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Number Theory
JetFire008   0
33 minutes ago
Source: Elementary Number Theory by David M. Burton
Modify Euclid's proof that there are infinitely many primes by assuming the existence of a largest prime $p$ and using the integer $N=p!+1$ to arrive at a contradiction.
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JetFire008
33 minutes ago
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INMO 2019 P3
div5252   47
N 33 minutes ago by Golden_Verse
Let $m,n$ be distinct positive integers. Prove that
$$gcd(m,n) + gcd(m+1,n+1) + gcd(m+2,n+2) \le 2|m-n| + 1. $$Further, determine when equality holds.
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div5252
Jan 20, 2019
Golden_Verse
33 minutes ago
Tilted Students Thoroughly Splash Turtle
DottedCaculator   24
N 37 minutes ago by ray66
Source: 2022 USA TSTST #1
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the smallest positive integer $k$ such that for any set $S$ of $n$ points in the interior of the unit square, there exists a set of $k$ rectangles such that the following hold:
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[*]The sides of each rectangle are parallel to the sides of the unit square.
[*]Each point in $S$ is not in the interior of any rectangle.
[*]Each point in the interior of the unit square but not in $S$ is in the interior of at least one of the $k$ rectangles
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(The interior of a polygon does not contain its boundary.)

Holden Mui
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DottedCaculator
Jun 27, 2022
ray66
37 minutes ago
Find all functions
aktyw19   1
N 43 minutes ago by Mathzeus1024
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb R_{+} \to \mathbb R_{+}$ such that for all $ x>0$ and $ 0<y<1$ then $ (1-y)f(x)=f(f(yx)\frac{1-y}{y})$
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aktyw19
Mar 8, 2014
Mathzeus1024
43 minutes ago
Interesting inequality
sqing   3
N 44 minutes ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b> 0 ,a^2-ab+b^2=1 . $ Prove that
$$ \frac{a}{a^2+b+1}+\frac{b}{b^2+a+1}  \leq \frac{2}{3}$$$$   \frac{a}{b^2+a+1}+\frac{b}{a^2+b+1}  < \frac{7}{10}$$Let $ a,b> 0 ,a^2-ab+b^2=\frac{1}{2}. $ Prove that
$$    \frac{a}{b^2+a+1}+\frac{b}{a^2+b+1}   \leq  \frac{2(3 \sqrt{2}-2)}{7} $$Let $ a,b> 0 ,a^2-ab+b^2=\frac{1}{4}. $ Prove that
$$   \frac{a}{b^2+a+1}+\frac{b}{a^2+b+1}    \leq \frac{4}{7}$$Let $ a,b> 0 ,a^2-ab+b^2=\frac{1}{9}. $ Prove that
$$   \frac{a}{b^2+a+1}+\frac{b}{a^2+b+1}  \leq \frac{6}{13}$$
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sqing
Today at 1:56 AM
sqing
44 minutes ago
Interesting inequality
sqing   6
N an hour ago by sqing
Source: Own
Let $ a,b,c>0,(a+b+1)\left(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b} +1\right)= 10. $ Prove that
$$ \frac{4\sqrt{2}}{5} \geq\frac{ \sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} }{a+b+ab}\geq \frac{1 }{2\sqrt{2}}$$$$ \frac{4(1+\sqrt{2})}{5} \geq \frac{ \sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} +1}{a+b+ab}\geq \frac{1+2\sqrt{2} }{8}$$
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sqing
Jul 29, 2025
sqing
an hour ago
Parallelogram
m4thbl3nd3r   6
N an hour ago by Royal_mhyasd
Let $AD$ be the $A-$altitude of the triangle $ABC$ and $T,S$ be foots of perpendicular lines through $D$ on $AB,AC$, respectively. Construct the parallelogram $DTKS$ and altitudes $BE,CF$ of the triangle $ABC$. Prove that $K$ lies on $EF$
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m4thbl3nd3r
Today at 3:08 AM
Royal_mhyasd
an hour ago
Game of Queens
anantmudgal09   6
N an hour ago by NTguy
Source: India-Iran-Singapore-Taiwan Friendly Contest 2025 Problem 1
Alice and Bob are playing a game on an $n \times n$ ($n \geqslant 2$) chessboard. Initially, Alice’s queen is placed at the bottom-left corner, and Bob’s queen is at the bottom-right corner. All the other squares on the board are covered by neutral pieces.

Alice starts first, and the two players take turns. In each turn, a player must move their queen to capture a piece. A queen can capture a piece if and only if the piece lies in the same row, column, or diagonal as the queen, and there are no other pieces between them. A player loses if their queen is captured or if there are no remaining pieces they
can capture. For which values of $n$ does Alice have a winning strategy?
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anantmudgal09
Yesterday at 7:14 AM
NTguy
an hour ago
Number Theory
crocodilepradita   1
N an hour ago by NO_SQUARES
Determine all natural numbers $k$ such that there exist a positive even number $n$ such that
$(n-1)(n^2-1)(n^3-1)\dots(n^k-1)$
is a perfect square.
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crocodilepradita
2 hours ago
NO_SQUARES
an hour ago
Number Theory
thdwlgh1229   2
N an hour ago by MathsII-enjoy
Source: own
Find all the integer pairs $(m,n)$ such that $$3^{m}=2*11^{n}+1$$
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thdwlgh1229
5 hours ago
MathsII-enjoy
an hour ago
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