olymmath

USAMO 1972

United States of America Mathematical Olympiad 1972.

Day 1

Problem 1

Let (a,b,…,k)(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \ldots, \mathrm{k}) denote the greatest common divisor of the integers a,b,…k\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \ldots \mathrm{k} and [a,b,…,k][\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \ldots, \mathrm{k}] denote their least common multiple. Show that for any positive integers a,b,c\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c} we have (a,b,c)2[a,b][b,c][c,a]=[a,b(\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c})^{2}[\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}][\mathrm{b}, \mathrm{c}][\mathrm{c}, \mathrm{a}]=[\mathrm{a}, \mathrm{b}, c]2(a,b)(b,c)(c,a)c]^{2}(a, b)(b, c)(c, a).

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Day 2

Problem 4

Let kk be the real cube root of 2. Find integers A, B, C, a, b, c such that ∣(Ax2+Bx+C)/(ax2+bx+c)−k∣<∣\left|\left(A x^{2}+B x+C\right) /\left(a x^{2}+b x+c\right)-k\right|<\mid x−k∣\mathrm{x}-\mathrm{k} \mid for all non-negative rational x\mathrm{x}.

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