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September 14, 2026 · Problem sheet · LibreTimes

IMO 1984

International mathematics competition for pre-university students, held annually since 1959. Six problems over two days.

Problem 1. Prove that , where and are non-negative real numbers for which .

Problem 2. Find one pair of positive integers and such that:

(i) is not divisible by ;

(ii) is divisible by .

Justify your answer.

Problem 3. In the plane two different points and are given. For each point of the plane, other than , denote by the measure of the angle between and in radians, counterclockwise from Let be the circle with center and radius of length Each point of the plane is colored by one of a finite number of colors. Prove that there exists a point for which such that its color appears on the circumference of the circle .

Problem 4. Let be a convex quadrilateral such that the line is a tangent to the circle on as diameter. Prove that the line is a tangent to the circle on as diameter if and only if the lines and are parallel.

Problem 5. Let be the sum of the lengths of all the diagonals of a plane convex polygon with vertices , and let be its perimeter. Prove that

where denotes the greatest integer not exceeding .

Problem 6. Let and be odd integers such that and Prove that if and for some integers and , then .

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