olymmath

BALKAN 2019

Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2019.

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Problem 1

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Let P\mathbb{P} be the set of all prime numbers. Find all functions f:P→Pf: \mathbb{P} \rightarrow \mathbb{P} such that

f(p)f(q)+qp=f(q)f(p)+pqf(p)^{f(q)}+q^{p}=f(q)^{f(p)}+p^{q}

holds for all p,q∈Pp, q \in \mathbb{P}. Proposed by Albania

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Problem 2

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Let a,b,ca, b, c be real numbers, such that 0≤a≤b≤c0 \leq a \leq b \leq c and a+b+c=ab+bc+ca>0a+b+c=a b+b c+c a>0. Prove that bc(a+1)≥2\sqrt{b c}(a+1) \geq 2. Find all triples (a,b,c)(a, b, c) for which equality holds.

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Problem 3

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Let ABCA B C be an acute scalene triangle. Let XX and YY be two distinct interior points of the segment BCB C such that ∠CAX=∠YAB\angle C A X=\angle Y A B. Suppose that:

  1. KK and SS are the feet of perpendiculars from BB to the lines AXA X and AYA Y respectively;
  2. TT and LL are the feet of perpendiculars from CC to the lines AXA X and AYA Y respectively. Prove that KLK L and STS T intersect on the line BCB C.

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Problem 4

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A grid consists of all points of the form (m,n)(m, n) where mm and nn are integers with ∣m∣⩽2019|m| \leqslant 2019, ∣n∣⩽2019|n| \leqslant 2019 and ∣m∣+∣n∣<4038|m|+|n|<4038. We call the points (m,n)(m, n) of the grid with either ∣m∣=2019|m|=2019 or ∣n∣=2019|n|=2019 the boundary points. The four lines x=±2019x= \pm 2019 and y=±2019y= \pm 2019 are called boundary lines. Two points in the grid are called neighbours if the distance between them is equal to 1 .

Anna and Bob play a game on this grid. Anna starts with a token at the point (0,0)(0,0). They take turns, with Bob playing first.

  1. On each of his turns, Bob deletes at most two boundary points on each boundary line.
  2. On each of her turns, Anna makes exactly three steps, where a step consists of moving her token from its current point to any neighbouring point which has not been deleted.

As soon as Anna places her token on some boundary point which has not been deleted, the game is over and Anna wins.

Does Anna have a winning strategy? Proposed by Cyprus

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