olymmath

TW-TST 1996

Taiwan TST and National Olympiad 1996.

Other problems

Problem 1

Suppose that a,b,ca,b,c are real numbers in (0,π2)(0,\frac{\pi}{2}) such that a+b+c=π4a+b+c=\frac{\pi}{4} and tan⁡a=1x,tan⁡b=1y,tan⁡c=1z\tan{a}=\frac{1}{x},\tan{b}=\frac{1}{y},\tan{c}=\frac{1}{z} , where x,y,zx,y,z are positive integer numbers. Find x,y,zx,y,z .

Problem 2

Let 0<a≤10<a\leq 1 be a real number and let a≤ai≤1ai∀i=1,1996‾a\leq a_{i}\leq\frac{1}{a_{i}}\forall i=\overline{1,1996} are real numbers. Prove that for any nonnegative real numbers ki(i=1,2,...,1996)k_{i}(i=1,2,...,1996) such that ∑i=11996ki=1\sum_{i=1}^{1996}k_{i}=1 we have (∑i=11996kiai)(∑i=11996kiai)≤(a+1a)2(\sum_{i=1}^{1996}k_{i}a_{i})(\sum_{i=1}^{1996}\frac{k_{i}}{a_{i}})\leq (a+\frac{1}{a})^{2} .

Problem 3

Let be given points A,BA,B on a circle and let PP be a variable point on that circle. Let point MM be determined by PP as the point that is either on segment PAPA with AM=MP+PBAM=MP+PB or on segment PBPB with AP+MP=PBAP+MP=PB . Find the locus of points MM .

Problem 4

Show that for any real numbers a3,a4,...,a85a_{3},a_{4},...,a_{85} , not all the roots of the equation a85x85+a84x84+...+a3x3+3x2+2x+1=0a_{85}x^{85}+a_{84}x^{84}+...+a_{3}x^{3}+3x^{2}+2x+1=0 are real.

Problem 5

Dertemine integers a1,a2,...,a99=a0a_{1},a_{2},...,a_{99}=a_{0} satisfying ∣ak−ak−1∣≥1996|a_{k}-a_{k-1}|\geq 1996 for all k=1,2,...,99k=1,2,...,99 , such that m=max⁡1≤k≤99∣ak−ak−1∣m=\max_{1\leq k\leq 99} |a_{k}-a_{k-1}| is minimum possible, and find the minimum value m∗m^{*} of mm .

Problem 6

Let q0,q1,...q_{0},q_{1},... be a sequence of integers such that

a) for any m>nm>n we have m−n∣qm−qnm-n\mid q_{m}-q_{n} , and b) ∣qn∣≤n10, ∀n≥0|q_{n}|\leq n^{10}, \ \forall n\geq 0 .

Prove there exists a polynomial QQ such that qn=Q(n), ∀n≥0q_{n}=Q(n), \ \forall n\geq 0 .