{"year": "2010", "tier": "T3", "problem_label": "1", "problem_type": null, "exam": "USAJMO", "problem": "Let $P(n)$ be the number of permutations $\\left(a_{1}, \\ldots, a_{n}\\right)$ of the numbers $(1,2, \\ldots, n)$ for which $k a_{k}$ is a perfect square for all $1 \\leq k \\leq n$. Find with proof the smallest $n$ such that $P(n)$ is a multiple of 2010 .", "solution": " The answer is $n=4489$. We begin by giving a complete description of $P(n)$ : Claim - We have $$ P(n)=\\prod_{c \\text { squarefree }}\\left\\lfloor\\sqrt{\\frac{n}{c}}\\right\\rfloor! $$ $$ S_{c}=\\left\\{c \\cdot 1^{2}, c \\cdot 2^{2}, c \\cdot 3^{2}, \\ldots\\right\\} \\cap\\{1,2, \\ldots, n\\} $$ and each integer from 1 through $n$ will be in exactly one $S_{c}$. Note also that $$ \\left|S_{c}\\right|=\\left\\lfloor\\sqrt{\\frac{n}{c}}\\right\\rfloor . $$ Then, the permutations in the problem are exactly those which send elements of $S_{c}$ to elements of $S_{c}$. In other words, $$ P(n)=\\prod_{c \\text { squarefree }}\\left|S_{c}\\right|!=\\prod_{c \\text { squarefree }}\\left\\lfloor\\sqrt{\\frac{n}{c}}\\right\\rfloor! $$ We want the smallest $n$ such that 2010 divides $P(n)$. - Note that $P\\left(67^{2}\\right)$ contains 67 ! as a term, which is divisible by 2010 , so $67^{2}$ is a candidate. - On the other hand, if $n<67^{2}$, then no term in the product for $P(n)$ is divisible by the prime 67 . So $n=67^{2}=4489$ is indeed the minimum.", "metadata": {"resource_path": "USAJMO/segmented/en-JMO-2010-notes.jsonl"}} {"year": "2010", "tier": "T3", "problem_label": "2", "problem_type": null, "exam": "USAJMO", "problem": "Let $n>1$ be an integer. Find, with proof, all sequences $x_{1}, x_{2}, \\ldots, x_{n-1}$ of positive integers with the following three properties: (a) $x_{1}0$, consider a triangle with vertices at $\\left(a, a^{2}\\right),\\left(-a, a^{2}\\right)$ and $\\left(b, b^{2}\\right)$. Then the area of this triangle was equal to $$ \\frac{1}{2}(2 a)\\left(b^{2}-a^{2}\\right)=a\\left(b^{2}-a^{2}\\right) . $$ To make this equal $2^{2 n} m^{2}$, simply pick $a=2^{2 n}$, and then pick $b$ such that $b^{2}-m^{2}=2^{4 n}$, for example $m=2^{4 n-2}-1$ and $b=2^{4 n-2}+1$.", "metadata": {"resource_path": "USAJMO/segmented/en-JMO-2010-notes.jsonl"}} {"year": "2010", "tier": "T3", "problem_label": "5", "problem_type": null, "exam": "USAJMO", "problem": "Two permutations $a_{1}, a_{2}, \\ldots, a_{2010}$ and $b_{1}, b_{2}, \\ldots, b_{2010}$ of the numbers $1,2, \\ldots, 2010$ are said to intersect if $a_{k}=b_{k}$ for some value of $k$ in the range $1 \\leq k \\leq 2010$. Show that there exist 1006 permutations of the numbers $1,2, \\ldots, 2010$ such that any other such permutation is guaranteed to intersect at least one of these 1006 permutations.", "solution": " A valid choice is the following 1006 permutations: | 1 | 2 | 3 | $\\cdots$ | 1004 | 1005 | 1006 | 1007 | 1008 | $\\cdots$ | 2009 | 2010 | | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: | | 2 | 3 | 4 | $\\cdots$ | 1005 | 1006 | 1 | 1007 | 1008 | $\\cdots$ | 2009 | 2010 | | 3 | 4 | 5 | $\\cdots$ | 1006 | 1 | 2 | 1007 | 1008 | $\\cdots$ | 2009 | 2010 | | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\ddots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | $\\vdots$ | | 1004 | 1005 | 1006 | $\\cdots$ | 1001 | 1002 | 1003 | 1007 | 1008 | $\\cdots$ | 2009 | 2010 | | 1005 | 1006 | 1 | $\\cdots$ | 1002 | 1003 | 1004 | 1007 | 1008 | $\\cdots$ | 2009 | 2010 | | 1006 | 1 | 2 | $\\cdots$ | 1003 | 1004 | 1005 | 1007 | 1008 | $\\cdots$ | 2009 | 2010 | This works. Indeed, any permutation should have one of $\\{1,2, \\ldots, 1006\\}$ somewhere in the first 1006 positions, so one will get an intersection. Remark. In fact, the last 1004 entries do not matter with this construction, and we chose to leave them as $1007,1008, \\ldots, 2010$ only for concreteness. Remark. Using Hall's marriage lemma one may prove that the result becomes false with 1006 replaced by 1005 .", "metadata": {"resource_path": "USAJMO/segmented/en-JMO-2010-notes.jsonl"}} {"year": "2010", "tier": "T3", "problem_label": "6", "problem_type": null, "exam": "USAJMO", "problem": "Let $A B C$ be a triangle with $\\angle A=90^{\\circ}$. Points $D$ and $E$ lie on sides $A C$ and $A B$, respectively, such that $\\angle A B D=\\angle D B C$ and $\\angle A C E=\\angle E C B$. Segments $B D$ and $C E$ meet at $I$. Determine whether or not it is possible for segments $A B, A C, B I$, $I D, C I, I E$ to all have integer lengths.", "solution": " The answer is no. We prove that it is not even possible that $A B, A C, C I, I B$ are all integers. ![](https://cdn.mathpix.com/cropped/2024_11_19_a4f5a16d632e1d6ed723g-9.jpg?height=427&width=504&top_left_y=923&top_left_x=776) First, we claim that $\\angle B I C=135^{\\circ}$. To see why, note that $$ \\angle I B C+\\angle I C B=\\frac{\\angle B}{2}+\\frac{\\angle C}{2}=\\frac{90^{\\circ}}{2}=45^{\\circ} . $$ So, $\\angle B I C=180^{\\circ}-(\\angle I B C+\\angle I C B)=135^{\\circ}$, as desired. We now proceed by contradiction. The Pythagorean theorem implies $$ B C^{2}=A B^{2}+A C^{2} $$ and so $B C^{2}$ is an integer. However, the law of cosines gives $$ \\begin{aligned} B C^{2} & =B I^{2}+C I^{2}-2 B I \\cdot C I \\cos \\angle B I C \\\\ & =B I^{2}+C I^{2}+B I \\cdot C I \\cdot \\sqrt{2} . \\end{aligned} $$ which is irrational, and this produces the desired contradiction.", "metadata": {"resource_path": "USAJMO/segmented/en-JMO-2010-notes.jsonl"}}