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DE-BUNDESWETTBEWERB 2004

Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik 2004.

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German (round1) · German (round2)

Round 1

Problem 1

  • Round 1

At the beginning of a game, I write the numbers 11 , 22 , ..., 20042004 onto a desk. A move consists of

  • selecting some numbers standing on the desk;
  • calculating the rest of the sum of these numbers under division by 1111 and writing this rest onto the desk;
  • deleting the selected numbers.

In such a game, after a number of moves, only two numbers remained on the desk. One of them was 10001000 . What was the other one?

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Problem 2

  • Round 1

Consider a triangle whose sidelengths aa , bb , cc are integers, and which has the property that one of its altitudes equals the sum of the two others.

Then, prove that a2+b2+c2a^2+b^2+c^2 is a perfect square.

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Round 2

Problem 5

  • Round 2

Let kk be a positive integer. A natural number mm is called kk -typical if each divisor of mm leaves the remainder 11 when being divided by kk .

Prove:

a) If the number of all divisors of a positive integer nn (including the divisors 11 and nn ) is kk -typical, then nn is the kk -th power of an integer.

b) If k>2k > 2 , then the converse of the assertion a) is not true.

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Problem 6

  • Round 2

Let kk be a positive integer. In a circle with radius 11 , finitely many chords are drawn. You know that every diameter of the circle intersects at most kk of these chords.

Prove that the sum of the lengths of all these chords is less than k⋅πk \cdot \pi .

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Problem 7

  • Round 2

Given two circles k1k_1 and k2k_2 which intersect at two different points AA and BB . The tangent to the circle k2k_2 at the point AA meets the circle k1k_1 again at the point C1C_1 . The tangent to the circle k1k_1 at the point AA meets the circle k2k_2 again at the point C2C_2 . Finally, let the line C1C2C_1C_2 meet the circle k1k_1 in a point DD different from C1C_1 and BB .

Prove that the line BDBD bisects the chord AC2AC_2 .

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Problem 8

  • Round 2

Prove that there exist infinitely many pairs (x;y)\left(x; y\right) of different positive rational numbers, such that the numbers x2+y3\sqrt{x^2+y^3} and x3+y2\sqrt{x^3+y^2} are both rational.

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