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Let P(x) be a polynomial with integer coefficients such that
Find all plane triangles whose sides have integer length and
Let a real number \lambda > 1 be given and a sequence (nk) of positive
Show that the sequence {an}n\geq1 defined by an = [n
Suppose that positive real numbers x1, x2, x3 satisfy
Let four points Ai (i = 1, 2, 3, 4) in the plane determine four
There are n points on a flat piece of paper, any two of them
Let a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, c3 be nine strictly positive real
Determine all positive roots of the equation xx = 1/
Is it possible to put 100 (or 200) points on a wooden cube such
Let two glasses, numbered 1 and 2, contain an equal quantity
Let 2n + 3 points be given in the plane in such a way that
A desert expedition camps at the border of the desert, and
Prove that the system of equations
The four circumcircles of the four faces of a tetrahedron have
Let f : [0, 1] o[0, 1] satisfy f(0) = 0, f(1) = 1 and
One hundred red points and one hundred blue points are
Two persons, X and Y , play with a die. X wins a game if the
A convex quadrilateral ABCD with sides AB = a, BC = b,
The segment AB perpendicularly bisects CD at X. Show that,
Let a, b be coprime integers. Show that the equation ax2 +
Given a polynomial
Show that if n runs through all positive integers, f(n) =
Let S be the unit circle with center O and let P1, P2, . . . , Pn
Given positive integers k, m, n with km \leqn and nonnegative
Without using any tables, find the exact value of the product
For positive numbers a, b, c define A = (a + b + c)/3, G =
In a company of n persons, each person has no more than d
One hundred convex polygons are placed on a square with edge
In a room there are nine men. Among every three of them there
The Fibonacci sequence is defined by
Prove that for all X > 1 there exists a triangle whose sides
For a point O inside a triangle ABC, denote by A1, B1, C1
Numbers d(n, m), with m, n integers, 0 \leqm \leqn, ae defined
In the triangle ABC, let D, E, and F be the midpoints of the
We wish to construct a matrix with 19 rows and 86 columns,
Determine whether there exist 100 distinct lines in the plane
Which regular polygons can be obtained (and how) by cutting
Solve the set of simultaneous equations
Find all positive numbers p for which the equation x2+px+3p = 0
Let ABCD be a tetrahedron and O its incenter, and let the
Find values of the parameter u for which the expression
Let ABCD be a regular tetrahedron. To an arbitrary point
Let a1, a2, . . . , an be positive numbers, mg = (a1a2 \cdot \cdot \cdot an)1/n
Which natural numbers can be expressed as the difference of
Let {An | n = 1, 2, . . .} be a set of points in the plane such
Prove the inequalities
Let x1, x2, . . . , xn (n \geq1) be real numbers such that 0 \leqxj \leq\pi,
Let a, b, c be positive real numbers, 0 < a \leqb \leqc. Prove that
Several segments, which we shall call white, are given, and
Find the number of five-digit numbers with the following
An alphabet consists of n letters. What is the maximal length
In the plane a point O and a sequence of points P1, P2, P3, . . .
In a triangle, a symmedian is a line through a vertex that is
A square hole of depth h whose base is of length a is given.
Let f1 = (a1, a2, . . . , an), n > 2, be a sequence of integers.
If a, b, c are side lengths of a triangle, prove that
The function F is a one-to-one transformation of the plane into
In the Martian language every finite sequence of letters of
Consider a cube C and two planes \sigma, \tau, which divide Euclidean
Let E be the set of all bijective mappings from R to R satisfying
The equation
A circle K with radius r, a point D on K, and a convex
Construct a triangle given the three exradii.
Prove that in any parallelepiped the sum of the lengths of the
The ternary expansion x = 0.10101010 . . . is given. Give the
Let squares be constructed on the sides BC, CA, AB of a trian-
Let m be a positive integer and define f(m) to be the number
Find a necessary and sufficient condition on the natural num-
How many tangents to the curve y = x3 −3x (y = x3 + px)
Let O be the center of a circle. Let OU, OV be perpendicular
Find, with proof, all solutions of the equation 1
If p is a prime number greater than 2 and a, b, c integers not
The expressions a + b + c, ab + ac + bc, and abc are called the
Does there exist a 2n-digit number a2na2n−1 . . . a1 (for an
Consider a polynomial P(x) = ax2 + bx + c with a > 0 that
The points A1, A2, . . . , A1983 are set on the circumference of a
Let a, 0 < a < 1, be a real number and f a continuous function
Through the circumcenter O of an arbitrary acute-angled trian-
Let l, l′ be two lines in 3-space and let A, B, C be three points
If n is a natural number, prove that
Integers a1, a2, . . . , an satisfy |ak| = 1 and
The real numbers lpha1, lpha2, lpha3, . . . , lphan are positive. Let us denote
Prove the inequality
Given a circle, construct a chord that is trisected by two given
There are n \geq2 people in a room. Prove that there exist two
Let Q be a square with side length 6. Find the smallest integer
Prove that 2147 −1 is divisible by 343.
Let n and k be positive integers such that 1 \leqn \leqN + 1,
Let (u1, . . . , un) be an ordered ntuple. For each k, 1 \leqk \leqn,
Let there be given a circle with center S and radius 1 in the plane,
We match sets M of points in the coordinate plane to sets M∗
Given a set of 1988 points in the plane, no three points of the
Assume that two parallelograms P, P ′ of equal areas have sides
Given any triangle ABC and any positive integer n, we say
You are given an algebraic system admitting addition and
Let ABCD be a convex quadrilateral whose diagonals intersect
Let g(x) be a fixed polynomial and define f(x) by f(x) =
The square ABCD is to be decomposed into n triangles
Let ABC be a triangle with angles \alpha, \beta, \gamma commensurable with