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- Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:59 pm
- Forum: News / Announcements
- Topic: MPMS Problem Solving Marathon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 25720
Re: MPMS Problem Solving Marathon
Problem 5 A Hydra has 2019 heads and is immune to damage from conventional weapons. However, with one blow of a magical sword, Hercules can cut off its 9, 10, 11 or 12 heads. In each of these cases, 5, 18, 7 and 0 heads grow on its shoulder. The Hydra will die only if all the heads are cut off. Can...
- Fri Jan 04, 2019 10:22 pm
- Forum: News / Announcements
- Topic: Spam
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9504
Spam
Where are our admins? This is clearly a spam and no one seems to care about it! And this and this are also spam posts, and these are all in our front page! Who knows how many of those have been posted here in our forum, and overlooked. Please do something about it! I just scrolled down our front pag...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 10:45 pm
- Forum: Number Theory
- Topic: Pairing up consecutive numbers may give a prime..(Self-made)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5538
Pairing up consecutive numbers may give a prime..(Self-made)
Is it true that for each even positive integer $n$, the integers $1$ through $n$ can be paired with each other into $\frac{n}{2}$ pairs - so that the product of each pairs, when summed up - gives a prime number? For example, for $n = 8$, we can pair up $1,7$; $2,8$; $3,6$; $4,5$. Then $1*7+ 2*8+ 3*6...
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:26 pm
- Forum: International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
- Topic: IMO 2015 - Problem 1
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2998
Re: IMO 2015 - Problem 1
a) Consider any circle with it’s center as one point A. If n is odd, take any $\frac {n-1}{2}$ different equilateral triangles $A_i$ with one vertice A, other two on the circle; such that any two $A_i$ do not share vertices except A. If n is even, consider similar configuration of $\frac {n}{2}$ tri...
- Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:31 pm
- Forum: International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
- Topic: IMO 2015 - Problem 3
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2823
Re: IMO 2015 - Problem 3
Let $O$ be the center of $\gamma$, the circumcircle of ABC. $ AH = 2OM$, because$ O$ is the orthocenter of the medial triangle of $\triangle ABC$. So $P := AO \cap HM$ sends $OM$ to $AH$ by a homothety of ratio $2:1$. So $P$ lies on $\gamma$, and it is diametrically opposite to $ A$. As the projecti...
- Sun Apr 12, 2015 4:41 am
- Forum: Number Theory
- Topic: USA TSTST 2012/3
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3123
Re: USA TSTST 2012/3
I solve the problem for a fixed general nonnegative integer $ c$. My solution: For $c = 0; f(n) = n$ for all $n$; so done. Assume $c > 0$. One thing is obvious, $f(n) > 1$ for all $n > 1$. Definitions: Call a finite nonempty sequence $A$ of positive integers ‘discrete’ if it contains no repeatetion ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:50 pm
- Forum: Number Theory
- Topic: Diophantine-ness Preserving Functional equation(Self-made)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2110
Diophantine-ness Preserving Functional equation(Self-made)
Suppose that a positive integer $n$ is given. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N} \rightarrow \mathbb{N}$ such that for any polynomial $P$ with positive integer coefficients, with at least $n$ nonzero coefficients; and for any pair of positive integers $a,b$; if $P(a)$ divides $P(b)$; then $Q(a)$ also...
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:40 pm
- Forum: Number Theory
- Topic: Form of the divisors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3125
Re: Form of the divisors
It suffices to show that all prime divisors $p$ of $4n^2+1$ is of the form $4k+1$. This is obvious because $p$ must be odd and has $-1$ as a quadratic residue.
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 8:14 pm
- Forum: Geometry
- Topic: Bulgaria 1996
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3915
Re: Bulgaria 1996
As mentioned in the solution, $IC$ is the line $l$.
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:13 am
- Forum: Geometry
- Topic: Bulgaria 1996
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3915
Re: Bulgaria 1996
Let $C,Y,Z$ be pairwise touchpoints of $k_1,k_2,k$. Note that the circle $CYZ$ with center $I$(say) is the incircle of triangle $O_1O_2O$.Here $C,Y,Z$ are the points where incircle touches the sides. So $CI$ is the common tangent of $k_1,k_2$; so is both perpendicular to $O_1O_2$ and $AB$. Then $O_1...