olymmath

IR-MO 2003

Iran Mathematical Olympiad 2003.

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Problem 1

suppose this equation: x 2 +y 2 +z 2 =w 2 . show that the solution of this equation ( if w,z have same parity) are in this form: x=2d(XZ-YW), y=2d(XW+YZ),z=d(X 2 +Y 2 -Z 2 -W 2 ),w=d(X 2 +Y 2 +Z 2 +W 2 )

Problem 2

assume ABCD a convex quadrilatral. P and Q are on BC and DC respectively such that angle BAP= angle DAQ .prove that [ADQ]=[ABP] ([ABC] means its area ) iff the line which crosses through the orthocenters of these traingles , is perpendicular to AC.

Problem 3

assume that A is a finite subset of prime numbers, and a is an positive integer. prove that there are only finitely many positive integers m s.t: prime divisors of a^m-1 are contained in A.

Problem 4

XOY is angle in the plane.A,B are variable point on OX,OY such that 1/OA+1/OB=1/K (k is constant).draw two circles with diameter OA and OB.prove that common external tangent to these circles is tangent to the constant circle( ditermine the radius and the locus of its center).

Problem 5

Let pp be an odd prime number. Let SS be the sum of all primitive roots modulo pp . Show that if p−1p-1 isn't squarefree (i. e., if there exist integers kk and mm with k>1k>1 and p−1=k2mp-1=k^2m ), then S≡0mod  pS \equiv 0 \mod p .

If not, then what is SS congruent to mod  p\mod p ?

Problem 6

let the incircle of a triangle ABC touch BC,AC,AB at A1,B1,C1 respectively. M and N are the midpoints of AB1 and AC1 respectively. MN meets A1C1 at T . draw two tangents TP and TQ through T to incircle. PQ meets MN at L and B1C1 meets PQ at K . assume I is the center of the incircle .

prove IK is parallel to AL

Problem 7

f1,f2,…,fnf_{1},f_{2},\dots,f_{n} are polynomials with integer coefficients. Prove there exist a reducible g(x)g(x) with integer coefficients that f1+g,f2+g,…,fn+gf_{1}+g,f_{2}+g,\dots,f_{n}+g are irreducible.

Problem 8

A positive integer nn is said to be a perfect power if n=abn=a^b for some integers a,ba,b with b>1b>1 . (a)(\text{a}) Find 20042004 perfect powers in arithmetic progression. (b)(\text{b}) Prove that perfect powers cannot form an infinite arithmetic progression.

Problem 9

Does there exist an infinite set SS such that for every a,b∈Sa, b \in S we have a2+b2−ab∣(ab)2a^2 + b^2 - ab \mid (ab)^2 .

Problem 10

let p be a prime and a and n be natural numbers such that (p^a -1 )/ (p-1) = 2 ^n find the number of natural divisors of na. :)

Problem 11

assume that X is a set of n number.and 0≤k≤n0\leq k\leq n .the maximum number of permutation which acting on XX st every two of them have at least k component in common,is an,ka_{n,k} .and the maximum nuber of permutation st every two of them have at most k component in common,is bn,kb_{n,k} . a)proeve that : an,k⋅bn,k−1≤n!a_{n,k}\cdot b_{n,k-1}\leq n! b)assume that p is prime number,determine the exact value of ap,2a_{p,2} .

Problem 12

There is a lamp in space.(Consider lamp a point) Do there exist finite number of equal sphers in space that the light of the lamp can not go to the infinite?(If a ray crash in a sphere it stops)

Problem 13

here is the most difficult and the most beautiful problem occurs in 21th iranian (2003) olympiad assume that P is n-gon ,lying on the plane ,we name its edge 1,2,..,n. if S=s1,s2,s3,.... be a finite or infinite sequence such that for each i, si is in {1,2,...,n}, we move P on the plane according to the S in this form: at first we reflect P through the s1 ( s1 means the edge which iys number is s1)then through s2 and so on like the figure below. a)show that there exist the infinite sequence S sucth that if we move P according to S we cover all the plane b)prove that the sequence in a) isn't periodic. c)assume that P is regular pentagon ,which the radius of its circumcircle is 1,and D is circle ,with radius 1.00001 ,arbitrarily in the plane .does exist a sequence S such that we move P according to S then P reside in D completely?

Problem 14

n \geq 6 is an integer. evaluate the minimum of f(n) s.t: any graph with n vertices and f(n) edge contains two cycle which are distinct( also they have no comon vertice)?

Problem 15

Assume m×nm\times n matrix which is filled with just 0, 1 and any two row differ in at least n/2n/2 members, show that m≤2nm \leq 2n . ( for example the diffrence of this two row is only in one index 110 100)

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Problem 16

Segment ABAB is fixed in plane. Find the largest nn , such that there are nn points P1,P2,…,PnP_1,P_2,\dots,P_n in plane that triangles ABPiABP_i are similar for 1≤i≤n1\leq i\leq n . Prove that all of PiP_i 's lie on a circle.

Problem 18

In tetrahedron ABCDABCD , radius four circumcircles of four faces are equal. Prove that AB=CDAB=CD , AC=BDAC=BD and AD=BCAD=BC .

Problem 19

An integer nn is called a good number if and only if ∣n∣|n| is not square of another intger. Find all integers mm such that they can be written in infinitely many ways as sum of three different good numbers and product of these three numbers is square of an odd number.

Problem 20

Suppose that MM is an arbitrary point on side BCBC of triangle ABCABC . B1,C1B_1,C_1 are points on AB,ACAB,AC such that MB=MB1MB = MB_1 and MC=MC1MC = MC_1 . Suppose that H,IH,I are orthocenter of triangle ABCABC and incenter of triangle MB1C1MB_1C_1 . Prove that A,B1,H,I,C1A,B_1,H,I,C_1 lie on a circle.

Problem 21

Let ABCABC be a triangle. WaW_a is a circle with center on BCBC passing through AA and perpendicular to circumcircle of ABCABC . Wb,WcW_b,W_c are defined similarly. Prove that center of Wa,Wb,WcW_a,W_b,W_c are collinear.

Problem 22

Let a1=a2=1a_1=a_2=1 and an+2=n(n+1)an+1+n2an+5n+2−2a_{n+2}=\frac{n(n+1)a_{n+1}+n^2a_n+5}{n+2}-2for each n∈Nn\in\mathbb N . Find all nn such that an∈Na_n\in\mathbb N .

Problem 23

Find all homogeneous linear recursive sequences such that there is a TT such that an=an+Ta_n=a_{n+T} for each nn .

Problem 24

A,BA,B are fixed points. Variable line ll passes through the fixed point CC . There are two circles passing through A,BA,B and tangent to ll at M,NM,N . Prove that circumcircle of AMNAMN passes through a fixed point.

Problem 25

Let A,B,C,QA,B,C,Q be fixed points on plane. M,N,PM,N,P are intersection points of AQ,BQ,CQAQ,BQ,CQ with BC,CA,ABBC,CA,AB . D′,E′,F′D',E',F' are tangency points of incircle of ABCABC with BC,CA,ABBC,CA,AB . Tangents drawn from M,N,PM,N,P (not triangle sides) to incircle of ABCABC make triangle DEFDEF . Prove that DD′,EE′,FF′DD',EE',FF' intersect at QQ .

Problem 26

Circles C1,C2C_1,C_2 intersect at PP . A line Δ\Delta is drawn arbitrarily from PP and intersects with C1,C2C_1,C_2 at B,CB,C . What is locus of AA such that the median of AMAM of triangle ABCABC has fixed length kk .

Problem 27

S⊂NS\subset\mathbb N is called a square set, iff for each x,y∈Sx,y\in S , xy+1xy+1 is square of an integer. a) Is SS finite? b) Find maximum number of elements of SS .

Problem 28

There are nn points in R3\mathbb R^3 such that every three form an acute angled triangle. Find maximum of nn .

Problem 29

Let c∈Cc\in\mathbb C and Ac={p∈C[z]∣p(z2+c)=p(z)2+c}A_c = \{p\in \mathbb C[z]|p(z^2 + c) = p(z)^2 + c\} .

a) Prove that for each c∈Cc\in C , AcA_c is infinite.

b) Prove that if p∈A1p\in A_1 , and p(z0)=0p(z_0) = 0 , then ∣z0∣<1.7|z_0| < 1.7 .

c) Prove that each element of AcA_c is odd or even.

Let fc=z2+c∈C[z]f_c = z^2 + c\in \mathbb C[z] . We see easily that Bc:={z,fc(z),fc(fc(z)),… }B_c: = \{z,f_c(z),f_c(f_c(z)),\dots\} is a subset of AcA_c . Prove that in the following cases Ac=BcA_c = B_c .

d) ∣c∣>2|c| > 2 .

e) c∈Q\Zc\in \mathbb Q\backslash\mathbb Z .

f) cc is a non-algebraic number

g) cc is a real number and c∉[−2,14]c\not\in [ - 2,\frac14] .