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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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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
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!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

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
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NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
FE over R+
jasperE3   10
N a minute ago by jasperE3
Source: Slovenia TST 2005 Test 1 Problem 2
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R^+\to\mathbb R^+$ such that for any $x,y>0$,
$$x^2\left(f(x)+f(y)\right)=(x+y)f\left(f(x)y\right).$$
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jasperE3
Apr 5, 2021
jasperE3
a minute ago
FE over R
jasperE3   7
N 20 minutes ago by jasperE3
Source: Evan Chen
Find all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ such that $f(x+f(y))+f(xy)=f(x+1)f(y+1)-1\forall x,y\in\mathbb R$.
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jasperE3
Apr 27, 2021
jasperE3
20 minutes ago
IMO ShortList 2002, geometry problem 7
orl   109
N 34 minutes ago by Ilikeminecraft
Source: IMO ShortList 2002, geometry problem 7
The incircle $ \Omega$ of the acute-angled triangle $ ABC$ is tangent to its side $ BC$ at a point $ K$. Let $ AD$ be an altitude of triangle $ ABC$, and let $ M$ be the midpoint of the segment $ AD$. If $ N$ is the common point of the circle $ \Omega$ and the line $ KM$ (distinct from $ K$), then prove that the incircle $ \Omega$ and the circumcircle of triangle $ BCN$ are tangent to each other at the point $ N$.
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orl
Sep 28, 2004
Ilikeminecraft
34 minutes ago
An equation from the past with different coefficients
Assassino9931   12
N an hour ago by ektorasmiliotis
Source: Balkan MO Shortlist 2024 N2
Let $n$ be an integer. Prove that $n^4 - 12n^2 + 144$ is not a perfect cube of an integer.
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Assassino9931
Today at 1:00 PM
ektorasmiliotis
an hour ago
How can I prove boundness?
davichu   5
N an hour ago by Burmf
Source: Evan Chen introduction to functional equations
Solve $f(t^2+u)=tf(t)+f(u)$ over $\mathbb{R}$

Is easy to show that f satisfies Cauchy's functional equation, but I can't find any other property to show that $f$ is linear
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davichu
3 hours ago
Burmf
an hour ago
all functions satisfying f(x+yf(x))+y = xy + f(x+y)
falantrng   25
N an hour ago by CatinoBarbaraCombinatoric
Source: Balkan MO 2025 P3
Find all functions $f\colon \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $x,y \in \mathbb{R}$,
\[f(x+yf(x))+y = xy + f(x+y).\]
Proposed by Giannis Galamatis, Greece
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falantrng
Today at 11:52 AM
CatinoBarbaraCombinatoric
an hour ago
GJMO 2022/1: Cyclic Isosceles Pentagon
CyclicISLscelesTrapezoid   19
N an hour ago by zuat.e
Source: GJMO 2022/1
Let $ABCDE$ be a cyclic pentagon with $AB=CD$ and $BC=DE$. Let $P$ and $Q$ be points on $\overline{CB}$ and $\overline{CD}$, respectively, such that $BPQD$ is cyclic. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $\overline{BD}$. Prove that lines $CM$, $AP$, and $EQ$ concur.

Proposed by Tiger Zhang, USA
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CyclicISLscelesTrapezoid
May 15, 2022
zuat.e
an hour ago
Inequality with condition a+b+c = ab+bc+ca (and special equality case)
DoThinh2001   68
N 2 hours ago by Rayvhs
Source: BMO 2019, problem 2
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that $0 \leq a \leq b \leq c$ and $a+b+c=ab+bc+ca >0.$
Prove that $\sqrt{bc}(a+1) \geq 2$ and determine the equality cases.

(Edit: Proposed by sir Leonard Giugiuc, Romania)
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DoThinh2001
May 2, 2019
Rayvhs
2 hours ago
Problem 5
codyj   100
N 2 hours ago by amirhsz
Source: IMO 2015 #5
Let $\mathbb R$ be the set of real numbers. Determine all functions $f:\mathbb R\to\mathbb R$ that satisfy the equation\[f(x+f(x+y))+f(xy)=x+f(x+y)+yf(x)\]for all real numbers $x$ and $y$.

Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania
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codyj
Jul 11, 2015
amirhsz
2 hours ago
external bisector in 2 angle
crocodilepradita   6
N 2 hours ago by deduck
Given a $\triangle ABC$ with incenter $I$. Line $BI$ and $CI$ intersects $CA$ and $AB$ at $E$ and $F$, respectively. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of $BI$ and $CI$. Line $FM$ meets the external bisector of angle $B$ at $K$ and line $EN$ meets the external bisector of angle $C$ at $L$. Prove that $K, B, L, C$ are concylic.
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crocodilepradita
Aug 22, 2024
deduck
2 hours ago
geometry
srnjbr   3
N 2 hours ago by maromex
the points f,n,o, t a lie in the plane such that the triangles tfo ton are similar, preserving direction and order, and fano is a parallelogram. show that of×on=oa×ot.
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srnjbr
Mar 15, 2025
maromex
2 hours ago
Good Permutations in Modulo n
swynca   6
N 2 hours ago by dangerousliri
Source: BMO 2025 P1
An integer $n > 1$ is called $\emph{good}$ if there exists a permutation $a_1, a_2, a_3, \dots, a_n$ of the numbers $1, 2, 3, \dots, n$, such that:
$(i)$ $a_i$ and $a_{i+1}$ have different parities for every $1 \leq i \leq n-1$;
$(ii)$ the sum $a_1 + a_2 + \cdots + a_k$ is a quadratic residue modulo $n$ for every $1 \leq k \leq n$.
Prove that there exist infinitely many good numbers, as well as infinitely many positive integers which are not good.
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swynca
Today at 2:03 PM
dangerousliri
2 hours ago
Sum of angles are equal
mofumofu   18
N 2 hours ago by zuat.e
Source: China Mathematical Olympiad 2021 P4
In acute triangle $ABC (AB>AC)$, $M$ is the midpoint of minor arc $BC$, $O$ is the circumcenter of $(ABC)$ and $AK$ is its diameter. The line parallel to $AM$ through $O$ meets segment $AB$ at $D$, and $CA$ extended at $E$. Lines $BM$ and $CK$ meet at $P$, lines $BK$ and $CM$ meet at $Q$. Prove that $\angle OPB+\angle OEB =\angle OQC+\angle ODC$.
18 replies
mofumofu
Nov 25, 2020
zuat.e
2 hours ago
sequence
dno1467   1
N 2 hours ago by dno1467
Source: Balkan MO Shortlist 2024 N4
Find all sequences $a_n$ of positive integers such that

$a_{n+2}(a_{n+1} - k) = a_n(a_{n+1} + k)$

for all positive integers n.
1 reply
dno1467
3 hours ago
dno1467
2 hours ago
Inequality
SunnyEvan   6
N Apr 12, 2025 by SunnyEvan
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be non-negative real numbers, no two of which are zero. Prove that :
$$ \sum \frac{3ab-2bc+3ca}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} \geq \frac{12}{7}$$
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SunnyEvan
Apr 1, 2025
SunnyEvan
Apr 12, 2025
Inequality
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Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be non-negative real numbers, no two of which are zero. Prove that :
$$ \sum \frac{3ab-2bc+3ca}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} \geq \frac{12}{7}$$
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SunnyEvan wrote:
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be non-negative real numbers, no two of which are zero. Prove that :
$$ \sum \frac{3ab-2bc+3ca}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} \geq \frac{12}{7}$$
Let $a\geq b\geq c$. Thus,
$$\sum_{cyc}\frac{3ab-2bc+3ca}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} -\frac{12}{7}=\sum_{cyc}\left(\frac{3ab-2bc+3ca}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} -\frac{4}{7}\right)=$$$$=\frac{3}{7}\sum_{cyc}\frac{7ab+7ac-6bc-4b^2-4c^2}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} =\frac{3}{7}\sum_{cyc}\frac{(a-b)(4b+3c)-(c-a)(4c+3b)}{3b^2+bc+3c^2} =$$$$=\frac{3}{7}\sum_{cyc}(a-b)\left(\frac{4b+3c}{3b^2+bc+3c^2}-\frac{4a+3c}{3c^2+ac+3a^2}\right)=$$$$=\frac{3\sum\limits_{cyc}(a-b)^2(3a^2+ab+3b^2)(12ab+9ac+9bc-9c^2)}{7\prod\limits_{cyc}(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}\geq\frac{27\sum\limits_{cyc}(a-b)^2(3a^2+ab+3b^2)c(a+b-c)}{7\prod\limits_{cyc}(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}\geq$$$$\geq\frac{27\left((a-c)^2(3a^2+ac+3c^2)b(a-b)+(b-c)^2(3b^2+bc+3c^2)a(b-a)\right)}{7\prod\limits_{cyc}(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}\geq$$$$\geq\frac{27\left((b-c)^2(3a^2+ac+3c^2)b(a-b)+(b-c)^2(3b^2+bc+3c^2)a(b-a)\right)}{7\prod\limits_{cyc}(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}=$$$$=\frac{81(b-c)^2(a-b)^2(ab-c^2)}{7\prod\limits_{cyc}(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}\geq0.$$
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Nice solution! :-D
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equivalent to
\[
7\sum{ab(a-b)^2(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}+6\prod{(a-b)^2}\ge0
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DKI wrote:
equivalent to
\[
7\sum{ab(a-b)^2(3a^2+ab+3b^2)}+6\prod{(a-b)^2}\ge0
\]

Thanks for your help.
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Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be non-negative real numbers, no two of which are zero. Prove that :
$$ \sum \frac{-ab+3bc-ca}{2b^2+3bc+2c^2} \leq \frac{3}{7} $$
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HELP :help:
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