September 14, 2026 · Problem sheet · LibreTimes
IMO 1990
Day 1
Problem 1. Chords and of a circle intersect at a point inside the circle. Let be an interior point of the segment . The tangent line at to the circle through , , and intersects the lines and at and , respectively. If find in terms of .
Problem 2. Let and consider a set of distinct points on a circle. Suppose that exactly of these points are to be colored black. Such a coloring is "good" if there is at least one pair of black points such that the interior of one of the arcs between them contains exactly points from . Find the smallest value of so that every such coloring of points of is good.
Problem 3. Determine all integers such that is an integer.
Day 2
Problem 4. Let be the set of positive rational numbers. Construct a function such that for all , in .
Problem 5. Given an initial integer , two players, and , choose integers , , , ... alternately according to the following rules:
Knowing , chooses any integer such that
Knowing , chooses any integer such that is a prime raised to a positive integer power.
Player wins the game by choosing the number 1990; player wins by choosing the number 1. For which does:
(a) have a winning strategy?
(b) have a winning strategy?
(c) Neither player have a winning strategy?
Problem 6. Prove that there exists a convex 1990-gon with the following two properties:
(a) All angles are equal.
(b) The lengths of the 1990 sides are the numbers , , , ..., in some order.
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