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k a June Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
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jwelsh   0
May 6, 2021
Hello!

Given the number of suggestions we’ve been receiving, we’re transitioning to a suggestion form. If you have a suggestion for the AoPS website, please submit the Google Form:
Suggestion Form

To keep all new suggestions together, any new suggestion threads posted will be deleted.

Please remember that if you find a bug outside of FTW! (after refreshing to make sure it’s not a glitch), make sure you’re following the How to write a bug report instructions and using the proper format to report the bug.

Please check the FTW! thread for bugs and post any new ones in the For the Win! and Other Games Support Forum.
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slester   3
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Greetings, AoPS users!

If you're reading this post, that means you've come across some kind of bug, error, or misbehavior, which nobody likes! To help us developers solve the problem as quickly as possible, we need enough information to understand what happened. Following these guidelines will help us squash those bugs more effectively.

Before submitting a bug report, please confirm the issue exists in other browsers or other computers if you have access to them.

For a list of many common questions and issues, please see our user created FAQ, Community FAQ, or For the Win! FAQ.

What is a bug?
A bug is a misbehavior that is reproducible. If a refresh makes it go away 100% of the time, then it isn't a bug, but rather a glitch. That's when your browser has some strange file cached, or for some reason doesn't render the page like it should. Please don't report glitches, since we generally cannot fix them. A glitch that happens more than a few times, though, could be an intermittent bug.

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The subject
The subject line should explain as clearly as possible what went wrong.

Bad: Forum doesn't work
Good: Switching between threads quickly shows blank page.

The report
Use this format to report bugs. Be as specific as possible. If you don't know the answer exactly, give us as much information as you know. Attaching a screenshot is helpful if you can take one.

Summary of the problem:
Page URL:
Steps to reproduce:
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Expected behavior:
Frequency:
Operating system(s):
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Additional information:

If your computer or tablet is school issued, please indicate this under Additional information.

Example
Summary of the problem: When I click back and forth between two threads in the site support section, the content of the threads no longer show up. (See attached screenshot.)
Page URL: http://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c10_site_support
Steps to reproduce:
1. Go to the Site Support forum.
2. Click on any thread.
3. Click quickly on a different thread.
Expected behavior: To see the second thread.
Frequency: Every time
Operating system: Mac OS X
Browser: Chrome and Firefox
Additional information: Only happens in the Site Support forum. My tablet is school issued, but I have the problem at both school and home.

How to take a screenshot
Mac OS X: If you type ⌘+Shift+4, you'll get a "crosshairs" that lets you take a custom screenshot size. Just click and drag to select the area you want to take a picture of. If you type ⌘+Shift+4+space, you can take a screenshot of a specific window. All screenshots will show up on your desktop.

Windows: Hit the Windows logo key+PrtScn, and a screenshot of your entire screen. Alternatively, you can hit Alt+PrtScn to take a screenshot of the currently selected window. All screenshots are saved to the Pictures → Screenshots folder.

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If you're a bit more comfortable with how browsers work, you can also show us what happens in the JavaScript console.

In Chrome, type CTRL+Shift+J (Windows, Linux) or ⌘+Option+J (Mac).
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In Internet Explorer, it's the F12 key.
In Safari, first enable the Develop menu: Preferences → Advanced, click "Show Develop menu in menu bar." Then either go to Develop → Show Error console or type Option+⌘+C.

It'll look something like this:
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dcouchman   0
Jan 18, 2018
If you find content on the AoPS Community that makes you concerned for a user's health or safety, please alert AoPS Administrators using the report button (Z) or by emailing sheriff@aops.com . You should provide a description of the content and a link in your message. If it's an emergency, call 911 or whatever the local emergency services are in your country.

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CaseOh & IShowSpeed
Avy11   0
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CaseOh drinks $3$ porcupine-meerkat flavored sundaes every other Sunday. Meanwhile, Speed drinks only $1$ bunny-meerkat flavored sundae every Sunday. Every Saturday, Speed and CaseOh go shopping for bunny, meerkat, and porcupine flavored sundaes. Each bunny flavored sundae can fill $\frac{1}{3}$ of a $840$ milliliter blender. Each porcupine flavored sundae can fill $\frac{2}{7}$ of a $980$ milliliter blender. Each meerkat flavored sundae can fill $\frac{2}{5}$ of a $1200$ milliliter blender. Both CaseOh and Speed drink from blenders, CaseOh drinking from a $1500$ milliliter blender, and Speed drinking from a $1400$ milliliter blender. Who drinks a higher percentage of their own sundae, over a one-month time period? :icecream:
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aadimathgenius9   162
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Have you taken the AMC 10 test before?
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Mathcounts Nationals Written Score Hub
DhruvJha   84
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Put in your estimated score on the written nats comp on Sunday after the comp so we can get a good idea of the cdr quals are
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Challenge: Make every number to 100 using 4 fours
CJB19   299
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I've seen this attempted a lot but I want to see if the AoPS community can actually do it. Using ONLY 4 fours and math operations, make as many numbers as you can. Try to go in order. I'll start:
$$(4-4)*4*4=0$$$$4-4+4/4=1$$$$4/4+4/4=2$$$$(4+4+4)/4=3$$$$4+(4-4)*4=4$$$$4+4^{4-4}=5$$$$4!/4+4-4=6$$$$4+4-4/4=7$$$$4+4+4-4=8$$
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Old posts on the forum reference other posts via broken URLs:

e.g:

https://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=151&t=12098

Clicking on these URLs return a 404 page. Is there a way to translate the query [code]f=151&t=12098[/code] to the updated URLs so that they're fixed?
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Asymptote caching problem
char0221   3
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Summary of the problem: Asymptote caches the wrong diagram.
Page URL: Any community URL
Steps to reproduce:
1. Type the following inside asy tags:
[code]
draw(unitcircle);
[/code]
2. Preview/post the result
3. Watch as your unit circle becomes a weird triangle diagram
Expected behavior: It should display a unit circle. This is caused by caching, because comments can revert the effects.
Frequency: 100%
Operating system(s): macOS Sequoia 15.5
Browser(s), including version: Safari 18.5
Additional information:
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PAGE NOT SCROLLING DOWN ALL THE WAY; GETS STUCK 1.5 POSTS BEFORE THREAD END
CurlyFalcon55   20
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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?
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DaringScorpion35   2
N Jun 19, 2025 by MathPerson12321
Hi I was just getting my daily stamina and then I checked my profile and my stamina bar looked full but. Is this an error?
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AkCANdo   38
N Jun 17, 2025 by Staragon
So.... discovered this weird thing....


instead of doing the normal [.hide] [\hide] thing.... replace the hide with aops....


Why does it become emojis????

Here's the result doing what I have told of the whole message (including this part):

So.... discovered this weird thing....


instead of doing the normal [.hide] [\hide] thing.... replace the hide with aops....


Why does it become emojis????

Here's the result doing what I have told of the whole message (including this part): [\aops]
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Feed of bookmarked users
Suntafayato   1
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Given some bookmarked users on AOPS, how can I have a feed view of recent post they made? I want to make a follow list to see their recent activity.
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JohannIsBach   38
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hi!!!!!!!!! happy father's day everyone!!!!!!!
how's everyone doing today?
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Squidget   8
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I was looking at a comment and then I noticed there was an eyeball- what is that?
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tintin21   5
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What's going on with the text in AoPS?
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reginwon   5
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So I solved this problem regarding intervals, and the answer was all real numbers. I was wondering, whether Alcumus would accept $\mathbb{R}$ (simply typing R) as an answer, instead of typing $(-\inf, \inf)$, and if it doesn't, could it be a suggestion for AoPS devs as a feature in future updates?
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An annoying math problem
Wolfpierce   10
N Jun 5, 2025 by Capybara7017
Okay so what is 2/((√3+1)((3 to the 1/4)+1)((3 to the 1/8)+1)((3 to the 1/16)+1)) to the power of 32?
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Okay so what is 2/((√3+1)((3 to the 1/4)+1)((3 to the 1/8)+1)((3 to the 1/16)+1)) to the power of 32?
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Could somebody put that in latex I'm too lazy sob
i can't really read that rn but if its in latex i can solve it for you lol
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$\left( \frac{2}{\left(\sqrt{3} + 1\right) \left(3^{1/4} + 1\right) \left(3^{1/8} + 1\right) \left(3^{1/16} + 1\right)} \right)^{32}$

ur welcome
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lol sniped :rotfl:
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Sorry don't know all the keyboard shortcuts
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#6 h  Jun 5, 2025, 2:20 AM
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div by 3^1/16-1 then the exp becomes 1^32=1, so it is 1*(3^1/16-1) which doesn't have a clean answer
edit: i've done an extreme dumb here that somehow gives the 32nd root but it still isn't a nice answer i think
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Well I do know in google docs
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Consider the interior of the parentheses. Multiply by $\frac{\sqrt[16]3 - 1}{\sqrt[16]3 - 1}$,

we obtain $$\frac{2(\sqrt[16]3 - 1)}{(\sqrt 3 + 1) (\sqrt[4]3 + 1)(\sqrt[8]3 + 1)(\sqrt[8]3 - 1)} $$
The denominator telescope by difference of squares, and the expression because $\sqrt[16]3 -1$.

Taking this to the power of $32$, our answer is $(\sqrt[16]3 - 1)^{32}$,

which does not have a clean expansion.
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umm approximately 0
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My answer, I dont think its correct
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#11 h  Jun 5, 2025, 8:20 PM
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im not smart but I think u can use difference of squares to individually cancel each of the bottom terms
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