Determine all the functions $f:\mathbb R\mapsto\mathbb R$ satisfies the equation $f(a^2 +ab+ f(b^2))=af(b)+b^2+ f(a^2)\,\forall a,b\in\mathbb R $

Given a positive integer $n$, determine the maximal constant $C_n$ satisfying the following condition: for any partition of the set $\{1,2,\ldots,2n \}$ into two $n$-element subsets $A$ and $B$, there exist labellings $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ and $b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_n$ of $A$ and $B$, respectively, such that $$ (a_1-b_1)^2+(a_2-b_2)^2+\ldots+(a_n-b_n)^2\ge C_n. $$ (B. Serankou, M. Karpuk)

Let $k$ and $N$ be integers such that $k > 1$ and $N > 2k + 1$. A number of $N$ persons sit around the Round Table, equally spaced. Each person is either a knight (always telling the truth) or a liar (who always lies). Each person sees the nearest k persons clockwise, and the nearest $k$ persons anticlockwise. Each person says: ''I see equally many knights to my left and to my right." Establish, in terms of $k$ and $N$, whether the persons around the Table are necessarily all knights. Sergey Berlov, Russia

Fix an integer $n \ge 2$. A fairy chess piece leopard may move one cell up, or one cell to the right, or one cell diagonally down-left. A leopard is placed onto some cell of a $3n \times 3n$ chequer board. The leopard makes several moves, never visiting a cell twice, and comes back to the starting cell. Determine the largest possible number of moves the leopard could have made. Dmitry Khramtsov, Russia

Fix an odd integer $n > 1$. For a permutation $p$ of the set $\{1,2,...,n\}$, let S be the number of pairs of indices $(i, j)$, $1 \le i \le j \le n$, for which $p_i +p_{i+1} +...+p_j$ is divisible by $n$. Determine the maximum possible value of $S$. Croatia

Let $BM$ be a median in an acute-angled triangle $ABC$. A point $K$ is chosen on the line through $C$ tangent to the circumcircle of $\vartriangle BMC$ so that $\angle KBC = 90^\circ$. The segments $AK$ and $BM$ meet at $J$. Prove that the circumcenter of $\triangle BJK$ lies on the line $AC$. Aleksandr Kuznetsov, Russia

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle. The line through $C$ perpendicular to $AC$ meets the external angle bisector of $\angle ABC$ at $D$. Let $H$ be the foot of the perpendicular from $D$ onto $BC$. The point $K$ is chosen on $AB$ so that $KH \parallel AC$. Let $M$ be the midpoint of $AK$. Prove that $MC = MB + BH$. Giorgi Arabidze, Georgia,

Let $ABC$ be an acute-angled triangle with $AB \ne AC$, and let $I$ and $O$ be its incenter and circumcenter, respectively. Let the incircle touch $BC, CA$ and $AB$ at $D, E$ and $F$, respectively. Assume that the line through $I$ parallel to $EF$, the line through $D$ parallel to$ AO$, and the altitude from $A$ are concurrent. Prove that the concurrency point is the orthocenter of the triangle $ABC$. Petar Nizic-Nikolac, Croatia

Let $\Omega$ be the circumcircle of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$. Let $D$ be the midpoint of the minor arc $AB$ of $\Omega$. A circle $\omega$ centered at $D$ is tangent to $AB$ at $E$. The tangents to $\omega$ through $C$ meet the segment $AB$ at $K$ and $L$, where $K$ lies on the segment $AL$. A circle $\Omega_1$ is tangent to the segments $AL, CL$, and also to $ \Omega$ at point $M$. Similarly, a circle $\Omega_2$ is tangent to the segments $BK, CK$, and also to $\Omega$ at point $N$. The lines $LM$ and $KN$ meet at $P$. Prove that $\angle KCE = \angle LCP$. Poland

Let $\Omega$ be the circumcircle of an acute-angled triangle $ABC$. A point $D$ is chosen on the internal bisector of $\angle ACB$ so that the points $D$ and $C$ are separated by $AB$. A circle $\omega$ centered at $D$ is tangent to the segment $AB$ at $E$. The tangents to $\omega$ through $C$ meet the segment $AB$ at $K$ and $L$, where $K$ lies on the segment $AL$. A circle $\Omega_1$ is tangent to the segments $AL, CL$, and also to $\Omega$ at point $M$. Similarly, a circle $\Omega_2$ is tangent to the segments $BK, CK$, and also to $\Omega$ at point $N$. The lines $LM$ and $KN$ meet at $P$. Prove that $\angle KCE = \angle LCP$. Poland

A quadrilateral $ABCD$ is circumscribed about a circle with center $I$. A point $P \ne I$ is chosen inside $ABCD$ so that the triangles $PAB, PBC, PCD,$ and $PDA$ have equal perimeters. A circle $\Gamma$ centered at $P$ meets the rays $PA, PB, PC$, and $PD$ at $A_1, B_1, C_1$, and $D_1$, respectively. Prove that the lines $PI, A_1C_1$, and $B_1D_1$ are concurrent. Ankan Bhattacharya, USA

Let $p$ and $q$ be relatively prime positive odd integers such that $1 < p < q$. Let $A$ be a set of pairs of integers $(a, b)$, where $0 \le a \le p - 1, 0 \le b \le q - 1$, containing exactly one pair from each of the sets $$\{(a, b),(a + 1, b + 1)\}, \{(a, q - 1), (a + 1, 0)\}, \{(p - 1,b),(0, b + 1)\}$$whenever $0 \le a \le p - 2$ and $0 \le b \le q - 2$. Show that $A$ contains at least $(p - 1)(q + 1)/8$ pairs whose entries are both even. Agnijo Banerjee and Joe Benton, United Kingdom

Let there be an equilateral triangle $ABC$ and a point $P$ in its plane such that $AP<BP<CP.$ Suppose that the lengths of segments $AP,BP$ and $CP$ uniquely determine the side of $ABC$. Prove that $P$ lies on the circumcircle of triangle $ABC.$

Two ants are moving along the edges of a convex polyhedron. The route of every ant ends in its starting point, so that one ant does not pass through the same point twice along its way. On every face $F$ of the polyhedron are written the number of edges of $F$ belonging to the route of the first ant and the number of edges of $F$ belonging to the route of the second ant. Is there a polyhedron and a pair of routes described as above, such that only one face contains a pair of distinct numbers? Proposed by Nikolai Beluhov

Let $P(x)$ be a nonconstant complex coefficient polynomial and let $Q(x,y)=P(x)-P(y).$ Suppose that polynomial $Q(x,y)$ has exactly $k$ linear factors unproportional two by tow (without counting repetitons). Let $R(x,y)$ be factor of $Q(x,y)$ of degree strictly smaller than $k$. Prove that $R(x,y)$ is a product of linear polynomials. Note: The degree of nontrivial polynomial $\sum_{m}\sum_{n}c_{m,n}x^{m}y^{n}$ is the maximum of $m+n$ along all nonzero coefficients $c_{m,n}.$ Two polynomials are proportional if one of them is the other times a complex constant. Proposed by Navid Safaie