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IMO 2001

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

Day 1

Problem 1. Let be an acute-angled triangle with as its circumcenter. Let on line be the foot of the altitude from . Assume that . Prove that .

Problem 2. Prove that

for all positive real numbers , and .

Problem 3. Twenty-one girls and twenty-one boys took part in a mathematical competition. It turned out that

(a) each contestant solved at most six problems, and

(b) for each pair of a girl and a boy, there was at least one problem that was solved by both the girl and the boy.

Prove that there is a problem that was solved by at least three girls and at least three boys.

Day 2

Problem 4. Let be an odd integer greater than 1 and let be integers. For each permutation of , define . Prove that there exist permutations and , , such that divides .

Problem 5. In a triangle , let segment bisect , with on side , and let segment bisect , with on side . It is known that and that . What are the possible angles of triangle ?

Problem 6. Let be positive integers and suppose

Prove that is not prime.

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