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jwelsh
Jul 1, 2025
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Inequalitis
sqing   11
N 38 minutes ago by sqing
Let $ a,b,c\geq  0 , a^2+b^2+c^2 =3.$ Prove that
$$a^3 +b^3 +c^3 +\frac{11}{5}abc  \leq \frac{26}{5}$$
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sqing
May 31, 2025
sqing
38 minutes ago
Inequalities of integers
nhathhuyyp5c   3
N 2 hours ago by Pal702004
Let $m,n$ be positive integers, $m$ is even such that $\sqrt{2}<\dfrac{m}{n}<\sqrt{2}+\dfrac{1}{2}$. Prove that there exist positive integers $k,l$ satisfying $$\left|\frac{k}{l}-\sqrt{2}\right|<\frac{m}{n}-\sqrt{2}.$$
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nhathhuyyp5c
Jun 14, 2025
Pal702004
2 hours ago
Inequalities
sqing   5
N 3 hours ago by sqing
Let $ a,b,c\geq 0, \frac{1}{1+a}+\frac{1}{1+b}+\frac{1}{1+c}=\frac{3}{2}.$ Prove that
$$ \left(a+b+c-\frac{17}{6}\right)^2+9abc   \geq\frac{325}{36}$$$$   \left(a+b+c-\frac{5}{2}\right)^2+12abc \geq\frac{49}{4}$$$$\left(a+b+c-\frac{14}{5}\right)^2+\frac{49}{5}abc \geq\frac{49}{5}$$
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sqing
Jun 30, 2025
sqing
3 hours ago
Trigonometry equation practice
ehz2701   24
N 3 hours ago by ehz2701
There is a lack of trigonometric bash practice, and I want to see techniques to do these problems. So here are 10 kinds of problems that are usually out in the wild. How do you tackle these problems? (I had ChatGPT write a code for this.). Please give me some general techniques to solve these kinds of problems, especially set 2b. I’ll add more later.

Leaderboard and Solved Problems

problem set 1a (1-10)

problem set 2a (1-20)

problem set 2b (1-20)
answers 2b

General techniques so far:

Trick 1: one thing to keep in mind is

[center] $\frac{1}{2} = \cos 36 - \sin 18$. [/center]

Many of these seem to be reducible to this. The half can be written as $\cos 60 = \sin 30$, and $\cos 36 = \sin 54$, $\sin 18 = \cos 72$. This is proven in solution 1a-1. We will refer to this as Trick 1.
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ehz2701
Jul 12, 2025
ehz2701
3 hours ago
On f(x) and f([x])
ajovanovic   3
N Yesterday at 8:39 PM by ajovanovic
For which $f:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ does $f(x)$ ~$f([x])$ hold?

Note: I have proved this for concave, unbounded, monotone increasing $f$. Is this a necessary condition?
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ajovanovic
Yesterday at 8:18 PM
ajovanovic
Yesterday at 8:39 PM
archemedian property
We2592   1
N Yesterday at 5:16 PM by Etkan
Q) Let $I_n := (n,\infty)$ then find the $\bigcap_{n\in \mathbb{N}} I_n$ ?
Q) Let $I_n := [n,\infty)$ then find the $\bigcap_{n\in \mathbb{N}} I_n$ ?
and also find the supremum and infimum of this ?

now how to approach it with help of archemedian property help
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We2592
Yesterday at 2:50 PM
Etkan
Yesterday at 5:16 PM
f(z) = z^n!
fxandi   5
N Yesterday at 2:53 PM by fxandi
Let $D \subseteq \mathbb{C}$ be a region and the function $f : D \to \mathbb{C}$ defined by $f(z) = \displaystyle\sum_{n = 0}^\infty z^{n!}$ is well-defined and analytic in $D.$
If $\{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| < 1\} \subseteq D,$ show that $D = \{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| < 1\}.$
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fxandi
Thursday at 1:55 PM
fxandi
Yesterday at 2:53 PM
Inequality with sum of sines
TheIntegral   1
N Yesterday at 9:17 AM by smartvong
Source: UM Mathematical Olympiad 2025 (B3)
Given $a_1 = \sqrt{3}$, $a_{n + 1} = \frac{3\pi}{2}\sin\left(\frac{1}{a_n}\right)$ for all integers $n \ge 1$, show that for all integers $n \ge 2$,
$$\sin a_1 + \sin a_2 + \cdots + \sin a_n \le 0.98n.$$
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TheIntegral
Jun 15, 2025
smartvong
Yesterday at 9:17 AM
2022 Putnam B6
giginori   11
N Yesterday at 8:03 AM by Ritwin
Find all continuous functions $f:\mathbb{R}^+\rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$ such that $$f(xf(y))+f(yf(x))=1+f(x+y)$$for all $x, y>0.$
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giginori
Dec 4, 2022
Ritwin
Yesterday at 8:03 AM
Analytic Number Theory
EthanWYX2009   1
N Yesterday at 6:10 AM by paxtonw
Source: 2024 Jan 谜之竞赛-7
For positive integer \( n \), define \(\lambda(n)\) as the smallest positive integer satisfying the following property: for any integer \( a \) coprime with \( n \), we have \( a^{\lambda(n)} \equiv 1 \pmod{n} \).

Given an integer \( m \geq \lambda(n) \left( 1 + \ln \frac{n}{\lambda(n)} \right) \), and integers \( a_1, a_2, \cdots, a_m \) all coprime with \( n \), prove that there exists a non-empty subset \( I \) of \(\{1, 2, \cdots, m\}\) such that
\[\prod_{i \in I} a_i \equiv 1 \pmod{n}.\]Proposed by Zhenqian Peng from High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China
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EthanWYX2009
Jul 23, 2025
paxtonw
Yesterday at 6:10 AM
Putnam 2015 B1
Kent Merryfield   33
N Yesterday at 5:43 AM by smileapple
Let $f$ be a three times differentiable function (defined on $\mathbb{R}$ and real-valued) such that $f$ has at least five distinct real zeros. Prove that $f+6f'+12f''+8f'''$ has at least two distinct real zeros.
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Kent Merryfield
Dec 6, 2015
smileapple
Yesterday at 5:43 AM
Derivative problem with nonnegative domain
EmilXM   7
N Yesterday at 2:53 AM by MS_asdfgzxcvb
Source: Mock AYT (Turkish entrance exam)
Let $f:\mathbb{R}^+\cup\{0\}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a differentiable function. If $f(0)=3$, $f'(0)=0$ and $(f(x)-1)f''(x)=x+5$ for all $x\geq0$. Which of the followings are necessarily true:
$i) f'(2)\leq 6$
$ii) f(2)\leq\frac{26}{3}$
$iii)$ f is strictly increasing
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EmilXM
Jul 19, 2025
MS_asdfgzxcvb
Yesterday at 2:53 AM
Integral inequality with differentiable function
Ciobi_   4
N Thursday at 4:45 PM by AngryKnot
Source: Romania NMO 2025 12.2
Let $f \colon [0,1] \to \mathbb{R} $ be a differentiable function such that its derivative is an integrable function on $[0,1]$, and $f(1)=0$. Prove that \[ \int_0^1 (xf'(x))^2 dx \geq 12 \cdot \left( \int_0^1 xf(x) dx\right)^2 \]
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Ciobi_
Apr 2, 2025
AngryKnot
Thursday at 4:45 PM
On units in a ring with a polynomial property
Ciobi_   5
N Thursday at 3:18 PM by AngryKnot
Source: Romania NMO 2025 12.1
We say a ring $(A,+,\cdot)$ has property $(P)$ if :
\[
\begin{cases}

\text{the set } A \text{ has at least } 4 \text{ elements} \\
\text{the element } 1+1 \text{ is invertible}\\
x+x^4=x^2+x^3 \text{ holds for all } x \in A
\end{cases}
\]a) Prove that if a ring $(A,+,\cdot)$ has property $(P)$, and $a,b \in A$ are distinct elements, such that $a$ and $a+b$ are units, then $1+ab$ is also a unit, but $b$ is not a unit.
b) Provide an example of a ring with property $(P)$.
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Ciobi_
Apr 2, 2025
AngryKnot
Thursday at 3:18 PM
Diopanthine reciprocal
elpianista227   7
N Jun 16, 2025 by wonderboy807
Let $N$ be a positive integer such that there exists exactly 26 pairs of positive integers $(x, y)$ to the equation $\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{N}$ with $x \leq y$. Find the smallest possible value of $N$.
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elpianista227
Jun 13, 2025
wonderboy807
Jun 16, 2025
Diopanthine reciprocal
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Let $N$ be a positive integer such that there exists exactly 26 pairs of positive integers $(x, y)$ to the equation $\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{N}$ with $x \leq y$. Find the smallest possible value of $N$.
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Solution:
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I disagree: The smallest possible number $N$ has only three digits!!!

solution

The 26 pairs (x,y) for smallest N
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If you're going to edit your post so late, then do it correctly: It is $256\cdot 3 = \fbox{768}$ . :)
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HAL9000sk, post #4 wrote:

ah yes we love it when we hide our answer the first time and blatantly give it out the second

and also shaming people for misclicks :P
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It's not about misclicks. elpianista227 changed his solution from 196608 to 728 after my contribution and without comment mentioned this correction. Moreover, the original problem was also edited from "Find the first three digits from the smallest possible value of $N$" to "Find the smallest possible value of $N$". That's what I call "bad style" because it destroys the traceability of the thread.
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