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Problem 8 of First round - "Conjugate" numbers

Source: VII International Festival of Young Mathematicians Sozopol, Theme for 10-12 grade

8/29/2019
For a quadratic trinomial f(x)f(x) and the different numbers aa and bb it is known that f(a)=bf(a)=b and f(b)=af(b)=a. We call such aa and bb conjugate for f(x)f(x). Prove that f(x)f(x) has no other conjugate numbers.
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Problem 8 of Second round

Source: VII International Festival of Young Mathematicians Sozopol 2016, Theme for 10-12 grade

8/31/2019
Find all triples of natural numbers (x,y,z)(x,y,z) for which: xyz=x!+yx+yz+z!xyz=x!+y^x+y^z+z!.
number theory
Problem 8 of Third round - Sum as a power of a natural number

Source: VII International Festival of Young Mathematicians Sozopol 2016, Theme for 10-12 grade

9/1/2019
Let aia_i, i=1,2,2016i=1,2,…2016, be fixed natural numbers. Prove that there exist infinitely many 2016-tuples x1,x2x2016x_1,x_2…x_{2016} of natural numbers, for which the sum i=12016aixii\sum_{i=1}^{2016}{a_i x_i^i} is a 2017-th power of a natural number.
algebraSumpowers
Problem 8 of Fourth round - Function with conditions

Source: VII International Festival of Young Mathematicians Sozopol 2016, Theme for 10-12 grade

9/3/2019
Prove that there exist infinitely many natural numbers nn, for which there f:{0,1n1}{0,1n1}\exists \, f:\{0,1…n-1\}\rightarrow \{0,1…n-1\}, satisfying the following conditions: 1) f(x)xf(x)\neq x; 2) f(f(x))=xf(f(x))=x; 3) f(f(f(x+1)+1)+1)=xf(f(f(x+1)+1)+1)=x for x{0,1n1}\forall x\in \{0,1…n-1\}.
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