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Albanian IMO TST 2010 Question 1
ridgers   16
N 44 minutes ago by ali123456
$ABC$ is an acute angle triangle such that $AB>AC$ and $\hat{BAC}=60^{\circ}$. Let's denote by $O$ the center of the circumscribed circle of the triangle and $H$ the intersection of altitudes of this triangle. Line $OH$ intersects $AB$ in point $P$ and $AC$ in point $Q$. Find the value of the ration $\frac{PO}{HQ}$.
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ridgers
May 22, 2010
ali123456
44 minutes ago
equal angles
jhz   7
N an hour ago by mathuz
Source: 2025 CTST P16
In convex quadrilateral $ABCD, AB \perp AD, AD = DC$. Let $ E$ be a point on side $BC$, and $F$ be a point on the extension of $DE$ such that $\angle ABF = \angle DEC>90^{\circ}$. Let $O$ be the circumcenter of $\triangle CDE$, and $P$ be a point on the side extension of $FO$ satisfying $FB =FP$. Line BP intersects AC at point Q. Prove that $\angle AQB =\angle DPF.$
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jhz
Mar 26, 2025
mathuz
an hour ago
Israel Number Theory
mathisreaI   63
N an hour ago by Maximilian113
Source: IMO 2022 Problem 5
Find all triples $(a,b,p)$ of positive integers with $p$ prime and \[ a^p=b!+p. \]
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mathisreaI
Jul 13, 2022
Maximilian113
an hour ago
I need help for British maths olympiads
RCY   1
N an hour ago by Miquel-point
I’m a year ten student who’s going to take the bmo in one year.
However I have no experience in maths olympiads and the best results I have achieved so far was 25/60 in intermediate maths olympiads.
What shall I do?
I really need help!
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RCY
3 hours ago
Miquel-point
an hour ago
Value of the sum
fermion13pi   0
2 hours ago
Source: Australia
Calculate the value of the sum

\sum_{k=1}^{9999999} \frac{1}{(k+1)^{3/2} + (k^2-1)^{1/3} + (k-1)^{2/3}}.
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fermion13pi
2 hours ago
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NT Functional Equation
mkultra42   0
2 hours ago
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
2 hours ago
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Cyclic sum of 1/((3-c)(4-c))
v_Enhance   22
N 2 hours ago by Aiden-1089
Source: ELMO Shortlist 2013: Problem A6, by David Stoner
Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals such that $a+b+c=3$. Prove that \[18\sum_{\text{cyc}}\frac{1}{(3-c)(4-c)}+2(ab+bc+ca)\ge 15. \]Proposed by David Stoner
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v_Enhance
Jul 23, 2013
Aiden-1089
2 hours ago
x^101=1 find 1/1+x+x^2+1/1+x^2+x^4+...+1/1+x^100+x^200
Mathmick51   6
N 3 hours ago by pi_quadrat_sechstel
Let $x^{101}=1$ such that $x\neq 1$. Find the value of $$\frac{1}{1+x+x^2}+\frac{1}{1+x^2+x^4}+\frac{1}{1+x^3+x^6}+\dots+\frac{1}{1+x^{100}+x^{200}}$$
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Mathmick51
Jun 22, 2021
pi_quadrat_sechstel
3 hours ago
IMO Shortlist 2014 N5
hajimbrak   60
N 3 hours ago by sansgankrsngupta
Find all triples $(p, x, y)$ consisting of a prime number $p$ and two positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $x^{p -1} + y$ and $x + y^ {p -1}$ are both powers of $p$.

Proposed by Belgium
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hajimbrak
Jul 11, 2015
sansgankrsngupta
3 hours ago
n variables with n-gon sides
mihaig   0
3 hours ago
Source: Own
Let $n\geq3$ and let $a_1,a_2,\ldots, a_n\geq0$ be reals such that $\sum_{i=1}^{n}{\frac{1}{2a_i+n-2}}=1.$
Prove
$$\frac{24}{(n-1)(n-2)}\cdot\sum_{1\leq i<j<k\leq n}{a_ia_ja_k}\geq3\sum_{i=1}^{n}{a_i}+n.$$
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mihaig
3 hours ago
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4 variables with quadrilateral sides
mihaig   3
N 4 hours ago by mihaig
Source: VL
Let $a,b,c,d\geq0$ satisfying
$$\frac1{a+1}+\frac1{b+1}+\frac1{c+1}+\frac1{d+1}=2.$$Prove
$$4\left(abc+abd+acd+bcd\right)\geq3\left(a+b+c+d\right)+4.$$
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mihaig
Today at 5:11 AM
mihaig
4 hours ago
Calculate the distance of chess king!!
egxa   5
N 4 hours ago by Tesla12
Source: All Russian 2025 9.4
A chess king was placed on a square of an \(8 \times 8\) board and made $64$ moves so that it visited all squares and returned to the starting square. At every moment, the distance from the center of the square the king was on to the center of the board was calculated. A move is called $\emph{pleasant}$ if this distance becomes smaller after the move. Find the maximum possible number of pleasant moves. (The chess king moves to a square adjacent either by side or by corner.)
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egxa
Apr 18, 2025
Tesla12
4 hours ago
Nordic 2025 P3
anirbanbz   7
N Mar 29, 2025 by Primeniyazidayi
Source: Nordic 2025
Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on the line segments $AC$ and $AB$ respectively such that $AEHF$ is a parallelogram. Prove that $\vert OE \vert = \vert OF \vert$.
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anirbanbz
Mar 25, 2025
Primeniyazidayi
Mar 29, 2025
Nordic 2025 P3
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Let $ABC$ be an acute triangle with orthocenter $H$ and circumcenter $O$. Let $E$ and $F$ be points on the line segments $AC$ and $AB$ respectively such that $AEHF$ is a parallelogram. Prove that $\vert OE \vert = \vert OF \vert$.
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We prove a generalization. Let $P$ be a point and let $E$ and $F$ be on $AC$ and $AB$, respectively, such that $AEPF$ is a parallelogram. The isogonal conjugate of $P$ in $AEF$ is $Q$. We see that $\angle QEF=\angle PEA=\angle PFA=\angle QFE$, so $QE=QF$. Now, if $P$ is on $(BHC)$, then $\angle BPC+\angle EPF=180^\circ-\angle A+\angle  A=180^\circ$, so $P$ has an isogonal conjugate in $BCFE$. Hence $Q$ is the isogonal conjugate of $P$ in $ABC$. The problem follows from $P=H$.
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We have $\frac{BF}{FH}=\frac{CE}{EH}$ because of similar triangles. Use $FH=AE$ and $EH=AF$ and rewrite to $FB\cdot FA=EA\cdot EC$ and we are done by PoP.
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Consider the points in the complex plane with unit circle, lowercase letters etc. as usual.

Claim. $F$ is given by
\[f = \frac{(a+b)(b+c)}{(b-c)}+a\]Proof. Denote the point corresponding to $f$ as defined above by $F'$. We show $F'$ lies on $AB$ and $HF'$ is parallel to $AC$, so we must have $F'=F$. Firstly
\[f = \frac{(a+b)(b+c)}{(a-b)(b-c)}(a-b) + a\]and $\overline{\frac{(a+b)(b+c)}{(a-b)(b-c)}}=\frac{\left(\frac{a+b}{ab}\right)\left(\frac{b+c}{bc}\right)}{\left(\frac{b-a}{ab}\right)\left(\frac{c-b}{bc}\right)}=\frac{(a+b)(b+c)}{(a-b)(b-c)}$ so $f = m\left(b-a\right)+a$ for some $m\in\mathbb R$. So $F'$ lies on $AB$. Now we show $HF'\parallel AC$. This holds iff
\[\frac{h-f}{a-c}=\overline{\frac{h-f}{a-c}}\]We compute these separately:
\begin{align*}
\frac{h-f}{a-c} &= \frac{a+b+c-\frac{(a+b)(b+c)}{(b-c)}-a}{a-c} \\
&= \frac{\left(b+c\right)\left(1-\frac{a+b}{b-c}\right)}{a-c} \\
&= \frac{(b+c)(c+a)}{(b-c)(c-a)}
\end{align*}and
\begin{align*}
\overline{\frac{h-f}{a-c}} &= \frac{\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}-\frac{\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}\right)\left(\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)}{\frac{1}{b}-\frac{1}{c}}}{\frac{1}{a}-\frac{1}{c}} \\
&= \frac{\frac{b+c}{bc}-\frac{\frac{a+b}{ab}\cdot\frac{b+c}{bc}}{\frac{c-b}{bc}}}{\frac{c-a}{ac}} \\
&= \left(\frac{b+c}{bc}+\frac{a+b}{ab}\cdot\frac{b+c}{bc}\cdot\frac{bc}{b-c}\right)\cdot\frac{ac}{c-a} \\
&= \frac{1}{b(c-a)}\left(a\left(b+c\right)+\frac{c(a+b)(b+c)}{(b-c)}\right) \\
&= \frac{1}{b(c-a)}\left(\frac{ab^2 - ac^2 + c(ab+b^2+ac+bc)}{b-c}\right) \\
&= \frac{(c+a)(b+c)}{(c-a)(b-c)} \\
&= \frac{h-f}{a-c}
\end{align*}As desired. So $F=F'$, as desired, so the expression for $f$ as above is correct. $\square$

By the symmetric definitions of $F$ and $E$ w.r.t. $B$ and $C$ we have
\[e=\frac{(a+c)(b+c)}{c-b}+a\]Since $O$ is the origin of our complex plane, we need to show $|f|=|e|$, which is true since:
\begin{align*}
\left|f\right| &= \left|\frac{(a+b)(b+c)+ab-ac}{b-c}\right| \\
&= \frac{1}{\left|b-c\right|}\left|2ab+b^2+bc\right| \\
&= \frac{1}{\left|b-c\right|}\left|2a+b+c\right| \\
&= \frac{1}{|b-c|}\left|ac+ac+bc+c^2 + ab - ab\right| \\
&= \frac{1}{|b-c|}\left|(a+c)(b+c)+ac-ab\right| \\
&= \left|\frac{(a+c)(b+c)}{(b-c)}+a\right| \\
&= |e|
\end{align*}as desired, so we are done. $\blacksquare$
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Let $f_A=b^2+c^2-a^2$. Then, $H=\left(\frac1{f_A}:\frac1{f_B}:\frac1{f_C}\right)$, so $\frac{AE\cdot EC}{b^2}=\frac1{f_Af_C}+\frac1{f_Bf_C}=\frac{2c^2}{f_Af_Bf_C}$. Therefore, $AE\cdot EC=\frac{2b^2c^2}{f_Af_Bf_C}=AF\cdot FB$, which means $OE=OF$.
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Let $E', F'$ be the feet from $B, C$ to $AC, AB$, and let $D' = E'F' \cap BC$. Since
\[
(B, C; D, D') = -1 = A(F, E; N, \infty_{EF})
\]it follows that $AD' \parallel EF$. Since we are done if $ON \perp EF$, if $A'$ is the $A$-antipode, scaling by two at $A$ means we want to show that $A'H \perp AD'$. However, these two lines concur at the $A$-queue point, which lies on $(ABC)$ so we are done.
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Call $M$ the midpoint of $AH$. Since $AFHE$ is a parallelogram, $M$ is also the midpoint of $EF$. Define $X$ as the $A$-antipode in $(ABC)$. It is well known that $HBXC$ is a parallelogram, and since $\angle BHC = \angle BXC = \pi - \angle A$
$\Longrightarrow$ parallelogram $AFHE$ is similar to $HBXC$.
In particular this implies $\Delta HXC \sim \Delta AEF$, and since $\angle CHE = \pi - (\angle A) - (\frac{\pi}{2} - \angle A) = \frac{\pi}{2} $, there is a rotation by $\frac{\pi}{2}$ centered at $H$ that sends $X\mapsto X’$ and $C\mapsto C’$. Thus, $HX’ \parallel EF$ and rotating back gives $HX \perp EF$. A homothety cantered at $A$ with factor $\frac{1}{2}$ sends $H\mapsto M$ and $X\mapsto O$. Since $HX\perp EF\Longrightarrow OM\perp EF$. Thus $O$ is on the perpendicular bisector of $EF$ which implies $\vert OE \vert = \vert OF \vert$, as required. $\blacksquare$
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For a further exercise,see https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c6h288839p1561572
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