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Part of 2022 European Mathematical Cup
Problems(2)
Difficult abstraction with sets
Source: European Mathematical Cup 2022, Junior Division, Problem 4
12/19/2022
A collection of distinct (not necessarily non-empty) subsets of is lovely if for any three (not necessarily distinct) sets , and in at most three out of the following eight sets are non-empty
\begin{align*}A \cap B \cap C, \ \ \ \overline{A} \cap B \cap C, \ \ \ A \cap \overline{B} \cap C, \ \ \ A \cap B \cap \overline{C}, \\ \overline{A} \cap \overline{B} \cap C, \ \ \ \overline{A} \cap B \cap \overline {C}, \ \ \ A \cap \overline{B} \cap \overline{C}, \ \ \ \overline{A} \cap \overline{B} \cap \overline{C}
\end{align*}
where denotes the set of all elements of which are not in . What is the greatest possible number of sets in a lovely collection?
combinatoricsSetsintersections
So few points, so many tangencies
Source: European Mathematical Cup 2022, Senior Division, Problem 4
12/20/2022
Five points , , , and lie on a circle clockwise in that order such that and . Let be a circle tangent to , and such that and touch on the arc not containing , and . Let be the intersection of and the tangent line to passing through different from . Prove that there exists a circle tangent to , , and .
geometrytangentcircletrapezoid