olymmath

SE-SKOLORNAS 1963

Swedish Mathematical Competition 1963.

Other problems

Problem 1

How many positive integers have square less than 10710^7 ?

Problem 2

The squares of a chessboard have side 44 . What is the circumference of the largest circle that can be drawn entirely on the black squares of the board?

Problem 3

What is the remainder on dividing 1234567+8910111234^{567} + 89^{1011} by 1212 ?

Problem 4

Given the real number kk , find all differentiable real-valued functions f(x)f(x) defined on the reals such that f(x+y)=f(x)+f(y)+f(kxy)f(x+y) = f(x) + f(y) + f(kxy) for all x,yx, y .

Problem 5

A road has constant width. It is made up of finitely many straight segments joined by corners, where the inner corner is a point and the outer side is a circular arc. The direction of the straight sections is always between NENE ( 45o45^o ) and SSESSE ( 1571/2o157 1/2^o ). A person wishes to walk along the side of the road from point AA to point BB on the same side. He may only cross the street perpendicularly. What is the shortest route?

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Problem 6

The real-valued function f(x)f(x) is defined on the reals. It satisfies ∣f(x)∣≤A|f(x)| \le A , ∣f′′(x)∣≤B|f''(x)| \le B for some positive A,BA, B (and all xx ). Show that ∣f′(x)∣≤C|f'(x)| \le C , for some fixed CC , which depends only on AA and BB . What is the smallest possible value of CC ?