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sman96   12
N 19 minutes ago by Adywastaken
Source: BdMO 2025 Higher Secondary P8
Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that$$f(xf(y)-y) + f(xy-x) + f(x+y) = 2xy$$for all $x, y \in \mathbb{R}$.
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sman96
Feb 8, 2025
Adywastaken
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Prime sums of pairs
Assassino9931   5
N an hour ago by aidan0626
Source: Al-Khwarizmi Junior International Olympiad 2025 P5
Sevara writes in red $8$ distinct positive integers and then writes in blue the $28$ sums of each two red numbers. At most how many of the blue numbers can be prime?

Marin Hristov, Bulgaria
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Assassino9931
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aidan0626
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Inequality, inequality, inequality...
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N an hour ago by Assassino9931
Source: Al-Khwarizmi Junior International Olympiad 2025 P6
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that \[ab^2+bc^2+ca^2=6\sqrt{3}+ac^2+cb^2+ba^2.\]Find the smallest possible value of $a^2 + b^2 + c^2$.

Binh Luan and Nhan Xet, Vietnam
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Assassino9931
Yesterday at 9:38 AM
Assassino9931
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Anything real in this system must be integer
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N an hour ago by Assassino9931
Source: Al-Khwarizmi International Junior Olympiad 2025 P1
Determine the largest integer $c$ for which the following statement holds: there exists at least one triple $(x,y,z)$ of integers such that
\begin{align*} x^2 + 4(y + z) = y^2 + 4(z + x) = z^2 + 4(x + y) = c \end{align*}and all triples $(x,y,z)$ of real numbers, satisfying the equations, are such that $x,y,z$ are integers.

Marek Maruin, Slovakia
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Assassino9931
Friday at 9:26 AM
Assassino9931
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Iranian geometry configuration
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N an hour ago by Assassino9931
Source: Al-Khwarizmi Junior International Olympiad 2025 P7
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral with circumcenter $O$, such that $CD$ is not a diameter of its circumcircle. The lines $AD$ and $BC$ intersect at point $P$, so that $A$ lies between $D$ and $P$, and $B$ lies between $C$ and $P$. Suppose triangle $PCD$ is acute and let $H$ be its orthocenter. The points $E$ and $F$ on the lines $BC$ and $AD$, respectively, are such that $BD \parallel HE$ and $AC\parallel HF$. The line through $E$, perpendicular to $BC$, intersects $AD$ at $L$, and the line through $F$, perpendicular to $AD$, intersects $BC$ at $K$. Prove that the points $K$, $L$, $O$ are collinear.

Amir Parsa Hosseini Nayeri, Iran
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Assassino9931
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Assassino9931
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China South East Mathematical Olympiad 2014 Q3B
sqing   4
N 2 hours ago by AGCN
Source: China Zhejiang Fuyang , 27 Jul 2014
Let $p$ be a primes ,$x,y,z $ be positive integers such that $x<y<z<p$ and $\{\frac{x^3}{p}\}=\{\frac{y^3}{p}\}=\{\frac{z^3}{p}\}$.
Prove that $(x+y+z)|(x^5+y^5+z^5).$
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sqing
Aug 17, 2014
AGCN
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P>2D
gwen01   5
N 2 hours ago by Binod98
Source: Baltic Way 1992 #18
Show that in a non-obtuse triangle the perimeter of the triangle is always greater than two times the diameter of the circumcircle.
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gwen01
Feb 18, 2009
Binod98
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Inequality
Sadigly   3
N 3 hours ago by pooh123
Source: Azerbaijan Junior MO 2025 P5
For positive real numbers $x;y;z$ satisfying $0<x,y,z<2$, find the biggest value the following equation could acquire:


$$(2x-yz)(2y-zx)(2z-xy)$$
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Sadigly
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pooh123
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Calculus
youochange   2
N 3 hours ago by youochange
Find the area enclosed by the curves $e^x,e^{-x},x^2+y^2=1$
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youochange
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A strong inequality problem
hn111009   0
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Source: Somewhere
Let $a,b,c$ be the positive number satisfied $a^2+b^2+c^2=3.$ Find the minimum of $$P=\dfrac{a^2}{b+c}+\dfrac{b^2}{c+a}+\dfrac{c^2}{a+b}+\dfrac{3abc}{2(ab+bc+ca)}.$$
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IMO 2014 Problem 4
ipaper   169
N Apr 23, 2025 by YaoAOPS
Let $P$ and $Q$ be on segment $BC$ of an acute triangle $ABC$ such that $\angle PAB=\angle BCA$ and $\angle CAQ=\angle ABC$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the points on $AP$ and $AQ$, respectively, such that $P$ is the midpoint of $AM$ and $Q$ is the midpoint of $AN$. Prove that the intersection of $BM$ and $CN$ is on the circumference of triangle $ABC$.

Proposed by Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia.
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shendrew7
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Denote $K \in (ABC)$ with $(AK;CB) = -1$. Notice
\[(AM; PP_{\infty}) \overset{B}{=} (A, BM \cap (ABC); C, B) \implies K \in BM.\]
Similarily, $K \in CN$, giving the desired. $\blacksquare$
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peppapig_
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First, we make the following claim.

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Claim 1. $BM$ and $CN$ intersect at $X$, where $X$ is the unique (by uniqueness of harmonic conjugates) point on $(ABC)$ such that $(AX;BC)=-1$.

It now suffices to show that this point $X$ lies on both $BM$ and $CN$. Let $N'=CX\cap AQ$. We make the following claim.

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Claim 2. $Q$ is the midpoint of $AN'$. In other words, $N'=N$.

Proof.
Let $T$ be the intersection of the tangents to $(ABC)$ at $B$ and $C$. Notice that,
\[\angle AQC=180-\angle CAQ-\angle C=180-\angle B-\angle C=\angle A=\angle BCT,\]so $CT\parallel AQ$, which means that we can then get that
\[-1=(AX;BC)\overset{B}{=}(AX;TY)\overset{C}{=}(AN';P_{\infty, CT}Q),\]so $(AN';QP_{\infty, CT})=-1$, implying that $Q$ must be the midpoint of $N'$, as desired. Therefore $N=N'$.

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Since $N'\in CX$ and $N=N'$, this means that $X$ lies on $CN$. Similarly, we can prove that $X$ also lies on $BM$, which means that $BM$ and $CN$ both intersect at point $X$, which lies on the circle $(ABC)$. This completes our proof.
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lnzhonglp
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Let $B'$ be the reflection of $A$ over $B$ and let $C'$ be the reflection of $A$ over $C$. Let $X = BM \cap CN$. Then $\triangle ABC \sim \triangle MB'A \sim \triangle NAC',$ and $\triangle B'BM \sim \triangle ANC$, so \begin{align*}\measuredangle BXC &= \measuredangle XBC + \measuredangle BCX \\ &= \measuredangle XMN + \measuredangle MNX \\&= \measuredangle  CNA + \measuredangle C'NC \\&= \measuredangle C'NA = \measuredangle BAC.\end{align*}Therefore, $X$ lies on $(ABC)$.
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Let $J$ be the reflection of $B$ across $A$ and let $K$ be the reflection of $C$ across $A$ so that $JKBC$ is a parallelogram. By the definitions of $P$ and $Q$, we have that $\triangle ABC \sim \triangle PBA \sim \triangle QAC$. So, we also have
\[PABM \sim ACBK, \qquad QACN \sim ABCJ.\]Now, letting $X$ be the intersection between lines $BM$ and $CN$, we have that
\begin{align*}\angle BXC &= 180^{\circ} - \angle MBP - \angle NCQ \\ &= 180^{\circ} - \angle KBA - \angle JCA = 180^{\circ} - \angle A,\end{align*}as desired.
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Reflect $B$ and $C$ about $A$ to get points $X$ and $Y$ respectively. Then $\triangle ANC\sim\triangle BXC$, so that $\angle ACN=\angle BCX$ and thus $\angle XCY=\angle BCN$. Similarly, we also have that $\angle XBY=\angle CBM$. Letting $R$ be the intersection of $BM$ and $CN$, we find that $\angle BRC=180^\circ-\angle BCN-\angle CBM=180^\circ-\angle XCY-\angle CBY=180^\circ-\angle BAC$, so $R$ lies on the circumcircle of $\triangle ABC$ as desired. $\blacksquare$
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Let $X = BM\cap(ABC).$ Consider the tangent at $B$. Clearly, it is parallel to $AP.$ Hence, $-1 = (AM; P\infty) \stackrel=B (AX;BC),$ which finishes.
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Let $R=BM \cap CN.$ Observe that from our conditions $$\triangle BPA \sim \triangle AQC \implies \frac{BP}{PM} = \frac{BP}{AP} = \frac{AQ}{CQ} = \frac{NQ}{QC}.$$But $\angle APQ = \angle AQP \implies \angle BPM = \angle NQC$ so by SAS $$\triangle BPM \sim \triangle NQC \implies \angle PCR = \angle PMR,$$so $PCMR$ is cyclic. Hence, $$\angle ACR = \angle ACB + \angle BCR = \angle BAP + \angle AMB = 180^\circ - \angle ABM,$$so $ABRC$ is cyclic. QED
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Interesting problem..

Let $BM$ and $CN$ intersect at $T$. Denote $C’$ the reflection of $C$ in $Q$. Note that triangles $AQC$ and $BPA$ are similar, so triangles $AC’C$ and $BMA$ are similar, implying that $\angle CAC’ = \angle ABM$. Now, as $C’ACN$ is a parallelogram, we should have:
\[ \angle ABT + \angle ACT = \angle ABM + \angle ACN = \angle CAC’ + 180^{\circ} - \angle CAC’ = 180^{\circ} \]Thus providing that $T$ lies on $(ABC)$, as desired.
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Seems bashable,will solve it tmrw
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Use bary on $\triangle ABC$. By tangent circles and pop, $BP = \frac{c^2}{a}$ so then its immediate that $P = (0, \frac{a^2-c^2}{a^2}, \frac{c^2}{a^2})$ and similarly $Q = (0, \frac{b^2}{a^2}, \frac{a^2-b^2}{a^2})$. Then, $M = (-1, \frac{2(a^2-c^2)}{a^2}, \frac{2c^2}{a^2})$ and $N = (-1, \frac{2b^2}{a^2}, \frac{2(a^2-b^2)}{a^2})$. If we let the intersection be $(-1, t, \frac{2c^2}{a^2})$ by parameterizing $BM$ then we need
\begin{align*}
\begin{vmatrix}
0 & 0 & 1\\
-1 & t & \frac{2c^2}{a^2} \\
-1 & \frac{2b^2}{a^2} & \frac{2(a^2-b^2)}{a^2}
\end{vmatrix}  = 0
\end{align*}whicih gives $t = \frac{2b^2}{a^2}$. Now its trivial to confirm that indeed $a^2yz+b^2xz+c^2xy=0$.
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Target practice for Bary.
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Let $X$ be the intersection of $BM$ and the circumcircle of $ABC$, which we will denote as $\Gamma$. Eyeballing seems to suggest that $X$ is on the $A$-symmedian. We will prove this using projective geometry.

By an angle chase, we observe that the tangent to $\Gamma$ at $B$ is parallel to $AP$. This is because both lines make an angle of $\angle BAC$ with the segment $BC$. Furthermore, observe that \begin{align*}
(A, M; P, \infty_{AM}) = -1.
\end{align*}
Hence, when we take perspectivity at $B$ onto $\Gamma$, we obtain \begin{align*}
(A, X; B, C) = -1.
\end{align*}
Therefore, $X$ is on the $A$-symmedian.

We can similarly show that if $X'$ is the intersection of $CN$ and $\Gamma$, then $X'$ also lies on the $A$-symmedian. It follows that $X$ and $X'$ are the same point, so we are done.
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Bruh what is this,
Let $F_B = BM \cap (ABC)$, and $F_C = CN \cap (ABC)$.
$$-1=(A,M; P, BB \cap AM) \stackrel{B} = (A,F_{B} ;C,B)$$$$-1=(A,N; Q, CC \cap AN) \stackrel{C} = (A, F_{C}; B,C)$$Therefore $F_{B} = F_{C}$ and we are done.
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$\textbf{G1 IMOSL 2014}$

I think i´ve never seen many different solutions for the same problem. Here´s mine:
I´ll show that $BM$ and $CN$ intersect at the intersection of $(ABC)$ and the $A$-symmedian. By taking a homothety centered at $A$ with ratio $\frac{1}2$, It´s equivalent to show that, if $Y_a$ is the $A$-humpty at $ABC$, $P-Y_a-M$ and $Q-Y_a-N$ are collinear, where $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$ and $N$, of $AC$.

To show this, consider the transormation $\phi(X)=X'$ which is the composition of a inversion centered at $A$ with ratio $\sqrt{AB\cdot AC}$ and a reflection over the internal angle bissector of $\angle A$. Then $P'$ is the intersection of the parallel through $B$ and $(ABC)$, $M'$ is the refletion of $A$ over $C$ and $Y_a'$ is the intersection of parallels through $B$ and $C$, parallel to $AC$ and $AB$, respectively. We want to show that $AY_a'P'M'$ is cyclic, but it's immediate, since it's a isosceles trapezoid. The result follows simillarly to show the other collinearity. $\blacksquare$
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Note that $(ABQ), (APC)$ are tangent to $AB$ and $AC$ and intersect again at the dumpty point $D_A$. We claim that $BM \cap CN$ goes through the intersection of the $A$-symmedian with $(ABC)$, so it remains to show that $PD_A$ bisects $AB$. It thus remains to show that $BD_AP$ is tangent to $AB$ as then if $M$ is the midpoint of $AB$, $MA^2 = MB^2$ lies on $PD_A$. Finally, we note that \[ \measuredangle D_APB = \measuredangle D_APC = \measuredangle D_AAC = \measuredangle D_ABA \]as desired.
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