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k a April Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
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k i Suggestion Form
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May 6, 2021
Hello!

Given the number of suggestions we’ve been receiving, we’re transitioning to a suggestion form. If you have a suggestion for the AoPS website, please submit the Google Form:
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To keep all new suggestions together, any new suggestion threads posted will be deleted.

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k i Read me first / How to write a bug report
slester   3
N May 4, 2019 by LauraZed
Greetings, AoPS users!

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Summary of the problem: When I click back and forth between two threads in the site support section, the content of the threads no longer show up. (See attached screenshot.)
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Operating system: Mac OS X
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Number Theory
Fasih   0
2 minutes ago
Find all integer solutions of the equation $x^{3} + 2 ^{\text{y}}   = p^{2}$ for all x, y $\ge$ 0, where $p$ is the prime number.
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Polynomial functional equation
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N 9 minutes ago by Sadigly
Source: MACMO
P(x) is a polynomial with real coefficients such that
P(x)^2 - 1 = 4 P(x^2 - 4x + 1).
Find P(x).

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Bijection on the set of integers
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N 39 minutes ago by AN1729
Source: InfinityDots MO 2 Problem 2
Determine all bijections $f:\mathbb Z\to\mathbb Z$ satisfying
$$f^{f(m+n)}(mn) = f(m)f(n)$$for all integers $m,n$.

Note: $f^0(n)=n$, and for any positive integer $k$, $f^k(n)$ means $f$ applied $k$ times to $n$, and $f^{-k}(n)$ means $f^{-1}$ applied $k$ times to $n$.

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Number Theory
TUAN2k8   1
N 40 minutes ago by Roger.Moore
Find all positve integers m such that $m+1 | 3^m+1$
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Craftybutterfly   3
N Apr 16, 2025 by bpan2021
I found a typo in blog css. It is supposed to say Edit your blog's CSS in the text area below. not Edit your blog's CSS in the textarea below.
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k Python turtle
Speedysolver1   15
N Apr 16, 2025 by jlacosta
It gave a turtle window as seen without import turtle
print("this does not import turtle")

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k Search results do not show up
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N Apr 15, 2025 by jlacosta
Summary: If you use advanced search, the search says "No topics here!"
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2. there will be no topics when you finish
Frequency: 100%
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k Making a Forum
MathWinner121   3
N Apr 15, 2025 by Craftybutterfly
It says I chose a name which is unavailable.
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k Making a Forum
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N Apr 15, 2025 by evt917
How can I make my own forum?
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k Image Posting for New Users
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N Apr 15, 2025 by RedChameleon
Hello there, Im getting an error that says new community users are not allowed to post images. I only had latex code, no images, so Im confused on what I should do now.
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k For The Win
Aaronjudgeisgoat   2
N Apr 15, 2025 by jlacosta
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but when will For The Win stop undergoing maintenance?
hopefully theres some big update or smth...
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k AOPS WIki infinite loading
FoeverResentful   6
N Apr 14, 2025 by jlacosta
It appears that whenever you try and go to the wiki page, you end up in a very long waiting screen that either times out or just remains their forever.
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k Question...
RedChameleon   2
N Apr 14, 2025 by jkim0656
Why aren't ss threads locking anymore? Usually they lock when they become resolved and more than half of the threads open already have a solution.
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A Segment Bisection Problem
buratinogigle   4
N Today at 4:53 AM by buratinogigle
Source: VN Math Olympiad For High School Students P9 - 2025
In triangle $ABC$, let the incircle $\omega$ touch sides $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$, respectively. Let $P$ lie on the line through $D$ perpendicular to $BC$. Let $Q, R$ be the intersections of $PC, PB$ with $EF$, respectively. Let $K, L$ be the projections of $R, Q$ onto line $BC$. Let $M, N$ be the second intersections of $DQ, DR$ with the incircle $\omega$. Let $S$ be the intersection of $KM$ and $LN$. Prove that the line $DS$ bisects segment $QR$.
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In triangle $ABC$, let the incircle $\omega$ touch sides $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$, respectively. Let $P$ lie on the line through $D$ perpendicular to $BC$. Let $Q, R$ be the intersections of $PC, PB$ with $EF$, respectively. Let $K, L$ be the projections of $R, Q$ onto line $BC$. Let $M, N$ be the second intersections of $DQ, DR$ with the incircle $\omega$. Let $S$ be the intersection of $KM$ and $LN$. Prove that the line $DS$ bisects segment $QR$.
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In triangle $ABC$, let the incircle $\omega$ touch sides $BC, CA, AB$ at $D, E, F$, respectively. Let $P$ lie on the line through $D$ perpendicular to $BC$. Let $Q, R$ be the intersections of $PC, PB$ with $EF$, respectively. Let $K, L$ be the projections of $R, Q$ onto line $BC$. Let $M, N$ be the second intersections of $DQ, DR$ with the incircle $\omega$. Let $S$ be the intersection of $KM$ and $LN$. Prove that the line $DS$ bisects segment $QR$.

This is my solution during the test :D
Let \( EF \) cut \( BC \) at \( T \). Note that \( (BC, DT) = -1 \), then \( D(TP, QR) = P(TD, QR) = P(TD, CB) = -1 \), therefore \( DT \) is the external bisector of angle \( RDQ \), which also implies that \( DM = DN \), so we get \( MN \parallel BC \).
We have \( D(TS, QR) = D(TS, MN) = \dfrac{DL}{DK} = \dfrac{DQ}{DR} = \dfrac{TQ}{TR} \).
Therefore, \( DS \) bisects \( QR \).
This problem will work with any $M$ and $N$ lie on $DQ$, $DR$ satisfy $MN \parallel BC$.
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Why is $DT$ the external bisector?
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用调和,然后表达一下比例
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Here is the official solution of mine.

Disregard the simple case when $EF \parallel BC$. Assume that $EF$ intersects $BC$ at $G$. Applying Menelaus’ Theorem to triangle $PBC$ with collinear points $G, Q, R$, we have
\[
\frac{GB}{GC} \cdot \frac{QC}{QP} \cdot \frac{RP}{RB} = 1,
\]which is equivalent (as a consequence of Thales' Theorem) to
\[
\frac{DB}{DC} \cdot \frac{LC}{LD} \cdot \frac{KD}{KB} = 1,
\]or
\[
\frac{LD}{KD} = \frac{DB}{KB} \cdot \frac{LC}{DC} = \frac{DP}{RK} \cdot \frac{QL}{DP} = \frac{QL}{RK}.
\]From this, the two right triangles $\triangle DKR$ and $\triangle DLQ$ are similar. As a consequence, $\angle RDK = \angle QDL$, which implies $MN \parallel KL$. Let $T$ be the midpoint of $QR$. From the similarity of triangles $DKR$ and $DLQ$, and by applying the trigonometric form of Ceva's Theorem, we obtain
\[
\frac{\sin\angle QDT}{\sin\angle RDT} \cdot \frac{\sin\angle LND}{\sin\angle LNM} \cdot \frac{\sin\angle KMN}{\sin\angle KMD} = \frac{DR}{DQ} \cdot \frac{\sin\angle LND}{\sin\angle NLD} \cdot \frac{\sin\angle MKD}{\sin\angle KMD} = \frac{DR}{DQ} \cdot \frac{DL}{DN} \cdot \frac{DM}{DK} = 1.
\]Thus, the lines $DT$, $KM$, and $LN$ are concurrent.
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