Friday, December 23, 2022
Prove that the polynomial
\[ x^{9999}+x^{8888}+x^{7777}+\cdots+x^{1111}+1 \]
is divisible by
\[ x^9+x^8+x^7+\cdots+x+1 \]
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Find all functions \(f(x)\) satisfying:
\[ (x-y)f(x+y)-(x+y)f(x-y)=4xy(x^2-y^2) \]
Find all functions \(f(x)\) satisfying:
\[
(x-y)f(x+y)-(x+y)f(x-y)=4xy(x^2-y^2)
\]
Solution
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Problem
If
$$ x+\frac{1}{x}=2, $$
find the value of
$$ x^5+\frac{1}{x^5}. $$
If \x+1/x=2\ Find the value of \x^5+1/x^5\
As we had: `x+1/x=2` `rightarrow(x+1/x)^2=4` `leftrightarrowx^2+1/x^2=2`
We continue with `(x^2+1/x^2)(x+1/x)=4` `leftrightarrowx^3+x+1/x+1/x^3=4`
`leftrightarrowx^3+1/x^3=2`
Friday, September 9, 2022
Vietnamese Mathematical Olympiad 2022
Let \(a\), \(b\), and \(c\) be the roots of the equation
$$ x^3-x^2-1=0. $$
Find the value of
$$ \frac{1}{a^{2023}}+\frac{1}{b^{2023}}+\frac{1}{c^{2023}}. $$
Let \(a\), \(b\), and \(c\) be nonzero real numbers satisfying
$$ a+b+c=2022, $$ and $$ \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}=\frac{1}{2022}. $$
Find the value of
$$ \frac{1}{a^{2023}}+\frac{1}{b^{2023}}+\frac{1}{c^{2023}}. $$
Solution
