:12 AM
sqing
an hour ago
Interesting inequality
sqing   2
N an hour ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c>0  . $ Prove that
$$\frac{a}{b}+ \frac{kb^2}{c^2} + \frac{c}{a}\geq 5\sqrt[5]{\frac{k}{16}}$$Where $ k >0. $
$$\frac{a}{b}+ \frac{16b^2}{c^2} + \frac{c}{a}\geq 5$$$$\frac{a}{b}+ \frac{ b^2}{2c^2} + \frac{c}{a}\geq \frac{5}{2} $$
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sqing
2 hours ago
sqing
an hour ago
A nice triangle center on line OI
proglote   23
N an hour ago by Ilikeminecraft
Source: Brazil MO 2013, problem #6
The incircle of triangle $ABC$ touches sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ at points $D, E$ and $F$, respectively. Let $P$ be the intersection of lines $AD$ and $BE$. The reflections of $P$ with respect to $EF, FD$ and $DE$ are $X,Y$ and $Z$, respectively. Prove that lines $AX, BY$ and $CZ$ are concurrent at a point on line $IO$, where $I$ and $O$ are the incenter and circumcenter of triangle $ABC$.
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proglote
Oct 24, 2013
Ilikeminecraft
an hour ago
Balkan MO Shortlist official booklet
guptaamitu1   8
N an hour ago by pythagorazz
These days I was trying to find the official booklet of Balkan MO Shortlist. But apparently, there's no big list of all Balkan shortlists for previous years. Through some sources, I have been able to find the official booklet for the following years. So if people have it for other years too, can they please put it on this thread, so that everything is in one place.
[list]
[*] 2021
[*] 2020
[*] 2019
[*] 2018
[*] 2017
[*] 2016
[/list]
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pythagorazz
an hour ago
Integral Solutions
Brut3Forc3   29
N an hour ago by cursed_tangent1434
Source: 1976 USAMO Problem 3
Determine all integral solutions of \[ a^2+b^2+c^2=a^2b^2.\]
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Brut3Forc3
Apr 4, 2010
cursed_tangent1434
an hour ago
Vasc = 1?
Li4   7
N an hour ago by internationalnick123456
Source: 2025 Taiwan TST Round 3 Independent Study 1-N
Find all integer tuples $(a, b, c)$ such that
\[(a^2 + b^2 + c^2)^2 = 3(a^3b + b^3c + c^3a) + 1. \]
Proposed by Li4, Untro368, usjl and YaWNeeT.
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Li4
Apr 26, 2025
internationalnick123456
an hour ago
NT Functional Equation
mkultra42   1
N an hour ago by mkultra42
Find all strictly increasing functions \(f: \mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}\) satsfying \(f(1)=1\) and:

\[ f(2n)f(2n+1)=9f(n)^2+3f(n)\]
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mkultra42
Apr 25, 2025
mkultra42
an hour ago
Combination and sum
Kunihiko_Chikaya   1
N an hour ago by Mathzeus1024
Source: The Jikei University School of Medicine entrance exam 2006
Let $n$ be positive integer.Prove the following equality.

\[ \sum_{r=1}^n (-1)^r\ _n C_r\ \frac{1}{r}=-\sum_{r=1}^n \frac{1}{r} \]
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Kunihiko_Chikaya
Jan 29, 2006
Mathzeus1024
an hour ago
QM + HM >= AM + GM?
greenturtle3141   5
N an hour ago by bansongbada
Prove or disprove:
$$QM+HM \geq AM + GM$$Where $QM$ is quadratic mean $\sqrt{\dfrac{a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots+a_n^2}{n}}$, $HM$ is harmonic mean $\dfrac{n}{\frac1{a_1}+\frac1{a_2}+\cdots+\frac1{a_n}}$, $AM$ is arithmetic mean $\dfrac{a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n}{n}$, and $GM$ is geometric mean $\sqrt[n]{a_1a_2\cdots a_n}$.
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greenturtle3141
May 16, 2019
bansongbada
an hour ago
Angles and points on a square
acupofmath   12
N Dec 30, 2022 by UI_MathZ_25
Source: Iran National Olympiad - 2014 Second Round - D1P2
Let $ABCD$ be a square. Let $N,P$ be two points on sides $AB, AD$, respectively such that $NP=NC$, and let $Q$ be a point on $AN$ such that $\angle QPN = \angle NCB$. Prove that \[ \angle BCQ = \dfrac{1}{2} \angle AQP .\]
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acupofmath
May 1, 2014
UI_MathZ_25
Dec 30, 2022
Angles and points on a square
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Let $ABCD$ be a square. Let $N,P$ be two points on sides $AB, AD$, respectively such that $NP=NC$, and let $Q$ be a point on $AN$ such that $\angle QPN = \angle NCB$. Prove that \[ \angle BCQ = \dfrac{1}{2} \angle AQP .\]
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Here is my solution :
Angles BAC=DAC=45. so AC is the bisector of angle A of triangle APQ.
It is easy to see that PQ is the bisector of angle DPQ.
But we know that the bisectors of angels QAP, QPD and PQB are concurrent.
so QC is the bisector of PQB.
let CQP=CQB=x. then AQP is 180-2x. but we have BCQ is 90-x. so we are done ...
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An easy solution:

just draw the segment CH where H lies on PQ and ∠CHP=90.

but we know that : ∠BCN=∠QPN and ∠NCP=∠NPC

so we can conclude that ∠QCP = ∠BCP = ∠CPD (note that AD and BC are parallel)

then it's obvious that Triangles PHC and PDC are congruent. so CH is equal to CD.

so CH=CD=BC so triangles HCQ and QCB are congruent so ∠HCB=2∠QCB

but HCBQ is cyclic so ∠HCB=∠PQA=2∠QCB and the proof is completed.
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MNik wrote:
Here is my solution :
Angles BAC=DAC=45. so AC is the bisector of angle A of triangle APQ.
It is easy to see that PQ is the bisector of angle DPQ.
But we know that the bisectors of angels QAP, QPD and PQB are concurrent.
so QC is the bisector of PQB.
let CQP=CQB=x. then AQP is 180-2x. but we have BCQ is 90-x. so we are done ...


$ PC $ is the besictor of angle $ \angle NPD $
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No , PC is the bisector of QPD.
QPC = QPN + NPC = NCB + NCP = BCP = DPC
so QPC is equal to DPC and PC is the bisector of QPD.
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by the conditions $\angle QPC=\angle BCP=\angle DPC$ also $\angle CAP=\angle CAQ=45$ so $C$ is the $A$-excenter of $APQ$ now $\angle AQP=180-2\angle BQC=180-2(90-\angle BCQ)=2\angle BCQ$
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Let $PQ \cap BC = R$ . Now,
$NP=NC \implies \angle NPC = \angle NCP \implies \angle QPN + \angle NPC = \angle NCB + \angle NCP \implies \angle RPC = \angle RCP \therefore RP = RC$.
Little bit of angle chasing shows that $\angle BCQ = \frac{1}{2} AQP \iff QC$ is the internal bisector of $\angle BQP \iff QC$ is the external bisector of $\angle RQB \iff \frac{QR}{QB} = \frac{CR}{CB}$.
This follows from $\frac{CR}{RQ} = \frac{RP}{RQ} = \frac{AB}{QB} = \frac{CB}{QB}$. :D
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Iranian Olympiad, second round 2015
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Dear Mathlinkers,
have also a look at

http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=587739

Sincerely
Jean-Louis
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Dear Mathlinkers,
see also

http://jl.ayme.pagesperso-orange.fr/Docs/Miniatures%20Geometriques%20addendum%20II.pdf p. 18-19.

Sincerely
Jean-Louis
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Easy.
Note that we only need to prove ∠PQC = ∠BQC or in fact we need to prove C is A-excenter of APQ.
we know AC is angle bisector of A so we need to prove ∠DPC = ∠CPQ.
∠CPQ = ∠CPN + ∠NPQ = ∠NCP + ∠BCN = ∠BCP = 90 - ∠PCD = ∠DPC.
we're Done.
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Let $K = CN \cap PQ$ and $L = PN \cap CB$, then $KLCP$ is cyclic. Since $NP = NC$, we have that $KLCP$ is a isosceles trapezium with $KL \parallel PC$. Let $R$ and $S$ be the foot of height from $C$ and $N$ to $PQ$, respectively. Notice that $\angle RPC = \angle KPC = \angle LCP = \angle CPD$ so $\triangle DPC \cong \triangle RPC$ $\Rightarrow$ $CB = CD = CR$ and as $QBCR$ is cyclic, thus $\angle RCQ = \angle QCB$.
Finally, let $T = SN \cap BC$ then $ST \parallel RC$ and $SBTQ$ is cyclic, therefore
$\angle BCQ = \frac{1}{2}\angle BCR = \frac{1}{2}\angle BTS = \frac{1}{2}\angle BQS = \frac{1}{2}\angle AQP$ $\blacksquare$
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