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Romanian National Olympiad 1997 - Grade 11 - Problem 2
Filipjack   1
N 3 hours ago by loup blanc
Source: Romanian National Olympiad 1997 - Grade 11 - Problem 2
Let $A$ be a square matrix of odd order (at least $3$) whose entries are odd integers. Prove that if $A$ is invertible, then it is not possible for all the minors of the entries of a row to have equal absolute values.
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Filipjack
Apr 6, 2025
loup blanc
3 hours ago
four point lie on circle
Kizaruno   0
5 hours ago
Let triangle ABC be inscribed in a circle with center O. A line d intersects sides AB and AC at points E and D, respectively. Let M, N, and P be the midpoints of segments BD, CE, and DE, respectively. Let Q be the foot of the perpendicular from O to line DE. Prove that the points M, N, P, and Q lie on a circle.
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Kizaruno
5 hours ago
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Inequalities
sqing   0
5 hours ago
Let $ a,b>0, a^2+ab+b^2 \geq 6  $. Prove that
$$a^4+ab+b^4\geq 10$$Let $ a,b>0, a^2+ab+b^2 \leq \sqrt{10}  $. Prove that
$$a^4+ab+b^4  \leq 10$$Let $ a,b>0,  a^2+ab+b^2 \geq \frac{15}{2}  $. Prove that
$$ a^4-ab+b^4\geq 10$$Let $ a,b>0,  a^2+ab+b^2 \leq \sqrt{10}  $. Prove that
$$-\frac{1}{8}\leq  a^4-ab+b^4\leq 10$$
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sqing
5 hours ago
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Range if \omega for No Inscribed Right Triangle y = \sin(\omega x)
ThisIsJoe   0
Today at 2:02 PM
For a positive number \omega , determine the range of \omega for which the curve y = \sin(\omega x) has no inscribed right triangle.
Could someone help me figure out how to approach this?
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ThisIsJoe
Today at 2:02 PM
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Interesting question from Al-Khwarezmi olympiad 2024 P3, day1
Adventure1000   1
N Today at 1:10 PM by pooh123
Find all $x, y, z \in \left (0, \frac{1}{2}\right )$ such that
$$
\begin{cases}
(3 x^{2}+y^{2}) \sqrt{1-4 z^{2}} \geq z; \\
(3 y^{2}+z^{2}) \sqrt{1-4 x^{2}} \geq x; \\
(3 z^{2}+x^{2}) \sqrt{1-4 y^{2}} \geq y.
\end{cases}
$$Proposed by Ngo Van Trang, Vietnam
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Adventure1000
Yesterday at 4:10 PM
pooh123
Today at 1:10 PM
one nice!
MihaiT   3
N Today at 12:53 PM by Pin123
Find positiv integer numbers $(a,b) $ s.t. $\frac{a}{b-2}  $ and $\frac{3b-6}{a-3}$ be positiv integer numbers.
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MihaiT
Jan 14, 2025
Pin123
Today at 12:53 PM
Acute Angle Altitudes... say that ten times fast
Math-lover1   1
N Today at 12:29 PM by pooh123
In acute triangle $ABC$, points $D$ and $E$ are the feet of the angle bisector and altitude from $A$, respectively. Suppose that $AC-AB=36$ and $DC-DB=24$. Compute $EC-EB$.
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Math-lover1
Yesterday at 11:30 PM
pooh123
Today at 12:29 PM
Find a and b such that a^2 = (a-b)^3 + b and a and b are coprimes
picysm   2
N Today at 8:28 AM by picysm
it is given that a and b are coprime to each other and a, b belong to N*
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picysm
Apr 25, 2025
picysm
Today at 8:28 AM
Algebra problem
Deomad123   1
N Today at 8:28 AM by lbh_qys
Let $n$ be a positive integer.Prove that there is a polynomial $P$ with integer coefficients so that $a+b+c=0$,then$$a^{2n+1}+b^{2n+1}+c^{2n+1}=abc[P(a,b)+P(b,c)+P(a,c)]$$.
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Deomad123
May 3, 2025
lbh_qys
Today at 8:28 AM
Palindrome
Darealzolt   1
N Today at 8:01 AM by ehz2701
Find the number of six-digit palindromic numbers that are divisible by \( 37 \).
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Darealzolt
Today at 4:13 AM
ehz2701
Today at 8:01 AM
Geometry Proof
strongstephen   17
N Today at 3:59 AM by ohiorizzler1434
Proof that choosing four distinct points at random has an equal probability of getting a convex quadrilateral vs a concave one.
not cohesive proof alert!

NOTE: By choosing four distinct points, that means no three points lie on the same line on the Gaussian Plane.
NOTE: The probability of each point getting chosen don’t need to be uniform (as long as it is symmetric about the origin), you just need a way to choose points in the infinite plane (such as a normal distribution)

Start by picking three of the four points. Next, graph the regions where the fourth point would make the quadrilateral convex or concave. In diagram 1 below, you can see the regions where the fourth point would be convex or concave. Of course, there is the centre region (the shaded triangle), but in an infinite plane, the probability the fourth point ends up in the finite region approaches 0.

Next, I want to prove to you the area of convex/concave, or rather, the probability a point ends up in each area, is the same. Referring to the second diagram, you can flip each concave region over the line perpendicular to the angle bisector of which the region is defined. (Just look at it and you'll get what it means.) Now, each concave region has an almost perfect 1:1 probability correspondence to another convex region. The only difference is the finite region (the triangle, shaded). Again, however, the actual significance (probability) of this approaches 0.

If I call each of the convex region's probability P(a), P(c), and P(e) and the concave ones P(b), P(d), P(f), assuming areas a and b are on opposite sides (same with c and d, e and f) you can get:
P(a) = P(b)
P(c) = P(d)
P(e) = P(f)

and P(a) + P(c) + P(e) = P(convex)
and P(b) + P(d) + P(f) = P(concave)

therefore:
P(convex) = P(concave)
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strongstephen
May 6, 2025
ohiorizzler1434
Today at 3:59 AM
Easy matrix problem
mihaim   3
N Sep 6, 2015 by loup blanc
Let $A$ and $B$ two matrix of $2\times2$ with real elements such as $A^2+B^2+2AB=O_{2}$ and $det A=detB$.Compute $\det(A^2-B^2)$.
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mihaim
Sep 2, 2015
loup blanc
Sep 6, 2015
Easy matrix problem
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Let $A$ and $B$ two matrix of $2\times2$ with real elements such as $A^2+B^2+2AB=O_{2}$ and $det A=detB$.Compute $\det(A^2-B^2)$.
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We have:$ det(A^2+B^2)+det(A^2-B^2)=2(detA^2+detB^2)$, so $det(A^2-B^2)=0$
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That's my solution too.Well done ! :)
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The hypothesis $A,B$ real and $\det(A)=\det(B)$ are useless.
In fact, if $A,B\in M_2(\mathbb{C})$ satisfy $A^2+B^2+2AB=0_2$, then $AB=BA$ and $(A+B)^2=0_2$.
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