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7-th Taiwanese Mathematical Olympiad 1998

Time: 4.5 hours each day.

Part 1 – April 25

1. Let m, n be positive integers.


m−1  
kn
(a) Prove that (m, n) = 2 ∑ m
+ m + n − mn.
k=0
(b) If m, n ≥ 2, prove that
h n i  2n  
(m − 1)n
 h i  
m 2m

(n − 1)m

+ + ···+ = + + ···+ .
m m m n n n

2. Does there exist a solution (x, y, z, u, v) in integers greater than 1998 to the equa-
tion
x2 + y2 + z2 + u2 + v2 = xyzuv − 65?

3. Let m, n be positive integers, and let F be a family of m-element subsets of


{1, 2, . . . , n} satisfying A ∩ B 6= 0/ for all A, B ∈ F . Determine the maximum
possible number of elements in F .

Part 2 – April 26

4. Let I be the incenter of triangle ABC. Lines AI, BI,CI meet the sides of △ABC
at D, E, F respectively. Let X,Y, Z be arbitrary points on segments EF, FD, DE,
respectively. Prove that

d(X, AB) + d(Y, BC) + d(Z,CA) ≤ XY + Y Z + ZX,

where d(X, l) denotes the distance from a point X to a line l.

5. For a natural number n, let w(n) denote the number of (positive) prime divisors
of n. Find the smallest positive integer k such that
√
2w(n) ≤ k 4 n for each n ∈ N.

6. In a group of n ≥ 4 persons, every three who know each other have a common
signal. Assume that these signals are not repeated and that there are m ≥ 1 signals
in total. For any set of four persons in which there are three having a common
signal, the fourth person has a common signal with at most one of them. Show
that there three persons who have a common signal, such that  the number of
18m
persons having no signal with anyone of them does not exceed n + 3 − .
n

The IMO Compendium Group,


D. Djukić, V. Janković, I. Matić, N. Petrović
www.imomath.com

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