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Thursday at 11:16 PM
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How many integer pairs
Ecrin_eren   1
N 22 minutes ago by Ecrin_eren

"Let m and n be integers. How many different integer pairs (m, n) satisfy the equation m^3 - 3m^2n + 4n^3 = 44?"

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Ecrin_eren
Yesterday at 12:02 PM
Ecrin_eren
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Find the minimum
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N 22 minutes ago by Ecrin_eren
The polynomial is given by P(x) = x^4 + ax^3 + bx^2 + cx + d, and its roots are x1, x2, x3, x4. Additionally, it is stated that d ≥ 5.Find the minimum value of the product:

(x1^2 + 1)(x2^2 + 1)(x3^2 + 1)(x4^2 + 1).

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Ecrin_eren
Thursday at 9:03 PM
Ecrin_eren
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How many pairs
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N 23 minutes ago by Ecrin_eren


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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Ecrin_eren
Yesterday at 3:08 PM
Ecrin_eren
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Values of x
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N 24 minutes ago by Ecrin_eren
Given 0 ≤ x < 2π, what is the difference between the largest and the smallest of the values of x
that satisfy the equation 5cosx + 2sin2x = 4 in radians?
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Ecrin_eren
Yesterday at 6:42 PM
Ecrin_eren
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ISI 2019 : Problem #2
integrated_JRC   40
N 2 hours ago by Sammy27
Source: I.S.I. 2019
Let $f:(0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ be defined by $$f(x)=\lim_{n\to\infty}\cos^n\bigg(\frac{1}{n^x}\bigg)$$(a) Show that $f$ has exactly one point of discontinuity.
(b) Evaluate $f$ at its point of discontinuity.
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integrated_JRC
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Cube Colouring Problems
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Could anyone kindly post some problems (and hopefully along the solution thread/final answer) related to combinatorial colouring of cube?
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Saucepan_man02
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Putnam 1956 A4
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N 4 hours ago by sangsidhya
Source: Putnam 1956
Suppose that the $n$ times differentiable real function $f(x)$ has at least $n+1$ distinct zeros in the closed interval $[a,b]$ and that the polynomial $P(z)=z^n +c_{n-1}z^{n-1}+\ldots+c_1 x +c_0$ has only real zeroes. Show that
$f^{(n)}(x)+ c_{n-1} f^{(n-1)}(x) +\ldots +c_1 f'(x)+ c_0 f(x)$ has at least one zero in $[a,b]$, where $f^{(n)}$ denotes the $n$-th derivative of $f.$
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sqrtX
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sangsidhya
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A problem in point set topology
tobylong   0
6 hours ago
Source: Basic Topology, Armstrong
Let $f:X\to Y$ be a closed map with the property that the inverse image of each point in $Y$ is a compact subset of $X$. Prove that $f^{-1}(K)$ is compact whenever $K$ is compact in $Y$.
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Putnnam 1954 B2
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N Yesterday at 9:13 PM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1954
Let $s$ denote the sum of the alternating harmonic series. Rearrange this series as follows
$$1 + \frac{1}{3} - \frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{5} +\frac{1}{7} - \frac{1}{4} + \frac{1}{9} + \frac{1}{11} - \ldots$$Assume as known that this series converges as well and denote its sum by $S$. Denote by $s_k, S_k$ respectively the $k$-th partial sums of both series. Prove that
$$ \!\!\!\! \text{i})\; S_{3n} = s_{4n} +\frac{1}{2} s_{2n}.$$$$ \text{ii}) \; S\ne s.$$
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sqrtX
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centslordm
Yesterday at 9:13 PM
Putnam 1954 B1
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N Yesterday at 8:56 PM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1954
Show that the equation $x^2 -y^2 =a^3$ has always integral solutions for $x$ and $y$ whenever $a$ is a positive integer.
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sqrtX
Jul 17, 2022
centslordm
Yesterday at 8:56 PM
Putnam 1954 A6
sqrtX   1
N Yesterday at 8:52 PM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1954
Suppose that $u_0 , u_1 ,\ldots$ is a sequence of real numbers such that
$$u_n =  \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} u_{n+k}^{2}\;\;\; \text{for} \; n=0,1,2,\ldots$$Prove that if $\sum u_n$ converges, then $u_k=0$ for all $k$.
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sqrtX
Jul 17, 2022
centslordm
Yesterday at 8:52 PM
Putnam 1954 A3
sqrtX   2
N Yesterday at 8:49 PM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1954
Prove that if the family of integral curves of the differential equation
$$ \frac{dy}{dx} +p(x) y= q(x),$$where $p(x) q(x) \ne 0$, is cut by the line $x=k$ the tangents at the points of intersection are concurrent.
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sqrtX
Jul 17, 2022
centslordm
Yesterday at 8:49 PM
Putnam 1954 A1
sqrtX   2
N Yesterday at 8:47 PM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1954
Let $n$ be an odd integer greater than $1.$ Let $A$ be an $n\times n$ symmetric matrix such that each row and column consists of some permutation of the integers $1,2, \ldots, n.$ Show that each of the integers $1,2, \ldots, n$ must appear in the main diagonal of $A$.
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sqrtX
Jul 17, 2022
centslordm
Yesterday at 8:47 PM
Putnam 1953 B1
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N Yesterday at 8:45 PM by centslordm
Source: Putnam 1953
Is the infinite series
$$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^{1+\frac{1}{n}}}$$convergent?
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sqrtX
Jul 16, 2022
centslordm
Yesterday at 8:45 PM
Combinatoric
spiderman0   3
N Apr 27, 2025 by MathBot101101
Let $ S = \{1, 2, 3, \ldots, 2024\}.$ Find the maximum positive integer $n \geq 2$ such that for every subset $T \subset S$ with n elements, there always exist two elements a, b in T such that:

$|\sqrt{a} - \sqrt{b}| < \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{a - b}$
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Let $ S = \{1, 2, 3, \ldots, 2024\}.$ Find the maximum positive integer $n \geq 2$ such that for every subset $T \subset S$ with n elements, there always exist two elements a, b in T such that:

$|\sqrt{a} - \sqrt{b}| < \frac{1}{2} \sqrt{a - b}$
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We want good sets from a subset T with n elements satisfying that equation.

Solved the inequality to get (just square both sides cuz they're positive, ig)
\frac{9a}{25} < b < a

Now we want the maximum number of elements any bad set can have. Suppose a bad set
P={x_1, x_2, ..., x_{m}} and x_{i}>x_{i-1} for all i belonging to {1, 2, ..., m}
So, x_{i+1} >= \frac{25}{9} x_{i}

x_1=1
x_2= ceiling of (\frac{25}{9}*1)= 3
and so on till we get an x_{k} > 2024

k comes out to be 8.

Therefore your answer is 9. : )

(PS: PLEASEE Latex-ify this, i can't)
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How did you derive $\frac{9a}{25} < b$ ?
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square both sides and then solve and then take cases, ig
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