Find the minimum and maximum value of the function \begin{align*} f(x,y)=ax^2+cy^2 \end{align*}Under the condition $ax^2-bxy+cy^2=d$, where $a,b,c,d$ are positive real numbers such that $b^2 -4ac <0$

Find all values of $a \in \mathbb{R}$ for which the polynomial \begin{align*} f(x)=x^4-2x^3 + \left(5-6a^2 \right)x^2 + \left(2a^2-4 \right)x + \left(a^2 -2 \right)^2 \end{align*}has exactly three real roots.

For $n\in\mathbb{N}$, $n\geq 2$, $a_{i}, b_{i}\in\mathbb{R}$, $1\leq i\leq n$, such that \[\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}^{2}=\sum_{i=1}^{n}b_{i}^{2}=1, \sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}b_{i}=0. \] Prove that \[\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_{i}\right)^{2}+\left(\sum_{i=1}^{n}b_{i}\right)^{2}\leq n. \] Cezar Lupu & Tudorel Lupu

Show that the sequence \begin{align*} a_n = \left \lfloor \left( \sqrt[3]{n-2} + \sqrt[3]{n+3} \right)^3 \right \rfloor \end{align*}contains infinitely many terms of the form $a_n^{a_n}$

find all the function $f,g:R\rightarrow R$ such that (1)for every $x,y\in R$ we have $f(xg(y+1))+y=xf(y)+f(x+g(y))$ (2)$f(0)+g(0)=0$

Find all real functions $f$ defined on $ \mathbb R$, such that \[f(f(x)+y) = f(f(x)-y)+4f(x)y ,\]for all real numbers $x,y$.

Find all positive integers $n$ such that there exist a permutation $\sigma$ on the set $\{1,2,3, \ldots, n\}$ for which \[\sqrt{\sigma(1)+\sqrt{\sigma(2)+\sqrt{\ldots+\sqrt{\sigma(n-1)+\sqrt{\sigma(n)}}}}}\] is a rational number.

Let $c>2$ and $a_0,a_1, \ldots$ be a sequence of real numbers such that \begin{align*} a_n = a_{n-1}^2 - a_{n-1} < \frac{1}{\sqrt{cn}} \end{align*}for any $n$ $\in$ $\mathbb{N}$. Prove, $a_1=0$

For a given positive integer $n >2$, let $C_{1},C_{2},C_{3}$ be the boundaries of three convex $n-$ gons in the plane , such that $C_{1}\cap C_{2}, C_{2}\cap C_{3},C_{1}\cap C_{3}$ are finite. Find the maximum number of points of the sets $C_{1}\cap C_{2}\cap C_{3}$.

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be the set of all the functions $f : \mathcal{P}(S) \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that for all $X, Y \subseteq S$, we have $f(X \cap Y) = \min (f(X), f(Y))$, where $S$ is a finite set (and $\mathcal{P}(S)$ is the set of its subsets). Find \[\max_{f \in \mathcal{F}}| \textrm{Im}(f) |. \]

Three travel companies provide transportation between $n$ cities, such that each connection between a pair of cities is covered by one company only. Prove that, for $n \geq 11$, there must exist a round-trip through some four cities, using the services of a same company, while for $n < 11$ this is not anymore necessarily true. Dan Schwarz

Let $\omega$ be a circle with center $O$ and let $A$ be a point outside $\omega$. The tangents from $A$ touch $\omega$ at points $B$, and $C$. Let $D$ be the point at which the line $AO$ intersects the circle such that $O$ is between $A$ and $D$. Denote by $X$ the orthogonal projection of $B$ onto $CD$, by $Y$ the midpoint of the segment $BX$ and by $Z$ the second point of intersection of the line $DY$ with $\omega$. Prove that $ZA$ and $ZC$ are perpendicular to each other.

Let $ABCD$ a convex quadrilateral with $AB=BC=CD$, with $AC$ not equal to $BD$ and $E$ be the intersection point of it's diagonals. Prove that $AE=DE$ if and only if $\angle BAD+\angle ADC = 120$.

Let $ A_{1}A_{2}A_{3}A_{4}A_{5}$ be a convex pentagon, such that \[ [A_{1}A_{2}A_{3}] = [A_{2}A_{3}A_{4}] = [A_{3}A_{4}A_{5}] = [A_{4}A_{5}A_{1}] = [A_{5}A_{1}A_{2}].\] Prove that there exists a point $ M$ in the plane of the pentagon such that \[ [A_{1}MA_{2}] = [A_{2}MA_{3}] = [A_{3}MA_{4}] = [A_{4}MA_{5}] = [A_{5}MA_{1}].\] Here $ [XYZ]$ stands for the area of the triangle $ \Delta XYZ$.

Points $M,N$ and $P$ on the sides $BC, CA$ and $AB$ of $\vartriangle ABC$ are such that $\vartriangle MNP$ is acute. Denote by $h$ and $H$ the lengths of the shortest altitude of $\vartriangle ABC$ and the longest altitude of $\vartriangle MNP$. Prove that $h \le 2H$.

Solve the given system in prime numbers \begin{align*} x^2+yu = (x+u)^v \end{align*}\begin{align*} x^2+yz=u^4 \end{align*}

Prove that there are no distinct positive integers $x$ and $y$ such that $x^{2007} + y! = y^{2007} + x! $

i thought that this problem was in mathlinks but when i searched i didn't find it.so here it is: Find all positive integers m for which for all $\alpha,\beta \in \mathbb{Z}-\{0\}$ \[ \frac{2^m \alpha^m-(\alpha+\beta)^m-(\alpha-\beta)^m}{3 \alpha^2+\beta^2} \in \mathbb{Z} \]

Find all infinite arithmetic progressions formed with positive integers such that there exists a number $N \in \mathbb{N}$, such that for any prime $p$, $p > N$, the $p$-th term of the progression is also prime.

Let $p \geq 5$ be a prime and let \begin{align*} (p-1)^p +1 = \prod _{i=1}^n q_i^{\beta_i} \end{align*}where $q_i$ are primes. Prove, \begin{align*} \sum_{i=1}^n q_i \beta_i >p^2 \end{align*}