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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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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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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:


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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.



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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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[$100 IN PRIZES] WAMO 3 (Washington Math Olympiad)
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N 10 minutes ago by Nick_Yang
We, Alex Yang, James Yang, Kaiyuan Mao, Laura Wang, Patrick Sun, Ryan Chen, Ryan Tang, and Wesley Wu, as well as Texan impostor Bruce Shu, present to you the third edition of the Washington Math Olympiad (WAMO)!


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We present WAMO 3, the third installment of the Washington Math Olympiad. We strive to represent and strengthen the Washington State math community by providing yet another high-quality contest. Our team has gained plenty of experience and expertise, and our team has guaranteed that this contest will be as high-quality as possible.

Quick Facts:
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[*] MathDash has generously offered us the opportunity to host WAMO 3. The competition link is at https://mathdash.com/contest/wamo-3/ and will be published before the competition start date.
[*] The competition will be held between Saturday, April 12th to Saturday, April 26th with 15 Short-Answer Problems in 75 Minutes. MathDash will autotime your test.
[*] There are 100 dollars worth of prize money!
[*] Make sure you have enough time to complete the test in one sitting, as there is no way to pause the test!
[*] Please join the WAMO Discord before the test. The Discord link is on the MathDash page.
[*] Check out our website (courtesy of Andrew Chen) at https://wamomath.org!
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So what are you waiting for? Good luck and have fun! :D
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Nick_Yang
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1990 AMC 12 #24
dft   16
N 30 minutes ago by greenplanet2050
All students at Adams High School and at Baker High School take a certain exam. The average scores for boys, for girls, and for boys and girls combined, at Adams HS and Baker HS are shown in the table, as is the average for boys at the two schools combined. What is the average score for the girls at the two schools combined?
\[ \begin{tabular}{c c c c} 
{} & \textbf{Adams} & \textbf{Baker} & \textbf{Adams and Baker}  \\
\textbf{Boys:} & 71 & 81 & 79   \\
\textbf{Girls:} & 76 & 90 & ?   \\
\textbf{Boys and Girls:} & 74 & 84 &   \\
\end{tabular}
 \]
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 81 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 82 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 83 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 84 \quad\textbf{(E)}\ 85 $
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dft
Dec 31, 2011
greenplanet2050
30 minutes ago
Richard Rusczyk Marathon
anticodon   3
N 31 minutes ago by SpeedCuber7
Hello AoPS!

In honor of rrusczyk (and my 50th kudo lol), I'd like to start a Richard Rusczyk Marathon, in which users post:
- a favorite memory of AoPS / what AoPS has helped you achieve
- a problem that AoPS materials has helped you solve. Don't make it TOO hard or the younger users won't be able to get a chance to solve problems
- (if you can solve it), the solution to the problem that the previous user posted.

I'll start:
memory

problem, source AMC12

Although Richard leaving is a sad event, we should still warmly welcome asuth_asuth to AoPS and look forward to working with him in the future to bring AoPS to new frontiers :D
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SpeedCuber7
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9 Will I make AMO?
imagien_bad   7
N 38 minutes ago by alcumusftwgrind
Hi everyone, I got a 100.5 on AMC 12A 2024 what is my chance to make USAMO 2025? (i did not do 12B btw)
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alcumusftwgrind
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Linear recurrence fits with factorial finitely often
Assassino9931   0
an hour ago
Source: Bulgaria Balkan MO TST 2025
Let $k\geq 3$ be an integer. The sequence $(a_n)_{n\geq 1}$ is defined via $a_1 = 1$, $a_2 = k$ and
\[ a_{n+2} = ka_{n+1} + a_n \]for any positive integer $n$. Prove that there are finitely many pairs $(m, \ell)$ of positive integers such that $a_m = \ell!$.
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Assassino9931
an hour ago
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Projective training on circumscribds
Assassino9931   0
an hour ago
Source: Bulgaria Balkan MO TST 2025
Let $ABCD$ be a circumscribed quadrilateral with incircle $k$ and no two opposite angles equal. Let $P$ be an arbitrary point on the diagonal $BD$, which is inside $k$. The segments $AP$ and $CP$ intersect $k$ at $K$ and $L$. The tangents to $k$ at $K$ and $L$ intersect at $S$. Prove that $S$ lies on the line $BD$.
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Assassino9931
an hour ago
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Multiplicative polynomial exactly 2025 times
Assassino9931   0
an hour ago
Source: Bulgaria Balkan MO TST 2025
Does there exist a polynomial $P$ on one variable with real coefficients such that the equation $P(xy) = P(x)P(y)$ has exactly $2025$ ordered pairs $(x,y)$ as solutions?
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Assassino9931
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Holy inequality
giangtruong13   2
N an hour ago by arqady
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Let $a,b,c>0$. Prove that:$$\frac{8}{\sqrt{a^2+b^2+c^2+1}} - \frac{9}{(a+b)\sqrt{(a+2c)(b+2c)}} \leq \frac{5}{2}$$
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giangtruong13
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arqady
an hour ago
Inequality with Unhomogenized Condition
Mathdreams   1
N 2 hours ago by arqady
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Let $x, y, z$ be positive reals such that $xy + yz + xz + xyz = 4$. Prove that $$3(2 - xyz) \ge \frac{2}{xy+1} + \frac{2}{yz+1} + \frac{2}{xz + 1}.$$(Shining Sun, USA)
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Mathdreams
3 hours ago
arqady
2 hours ago
Orthocenter config once again
Assassino9931   5
N 2 hours ago by Assassino9931
Source: Bulgaria National Olympiad 2025, Day 2, Problem 4
Let \( ABC \) be an acute triangle with \( AB < AC \), midpoint $M$ of side $BC$, altitude \( AD \) (\( D \in BC \)), and orthocenter \( H \). A circle passes through points \( B \) and \( D \), is tangent to line \( AB \), and intersects the circumcircle of triangle \( ABC \) at a second point \( Q \). The circumcircle of triangle \( QDH \) intersects line \( BC \) at a second point \( P \). Prove that the lines \( MH \) and \( AP \) are perpendicular.
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Assassino9931
Yesterday at 1:53 PM
Assassino9931
2 hours ago
Scanner on squarefree integers
Assassino9931   2
N 2 hours ago by Assassino9931
Source: Bulgaria National Olympiad 2025, Day 2, Problem 5
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Prove that there exists a positive integer $a$ such that exactly $\left \lfloor \frac{n}{4} \right \rfloor$ of the integers $a + 1, a + 2, \ldots, a + n$ are squarefree.
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Assassino9931
Yesterday at 1:54 PM
Assassino9931
2 hours ago
Poly with sequence give infinitely many prime divisors
Assassino9931   5
N 2 hours ago by Assassino9931
Source: Bulgaria National Olympiad 2025, Day 1, Problem 3
Let $P(x)$ be a non-constant monic polynomial with integer coefficients and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ be an infinite sequence. Prove that there are infinitely many primes, each of which divides at least one term of the sequence $b_n = P(n)^{a_n} + 1$.
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Assassino9931
Yesterday at 1:51 PM
Assassino9931
2 hours ago
Connecting chaos in a grid
Assassino9931   2
N 3 hours ago by Assassino9931
Source: Bulgaria National Olympiad 2025, Day 1, Problem 2
Exactly \( n \) cells of an \( n \times n \) square grid are colored black, and the remaining cells are white. The cost of such a coloring is the minimum number of white cells that need to be recolored black so that from any black cell \( c_0 \), one can reach any other black cell \( c_k \) through a sequence \( c_0, c_1, \ldots, c_k \) of black cells where each consecutive pair \( c_i, c_{i+1} \) are adjacent (sharing a common side) for every \( i = 0, 1, \ldots, k-1 \). Let \( f(n) \) denote the maximum possible cost over all initial colorings with exactly \( n \) black cells. Determine a constant $\alpha$ such that
\[
\frac{1}{3}n^{\alpha} \leq f(n) \leq 3n^{\alpha}
\]for any $n\geq 100$.
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Assassino9931
Yesterday at 1:50 PM
Assassino9931
3 hours ago
Dot product with equilateral triangle
buratinogigle   2
N 3 hours ago by ericdimc
Source: Own, syllabus for 10th Grade Geometry at HSGS 2024
Let $H$ be the orthocenter of triangle $ABC$. Let $R$ be the circumradius of $ABC$. Prove that triangle $ABC$ is equilateral iff
$$\overrightarrow{HA}\cdot\overrightarrow{HB}+\overrightarrow{HB}\cdot\overrightarrow{HC}+\overrightarrow{HC}\cdot\overrightarrow{HA}=-\frac{3R^2}{2}.$$
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buratinogigle
Dec 2, 2024
ericdimc
3 hours ago
Permutations Part 1: 2010 USAJMO #1
tenniskidperson3   69
N Apr 2, 2025 by akliu
A permutation of the set of positive integers $[n] = \{1, 2, . . . , n\}$ is a sequence $(a_1 , a_2 , \ldots, a_n ) $ such that each element of $[n]$ appears precisely one time as a term of the sequence. For example, $(3, 5, 1, 2, 4)$ is a permutation of $[5]$. Let $P (n)$ be the number of permutations of $[n]$ for which $ka_k$ is a perfect square for all $1 \leq k \leq n$. Find with proof the smallest $n$ such that $P (n)$ is a multiple of $2010$.
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tenniskidperson3
Apr 29, 2010
akliu
Apr 2, 2025
Permutations Part 1: 2010 USAJMO #1
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to form a permutation first arrange the perfect squares in the perfect square indexes --> this has $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor!$ ways
then arrange the perfect squares/2 in the perfect square/2 indexes --> this has $\lfloor \sqrt{n/2} \rfloor!$ ways
then arrange the perfect squares/3 in the perfect square/3 indexes --> this has $\lfloor \sqrt{n/3} \rfloor!$ ways
this repeats so $P(n)=(\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor!)(\lfloor \sqrt{n/2} \rfloor!)..(\lfloor \sqrt{n/1434} \rfloor!)...$
To divide $2010$, it has to divide $67$, so $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor! \ge 67$ and $n \ge 67^2 = \boxed{4489}$
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(sketch) Let $S \subseteq\mathbb{N}$ be the set of squarefree numbers. Moreover, for any $s \in S$ let $f_s(n)$ be the number of positive integers $k \leq n$ where $sk$ is a square number. We explicitly give the formula \[ P(n) = \prod_{s \in S} f_s(n)! \]Note that if $2010$ divides $P(n)$ then $67$ divides $ \prod_{s \in S} f_s(n)!$. Note that $s \in S$ and $s>1$ then $f_s(n)<f_1(n)$, so if $67$ divides $ \prod_{s \in S} f_s(n)! $ then $67$ divides $f_1(n)!$. So, $f_1(n) \geq 67 \implies n \geq 67^2$. Note that $2010$ divides $P(67^2)$ so we are done
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Yay, a combo I can actually solve!

We claim that the answer is $67^2 = 4489.$ We will find an explicit formula for $P(n)$ to show this.

Suppose we have an integer $1 \le k \le n.$ Write $k = xk_0^2,$ where $x$ is as small as possible (note that $x$ is squarefree). Thus we can actually categorize the different $1 \le k \le n$: those that are of the form $x^2,$ those of the form $2x^2,$ those of the form $3x^2,$ and so on, for every squarefree integer. If $m_k$ is the $k$th squarefree integer, then call each category $d_i$ the set of integers of the form $m_i x^2.$ Clearly each number in each category must be paired with itself in our final result. In particular, there are $\left\lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{m_k}} \right\rfloor$ numbers in the $d_k.$ Therefore,
\[
P(n) = \prod_{i=1}^{\infty} \left\lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{m_i}} \right\rfloor !.
\]Note that $2010$ is divisble by the prime number $67,$ so one of the terms has to be $67!$ if $n$ is minimized. It clearly must be $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor !$ since any other term would result in a larger value of $n$ (and $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor !$ would also contain the factor of $67$ already). The smallest value of $n$ that satisfies this is $n = 67^2.$ This works since $2010 \mid 67!.$
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Let $S$ denote the set of squarefree integers. Then $P(n)$ can be expressed in the form
\[\prod_{k \in S} \left \lfloor \sqrt{\frac nk} \right \rfloor !.\]
We have $2010 = 2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \cdot 67$, so we need a factor of 67 in this product. The first time this occurs is when $n = \boxed{67^2}$ and $k=1$, so nothing less works. Clearly, we also have $2 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \mid 67!$, so this value of $n$ is indeed valid. $\blacksquare$
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Note that any perfect square may be paired up with any other perfect square— so that gives a “sub-permutation” of $\lfloor\sqrt n\rfloor !$ ways so far (as there are $\lfloor \sqrt n\rfloor$ perfect squares in our allowed range).

If it’s $2$ times a perfect square, or $2k^2$ for some $k$, it may only be paired up with others of the same form. This adds another factor of $\lfloor\sqrt{\tfrac n2}\rfloor!$, using similar logic as above.

We can continue this to get that $P(n)$ is
\[\prod_{1\le \ell\le n}\left\lfloor\sqrt{\frac{n}{\ell}}\right\rfloor!\qquad \text{for all squarefree $\ell$.}\]Since $2010=2\cdot 3\cdot 5\cdot 67$, $67$ must be a factor of one of the $\lfloor\sqrt{\tfrac{n}{\ell}}\rfloor!$s. If we want to minimize $n$, we can take $67$ to be a factor of $\lfloor \sqrt{n}\rfloor!$, and then $n=67^2$. It’s easy to check that $n=67^2$ works, so that is our answer. $\square$
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I claim that the answer is $67^2$, or $4489$.

Definitions.
Define $S_{(n,b)}$ for some positive integer $n$ and positive integer $b$ not divisible by the square of any prime to be the set of all integers $0<k\leq n$ that can be expressed as $a^b$ for some positive integer $a$. In other words, $k\in S_{(n,b)}$ if and only if $\sqrt k=a\sqrt b$ for some $a$ in the set of natural numbers. Additionally, define a "good" permutation $P(n)$ to be a permutation such that $ka_k$ is a perfect square for all integers $k$ such that $1\leq k\leq n$.

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Now I claim that $4489$ works. Let the number of "good" permutations be $m$. Note that for any $k\in S_{(n,b)}$ for any $(n,b)$, the mapping of $k$ after the permutation, or $k$, must also be in $S_{(n,b)}$ in order for $ka_k$ to be a perfect square. Additionally, if $a_k\in S_{(n,b)}$, then $ka_k$ is indeed a perfect square. Therefore;
\[m=\Pi_{b\leq n} |S_{(n,b)}|!,\]for all $b$ not divisible by the square of any prime. Note that since $S_{(4489,1)}=67$, we have that $67!\mid m$. Since $2010\mid 67!$, we must have that $2010\mid m$, as desired.

Finally, note that since $67\mid 2010$, we must have that $67\mid|S_{(n,b)}|!$ for some $(n,b)$. Since $67$ is prime, this implies that
\[|S_{(n,b)}|\geq 67 \iff n\geq 67^2b \iff n\geq 4489,\]since $b\geq1$. This is what we wished to prove, finishing the problem.
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Let the numbers from 1 to n be divided into sets: ${1, 4, \cdots, a^2}$; ${2, 8, \cdots, 2a_1^2}$; ${3, 12, \cdots, 3a_2^2}$, and we continue in the same manner.

If we order these sets, we get a permutation.
Clearly, there are $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor! \cdot \lfloor \frac{\sqrt{n}}{2} \rfloor! \cdots$ permutations $\Rightarrow$ ${P(n)= \prod_{k=1}^{n}\lfloor\sqrt{\frac{n}{k}}}\rfloor!$

We have 2010 = 2.3.5.67 $\Rightarrow$ since we search the minimum of n it occurs when $67 \mid \lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor!$ $\Rightarrow$ $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor \geq 67$ $\Rightarrow$ $\sqrt{n} \geq 67$ $\Rightarrow$ $n \geq 67^2 = 4489$ $\Rightarrow$ n = 4489.
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For a squarefree positive integer $s$, define $G_s$ as the set of positive integers at most $n$ of the form $sk^2$ where $k$ is an integer.

$\textbf{Lemma 1.}$ Every integer in $\{1, 2, \dots, n \}$ belongs to some $G_s$.
Proof. Simply divide any positive integer by its largest square factor, and let the result be $s$. Then that integer belongs to $G_s$ by definition.

$\textbf{Lemma 2.}$ All $G_s$ are disjoint.
Proof. For the sake of contradiction assume that some positive integer belongs in both $G_{s_A}$ and $G_{s_B}$ where $s_A$ and $s_B$ are distinct squarefree integers. Then for some integers $u$, $v$ we have $s_A u^2 = s_B v^2$ implying $s_A s_B$ is a square. By a simple $\nu_p$ argument it is easy to see that the latter can only occur when $s_A = s_B$, a contradiction.

These two lemmas readily imply that the disjoint union of all $G_s$ is $\{1, 2, \dots, n \}$. Now the problem falls apart due to the following claim:

$\textbf{Claim 1.}$ If $a$, $b$ are positive integers, then $ab$ is a square if and only if some $s$ exists where $a, b \in G_s$.
Proof. The "if" part is obvious. For the "only if" part, for the sake of contradiction let $a = s_A u^2$ and $b = s_B v^2$ where $s_A$ and $s_B$ are distinct squarefree integers. Then $ab = s_A s_B u^2v^2$ is a square, which implies $s_A s_B$ is a square. Again, this can only happen when $s_A = s_B$, a contradiction.

Now it is obvious that $P(n) = \prod_{s \text{ squarefree}} |G_s|!$. The largest of the $G_s$ is $G_1$, and since the largest prime factor of $2010$ is $67$ we must have $|G_1| \ge 67 \implies n \ge 67^2$. Now $n = 67^2$ works since $2010 \mid 67!$. The final answer is $67^2 = 4489$.
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Just wondering, did you have to find the general formula for the solution, or could you write the solution without it?
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The answer is $\boxed{67^2}$, a number far too large to compute in the timespan of the USAJMO. The key is that all squares must be permuted among each other giving us $\lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{k}} \rfloor !$ and generalizing this obvious statement. We then split the numbers into groups based on their largest squarefree factor $k$. In the previous case, $k=1$. Its not hard to see that all groups must be permuted within each other, giving us the answer of $$P(n) = \prod_{k \in \text{squarefree integers}} \lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{k}} \rfloor !$$We need a factor of $67$ in this and the conclusion immediately follows. No number smaller than $67^2$ will produce a factor of $67$ because the number being factorialied is smaller than that.

@below yes
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@above ru doing entry combo from otis lol

I wrote this solution before but never had a chance to post it:

Notice that for $k$ being a perfect square, since there are $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor$ perfect squares less than or equal to $n,$ and each of these squares match with such a $k,$ there are $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor!$ ways to order the perfect squares. Similarly, in general we apply this same logic to squarefree integers $k,$ (since if it wasn't squarefree it would have been counted when considering some squarefree number), we get that $$P(n) = \prod_{k \text{ squarefree}} \left(\left\lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{k}} \right\rfloor! \right).$$Clearly for $P(n)$ to be a multiple of $2010,$ it must be a multiple of $67,$ so one of the terms in the product is a multiple of $67.$ Thus to minimize $n,$ it must be $\lfloor \sqrt{n} \rfloor!$ so $n \geq 67^2.$ We can then see that clearly $n=67^2 = \boxed{4489}$ works, so this is our answer.
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Claim 1. The squares can be permuted amongst themselves.
If $a^2$ goes to the position of $b^2$, $a^2b^2=(ab)^2$

Claim 2. Numbers of the form $ab^2$ can be permuted amongst themselves.(where a doesn't change for making permutations possible and a is a non-square number)
$ab^2*ac^2=(abc)^2$

Let the numbers proposed in Claim 2 be termed as $A_a$(where $A_2$ are the numbers with a=2)

Claim 3. Number of squares in [n]$ \geq$ Number of $A_a$ s in [n] for a particular a.

Sequence of squares
$t_1=1$
$t_2=4$
$t_3=9$
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Sequence of $A_a$ s
$t_1=a$
$t_2=4a$
$t_3=9a$
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Clearly, density of squares$ \geq$ density of A_a s.

Claim 4. Due to permutation,
P(n)=(Number of squares)!(Number of $A_2$)!(Number of $A_3$)!...

Since, 2010=2*3*5*67,
67|P(n)

If 67|k!, 2,3, and 5 also divide k!

As density of squares is more, we take #squares as 67.
Hence, smallest possible value of $n=67^2=\boxed{4489}$
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Note that for all squarefree numbers $s$, any permutation of the numbers $(s, 4s, 9s, \dots)$ will still result in a valid sequence, and this applies for all squarefree numbers. We arrive at this conclusion from noting that all squares are permutable with each other, and then all values $ab^2$, and so on. Therefore, our answer is $(\lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{s_1}} \rfloor)! (\lfloor \sqrt{\frac{n}{s_2}} \rfloor)! \dots$ where $s_i$ is the $i$-th squarefree integer and $s_1 = 1$. This value will first be divisible by $67$ when $n = 67^2$, and we can check that it is indeed also a multiple of $2010$.
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