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Mathematical Olympiad ' Challenges og se ae gs Titu Andreescu & Razvan Gel eae e aoe Tithe pA eraese! Titu Andreescu yr My & 2006 | Razvan Gelca MATHEMATICAL OLYMPIAD. CHALLENGES Foreword by Mark Saul Birkhauser Boston ® Basel © Berlin Titu And a Ireescu Razvan Gelca University of Texas partm Univer at Dallas De i School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Texas Tech Univoane sues and Statistics 2601 N. Floyd Rd., FN33 Richardson, TX 75080 Us penned USA. “ I at ing-i Wary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Auheescu, Titu, 1956- Matheinatical Otympiad challenges / Ti non ical Olympiad challenges / Titu Andreescu, Rizvan Gelea. prcludes bibliographical references. SH3N ()-8176-4155-6 (alk.) — ISBN 3-7643-4155-6 (alk.) !. Mathematics—Probl ci i onarese esd ems, exercises, etc. L Gelca, Razvan. 1967- Hl. Title. StO°.76-de2I 99-086229 CIP eters Set Cen 20; WANE OORT OS OER RCSL cs Subject Classifications 2000: 00405. Q0A07. 05-XX. O8-XX, 11-XX, §1-XX ISHN i} 0-8176. 5. 1] ser Bostoy - 4155-6 Birkha diuser B. 1] Istin ts 97%-0-8176-4 155-9 Birkhauser Boston ant 0 Birkhauser Boston ome Birkhauser, Boston, second printing ©2001 Birkhiuser Boston, third printing Or jatkhiuser Boston, fourth printing nung irkhduser Boston. fifth printing “C05 Birkhauser Boston, sixth printing ® Birkhauser hp ding , electronic adaptati imi imilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden monwareserby similar The Use j 3 e 1 Use in this publicati ve oti sntifi Pi vcation or wade Hames, trademarks, Service marks and similar terms, e en if they ai ide fied as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject Ci {0 proprictary rights. Printed in the United States of America. (TXQUHP) 9 876 SPIN 11419761] Www birkhauser.com Contents Foreword Mark Saul " Preface “pate xiii Titu Andreescu-and Razvan Gelca y I: Problems > 1 1 Geometry and Trigonometry 3 1.1 A Property of Equilateral Triangles... .-- +--+ +--+ 4 1.2 Cyclic Quadrilaterals .....---- Cee ee ee ee 6 1.3 PowerofaPoint......--- 2-2 ee tee ees 9 1.4 Dissections of Polygonal Surfaces ...-..- See eee 13 1.5 Regular Polygons .. 2... - ee ee ee tes -eees 16 1.6 Geometric Constructions and Transformations ......--.- 20 1.7. Problems with Physical Flavor ...--.-- ++ -++ eee: 22 1.8 Tetrahedra Inscribed in Parallelepipeds...... - wee ete 624 4.9 _ Telescopic Sums and Products in Trigonometry ....--- » 26 4.10 Trigonometric Substitutions ©... .-- +6 +522 e eee 29° 2 Algebra and Analysis 33 2.1 No Square is Negative ...-+--+--+:- See 34 2.2 Look at the Endpoints. 2... 2-2-2 eee tees . 36 2.3. Telescopic Sums and Products in Algebra... . +--+ + 38 2.4 Onan Algebraic Identity ...... Se ee ee eee 41. 2.5 Systems of Equations. ....-..-- eee ee 43 2.6 Periodicity. ....----+- Lee eee 47 2.7. The Abel Summation Formula .....-----+--085 . 50 28 X+1/x 2.0. ee ee eee eee eee wee ee ee 982 2.9 Matrices... 26. eee ee eee Lecce eee eee ee 54 2.10 The Mean Value Theorem .....----++-+- tee eee 5S

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