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2003IMO-2003-problems-eng.pdfen
Problem 1

SS is the set {1,2,3,,1000000}\{1,2,3,\ldots,1000000\}. Show that for any subset AA of SS with 101 elements we can find 100 distinct elements xix_i of SS, such that the sets {a+xiaA}\{a + x_i | a \in A\} are all pairwise disjoint.

Problem 2

Find all pairs (m,n)(m,n) of positive integers such that m22mn2n3+1\frac{m^2}{2mn^2 - n^3 + 1} is a positive integer.

Problem 3

A convex hexagon has the property that for any pair of opposite sides the distance between their midpoints is 3/2\sqrt{3}/2 times the sum of their lengths. Show that all the hexagon's angles are equal.

Problem 4

ABCDABCD is cyclic. The feet of the perpendicular from DD to the lines AB,BC,CAAB, BC, CA are P,Q,RP, Q, R respectively. Show that the angle bisectors of ABCABC and CDACDA meet on the line ACAC iff RP=RQRP = RQ.

Problem 5

Given n>2n > 2 and reals x1x2xnx_1 \leq x_2 \leq \cdots \leq x_n, show that (i,jxixj)223(n21)i,j(xixj)2(\sum_{i,j} |x_i - x_j|)^2 \leq \frac{2}{3}(n^2 - 1)\sum_{i,j}(x_i - x_j)^2. Show that we have equality iff the sequence is an arithmetic progression.

Problem 6

Show that for each prime pp, there exists a prime qq such that nppn^p - p is not divisible by qq for any positive integer nn.