olymmath

USAMO 2012

United States of America Mathematical Olympiad 2012.

Day 1

Problem 2

  • Day 1

A circle is divided into 432432 congruent arcs by 432432 points. The points are colored in four colors such that some 108108 points are colored Red, some 108108 points are colored Green, some 108108 points are colored Blue, and the remaining 108108 points are colored Yellow. Prove that one can choose three points of each color in such a way that the four triangles formed by the chosen points of the same color are congruent.

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Problem 3

  • Day 1

Determine which integers n>1n > 1 have the property that there exists an infinite sequence a1,a2,a3,…a_1, a_2, a_3, \ldots of nonzero integers such that the equality ak+2a2k+…+nank=0a_k+2a_{2k}+\ldots+na_{nk}=0holds for every positive integer kk .

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Day 2

Problem 4

  • Day 2

Find all functions f:Z+→Z+f:\mathbb{Z}^+ \rightarrow \mathbb{Z}^+ (where Z+\mathbb{Z}^+ is the set of positive integers) such that f(n!)=f(n)!f(n!) = f(n)! for all positive integers nn and such that m−nm-n divides f(m)−f(n)f(m) - f(n) for all distinct positive integers m,nm, n .

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Problem 5

  • Day 2

Let PP be a point in the plane of △ABC\triangle ABC , and γ\gamma a line passing through PP . Let A′,B′,C′A', B', C' be the points where the reflections of lines PA,PB,PCPA, PB, PC with respect to γ\gamma intersect lines BC,AC,ABBC, AC, AB respectively. Prove that A′,B′,C′A', B', C' are collinear.

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Problem 6

  • Day 2

For integer n≥2n \geq 2, let x1,x2,…,xnx_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n} be real numbers satisfying x1+x2+⋯+xn=0 and x12+x22+⋯+xn2=1x_{1}+x_{2}+\cdots+x_{n}=0 \text { and } x_{1}^{2}+x_{2}^{2}+\cdots+x_{n}^{2}=1 For each subset A⊆{1,2,…,n}A \subseteq\{1,2, \ldots, n\}, define SA=∑i∈AxiS_{A}=\sum_{i \in A} x_{i}. (If AA is the empty set, then SA=0S_{A}=0.) Prove that for any positive number λ\lambda, the number of sets AA satisfying SA≥λS_{A} \geq \lambda is at most 2n−3/λ22^{n-3} / \lambda^{2}. For which choices of x1,x2,…,xn,λx_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{n}, \lambda does equality hold?

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