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k a July Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jwelsh   0
Jul 1, 2025
We are halfway through summer, so be sure to carve out some time to keep your skills sharp and explore challenging topics at AoPS Online and our AoPS Academies (including the Virtual Campus)!

[list][*]Over 60 summer classes are starting at the Virtual Campus on July 7th - check out the math and language arts options for middle through high school levels.
[*]At AoPS Online, we have accelerated sections where you can complete a course in half the time by meeting twice/week instead of once/week, starting on July 8th:
[list][*]MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Basics
[*]MATHCOUNTS/AMC 8 Advanced
[*]AMC Problem Series[/list]
[*]Plus, AoPS Online has a special seminar July 14 - 17 that is outside the standard fare: Paradoxes and Infinity
[*]We are expanding our in-person AoPS Academy locations - are you looking for a strong community of problem solvers, exemplary instruction, and math and language arts options? Look to see if we have a location near you and enroll in summer camps or academic year classes today! New locations include campuses in California, Georgia, New York, Illinois, and Oregon and more coming soon![/list]

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jwelsh
Jul 1, 2025
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Find max(a+√b+∛c) where 0< a, b, c < 1= a+b+c.
elim   6
N 5 hours ago by sqing
Find $\max_{a,\,b,\,c>0\atop a+b+c=1}(a+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt[3]{c})$
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elim
Feb 7, 2020
sqing
5 hours ago
OMOUS-2025 (Team Competition) P10
enter16180   4
N Today at 8:33 AM by enter16180
Source: Open Mathematical Olympiad for University Students (OMOUS-2025)
Let $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ and $g: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow\{A, G\}$ functions are given with following properties:
(a) $f$ is strict increasing and for each $n \in \mathbb{N}$ there holds $f(n)=\frac{f(n-1)+f(n+1)}{2}$ or $f(n)=\sqrt{f(n-1) \cdot f(n+1)}$.
(b) $g(n)=A$ if $f(n)=\frac{f(n-1)+f(n+1)}{2}$ holds and $g(n)=G$ if $f(n)=\sqrt{f(n-1) \cdot f(n+1)}$ holds.

Prove that there exist $n_{0} \in \mathbb{N}$ and $d \in \mathbb{N}$ such that for all $n \geq n_{0}$ we have $g(n+d)=g(n)$
4 replies
enter16180
Apr 18, 2025
enter16180
Today at 8:33 AM
Putnam 2012 A3
Kent Merryfield   9
N Today at 6:29 AM by AngryKnot
Let $f:[-1,1]\to\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function such that

(i) $f(x)=\frac{2-x^2}{2}f\left(\frac{x^2}{2-x^2}\right)$ for every $x$ in $[-1,1],$

(ii) $ f(0)=1,$ and

(iii) $\lim_{x\to 1^-}\frac{f(x)}{\sqrt{1-x}}$ exists and is finite.

Prove that $f$ is unique, and express $f(x)$ in closed form.
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Kent Merryfield
Dec 3, 2012
AngryKnot
Today at 6:29 AM
AMM problem section
Khalifakhalifa   1
N Today at 4:41 AM by Khalifakhalifa
Does anyone have access to the current AMM edition? I’d like to see the problems section. If so, could someone please share it with me via PM?
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Khalifakhalifa
Yesterday at 11:17 AM
Khalifakhalifa
Today at 4:41 AM
an integral
Svyatoslav   0
Today at 2:27 AM
How do we prove analytically that
$$\int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{\ln(1+\cos x)-x}{\sqrt{\sin x}}\,dx=0\quad?$$The sourse: Quora

Numeric evaluation
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Svyatoslav
Today at 2:27 AM
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Putnam 2014 A4
Kent Merryfield   38
N Today at 1:35 AM by eg4334
Suppose $X$ is a random variable that takes on only nonnegative integer values, with $E[X]=1,$ $E[X^2]=2,$ and $E[X^3]=5.$ (Here $E[Y]$ denotes the expectation of the random variable $Y.$) Determine the smallest possible value of the probability of the event $X=0.$
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Kent Merryfield
Dec 7, 2014
eg4334
Today at 1:35 AM
the limit
Svyatoslav   2
N Yesterday at 10:32 PM by ysharifi
How do you find
$$\lim_{r\to+0}\left(\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac1{k\,\sqrt{1+\pi^2r^2k^2}}+\ln r\right)\,\,?$$
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Svyatoslav
Yesterday at 3:58 PM
ysharifi
Yesterday at 10:32 PM
Putnam 2001 B5
ahaanomegas   8
N Yesterday at 9:39 PM by Assassino9931
Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers in the interval $\left(0,\tfrac{1}{2}\right)$, and let $g$ be a continuous real-valued function such that $g(g(x))=ag(x)+bx$ for all real $x$. Prove that $g(x)=cx$ for some constant $c$.
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ahaanomegas
Feb 27, 2012
Assassino9931
Yesterday at 9:39 PM
k ftw proposal
alcumusftwgrind   2
N Yesterday at 8:35 PM by jlacosta
its really annoying to create a game and not know if there are any other public games open. could it be changed so you can see the games open while having an open game and when you join another game your pending game is canceled this way we dont have to blindly wait
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alcumusftwgrind
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jlacosta
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Putnam 2010 A2
Kent Merryfield   23
N Yesterday at 7:56 PM by kamatadu
Find all differentiable functions $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that
\[f'(x)=\frac{f(x+n)-f(x)}n\]
for all real numbers $x$ and all positive integers $n.$
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Kent Merryfield
Dec 6, 2010
kamatadu
Yesterday at 7:56 PM
Putnam 1991 A5
benorin   7
N Yesterday at 7:24 PM by Sagnik123Biswas
A5) Find the maximum value of $\int_{0}^{y}\sqrt{x^{4}+(y-y^{2})^{2}}dx$ for $0\leq y\leq 1$.

I don't have a solution for this yet. I figure this may be useful: Let the integral be denoted $f(y)$, then according to the Leibniz Integral Rule we have

$\frac{df}{dy}=\int_{0}^{y}\frac{y(1-y)(1-2y)}{\sqrt{x^{4}+(y-y^{2})^{2}}}dx+\sqrt{y^{4}+(y-y^{2})^{2}}$

Now what?
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benorin
Oct 9, 2006
Sagnik123Biswas
Yesterday at 7:24 PM
PAGE NOT SCROLLING DOWN ALL THE WAY; GETS STUCK 1.5 POSTS BEFORE THREAD END
CurlyFalcon55   33
N Monday at 11:04 PM by cz1917
Summary of the problem:
Whenever I push the big, top right "Reply" button– NOT THE SMALL LITTLE "QUICK REPLY" BAR ON THE BOTTOM, and reply, I can't scroll down all the way to the bottom of the thread that I just posted in. Sometimes, very rarely though, I doesn't scroll down all the way when I push the "Quick Reply" bar.


-----Page URL:
Anywhere in the "Introduction to Number Theory" forum in AoPS


-----Steps to reproduce:

1. Go to the link above.

2. Click any thread or create a new one.

3. Click the "Reply" button, not the quick reply bar.

4. Type a reply.

5. Push the "Submit" button.

6. Try to scroll down. if you’re lucky, the problem will reproduce.

-----Expected behavior:
To scroll all the way down.


-----Frequency:
Almost every time I push the big "Reply" button, sometimes (but rarely) when I push the "Quick Reply" bar.


-----Operating system(s):
macOS Sequoia 15.4.1


-----Browser(s), including version:
Chrome, (I don't know what version)


-----Additional information:
-It rarely does it in the "Quick Reply" bar.
-It almost always does it in the big "Reply" button on the top right.


-----Can anyone reproduce?
33 replies
CurlyFalcon55
Jun 1, 2025
cz1917
Monday at 11:04 PM
k How can i get access to old website links?
Eagle123454321   3
N Jul 21, 2025 by Eagle123454321
How can i get access to old website links? like this one: How can i get access to old website links?
3 replies
Eagle123454321
Jul 21, 2025
Eagle123454321
Jul 21, 2025
k question about posts
Spacepandamath13   3
N Jul 21, 2025 by WalterMitchell
what's postfarming?
3 replies
Spacepandamath13
Jul 21, 2025
WalterMitchell
Jul 21, 2025
what??????????????????????
Iced_Coffee   20
N Jun 4, 2025 by C4LEricWa
my "my topics" symbol (the little person looking button) and my "bookmarked topics" symbol keep randomly changing to different symbols!!!!!!!! What is happening? the 'my topics' one changed so it looked like it had a gear and a music note and I don't even know what the other one was. this has been happening for two or three days now is it happening to anyone else? please help! :what?:
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Iced_Coffee
Apr 11, 2025
C4LEricWa
Jun 4, 2025
what??????????????????????
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my "my topics" symbol (the little person looking button) and my "bookmarked topics" symbol keep randomly changing to different symbols!!!!!!!! What is happening? the 'my topics' one changed so it looked like it had a gear and a music note and I don't even know what the other one was. this has been happening for two or three days now is it happening to anyone else? please help! :what?:
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Screenshot or screen recording?
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wdym$~~~~$
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Iced_Coffee
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do you mean do I have a screenshot of it when it was all weird? :arrow: no I was trying to but It went away in like 5 seconds
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these are the ones that changed
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Thunderingfalcon14
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Iced_Coffee wrote:
these are the ones that changed

This is probably because the bbcode used for these symbols was lagging.
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Iced_Coffee
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Thunderingfalcon14 wrote:
Iced_Coffee wrote:
these are the ones that changed

This is probably because the bbcode used for these symbols was lagging.

Maybe at first I thought it was because AoPS updated or something so they just changed a few things but I guess not
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It has changed once for me
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OTA1 wrote:
It has changed once for me

did it look like this?
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OTA1 wrote:
It has changed once for me

did it look like this?
ayo what never happened to me
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CurlyFalcon55
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Iced_Coffee wrote:
OTA1 wrote:
It has changed once for me

did it look like this?

That is weird. I haven’t had that happen to me… yet. ;)
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Iced_Coffee wrote:
OTA1 wrote:
It has changed once for me

did it look like this?

Yes exactly
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the sigma?
woah
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OTA1 wrote:
Iced_Coffee wrote:
OTA1 wrote:
It has changed once for me

did it look like this?

Yes exactly

how many times has it happened to you?
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once only
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Iced_Coffee wrote:
OTA1 wrote:
It has changed once for me

did it look like this?

it happened to me once before
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wow thats rly cool
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It has changed once for me
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unable to reproduce
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This is when the browser decides to be super unhelpful and change language on the page from (Something I don't remember) to English
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