Find all non-negative integers $n$ so that $\sqrt{n + 3}+ \sqrt{n +\sqrt{n + 3}} $ is an integer.

Consider the triangle $ABC$, where $\angle B= 30^o, \angle C = 15^o$, and $M$ is the midpoint of the side $[BC]$. Let point $N \in (BC)$ be such that $[NC] = [AB]$. Show that $[AN$ is the angle bisector of $MAC$

Find all the positive integers $p$ with the property that the sum of the first $p$ positive integers is a four-digit positive integer whose decomposition into prime factors is of the form $2^m3^n(m + n)$, where $m, n \in N^*$.

Consider the isosceles right triangle $ABC$, with $\angle A = 90^o$ and the point $M \in (BC)$ such that $\angle AMB = 75^o$. On the inner bisector of the angle $MAC$ take a point $F$ such that $BF = AB$. Prove that: a) the lines $AM$ and $BF$ are perpendicular; b) the triangle $CFM$ is isosceles.

The vertices of a prism are colored using two colors, so that each lateral edge has its vertices differently colored. Consider all the segments that join vertices of the prism and are not lateral edges. Prove that the number of such segments with endpoints differently colored is equal to the number of such segments with endpoints of the same color.

In a cube $ABCDA'B'C'D' $two points are considered, $M \in (CD')$ and $N \in (DA')$. Show that the $MN$ is common perpendicular to the lines $CD'$ and $DA'$ if and only if $$\frac{D'M}{D'C}=\frac{DN}{DA'} =\frac{1}{3}.$$

If $a, b$ and $c$ are the length of the sides of a triangle, show that $$\frac32 \le \frac{b + c}{b + c + 2a}+ \frac{a + c}{a + c + 2b}+ \frac{a + b}{a + b + 2c}\le \frac53.$$

For $n \in N^*$ we will say that the non-negative integers $x_1, x_2, ... , x_n$ have property $(P)$ if $$x_1x_2 ...x_n = x_1 + 2x_2 + 3x_3 + ...+ nx_n.$$ a) Show that for every $n \in N^*$ there exists $n$ positive integers with property $(P)$. b) Find all integers $n \ge 2$ so that there exists $n$ positive integers $x_1, x_2, ... , x_n$ with $x_1< x_2<x_3< ... <x_n$, having property $(P)$.

The orthocenter $ H $ of a triangle $ ABC $ is distinct from its vertices and its circumcenter $ O. $ $ M,N,P $ are the circumcenters of the triangles $ HBC,HCA, $ respectively, $ HAB. $ Prove that $ AM,BN,CP $ and $ OH $ are concurrent.

Let be a natural number $ n\ge 2 $ and $ n $ positive real numbers $ a_1,a_n,\ldots ,a_n $ that satisfy the inequalities $$ \sum_{j=1}^i a_j\le a_{i+1} ,\quad \forall i\in\{ 1,2,\ldots ,n-1 \} . $$Prove that $$ \sum_{k=1}^{n-1} \frac{a_k}{a_{k+1}}\le n/2 . $$

We say that a rational number is spheric if it is the sum of three squares of rational numbers (not necessarily distinct). Prove that: a) $ 7 $ is not spheric. b) a rational spheric number raised to the power of any natural number greater than $ 1 $ is spheric.

Determine all functions $f: \mathbb R \to \mathbb R$ which satisfy the inequality $$f(a^2) - f(b^2) \leq \left( f(a) + b\right)\left( a - f(b)\right),$$for all $a,b \in \mathbb R$.

Let be a natural number $ n\ge 2 $ and $ n $ positive real numbers $ a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_n $ whose product is $ 1. $ Prove that the function $ f:\mathbb{R}_{>0}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} ,\quad f(x)=\prod_{i=1}^n \left( 1+a_i^x \right) , $ is nondecreasing.

Let be a function $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} $ satisfying the conditions: $$ \left\{\begin{matrix} f(x+y) &\le & f(x)+f(y) \\ f(tx+(1-t)y) &\le & t(f(x)) +(1-t)f(y) \end{matrix}\right. , $$for all real numbers $ x,y,t $ with $ t\in [0,1] . $ Prove that: a) $ f(b)+f(c)\le f(a)+f(d) , $ for any real numbers $ a,b,c,d $ such that $ a\le b\le c\le d $ and $ d-c=b-a. $ b) for any natural number $ n\ge 3 $ and any $ n $ real numbers $ x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n, $ the following inequality holds. $$ f\left( \sum_{1\le i\le n} x_i \right) +(n-2)\sum_{1\le i\le n} f\left( x_i \right)\ge \sum_{1\le i<j\le n} f\left( x_i+x_j \right) $$

a) Let be two nonzero complex numbers $ a,b. $ Show that the area of the triangle formed by the representations of the affixes $ 0,a,b $ in the complex plane is $ \frac{1}{4}\left| \overline{a} b-a\overline{b} \right| . $ b) Let be an equilateral triangle $ ABC, $ its circumcircle $ \mathcal{C} , $ its circumcenter $ O, $ and two distinct points $ P_1,P_2 $ in the interior of $ \mathcal{C} . $ Prove that we can form two triangles with sides $ P_1A,P_1B,P_1C, $ respectively, $ P_2A,P_2B,P_2C, $ whose areas are equal if and only if $ OP_1=OP_2. $

In order to study a certain ancient language, some researchers formatted its discovered words into expressions formed by concatenating letters from an alphabet containing only two letters. Along the study, they noticed that any two distinct words whose formatted expressions have an equal number of letters, greater than $ 2, $ differ by at least three letters. Prove that if their observation holds indeed, then the number of formatted expressions that have $ n\ge 3 $ letters is at most $ \left[ \frac{2^n}{n+1} \right] . $

Let be a $ 2\times 2 $ real matrix $ A $ that has the property that $ \left| A^d-I_2 \right| =\left| A^d+I_2 \right| , $ for all $ d\in\{ 2014,2016 \} . $ Prove that $ \left| A^n-I_2 \right| =\left| A^n+I_2 \right| , $ for any natural number $ n. $

Consider a natural number, $ n\ge 2, $ and three $ n\times n $ complex matrices $ A,B,C $ such that $ A $ is invertible, $ B $ is formed by replacing the first line of $ A $ with zeroes, and $ C $ is formed by putting the last $ n-1 $ lines of $ A $ above a line of zeroes. Prove that: a) $ \text{rank} \left( A^{-1} B \right) = \text{rank} \left( \left( A^{-1} B\right)^2 \right) =\cdots =\text{rank} \left( \left( A^{-1} B\right)^n \right) $ b) $ \text{rank} \left( A^{-1} C \right) > \text{rank} \left( \left( A^{-1} C\right)^2 \right) >\cdots >\text{rank} \left( \left( A^{-1} C\right)^n \right) $

Let be a real number $ a, $ and a function $ f:\mathbb{R}_{>0 }\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}_{>0 } . $ Show that the following relations are equivalent. $ \text{(i)}\quad\varepsilon\in\mathbb{R}_{>0 } \implies\left( \lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{f(x)}{x^{a+\varepsilon }} =0\wedge \lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{f(x)}{x^{a-\varepsilon }} =\infty \right) $ $ \text{(ii)}\quad\lim_{x\to\infty } \frac{\ln f(x)}{\ln x } =a $

Find all functions, $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} , $ that have the properties that $ f^2 $ is differentiable and $ f=\left( f^2 \right)' . $

Prove that there exists an unique sequence $ \left( c_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ of real numbers from the interval $ (0,1) $ such that$$ \int_0^1 \frac{dx}{1+x^m} =\frac{1}{1+c_m^m } , $$for all natural numbers $ m, $ and calculate $ \lim_{k\to\infty } kc_k^k. $ Radu Pop

Let $A$ be a ring and let $D$ be the set of its non-invertible elements. If $a^2=0$ for any $a \in D,$ prove that: a) $axa=0$ for all $a \in D$ and $x \in A$; b) if $D$ is a finite set with at least two elements, then there is $a \in D,$ $a \neq 0,$ such that $ab=ba=0,$ for every $b \in D.$ Ioan Băetu

Let be a real number $ a, $ and a nondecreasing function $ f:\mathbb{R}\longrightarrow\mathbb{R} . $ Prove that $ f $ is continuous in $ a $ if and only if there exists a sequence $ \left( a_n \right)_{n\ge 1} $ of real positive numbers such that $$ \int_a^{a+a_n} f(x)dx+\int_a^{a-a_n} f(x)dx\le\frac{a_n}{n} , $$for all natural numbers $ n. $ Dan Marinescu

Let $K$ be a finite field with $q$ elements, $q \ge 3.$ We denote by $M$ the set of polynomials in $K[X]$ of degree $q-2$ whose coefficients are nonzero and pairwise distinct. Find the number of polynomials in $M$ that have $q-2$ distinct roots in $K.$ Marian Andronache