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My Unsolved FE on R+
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Give $a>0$. Find all funcitions $f:\mathbb{R}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that for all any $x,y\in (0,\infty):$
$$f(xf(y)+a)=yf(x+y+a)$$
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Insects walk
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A 100 × 100 chessboard is divided into unit squares. Each square has an arrow pointing up, down, left, or right. The board square is surrounded by a wall, except to the right of the top right corner square. An insect is placed in one of the squares.

Every second, the insect moves one unit in the direction of the arrow in its square. As the insect moves, the arrow of the square it just left rotates 90° clockwise.

If the specified movement cannot be performed, then the insect will not move for that second, but the arrow in the square it is standing on will still rotate. Is it possible that the insect never leaves the board?
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May 3, 2025
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Inequality
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A interesting problem generalized :-D
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Try to prove : $$ \sum csc^{20} \frac{2^{i} \pi}{7} csc^{23} \frac{2^{j}\pi }{7} csc^{2023} \frac{2^{k} \pi}{7} $$is a rational number.
Where $ (i,j,k)=(1,2,3) $ and other permutations.
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Inequalities
sqing   5
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Let $ a,b,c>0 $ and $ a+b\leq 16abc. $ Prove that
$$ a+b+kc^3\geq\sqrt[4]{\frac{4k} {27}}$$$$ a+b+kc^4\geq\frac{5} {8}\sqrt[5]{\frac{k} {2}}$$Where $ k>0. $
$$ a+b+3c^3\geq\sqrt{\frac{2} {3}}$$$$ a+b+2c^4\geq \frac{5} {8}$$
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Let the polynomial $f(x)=x^2+ax+b$, where $a,b$ integers and $k$ is a positive integer. Suppose that the integers
$m,n,p$ satisfy: $f(m), f(n), f(p)$ are divisible by k. Prove that:
$(m-n)(n-p)(p-m)$ is divisible by k
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Arithmetic Series and Common Differences
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For each positive integer $k$, let $S_k$ denote the increasing arithmetic sequence of integers whose first term is $1$ and whose common difference is $k$. For example, $S_3$ is the sequence $1,4,7,10,...$. For how many values of $k$ does $S_k$ contain the term $2005$?
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find number of elements in H
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If \( H \) is the set of positive real solutions to the system
\[ x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = x + y + z \]\[ x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = xyz \]then find the number of elements in \( H \).
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old problem from an open contest
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Given that $a, b \in \mathbb{R}$ satisfy
\[ a + \frac{1}{a + 2015} = b - 4030 + \frac{1}{b - 2015} \]and $|a - b| > 5000$. Determine the value of
\[ \frac{ab}{2015} - a + b. \]
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f_n(x)=\sum sin(nx)/n
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$F_n(x)=\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{\sin (kx)}{k}$, prove that for all $x \in (0,\pi), F_n(x)>0$.

Thanks.
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Looking for users and developers
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N Today at 12:57 AM by musicalpenguin
Guys I've been working on a web app that lets you grind high school lvl math. There's AMCs, AIME, BMT, HMMT, SMT etc. Also, it's infinite practice so you can keep grinding without worrying about finding new problems. Please consider helping me out by testing and also consider joining our developer team! :P :blush:

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Regular tetrahedron
vanstraelen   6
N Yesterday at 11:36 PM by Math-lover1
Given the points $O(0,0,0),A(1,0,0),B(\frac{1}{2},\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2},0)$
a) Determine the point $C$, above the xy-plane, such that the pyramid $OABC$ is a regular tetrahedron.
b) Calculate the volume.
c) Calculate the radius of the inscribed sphere and the radius of the circumscribed sphere.
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How many pairs
Ecrin_eren   5
N Yesterday at 10:19 PM by imbadatmath1233


Let n be a natural number and p be a prime number. How many different pairs (n, p) satisfy the equation:

p + 2^p + 3 = n^2 ?



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Name of a point on a circle
clarkculus   1
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Is there a name for the point $P'$ with respect to a circle $\Gamma$, a diameter $\ell$, and a given point $P$, such that $P'$ is the reflection of the $P$-antipode about $\ell$? Equivalently, $P'$ is the the other intersection of $\Gamma$ and the line through $P$ parallel to $\ell$.
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Funny function that there isn't exist
ItzsleepyXD   5
N Apr 26, 2025 by Hamzaachak
Source: Own, Modified from old problem
Determine all functions $f\colon\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\to\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that, for all positive integers $m$ and $n$,
$$ m^{\phi(n)}+n^{\phi(m)} \mid f(m)^n + f(n)^m$$
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Determine all functions $f\colon\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\to\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ such that, for all positive integers $m$ and $n$,
$$ m^{\phi(n)}+n^{\phi(m)} \mid f(m)^n + f(n)^m$$
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This problem is very hard pls share some hints
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No such function exist
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Hamzaachak wrote:
No such function exist

Small hint : try to prove f(2)=0
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