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VN-TST 2002

Vietnam Team Selection Test 2002.

Day 1

Problem 1

  • Day 1

Find all triangles ABCABC for which ∠ACB\angle ACB is acute and the interior angle bisector of BCBC intersects the trisectors (AX,(AY(AX, (AY of the angle ∠BAC\angle BAC in the points N,PN,P respectively, such that AB=NP=2DMAB=NP=2DM , where DD is the foot of the altitude from AA on BCBC and MM is the midpoint of the side BCBC .

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Problem 3

  • Day 1

Let mm be a given positive integer which has a prime divisor greater than 2m+1\sqrt {2m} +1 . Find the minimal positive integer nn such that there exists a finite set SS of distinct positive integers satisfying the following two conditions:

I. m≤x≤nm\leq x\leq n for all x∈Sx\in S ;

II. the product of all elements in SS is the square of an integer.

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Day 2

Problem 5

  • Day 2

Find all polynomials P(x)P(x) with integer coefficients such that the polynomial Q(x)=(x2+6x+10)⋅P2(x)−1Q(x)=(x^2+6x+10) \cdot P^2(x)-1 is the square of a polynomial with integer coefficients.

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Problem 6

  • Day 2

Prove that there exists an integer nn, n≥2002n\geq 2002, and nn distinct positive integers a1,a2,…,ana_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n such that the number N=a12a22⋯an2−4(a12+a22+⋯+an2)N= a_1^2a_2^2\cdots a_n^2 - 4(a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots + a_n^2) is a perfect square.

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