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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
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k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
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To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
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That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
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- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
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Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


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[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
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ZetaX
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May 4, 2019
two subsets with no fewer than four common elements.
micliva   39
N 3 minutes ago by de-Kirschbaum
Source: All-Russian Olympiad 1996, Grade 9, First Day, Problem 4
In the Duma there are 1600 delegates, who have formed 16000 committees of 80 persons each. Prove that one can find two committees having no fewer than four common members.

A. Skopenkov
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micliva
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de-Kirschbaum
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3 knightlike moves is enough
sarjinius   2
N 3 minutes ago by cooljoseph
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An ant is on the Cartesian plane. In a single move, the ant selects a positive integer $k$, then either travels [list]
[*] $k$ units vertically (up or down) and $2k$ units horizontally (left or right); or
[*] $k$ units horizontally (left or right) and $2k$ units vertically (up or down).
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Thus, for any $k$, the ant can choose to go to one of eight possible points.
Prove that, for any integers $a$ and $b$, the ant can travel from $(0, 0)$ to $(a, b)$ using at most $3$ moves.
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16th ibmo - uruguay 2001/q3.
carlosbr   21
N 14 minutes ago by de-Kirschbaum
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Let $S$ be a set of $n$ elements and $S_1,\ S_2,\dots,\ S_k$ are subsets of $S$ ($k\geq2$), such that every one of them has at least $r$ elements.

Show that there exists $i$ and $j$, with $1\leq{i}<j\leq{k}$, such that the number of common elements of $S_i$ and $S_j$ is greater or equal to: $r-\frac{nk}{4(k-1)}$
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Weird Geo
Anto0110   1
N 20 minutes ago by cooljoseph
In a trapezium $ABCD$, the sides $AB$ and $CD$ are parallel and the angles $\angle ABC$ and $\angle BAD$ are acute. Show that it is possible to divide the triangle $ABC$ into 4 disjoint triangle $X_1. . . , X_4$ and the triangle $ABD$ into 4 disjoint triangles $Y_1,. . . , Y_4$ such that the triangles $X_i$ and $Y_i$ are congruent for all $i$.
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Dear Sqing: So Many Inequalities...
hashtagmath   35
N an hour ago by ohiorizzler1434
I have noticed thousands upon thousands of inequalities that you have posted to HSO and was wondering where you get the inspiration, imagination, and even the validation that such inequalities are true? Also, what do you find particularly appealing and important about specifically inequalities rather than other branches of mathematics? Thank you :)
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Hard FE R^+
DNCT1   5
N 2 hours ago by jasperE3
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{R^+}\to\mathbb{R^+}$ such that
$$f(3x+f(x)+y)=f(4x)+f(y)\quad\forall x,y\in\mathbb{R^+}$$
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Maximum of Incenter-triangle
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N 2 hours ago by mpcnotnpc
Triangle $\Delta ABC$ has side lengths $a$, $b$, and $c$. Select a point $P$ inside $\Delta ABC$, and construct the incenters of $\Delta PAB$, $\Delta PBC$, and $\Delta PAC$ and denote them as $I_A$, $I_B$, $I_C$. What is the maximum area of the triangle $\Delta I_A I_B I_C$?
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Something nice
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N 2 hours ago by KhuongTrang
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Problem. Given $a,b,c$ be non-negative real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca=1.$ Prove that

$$\sqrt{a+1}+\sqrt{b+1}+\sqrt{c+1}\le 1+2\sqrt{a+b+c+abc}.$$
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Tiling rectangle with smaller rectangles.
MarkBcc168   59
N 3 hours ago by Bonime
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A rectangle $\mathcal{R}$ with odd integer side lengths is divided into small rectangles with integer side lengths. Prove that there is at least one among the small rectangles whose distances from the four sides of $\mathcal{R}$ are either all odd or all even.

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Existence of AP of interesting integers
DVDthe1st   34
N 3 hours ago by DeathIsAwe
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A number $n$ is interesting if 2018 divides $d(n)$ (the number of positive divisors of $n$). Determine all positive integers $k$ such that there exists an infinite arithmetic progression with common difference $k$ whose terms are all interesting.
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Strange Geometry
Itoz   1
N 4 hours ago by hukilau17
Source: Own
Given a fixed circle $\omega$ with its center $O$. There are two fixed points $B, C$ and one moving point $A$ on $\omega$. The midpoint of the line segment $BC$ is $M$. $R$ is a fixed point on $\omega$. Line $AO$ intersects$\odot(AMR)$ at $P(\ne A)$, and line $BP$ intersects $\odot(BOC)$ at $Q(\ne B)$.

Find all the fixed points $R$ such that $\omega$ is always tangent to $\odot (OPQ)$ when $A$ varies.
Hint
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Itoz
Yesterday at 2:00 PM
hukilau17
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find all pairs of positive integers
Khalifakhalifa   2
N 4 hours ago by Haris1


Find all pairs of positive integers \((a, b)\) such that:
\[
a^2 + b^2 \mid a^3 + b^3
\]
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Haris1
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D860 : Flower domino and unconnected
Dattier   4
N 5 hours ago by Haris1
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Let G be a grid of size m*n.

We have 2 dominoes in flowers and not connected like here
IMAGE
Determine a necessary and sufficient condition on m and n, so that G can be covered with these 2 kinds of dominoes.

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Dattier
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5 hours ago
Equal Distances in an Isosceles Setting
mojyla222   3
N 5 hours ago by sami1618
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Let $ABC$ be an isosceles triangle with $AB=AC$. The circle $\omega_1$, passing through $B$ and $C$, intersects segment $AB$ at $K\neq B$. The circle $\omega_2$ is tangent to $BC$ at $B$ and passes through $K$. Let $M$ and $N$ be the midpoints of segments $AB$ and $AC$, respectively. The line $MN$ intersects $\omega_1$ and $\omega_2$ at points $P$ and $Q$, respectively, where $P$ and $Q$ are the intersections closer to $M$. Prove that $MP=MQ$.

Proposed by Hooman Fattahi
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mojyla222
Yesterday at 5:05 AM
sami1618
5 hours ago
Circles tangent to BC at B and C
MarkBcc168   9
N Mar 30, 2025 by channing421
Source: ELMO Shortlist 2024 G3
Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $\omega_1,\omega_2$ be centered at $O_1$, $O_2$ and tangent to line $BC$ at $B$, $C$ respectively. Let line $AB$ intersect $\omega_1$ again at $X$ and let line $AC$ intersect $\omega_2$ again at $Y$. If $Q$ is the other intersection of the circumcircles of triangles $ABC$ and $AXY$, then prove that lines $AQ$, $BC$, and $O_1O_2$ either concur or are all parallel.

Advaith Avadhanam
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MarkBcc168
Jun 22, 2024
channing421
Mar 30, 2025
Circles tangent to BC at B and C
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Let $ABC$ be a triangle, and let $\omega_1,\omega_2$ be centered at $O_1$, $O_2$ and tangent to line $BC$ at $B$, $C$ respectively. Let line $AB$ intersect $\omega_1$ again at $X$ and let line $AC$ intersect $\omega_2$ again at $Y$. If $Q$ is the other intersection of the circumcircles of triangles $ABC$ and $AXY$, then prove that lines $AQ$, $BC$, and $O_1O_2$ either concur or are all parallel.

Advaith Avadhanam
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Solution
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By Monge on $\omega_1$, $\omega_2$, and the circle passing through $A$ tangent to the line through $A$ parallel to $BC$ with radius $0$, we need to show $\frac{BQ}{QC}=\frac{BX}{CY}$, which follows from spiral similarity as $\triangle QBX\sim\triangle QCY$.
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Let $b=-1$, $c=1$, $x=-1+s$, and $y=1+t$.
We have $\frac{a+1}s,\frac{a-1}t\in\mathbb R$, so $\frac{\overline sa+\overline s-s}s=\overline a=\frac{\overline ta-\overline t+t}t$. Solving, $a=\frac{2st-s\overline t-\overline st}{\overline st-s\overline t}$.
We have $q=\frac{cx-by}{c+x-b-y}=\frac{s+t}{s-t}$.
Also, letting $q_1=o_1+1$ and $q_2=o_2-1$, we have $(q_1-s)(\overline{q_1}-\overline s)=q_1\overline{q_1}$; substituting $\overline{q_1}=-q_1$ and solving gives $q_1=\frac{s\overline s}{\overline s-s}$.
The exsimilicenter, which is the intersection of $O_1O_2$ and $BC$, is given by
$z=\frac{o_1\overline{o_2}-\overline{o_1}o_2}{o_1-o_2-\overline{o_1}+\overline{o_2}}=\frac{(q_1-1)(-q_2+1)-(-q_1-1)(q_2+1)}{(q_1-1)-(q_2+1)-(-q_1-1)+(-q_2+1)}=\frac{2(q_1+q_2)}{2(q_1-q_2)}=\frac{s\overline s(\overline t-t)+t\overline t(\overline s-s)}{s\overline s(\overline t-t)-t\overline t(\overline s-s)}$.
We are done because this equals the intersection of $AQ$ and $BC$,
$\frac{a\overline q-\overline aq}{a-q-\overline a+\overline q}=\frac{\frac{2st-s\overline t-\overline st}{\overline st-s\overline t}\cdot\frac{\overline s+\overline t}{\overline s-\overline t}-\frac{-2\overline{st}+s\overline t+\overline st}{\overline st-s\overline t}\cdot\frac{s+t}{s-t}}{\frac{2st-s\overline t-\overline st}{\overline st-s\overline t}-\frac{s+t}{s-t}-\frac{-2\overline{st}+s\overline t+\overline st}{\overline st-s\overline t}+\frac{\overline s+\overline t}{\overline s-\overline t}}=\frac{(s-t)(2st-s\overline t-\overline st)(\overline s+\overline t)-(\overline s-\overline t)(-2\overline{st}+s\overline t+\overline st)(s+t)}{(s-t)(\overline s-\overline t)((2st-2s\overline t-2\overline st+2\overline{st}))+(\overline st-s\overline t)((s-t)(\overline s+\overline t)(\overline s-\overline t)(s+t))}=\frac{2(s-t-\overline s+\overline t)(s\overline s(\overline t-t)+t\overline t(\overline s-s))}{2(s-t-\overline s+\overline t)(s\overline s(\overline t-t)-t\overline t(\overline s-s))}=z$
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Lemma: Let $A$, $B$, $C$, and $D$ be points on a circle, and let $\overline{AB}$ and $\overline{CD}$ intersect at $X$. Then, $\tfrac{CX}{XD}=\tfrac{CA}{AD} \cdot \tfrac{CB}{BD}$.

Proof: We have
\[\frac{CX}{XD}=\frac{[ABC]}{[ABD]}=\frac{\frac{1}{2} CA \cdot CB \cdot \sin \angle ACB}{\frac{1}{2} DA \cdot DB \cdot \sin \angle ADB}=\frac{CA}{AD} \cdot \frac{CB}{BD},\]as desired. $\square$

Let $\overline{AQ}$ and $\overline{BC}$ intersect at $Z$. Notice that $QBX \sim QCY$, so $\tfrac{QB}{QC}=\tfrac{BX}{CY}$. By the lemma, we have
\[\frac{ZB}{ZC}=\frac{BA}{AC} \cdot \frac{BQ}{QC}=\frac{AB}{AC} \cdot \frac{BX}{CY}=\frac{AB}{AC} \cdot \frac{2BO_1 \cdot \cos \angle O_1BA}{2CO_2 \cdot \cos \angle O_2CA}=\frac{AB}{AC} \cdot \frac{BO_1}{CO_2} \cdot \frac{\sin \angle ABC}{\sin \angle ACB}=\frac{BO_1}{CO_2}.\]Thus, we have $ZBO_1 \sim ZCO_2$, so $Z$, $O_1$, and $O_2$ are collinear, as desired. $\square$

Remark: This problem has 3 main components: the circles and intersections, the definition of $Q$, and the definition of $Z$. These can be dealt with mostly independently of each other: using the lemma, length relations involving $Z$ decompose to those involving $Q$, which decompose by spiral similarity to those involving $X$ and $Y$, which are easily calculated.
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Pyramix
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Here's a solution using degree 1 moving points / spiral similarity.

It is well-known that spiral similarities are linear maps. In fact, the following lemma is true.

Lemma. (well-known) Let $l_1,l_2$ denote two lines intersecting in point $Z$. Let $O$ be a fixed point. If $X_t$ is a linearly moving point on $l_1$ and $Y_t=l_2\cap (AOX_t)$, then $\frac{X_0X_t}{Y_0Y_t}$ is constant.
Proof. $O$ is the center of the spiral similarity sending $X_t$ to $Y_t$. Hence, $\triangle QX_0X_t\sim QY_0Y_t$, which means $\frac{X_0X_t}{Y_0Y_t}=\frac{QX_0}{QY_0}$, which is indeed a constant. $\blacksquare$

Fix point $Q$ on $(ABC)$. Choose a point $X$ line $AB$ and define $Y=(AQX)\cap AC$. Then, $X\rightarrow Y$ is a linear map (spiral similarity centered at $Q$). From our lemma, we may write $\frac{BX}{CY}=\frac{QB}{QC}$.
Since $\omega_1,\omega_2$ are tangent to $BC$, we have $\measuredangle BO_1X=2\measuredangle CBX$ and $\measuredangle CO_2Y=2\measuredangle BCY$. As a result, we have
\[\frac{O_1B}{O_2C}=\frac{BX}{CY}\cdot\frac{\sin(\measuredangle CBA)}{\sin(\measuredangle ABC)}=\frac{QB}{QC}\cdot\frac{AC}{AB}\]Let $T=AQ\cap BC$. For $T,O_1,O_2$ to be collinear, it suffices to show that \[\frac{TB}{TC}=\frac{O_1B}{O_2C}=\frac{QB}{QC}\cdot\frac{AC}{AB},\]which is a well-known identity (sketch: use sine rule in $\triangle TAB,\triangle TAC$). $\blacksquare$
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another way to obtain ratio
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Oh bruh why am I so washed at geometry again :censored: my solution is wayyy overcomplicated oops.

So we start by defining $T=\overline{AQ}\cap\overline{BC}$. Note $|\operatorname{Pow}_\omega(T)|=TA\cdot TQ=TB\cdot TC=k^2$, so we can consider an inversion $I$ centred at $T$ with radius $\sqrt{k}$. Let $Y’=I(X)$ and $X’=I(Y)$ under this inversion. Note that $T-X-Y’$ and $T-X’-Y$. However I would like to show that $Y’\in\omega_2$ and $X’\in\omega_1$ for reasons to be disclosed later on. This is not hard; notice that $\omega_1\iff\omega_2$ under $I$ which is clear since they are both tangent to $\overline{BC}$ and $B\iff C$.

Now I can disclose why I wanted $X’$ and $Y’$ to satisfy these properties; it’s quite clear now that under $I$ we must have $\omega_1\iff\omega_2$, so $\overline{O_1O_2}$ also passes through $T$.

Edit: I just realised I proved wayyyy too much again (I proved that five lines concurred at $T$ instead of your normal three). To prove your normal three just take the inversion $I$ centred at $T$ with power $\operatorname{Pow}_\omega(T)$ and then note that $\omega_1\iff\omega_2$, done.
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Beautiful problem!
Lemma : In a circle $w$ , we have two lines such that one of them intersect $w$ at points $C$ and $B$ and the other intersect $w$ at points $X$ and $Y$ . That two lines intersect at $Z$ ( $Z$ is out of the circle) . Suppose that $B$ lies between $Z$ and $C$ and $X$ lies between $Z$ and $Y$ .
I claim that $$\frac{XB}{XC} . \frac{YB}{YC} = \frac{ZB}{ZC} $$( It follows from similarity)

Now call $T$ the intersection point of AQ and BC . Now applying the lemma :
$$\frac{AB}{AC} . \frac{QB}{QC} = \frac{TB}{TC} $$Denote the radius of circle tangent to $BC$ at $B$ R1 and the other one R2
So if we show $$\frac{TB}{TC} = \frac{R1}{R2} $$the problem will solve by homothety and that three lines are concur.
By similarity , $$\frac{QB}{QC} = \frac{BX}{CY}$$We know that $$\frac{a}{sin\angle A} = 2R $$So $$\frac{2R1}{2R2} = \frac{BX}{CY} . \frac{sin\angle C}{sin\angle B}$$
And the RHS is equivalent to $$\frac{QB}{QC} . \frac{AB}{AC} $$. So the problem solved

Note that if R1 = R2 that lines will be parallel and we can check it easily .
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wow advaith orz
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