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R M M ROMANIAN MATHEMATICAL MAGAZINE Founding Editor Founding Editor DANIEL SITARU DANIEL SITARU Available online Available online www.ssmrmh.ro www.ssmrmh.ro ISSN-L 2501-0099 ISSN-L 2501-0099 RMM - Calculus Marathon 1501 - RMM - Calculus Marathon 1501 - 1600 1600

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R M MROMANIAN MATHEMATICAL MAGAZINE

Founding EditorFounding EditorDANIEL SITARUDANIEL SITARU

Available onlineAvailable onlinewww.ssmrmh.rowww.ssmrmh.ro

ISSN-L 2501-0099ISSN-L 2501-0099

RMM - Calculus Marathon 1501 - RMM - Calculus Marathon 1501 - 16001600

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Proposed by

Daniel Sitaru โ€“ Romania,Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan,Kaushik Mahanta-Assam-India

Srinivasa Raghava-AIRMC-India,Sujeethan Balendran-SriLanka

Narendra Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal,Orxan Abasov-Azerbaijan

Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria,Ty Halpen-Florida-SUA,Angad Singh-India,George

Apostolopoulos-Messolonghi-Greece,Amrit Awasthi-India,Surjeet Singhania-

India.Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania,Neculai Stanciu-Romania,Mohammad

Hamed Nasery-Afghanistan,Costel Florea-Romania,Mikael Bernardo-

Mozambique,Simon Peter-Madagascar,DurmuลŸ Ogmen-Turkiye

Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria,Syed Shahabudeen-India

Probal Chakraborty-India,Tobi Joshua-Nigeria,Ose Favour-Nigeria

Onikoyi Adeboye-Nigeria,Marin Chirciu-Romania,Marian Ursฤƒrescu-Romania

Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

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Solutions by

Daniel Sitaru โ€“ Romania,Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

Jose Ferreira Queiroz-Olinda-Brazil,Ty Halpen-Florida-USA,Amrit Awasthi-

Punjab-India,Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India,Akerele Olofin-Nigeria

Cornel Ioan Vฤƒlean-Romania,Ngulmun George Baite-India,Mohammad

Rostami-Afghanistan,Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan,Orlando Irahola

Ortega-Bolivia,Ghuiam Naseri-Afghanistan,Marian Ursฤƒrescu-

Romania,Ajetunmobi Abdulquyyum-Nigeria,Muhammad Afzal-Pakistan

Adrian Popa-Romania,Angad Singh-India,Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

Artan Ajredini-Presheva-Serbie,Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal,Soumitra

Mandal-India,Ose Favour-Nigeria,Kartick Chandra Betal-India,Asmat Qatea-

Afghanistan,Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India,Ahmed Yackoube Chach-

Mauritania,George Florin ศ˜erban-Romania,Serlea Kabay-Liberia,Obaidullah

Jaihon-Afghanistan,Mikael Bernardo-Mozambique,Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania

Felix Marin-Romania,Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia,Surjeet Singhania-India

Probal Chakraborty-Kolkata-India,Kaushik Mahanta-Assam-India

Hussain Reza Zadah-Afghanistan,Timson Azeez Folorunsho-Nigeria

Luca Paes Barreto-Pernambuco-Brazil,Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

Remus Florin Stanca-Romania,Mohammad Hamed Nasery-Afghanistan

Satyam Roy-India,Sujit Bhowmick-India,Sediqakbar Restheen-Afghanistan

Santiago Alvarez-Mexico,Almas Babirov-Azerbaijan,

Fayssal Abdelli-Bejaia-Algerie, Ajenikoko Gbolahan-Nigeria

Dawid Bialek-Poland

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1501. Prove that:

๐šฟ(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ–) โˆ’ ๐šฟ(

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ–) = ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

where ๐šฟ(๐’™) is the digamma function.

Proposed by Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Solution 1 by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

We know that:

โˆซ๐’™๐’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐(

๐’

๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’๐ (

๐’

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ))

๐›€ = ๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ’(โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

) =

= ๐Ÿ’(โˆซ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)

๐’– = ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’™; ๐’— = ๐’™ +

๐Ÿ

๐’™โ‡’ ๐›€ = ๐Ÿ’(โˆซ

๐’…๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆž

โˆ’โˆซ๐’…๐’—

๐’—๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

) =

= ๐Ÿ’(๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’— โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’—+ โˆš๐Ÿ)|๐Ÿ

โˆž

= ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ) =

= ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  [(๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

]

Therefore,

๐(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ–) โˆ’๐(

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ–) = ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

Solution 2 by Jose Ferreira Queiroz-Olinda-Brazil

๐(๐’“

๐’Ž) = โˆ’๐œธ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐’Ž โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿโ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ญ (

๐…๐’“

๐’Ž) + ๐Ÿ โˆ‘ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐…๐’๐’—

๐’Ž)

[๐’Žโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ]

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐…๐’

๐’Ž))

For ๐’“ = ๐Ÿ•,๐’Ž = ๐Ÿ–, we have:

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๐(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ–) = โˆ’๐œธ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ญ (

๐Ÿ•๐…

๐Ÿ–) + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ’๐’๐…

๐Ÿ–) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’๐…

๐Ÿ–))

๐Ÿ‘

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ’๐œธ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +๐…

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) +

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

For ๐’“ = ๐Ÿ‘,๐’Ž = ๐Ÿ– we have:

๐(๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ–) = โˆ’๐œธ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ญ (

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–) + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ”๐’๐…

๐Ÿ–) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’๐…

๐Ÿ–))

๐Ÿ‘

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ’๐œธ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ) +

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

Now, ๐(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ–) โˆ’ ๐(

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ–) = ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) =

= ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) = ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ) =

= ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ) = ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ)

Therefore,

๐(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ–) โˆ’๐(

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ–) = ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

1502. Prove that:

โˆ๐Ÿ๐’+ (โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿ+๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=โˆš๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution 1 by Ty Halpen-Florida-USA

โˆ๐Ÿ๐’+ (โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿ+๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…๐Ÿ )

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= (โˆ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’) + (โˆ’๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’) + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’๐…)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

)(โˆ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + (โˆ’๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’๐…)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

)

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= (โˆ๐Ÿ’๐’ + (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ’๐’ + (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

)(โˆ๐Ÿ’๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ + (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

) =โˆ(๐Ÿ +(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Now, use the result:

โˆ(๐Ÿ+(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’„

๐’‚๐’ + ๐’ƒ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿโˆ’๐’ƒ๐’‚โˆš๐…๐šช(

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ )

๐šช (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’„๐Ÿ๐’‚ )๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐’‚+ ๐’ƒ + ๐’„๐Ÿ๐’‚ )

Fro ๐’‚ = ๐Ÿ’, ๐’ƒ = โˆ’๐Ÿ, ๐’„ = ๐Ÿ:

โˆ(๐Ÿ+(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=โˆš๐Ÿ๐…๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–) ๐šช(

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–)= โˆš๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐…

๐Ÿ–) =

โˆš๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Amrit Awasthi-Punjab-India

Consider the following cases:

I) ๐’ = ๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ: (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐Ÿ+๐’

๐Ÿ = โˆ’๐Ÿ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ) = ๐ŸŽ

II) ๐’ = ๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ: (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐Ÿ+๐’

๐Ÿ = โˆ’๐Ÿ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ) = โˆ’๐Ÿ

III) ๐’ = ๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘: (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐Ÿ+๐’

๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ) = ๐ŸŽ

IV) ๐’ = ๐Ÿ’๐’Œ: (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐Ÿ+๐’

๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ) = ๐Ÿ

Hence, rewriting the product, we have:

๐›€ =โˆ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) + ๐ŸŽโ‹…๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘) + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘) + ๐ŸŽโ‹…๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)) + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)) + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ๐Ÿ–๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐’Œ + ๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ–๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ–๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ”

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ”๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ๐’Œ+

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

๐’Œ+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

โ‹…๐’Œ +

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–

๐’Œ +๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ–

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ”๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐šช(๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–+ ๐Ÿ)

โ‹…

๐šช (๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐’ +๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ–+ ๐Ÿ)

=

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ”๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–+๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–+๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–+๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹…

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– + ๐Ÿ)

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ”โ‹…

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)๐šช (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–)๐šช (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–)=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ•โ‹…

๐…

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ’

๐…

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ–

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ–

๐Ÿ• ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ’

= โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…

๐Ÿ–

=โˆš๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

1503. Prove that:

โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)โ€ฆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐…๐’โˆš๐…๐’+๐Ÿ ๐‘ญ๐’๐’+๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,โ€ฆ ,

๐Ÿ

๐ŸโŸ (๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

; ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ, . . . , ๐Ÿโž ๐’โˆ’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

; โˆ’๐Ÿ)

Proposed by Kaushik Mahanta-Assam-India

Solution 1 by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India

โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)โ€ฆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐Ÿ’๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ(๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’)

๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

โˆš(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)โ€ฆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐Ÿ’๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ)๐šช๐’ (๐’Œ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐šช

๐’ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐’(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ)!

๐Ÿ’๐’Œ๐’Œ!=(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐šช๐’ (๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐šช

๐’ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐’(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐šช๐’ (๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐šช

๐’ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐’(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐šช๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’

(๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’๐’Œ!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐…๐’โˆ‘(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’+๐Ÿ

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

(๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’๐’Œ!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐…๐’โˆš๐…๐’+๐Ÿ ๐‘ญ๐’๐’+๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,โ€ฆ ,

๐Ÿ

๐ŸโŸ (๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

; ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ, . . . , ๐Ÿโž ๐’โˆ’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

; โˆ’๐Ÿ)

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Solution 2 by Akerele Olofin-Nigeria

โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)โ€ฆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)โ€ฆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’=

= โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’™๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)โ€ฆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+ ๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (โˆ๐’™๐’Š

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’Œโˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’Œ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โ€ฆโˆซ(โˆ ๐’™๐’Š

๐’๐’Š=๐Ÿ )๐’Œโˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆšโˆ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’Š)๐’๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆ๐’…๐’™๐’

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โ‡’ ๐‘ฑ๐’ =โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’Œ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)โˆโˆซ ๐’™

๐’Š

๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’Š)

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐’Š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆต โˆซ ๐’™๐’Š

๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’Š)

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’Š = ๐œท(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) =

๐šช (๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

Therefore,

๐‘ฑ๐’ =โˆ‘๐šช(๐’Œ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐šช (๐’Œ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ))

๐’โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐…๐’โˆ‘๐šช๐’+๐Ÿ (๐’Œ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐’+๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช

๐’(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐…๐’โˆš๐…๐’+๐Ÿ ๐‘ญ๐’๐’+๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,โ€ฆ ,

๐Ÿ

๐ŸโŸ (๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

; ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ, . . . , ๐Ÿโž ๐’โˆ’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’”

; โˆ’๐Ÿ)

1504. If we have:

โˆซ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘โˆ’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก ๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘+๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™

โˆš๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐…๐Ÿ๐œถ + ๐…๐Ÿ‘๐œท

then find the values of ๐œถ and ๐œท.

Proposed by Srinivasa Raghava-AIRMC-India

Solution by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India

๐›€ = โˆซ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘โˆ’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘+๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™

โˆš๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

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๐’™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

= ๐‘จ โˆ’๐‘ฉโˆ’ ๐‘ช+ ๐‘ซ.

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘ฐ๐’Žโˆซ๐’†๐’Š๐…๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(๐“› {๐’†๐’Š๐…๐’™๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ}) = ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(

๐šช (โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ)

(๐… โˆ’ ๐’Š๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

)

= โˆ’๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

) = โˆ’๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(

(๐Ÿ + ๐’Š)โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

) = โˆ’๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐‘ฐ๐’Ž

(

(โˆš๐Ÿ๐’†

๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ’ )โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

)

=

=๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ–

๐‘ฉ = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘น๐’†โˆซ๐’†๐’Š๐…๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘น๐’† (๐“› {๐’†๐’Š๐…๐’™๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ}) = ๐‘น๐’†(

๐šช (โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)

(๐… โˆ’ ๐’Š๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

)

=๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐‘น๐’†

(

(โˆš๐Ÿ๐’†

๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ’ )

โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

)

=๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–

๐‘ช = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐“› {๐’†๐…๐’™๐’™โˆ’

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ} โˆ’ ๐“› {๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™๐’™โˆ’

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ}) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’”โ†’๐…

(๐šช (โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ)

(๐’” โˆ’ ๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐šช(โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ)

(๐’” + ๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

) =โˆ’๐šช(โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐‘ซ = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐“›{๐’†๐…๐’™๐’™โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ} + ๐“› {๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™๐’™โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ}) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’”โ†’๐…

(๐šช (โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)

(๐’” โˆ’ ๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

+๐šช (โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)

(๐’” + ๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

) =๐šช(โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐…)โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐›€ =๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“+๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘=

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= ๐…๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–) + ๐…๐Ÿ‘ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“)

Therefore, ๐œถ =๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–, ๐œท =

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

1505. Evaluate the integral in a closed-form

๐›€ = โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ—โˆš๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’+ ๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Srinivasa Raghava-AIRMC-India

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€ = โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ—โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™

๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ + โˆซ๐Ÿ—โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘จ +๐‘ฉ + ๐‘ช

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿโˆซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ–โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’‚๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ’ ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ’ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿ–โˆซ๐œ๐ฌ๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐’™

(๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’•=๐œ๐ฌ๐œ ๐’™

๐Ÿ–โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ

(๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ (๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’• + โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’• โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ’

๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ’

๐’• + ๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

(๐’• + โˆš๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

(๐’• โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’•

๐‘จ = [๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’• + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’• โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’• + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ’๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ]๐Ÿ

โˆž

=

= ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

๐‘ฉ = โˆซ๐Ÿ—โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’•=๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’•

๐’•

๐Ÿ+โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

= ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

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๐‘ช = โˆซ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™

๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’•=๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’…๐’•

๐’•

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ‘

= ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ—โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)

๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“)

1506. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ)โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

without using harmonic series, beta function.

Proposed by Sujeethan Balendran-SriLanka

Solution by Cornel Ioan Vฤƒlean-Romania

It is known that:

(๐Ÿ): (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Ž

(๐’Ž โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Žโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ )

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’Ž๐œป(๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Ž)๐œป(๐’Ž)โˆ’ โˆ‘(๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Œ)(๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐’Œโˆ’๐’Ž)๐œป(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐’Žโˆ’ ๐’Œ))

๐’Žโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Based on (๐Ÿ), we get that:

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ )

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ) ๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐…๐Ÿ’,

which we need in our calculations below.

We also need that:

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ‘

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) ๐š๐ง๐

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ”โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐œป(๐Ÿ’).

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Returning to the main result, cleverly splitting and using the auxiliary results above, we

get:

๐›€ = ๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ )

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ)โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ

1507. Prove that:

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

(โˆ’๐’™ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ)๐’…๐’™ =

๐‘ฎ๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ–

where ๐‘ฎ โˆ’ is Catalanโ€™s constant.

Proposed by Narendra Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Solution 1 by Ngulmun George Baite-India

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

(โˆ’๐’™ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ)๐’…๐’™

๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐›‡ = โˆ’๐’™ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ =โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’™๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™)๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โ‡’ ๐œป = ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐’™)

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐’™)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆต ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[โˆซ (โˆซ

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ (โˆซ๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

] =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ (

๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)+

๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ

๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’š + ๐’™๐’š๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ

(๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š ๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ

(๐’™ + ๐’š)

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= (โˆซ โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)(โˆซ โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)

= (โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

= (โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ [๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ [๐’š๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆซ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

= (โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹…โˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹…โˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

= (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐œผ(๐Ÿ))๐‘ฎ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐œผ(๐Ÿ)๐‘ฎ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿโ‹… ๐‘ฎ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐‘ฎ

Therefore,

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

(โˆ’๐’™ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ)๐’…๐’™ =

๐‘ฎ๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ–

Solution 2 by Mohammad Rostami-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™)๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’™๐’

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐’‚๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ ๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’‚๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ [

๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐’‚ + ๐’‚]๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ โ‹…

โˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

; {๐’Œ โ†’ ๐’Œ โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿ}

๐›€ = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐’๐Ÿ

(โˆ’๐Ÿ) [๐Ÿ (๐’Œ โˆ’๐’๐Ÿ) + ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

]๐Ÿ

โˆž+๐’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

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= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐’๐Ÿ

{๐’Œ =๐’

๐Ÿ= ๐’• โˆˆ ๐‘ท = {๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ’โ€ฆ } โ‡’ ๐’ = ๐Ÿ๐’•}

๐›€ =โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ

โˆž๐Ÿ

๐’•=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’•

(๐Ÿ๐’• + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’•=๐ŸŽ

๐’•โˆˆ๐‘ท,๐’•โ‰ฅ๐Ÿโ‡’ ๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿโ‹… ๐‘ฎ

โˆž

๐’•=๐Ÿ

โ‡’

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹… ๐œผ(๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐‘ฎ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐‘ฎ

Therefore,

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

(โˆ’๐’™ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ)๐’…๐’™ =

๐‘ฎ๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ–

1508.

๐‘ฐ๐’ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’(๐…๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐šช(๐’™))๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™, ๐‘ท๐’ = โˆซ๐’™๐’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

Prove:

๐Ÿโˆš๐… โ‹… ๐‘ฐ๐’ โ‹… ๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) = ๐šช (

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐… + ๐‘ท๐’)

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐‘ฐ๐’ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’(๐…๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐šช(๐’™))๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™โ†’๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™

โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’(๐…๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐šช(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’(๐…๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐šช(๐’™)๐šช(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™))๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐…โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’(๐…๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’(๐…๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐…๐’™))๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’•=๐…๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐…

๐Ÿ๐…โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ ๐’• ๐’…๐’•๐…

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ ๐’• ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•)๐…

๐ŸŽ

=๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐…

๐…โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ ๐’• ๐’…๐’•

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐…โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ ๐’•

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•) ๐’…๐’• =

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=๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐…

๐…โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ ๐’• ๐’…๐’•

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐…

๐

๐๐’”|๐’”=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’+๐’” ๐’• ๐’…๐’•

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ ๐’• ๐’…๐’•

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œท (๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) =

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ) ๐šช(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

= โˆš๐…๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

๐‘ฐ๐’ =๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐…

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐…

๐

๐๐’”|๐’”=๐ŸŽ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐’” + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ )

๐šช(๐’ + ๐’” + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)=

=๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐…

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆš๐…

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐…

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

{๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) โˆ’๐(

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)}

๐Ÿโˆš๐…๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) ๐‘ฐ๐’ = ๐šช(

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) {๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐… +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐(

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ))

Therefore,

๐Ÿโˆš๐… โ‹… ๐‘ฐ๐’ โ‹… ๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) = ๐šช (

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐… + ๐‘ท๐’)

1509. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Sujeethan Balendran-SriLanka

Solution by Cornel Ioan Vฤƒlean-Romania

โˆต โˆ‘(โˆซ ๐’•๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™)

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™) , ๐ŸŽ < ๐‘ฅ <๐…

๐Ÿ

We also have the trivial results,

๐’‚๐’ = โˆซ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐’ ๐š๐ง๐

๐’ƒ๐’ = โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™) ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

where both results are easily derived by exploiting the differences ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’ and

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๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’ or using Fourrier series.

Returning to the main integrals where we use integration by parts and then exploit the

auxiliary results above, we have:

๐‘ฐ = ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™) ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’(โˆซ ๐’•๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)๐’‚๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’(โˆซ ๐’•๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)๐’ƒ๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ)

๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

+๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)

๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

+๐…

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆซ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ(๐’•

๐Ÿ)

๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)/๐Ÿ

+

+๐…

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’•)

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ

๐Ÿ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

โˆ’

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•)

๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽโŸ โˆ’๐Ÿ“/๐Ÿ–๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

=๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +

๐…

๐Ÿ”๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐…๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

1510. For ๐’ > 1, we have:

โˆซ โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’

๐Ÿ

Proposed by Srinivasa Raghava-AIRMC-India

Solution by Ngulmun George Baite-India

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐’™=

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐’†๐’™+๐’†โˆ’๐’™)

โˆซ โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ (๐’†

๐…๐’™๐’ + ๐’†โˆ’

๐…๐’™๐’ )

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐’†๐…๐’™๐’ + ๐’†โˆ’

๐…๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐’†๐…๐’™๐’ (๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐…๐’™๐’ )

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’™๐’ ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐…๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆซ [โˆซ ๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’(๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ)๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

] ๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

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๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐“›{๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ž๐’™} = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’”๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ž๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ž

๐Ž๐Ÿ + ๐’”๐Ÿ

Differentiating respect to ๐’”, we have:

โˆ’โˆซ ๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐’”๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ž๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’”๐Ž

(๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ž๐Ÿ)๐Ÿโ‡’ โˆซ ๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐’”๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ž๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ๐’”๐Ž

(๐’”๐Ÿ +๐Ž๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

Put ๐’” =๐…

๐’(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) and ๐Ž = ๐’• โ‡’

โˆซ ๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’(๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ)๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ๐…๐’(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’•

(๐…๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐‘ฐ = ๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆซ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’•

(๐…๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ’๐…

๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐’•

(๐…๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+ ๐’•๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =๐’•=๐…๐’™๐’

=๐Ÿ’๐…

๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ

๐…๐’™๐’

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐’๐Ÿ’((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โ‹…๐…

๐’๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ’๐…

๐’โ‹…๐’๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)โˆซ

๐’™

((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ’๐’

๐…โˆซ โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ โ‹…

๐’™(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

; (๐Ÿ)

โˆต ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐’™ = ๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ โ‹…๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ + ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ (๐’™ โ†’๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ) โ‡’

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ) = ๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ โ‹…

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’ + (๐…๐’™๐Ÿ’ )

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ’

๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

Differentiating respect to ๐’™, we have:

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๐’…

๐’…๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ’

๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ–

๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’™(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’™(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ–

๐’…

๐’…๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ)

From (๐Ÿ) we have:

๐‘ฐ =๐Ÿ’๐’

๐…โˆซ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ–

๐’…

๐’…๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…

๐’…๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿ|๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ)|๐ŸŽ

โˆž

= โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿ[๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’โˆž

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ)] =

๐’

๐Ÿ

Therefore,

โˆซ โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐…๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’

๐Ÿ

1511. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’›

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution 1 by Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› +

+โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› +

+โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’›๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› =

= โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐’›๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› =

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= โˆซ โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’›)|๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

=

= โˆซ โˆซ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š + ๐’›)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š + ๐’›)) ๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› =

= โˆซ [(๐Ÿ + ๐’š + ๐’›)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š + ๐’›)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)]๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

=

= โˆซ ((๐Ÿ’ + ๐’›)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ’ + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

+ (๐Ÿ + ๐’›)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))๐’…๐’› =

= โˆซ (๐Ÿ’ + ๐’›) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ’ + ๐’›)๐’…๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ (๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›)๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

+โˆซ (๐Ÿ + ๐’›) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’›)๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

=

= โˆซ ๐’– ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’–๐’…๐’–๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ“

โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’– ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’–๐’…๐’–๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ’

+โˆซ ๐’–๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’–๐’…๐’–๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ‘

=

= (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’– โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ)|

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’– โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ)|

๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

+ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’– โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ)|

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’

=

= (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ– ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ” โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ’) + (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ’)

= ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“

Solution 2 by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-india

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’›๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›๐’„๐’š๐’„

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’› =

= โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐’•๐’™+๐’š+๐’›โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’• = โˆซ ๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’•๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆซ ๐’•๐’š๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆซ ๐’•๐’›๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’›๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ ๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’•๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š)

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• = โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ(๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ‘

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

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๐›€ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐Ÿ‘

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

๐‹๐ž๐ญ: ๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ๐’•๐’‚(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐Ÿ‘

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• โ‡’๐๐Ÿ‘๐›€

๐๐’‚๐Ÿ‘= โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’•๐’‚(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘(๐šช(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)๐šช(๐Ÿ’)

๐šช(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ“)) = โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹…

๐Ÿ

(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’)

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ๐Ÿ

(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’)๐’…๐Ÿ‘๐’‚ =

= โˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’))๐’…๐Ÿ‘๐’‚

โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐’๐’…๐Ÿ‘๐’‚ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚ + ๐’) โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐’‚

๐Ÿ’(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)

๐‘จ(๐’‚) =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆซ(

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’)๐’…๐Ÿ‘๐’‚ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ((๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ (๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’)

๐‘ฉ(๐’‚) =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ(

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐Ÿ‘๐’‚ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’((๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ (๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ))

๐‘จ(๐Ÿ) =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ— ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ”),๐‘ฉ(๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’)

๐›€(๐Ÿ) = โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐‘จ(๐Ÿ) + ๐‘ฉ(๐Ÿ)) =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ— ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ”) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’)

Therefore,

๐›€(๐Ÿ) = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“

1512. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’™)โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Sujeethan Balendran-SriLanka

Solution 1 by Cornel Ioan Vฤƒlean-Romania

All we need is a clever variable change and a well-known established integral result,

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โˆซโˆš๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™) โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™) + ๐‘ช

-one way to evaluate it is by calculating โˆซ(โˆš๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ + โˆš๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐’™)๐’…๐’™ and โˆซ(โˆš๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ โˆ’

โˆš๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

By letting the variable change ๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’™โ†’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™, we get

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆซ โˆš๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ญโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿโˆš

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“)

Solution 2 by Cornel Ioan Vฤƒlean-Romania

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’™)โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ

๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ‘โˆ’ ๐’•

(๐’•๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•๐Ÿโ†’๐’•

= โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’ + ๐’•๐Ÿ’

โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’• =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ญโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿโˆš

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“)

1513. Find without any software:

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Orxan Abasov-Azerbaijan

Solution 1 by Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™)

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™ ๐’…๐’™ =

๐’š=โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™,๐Ÿ๐’š๐’…๐’š=๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

= โˆซ๐’š๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ’โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’š๐’…๐’š = ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’š๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’š = ๐Ÿโˆซ(โˆ’๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ’)๐’…๐’š =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’š +โˆซ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’š = โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐‘ช =

= โˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™) + ๐‘ช =

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= โˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™) + ๐‘ช

Solution 2 by Orlando Irahola Ortega-Bolivia

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ ๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™)

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

๐’•๐Ÿ=๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ ,๐Ÿ๐’•๐’…๐’•=๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

= โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’• = โˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ

(๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’• โ‡’

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐›€ = ๐’• โˆ’โˆซ

๐’…๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ= ๐’• โˆ’ ๐‘ฐ,

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ๐’…๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ=๐’•=๐Ÿ๐’šโˆ’ โˆซ

๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’š = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐Ÿ๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’š

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ(๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + (๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’š =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’š+ ๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

๐’•) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’• +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•) โ‡’

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐›€ = ๐’• โˆ’โˆซ

๐’…๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ= ๐’• โˆ’ ๐‘ฐ = ๐’• โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’• โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•)

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™) + ๐‘ช

Solution 3 by Ghuiam Naseri-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ

(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™ โ‹… (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™)

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™ โ‹… (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

๐’–=โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™โˆซ

๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ’

โˆ’๐’–๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– = ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’–๐Ÿ’

โˆ’๐’–๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

= ๐Ÿโˆซ(โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹…

๐Ÿ

๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐’– + ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐’– โˆ’ ๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’– =

= โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’– + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’– โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– + ๐Ÿ๐’– =

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= โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’– โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’– + ๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’– โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿ๐’– + ๐‘ช

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™) + ๐‘ช

1514. Find without any software:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ—๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Marian Ursฤƒrescu-Romania

Put ๐Ÿ—๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ = ๐’• โ‡’ ๐’™ =๐’•+๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ—, ๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’•

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ—๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ‘ (๐’• + ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— )

๐Ÿ

+ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

๐’…๐’• =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ‘(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

๐’…๐’• =

= ๐Ÿ‘โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’• + ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

๐’…๐’•; (๐Ÿ)

๐‹๐ž๐ญ: ๐‘ฐ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’• + ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

๐’…๐’• =๐’•=๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐’šโˆ’ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐’š )

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ

๐’š๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ– โ‹…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐’š + ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐’…๐’š =

= โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’š + ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

๐’…๐’š = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’š + ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

โˆ’ โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’š + ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

๐’…๐’š =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโˆซ

๐Ÿ

(๐’š + ๐’š)๐Ÿ’ + (โˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’)๐Ÿ ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’š + ๐Ÿ’

โˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’)|๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

โˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ—

โˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’)) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ โˆš๐Ÿ” โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ‘

โˆš๐Ÿ”)) ; (๐Ÿ)

From (1),(2) it follows that:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ—๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ”๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ โˆš๐Ÿ” โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ‘

โˆš๐Ÿ”))

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1515. Find a closed form:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Mohammad Rostami-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’โˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ๐’™๐’‚๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆ‘๐’™๐’

๐

๐๐’ƒ|๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ๐’™๐’ƒ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™ โˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’Ž

๐

๐๐’„|๐’„=๐ŸŽ๐’™๐’„

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’‚๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐

๐๐’ƒ|๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐’ƒ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Ž

๐

๐๐’„|๐’„=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Ž+๐’„+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ [

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ]๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘[

๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐’ƒ + ๐Ÿ]๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Ž [

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž+ ๐’„ + ๐Ÿ]๐’„=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’Ž=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Ž

(๐’Ž + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Žโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Ž๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐œผ(๐Ÿ) =

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐œป(๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™(๐Ÿ + ๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ‘โˆซ (๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆ‘[

๐Ÿ

(๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

(๐’ +๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)๐Ÿ]

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”{๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) + ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’)} = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ–๐‘ฎ)

Therefore,

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Ajetunmobi Abdulquyyum-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ (๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ{โˆซ

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™}

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ{๐‘จ โˆ’ ๐‘ฉ + ๐‘ช}

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=; |๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ = โˆ’๐’• โ‡’ ๐’…๐’™ = ๐’†โˆ’๐’•(โˆ’๐’…๐’•)

๐’™๐Ÿ = ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’•| ; = โˆ’โˆซ

๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’•

๐Ÿโ€”๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

= โˆ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆซ ๐’•๐’†โˆ’(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’ โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐œผ(๐Ÿ) = โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–

Also,

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๐‘ฉ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐‘ฎ

๐‘ช = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

Hence,

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐‘จ โˆ’ ๐‘ฉ + ๐‘ช) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–+ ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”)

Therefore,

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

1516. Find a closed form:

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™,๐’ > ๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Ajentunmobi Abdulqoyuum-Nigeria

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =; |๐’• = โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ;๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’•๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ, ๐’™ = ๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

๐Ÿ| ;

= โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•;|

|

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ = ๐’›; ๐’…๐’• =๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’›

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’• = โˆš๐’›

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

|

|

๐›€ = ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’› โ‹…๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’›

๐’+ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’›

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’›

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’› =โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐‘ต๐’๐’•๐’†: โˆซ ๐’›๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’›๐’…๐’›

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐šช (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) = โˆš๐…

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Solution 2 by Akerele Olofin-Nigeria

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐’•=๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™;

๐’…๐’•=โˆ’๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•๐’…๐’•๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’†โˆ’๐’•(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’•๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐“›{๐’•๐’} = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’”๐’•๐’•๐’๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’”๐’+๐Ÿ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐’ = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ; ๐’” = ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โ‡’

โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐’”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

=โˆš๐…

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโ‡’ ๐›€(๐’) =

โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Muhammad Afzal-Pakistan

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’–=๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

โˆซ๐’†(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’–)(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– = ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’–๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’–โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’š=๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ) ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’šโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’šโˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’š

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’š๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Solution 4 by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™=๐’•

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ=๐’–

๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’– โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’–โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– =๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’–โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– =

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) =

๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆš๐…

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

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1517. Find a closed form:

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™,๐’ > ๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Ajentunmobi Abdulqoyuum-Nigeria

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =; |๐’• = โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ;๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’•๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ, ๐’™ = ๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

๐Ÿ| ;

= โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•;|

|

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ = ๐’›; ๐’…๐’• =๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’›

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’• = โˆš๐’›

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

|

|

๐›€ = ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’› โ‹…๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’›

๐’+ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’›

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’›

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’› =โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐‘ต๐’๐’•๐’†: โˆซ ๐’›๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’›๐’…๐’›

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐šช (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) = โˆš๐…

Solution 2 by Akerele Olofin-Nigeria

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐’•=๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™;

๐’…๐’•=โˆ’๐’†๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•๐’…๐’•๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’†โˆ’๐’•(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’•๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐“›{๐’•๐’} = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’”๐’•๐’•๐’๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’”๐’+๐Ÿ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐’ = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ; ๐’” = ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โ‡’

โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐’”๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

=โˆš๐…

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโ‡’ ๐›€(๐’) =

โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

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๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Muhammad Afzal-Pakistan

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’–=๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

โˆซ๐’†(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’–)(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– = ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’–๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’–โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’š=๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ) ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’šโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’šโˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’š

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’š๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆš๐…๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Solution 4 by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™=๐’•

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’•๐Ÿ=๐’–

๐Ÿ๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’– โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’–โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– =๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’–โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– =

=๐’†๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) =

๐’†๐’+๐Ÿโˆš๐…

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ

1518. Prove that:

โˆซ๐’…๐’™

(๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐…๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐…

Proposed by Ty Halpen-Florida-SUA

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’…๐’™

(๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐…๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐’†

โˆ’(๐…๐’•๐Ÿ) ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆซ

๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’•๐Ÿ

(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐’•)๐’…๐’•

โˆž

โˆž

=

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆซ

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐…๐’•๐Ÿ )

(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

โˆž

โˆž

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆซ

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐…๐’•๐Ÿ )

(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ก (๐…๐’•

๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ’

๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’•๐Ÿ + (๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐’…๐’•

(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’•๐Ÿ + (๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚) = โˆซ๐’…๐’•

(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’•

(๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿโˆซ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

=๐…

๐Ÿ’(๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐…(๐’‚โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ๐’‚(๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚) =๐…(๐’‚๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’๐’‚(๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ=๐…(๐’‚โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’๐’‚(๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ=๐…(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’๐’‚(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆ‘[

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ+

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ]

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ‘โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐…

Therefore,

โˆซ๐’…๐’™

(๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐…๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”๐…

1519. Prove that:

๐Ÿ

๐’†< |โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) ๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™| <๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

where ๐‘ฑ๐’(๐’™) is the Bessel function of order ๐’.

Proposed by Angad Singh-India

Solution 1 by proposer

We know from the definition of Bessel function, that

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๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐’™) = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

(๐’™

๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ ๐’>๐ŸŽโ‡’ โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’๐’™๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’โ‡’

โˆซ โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐’๐’™

๐’๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Observe that:

โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

>๐Ÿ

๐’†; โˆ‘

๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

<โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ” ๐š๐ง๐ โˆ‘

๐’†โˆ’๐’™

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)

Solution 2 by Akerele Olofin-Nigeria

๐‘ฑ๐’(๐’™) = (๐’™

๐Ÿ)๐’

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’Œ! ๐šช(๐’ + ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‡’ ๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™) =โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™)

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’Œ! ๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!๐Ÿ๐’™๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‡’ |โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) ๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™| = |โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐’Œ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™| =

= |โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ!๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Œ+๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ!)| = |โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐’Œ+๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

| = |โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ!๐œป(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

| =

= |โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

๐’๐’Œ(๐’Œ!)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

| = |โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

| = โˆ‘ |โˆ’๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ|

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โ‰… ๐ŸŽ.๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’†โ‰… ๐ŸŽ. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ•;

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โ‰… ๐Ÿ. ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ— โ‡’ โˆ‘

๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

>๐Ÿ

๐’†; โˆ‘

๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

<๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

Therefore,

๐Ÿ

๐’†< |โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) ๐‘ฑ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿโˆš๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™| <๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

1520. Let ๐’ƒ > ๐’‚ > ๐Ÿ and ๐’ be a positive integer. Prove that:

โˆซโˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†๐’๐’™ + ๐’†(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ( โˆš๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’+๐Ÿ

) , ๐’™ โˆˆ โ„

Proposed by George Apostolopoulos-Messolonghi-Greece

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Solution 1 by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐’†๐’๐’™ + ๐’†(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ โ‰ฅ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™+(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™+โ‹ฏ+๐’™+๐ŸŽ๐’+๐Ÿ

=

= (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™(๐’+๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

= (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’†๐’๐’™๐Ÿ = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™ โ‡’

โˆซโˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†๐’๐’™ + ๐’†(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’™|๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

=๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ(๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚) =

๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’ƒ

๐’‚) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ( โˆš

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’+๐Ÿ

)

Therefore,

โˆซโˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†๐’๐’™ + ๐’†(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ( โˆš๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’+๐Ÿ

) , ๐’™ โˆˆ โ„

Solution 2 by Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

โˆซโˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†๐’๐’™ + ๐’†(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซโˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐’†๐’๐’™(๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ (

๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’™

)

๐’†(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™(๐Ÿ โˆ’ [(๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’™

]๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹…

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (

๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’™

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’™

) (๐Ÿ + (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’™

+ (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐Ÿ๐’™

+โ‹ฏ+ (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’๐’™

)

โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’™

+ (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐Ÿ๐’™

+โ‹ฏ+ (๐Ÿ๐’†)๐’๐’™ โ‹…

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

โ‰ค๐‘ฏ๐‘ฎ๐‘ด

โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†๐’™ โ‹… ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’+๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’†๐’๐’™โ‹… โˆš๐’†

๐’(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

=

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=๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ( โˆš

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’+๐Ÿ

)

Therefore,

โˆซโˆš๐’†๐’๐’™

๐’†๐’๐’™ + ๐’†(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ( โˆš๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’+๐Ÿ

) , ๐’™ โˆˆ โ„

1521. If for ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐’Œ and ๐’, ๐’Œ, ๐’‚ > ๐ŸŽ; ๐’, ๐’Œ โˆˆ โ„•;

๐ƒ๐’‚(๐’Œ, ๐’) =โˆ‘โˆš๐’‚๐’“

๐’

๐’“=๐’Œ

= โˆš๐’‚๐’Œ + โˆš๐’‚

๐’Œ+๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ+ โˆš๐’‚

๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œป๐’(๐’”) = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐’”

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’”+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’”+โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐’๐’”

then prove:

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐ƒ๐’†(๐Ÿ, ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) < ๐œป๐’(๐ŸŽ) + ๐œป๐’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) + ๐œป๐’(๐Ÿ) < ๐ƒ๐’†(๐Ÿ, ๐’) + ๐Ÿโˆš๐’

๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐’† = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Amrit Awasthi-India

Solution by proposer

We can write ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ as ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐’™

๐Ÿ and ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) = โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

.

Now, as ๐’• โˆˆ [๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’Œ] : ๐Ÿ โ‰ค ๐’• โ‰ค ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œโ‡’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’•โ‰ค ๐Ÿ

Integrating under the same interval we have:

โˆซ๐’Œ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’• โ‰ค โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’•

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’• โ‰ค โˆซ ๐’…๐’•๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐Ÿ

โ‡”

๐’Œ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) โ‰ค (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‡”

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿโ‰ค ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) โ‰ค

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

Now, summing up from ๐’Œ = ๐Ÿ to ๐’Œ = ๐’ we have:

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โˆ‘๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰คโˆ‘(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰คโˆ‘๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‡”โˆ‘ โˆš๐’†๐’Œ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰คโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐ŸŽ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰คโˆ‘ โˆš๐’†๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐ƒ๐’†(๐Ÿ, ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‰ค ๐œป๐’(๐ŸŽ) + ๐œป๐’(๐Ÿ) + ๐ƒ๐’†(๐Ÿ, ๐’); (โˆ—)

Now, consider the following

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐’Ž) = ๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Ž + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐’Ž)(โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ + โˆš๐’Ž)

โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ + โˆš๐’Ž=

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ + โˆš๐’Ž<

<๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž+ โˆš๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž

Thus, ๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐’Ž) <๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž

Proceeding in a similar manner we can prove that:

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Ž โˆ’ โˆš๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ) >๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž

Combining both results, we have

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐’Ž) <๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž< ๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Žโˆ’ โˆš๐’Ž โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

Summing from ๐’Ž = ๐Ÿ to ๐’Ž = ๐’ we have

โˆ‘ ๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐’Ž)

๐’

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

< โˆ‘๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Ž

๐’

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

< โˆ‘ ๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’Žโˆ’ โˆš๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

Now, both the upper and lower bounds are telescopic sums, hence after canceling the terms we are left with

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) < ๐œป๐’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) < ๐Ÿโˆš๐’; (โˆ—โˆ—)

Adding (โˆ—), (โˆ—โˆ—) the final inequality becomes strict as the second inequality is strict. Hence,

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐ƒ๐’†(๐Ÿ, ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) < ๐œป๐’(๐ŸŽ) + ๐œป๐’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) + ๐œป๐’(๐Ÿ) < ๐ƒ๐’†(๐Ÿ, ๐’) + ๐Ÿโˆš๐’

1522. For ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ prove or disprove:

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ(๐Ÿ+โˆซ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™)

๐’๐’Ž๐’Œ

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ= ๐’†

๐œธ๐Ÿ

where ๐œธ is Euler-Mascheroni constant.

Proposed by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

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Solution by Artan Ajredini-Presheva-Serbie

Let ๐’‡๐’(๐’™) = (๐Ÿโˆ’๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’

. For ๐’™ โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ,๐…

๐Ÿ’] we have |๐’‡๐’(๐’™)| โ‰ค ๐Ÿ = ๐’ˆ(๐’™), and

โˆซ ๐’ˆ(๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿ’. ๐๐จ๐ฐ,

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‡๐’(๐’™) = {๐ŸŽ, ๐’™ โˆˆ (๐ŸŽ,

๐…

๐Ÿ’]

๐Ÿ, ๐’™ = ๐ŸŽ

By Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem, we have that:

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆซ ๐’‡๐’(๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐ŸŽ โ‹… ๐Œ(๐ŸŽ,๐…๐Ÿ’]+ ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Œ{๐Ÿ} = ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ)

On the other hand, substituting ๐’– =๐Ÿโˆ’๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ in the integral ๐‘ฐ = โˆซ ๐’ (

๐Ÿโˆ’๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ and

integrating by parts, we get

๐‘ฐ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’โˆซ

๐’–๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’–

Again, let ๐’ˆ๐’(๐’–) =๐’–๐’(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’–๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ+๐’–๐Ÿ. For ๐’– โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ] we have that ๐’ˆ๐’(๐’–) โ‰ค

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐’–๐Ÿ= ๐’‰(๐’–), and

โˆซ ๐’‰(๐’–)๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– =๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ.๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž๐’ˆ๐’(๐’–) = ๐ŸŽ, โˆ€๐’– โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ], ๐š๐ง๐

using Lebesgue Dominated Convergence Theorem, we obtain

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆซ ๐’ˆ๐’(๐’–)๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– = ๐ŸŽ. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž,

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆซ ๐’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

By using (๐Ÿ), (๐Ÿ), we get

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ(๐Ÿ+โˆซ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™)

๐’๐’Ž๐’Œ

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

โˆ(๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ + โˆซ (๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’

๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

)

๐’๐’Ž๐’Œ

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ=

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= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

โˆ(๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ {๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’Žโˆซ ๐’(

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)๐’

๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

})

๐’Œ

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

โˆ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ๐’†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’Œ

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

โˆ๐’†๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’Žโˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’Œ)

๐’Œ

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

= ๐’†๐œธ๐Ÿ

1523.

๐“๐’ =๐Ÿ’

๐…โˆซ

๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก(๐’๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

, ๐šฝ๐’ =๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’๐…)

๐’; โˆ€๐’ โˆˆ โ„•

Prove that:

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Žโ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆโˆ(๐Ÿ +๐“๐’)๐’๐’Œโˆ’๐’“๐šฝ๐’“

๐’Ž

๐’“=๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’†๐œธ

where ๐œธ is Euler-Mascheroni constant.

Proposed by Surjeet Singhania-India

Solution by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Since we have two convergent integrals so we have validity for the linearity of integrals for

๐“๐’ that is

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐“๐’ = โˆซ

๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก (๐’๐’™)

๐’(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™โŸ

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ

โˆ’ โˆซ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ

Now, let ๐€๐’(๐’™) =๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก(

๐’

๐’™)

๐’(๐Ÿ+๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โ‰ค |

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐Ÿ+๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ| โ‰ค |

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ+๐’™๐Ÿ)| = ๐‘ฝ๐’(๐’™) and hence

โˆซ ๐‘ฝ๐’(๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž๐‘ฝ๐’(๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ.

By Lebesgue Dominating convergence theorem, we have:

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆซ ๐€๐’(๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆซ ๐‘ฝ๐’(๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ)

The integral ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ has primitive which is

โˆซ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ|๐ŸŽ

โˆž

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’๐Ÿ

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Giving us ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ (which we can even perform to show that

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž even by LTCD) ;(2)

So, from (1),(2)we have:

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ + ๐“๐’)๐’ โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž(๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ)

๐’ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐…๐Ÿ)๐’

= ๐’†

Now, we have just to evaluate

๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ ( ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Žโ†’โˆž

โˆ‘โˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐…๐’“)

๐’Œ๐’“๐’“

๐’Ž

๐’“=๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) = ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (๐Ÿ โˆ’โˆ‘๐œป(๐’Œ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

= ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (๐Ÿ โˆ’โˆ‘๐’™๐’Œ

๐’Œ!โ‹…

๐’…๐’™

๐’™๐’†๐’™(๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

Interchanging sum and integral signs we have

โˆซ๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’†๐’™(๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ (๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’†๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œธ

Since it is well known that โˆซ (๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’†๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ๐’…๐’™ = ๐œธ and hence we have desired result ๐’†๐œธ.

In other way we calculate

โˆ‘๐œป(๐’Œ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐’Ž๐’Œ

๐’Œโ‰ฅ๐Ÿ๐’Žโ‰ฅ๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐‘ตโ†’โˆž

โˆ‘ (๐Ÿ

๐’Žโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Ž + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ))

๐‘ต

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐‘ตโ†’โˆž

(๐‘ฏ๐‘ต โˆ’ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐‘ต) =๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œธ.

1524. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐›†โ†’๐ŸŽ๐›†>0

โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐œบ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Solution 1 by Soumitra Mandal-India

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’š

= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

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= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ โˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿโˆ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’+๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’+๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐Ÿ“)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–+๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”)

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”+๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”= โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”+๐(๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) + ๐

(๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Ajetunmobi Abdulquyyum-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ + โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โŸ

๐‘จ

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’•โˆ’โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โ‡’

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐‘ฉโˆ’ ๐‘ช โˆ’๐‘ซ

๐‘ฉ = ๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™๐Ÿ”=๐’› ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–โˆซ๐’›๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’› = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

๐‘ช = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐’›๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’›

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’›โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’›โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’› =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”โˆซ๐’›๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’›๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”)

๐‘ซ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”โˆซ๐’›โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’›๐’…๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”โˆซ๐’›๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’›

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’› = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”)

Thus,

๐›€ = ๐‘ฉ โˆ’ ๐‘ช โˆ’๐‘ซ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐(๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”) =

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๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐›†โ†’๐ŸŽ๐›†>0

โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐œบ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Ose Favour-Nigeria

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐›†โ†’๐ŸŽ๐›†>0

โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐œบ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐šฝ +๐šฟ

๐šฟ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐’–=๐Ÿ๐’™โˆ’ โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ’ + ๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆซ(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’•=๐’™๐Ÿ”

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”โˆซ(๐’•๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ” โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ” + ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐‹๐ž๐ญ: ๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐’ + ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”+๐’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐›€ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐›€โ€ฒ(๐ŸŽ)

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐’ + ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”+๐’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐(๐ŸŽ) (๐’ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”) โˆ’๐(๐ŸŽ) (๐’ +

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) + ๐Ÿ๐(๐ŸŽ) (๐’ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

๐›€โ€ฒ(๐’) = โˆ’๐(๐ŸŽ)โ€ฒ(๐’ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”) โˆ’๐(๐ŸŽ)

โ€ฒ(๐’ +

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) + ๐Ÿ๐(๐ŸŽ)

โ€ฒ(๐’ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

๐›€โ€ฒ(๐ŸŽ) = โˆ’๐(๐ŸŽ)โ€ฒ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐(๐ŸŽ)

โ€ฒ(๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) + ๐Ÿ๐(๐ŸŽ)

โ€ฒ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) = โˆ’(๐…๐Ÿ ๐œ๐ฌ๐œ๐Ÿ (

๐…

๐Ÿ”)) + ๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ= โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐›€ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐›€โ€ฒ(๐ŸŽ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ =

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Solution 4 by Mohammad Rostami-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’šโˆซ

โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

= ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ

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๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆซโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซโˆ’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š = โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ๐’š๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’โˆซ โˆ‘๐’š๐Ÿ”๐’ ๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ๐’š๐’‚๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ ๐’š๐Ÿโˆ‘๐’š๐Ÿ”๐’Œ๐

๐๐’ƒ|๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ๐’š๐’ƒ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆ‘๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’š๐Ÿ”๐’+๐’‚๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+

+โˆ‘๐

๐๐’ƒ|๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’š๐Ÿ”๐’Œ+๐’ƒ+๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆ‘ [๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ]๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+โˆ‘[๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐’ƒ + ๐Ÿ‘]๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”[โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

(๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

] =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)]

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐’š=๐Ÿ๐’™โˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿโˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ๐’™๐’‚๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ’โˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’Œ๐

๐๐’ƒ|๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ๐’™๐’ƒ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘๐

๐๐’‚|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’+๐’‚+๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐

๐๐’ƒ|๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’Œ+๐’ƒ+๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ‘[๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ‘]๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘[๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐’ƒ + ๐Ÿ“]๐’ƒ=๐ŸŽ

โ€ฒโˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’ + ๐Ÿ“)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”[โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ”)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

] =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)]

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) โˆ“ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)]

Solution 5 by Kartick Chandra Betal-India

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐›€ = ๐Ÿโˆซ(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿโˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐’™ +๐Ÿ๐’™)๐Ÿ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

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๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ {๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ+ ๐’™)}๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ+ ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)

๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐œผ(๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐œป(๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ) =

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

1525. Find a closed form:

๐›€ = โˆ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ((๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ“) โ‹… ๐’!

๐Ÿ + (๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ”) โ‹… (๐’!)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

โˆต ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š

๐Ÿ+ ๐’™๐’š),

โˆต ๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ” = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ((๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ“) โ‹… ๐’!

๐Ÿ + (๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ”) โ‹… (๐’!)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ((๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ”) โ‹… ๐’! โˆ’ ๐’!

๐Ÿ + (๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ”) โ‹… (๐’!)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ((๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ”) โ‹… ๐’!)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’!)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ((๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)!) โˆ’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’!)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ((๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)!)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ) โˆ’โˆ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’!)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ‘

= ๐…โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ)

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Solution 2 by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Note the ๐‘ฎ(๐’) = ๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ” = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’+ ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘) and it is easy to see that

โˆ‘๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ((๐‘ฎ(๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’!

๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฎ(๐’)(๐’!)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘(๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ((๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)!) โˆ’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’!))

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

We have telescoping series giving us

โˆ’๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ŸŽ!) โˆ’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ!) โˆ’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ!) + ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ((๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)!) + ๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!) +

๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!)) .For all ๐’ > ๐Ÿ and on the further solving we have:

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ= ๐…โˆ’ ๐’•๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ)

1526. ๐’™๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’™๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ, ๐’™๐’ = (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ), ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’™๐’๐’!

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

๐’™๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’™๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ, ๐’™๐’ = (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ), ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ,๐’ โˆˆ โ„•; (๐Ÿ) โ‡’

๐’™๐’ โˆ’ ๐’๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ = โˆ’[๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’)๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ]. Put: ๐’‚๐’ = ๐’™๐’ โˆ’ ๐’๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ, โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ, ๐’‚๐Ÿ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

Also, (1) gives ๐’‚๐’ = โˆ’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ, โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ โ‡’ (๐’‚๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ โˆ’geometric progression with ratio ๐’’ = โˆ’๐Ÿ.

Thus, ๐’‚๐’ = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’‚๐Ÿ, โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐’™๐’ โˆ’ ๐’๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐’, โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

โ‡’๐’™๐’๐’!โˆ’

๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

=(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’!โ‡’โˆ‘(

๐’™๐’“๐’“!โˆ’

๐’™๐’“โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’“ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

)

๐’

๐’“=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’“

๐’“!

๐’

๐’“=๐Ÿ

, โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

โ‡’๐’™๐’๐’!=โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’“

๐’“!

๐’

๐’“=๐Ÿ

+๐’™๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ!

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’™๐’๐’!= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’“

๐’“!

๐’

๐’“=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐’†

Solution 2 by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Since ๐’™๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ and ๐’™๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ and given recurrence relation ๐’™๐’ = (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) and

on expanding the recurrence relation we can observe that

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๐‘ท = {๐’™๐’|๐’ โˆˆ โ„คโ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ} = {๐Ÿ, ๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ—, ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’,โ€ฆ }

Since the sequence we have well know from Derangement so in other word we can

rewrite the recurrence in terms subfactorial, that is

! ๐’ = (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)), โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ and hence required limit to be evaluated is

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’™๐’๐’!= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐งโ†’โˆž

! ๐’

๐’!= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐’†

๐š๐ฌ ! ๐’ = ๐’! โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

1527. ๐‘ฎ(๐’) โˆ’Barnes ๐‘ฎ-function, ๐‘ฒ(๐’) โˆ’ ๐‘ฒ function. Find:

๐›€ =โˆ‘ โˆš๐’!

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐‘ฎ(๐’) =(๐šช(๐’))

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐‘ฒ(๐’); ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) =

((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’๐’ โ‡’๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)=

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’!

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

=โˆš

๐’!

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹…((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!)

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’ =โˆš

๐’!

((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!)๐’+๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ =

=โˆš

๐’!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… (๐’!)๐’+๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐’!

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆ‘ โˆš๐’!

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= ๐’† โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

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Solution 2 by Amrit Awasthi-India

We know: ๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’๐’ and ๐‘ฎ(๐’+ ๐Ÿ) = ๐Ÿ! โ‹… ๐Ÿ! โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘! โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’!

โ‡’ ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐Ÿ๐’ โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’๐Ÿ

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’๐’) โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’๐Ÿ) =

= ๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’๐’+๐Ÿ = (๐’!)๐’+๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆ‘ โˆš๐’!

๐‘ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐‘ฎ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘ โˆš๐’!

(๐’!)๐’+๐Ÿ๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘ โˆš๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐’๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= ๐’† โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

1528. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)! โ‹… (๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!)

๐’

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Adrian Popa-Romania

(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) =

(๐Ÿ๐’)!

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!โ‡’

๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!=( ๐Ÿ๐’๐’โˆ’๐’Œ)

(๐Ÿ๐’)!

โˆ‘(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) + (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) +โ‹ฏ+ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐ŸŽ)

= (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ + ๐Ÿ) + (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ + ๐Ÿ) +โ‹ฏ+ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ๐’) = ๐‘บ

โˆต (๐Ÿ๐’

๐ŸŽ) + (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ) + (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ) +โ‹ฏ+ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ๐’) = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ โ‡’ ๐Ÿ๐‘บ + (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ โ‡’ ๐Ÿ๐‘บ = ๐Ÿ’๐’ โˆ’ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

โ‡’ ๐‘บ =๐Ÿ’๐’ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐Ÿโ‡’โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐‘บ + (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) =

(๐Ÿ’๐’ + (๐Ÿ๐’๐’))

๐Ÿ

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๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)! โ‹… (๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!)

๐’

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)! โ‹… (๐Ÿ’๐’ + (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’)!โ‹… ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!)

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)!

(๐’!)๐Ÿ๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!)๐Ÿ โ‹…(๐’!)๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’)!= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ)(๐’!)๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’)!= ๐Ÿ’

Solution 2 by Ahmed Yackoube Chach-Mauritania

๐‘ฐ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐’! โ‹… ๐’!+

๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!+ โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ! โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!+

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ! โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)!

=๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ! โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)!+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ! โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!+ โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐’! โ‹… ๐’!= โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐’+๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!+โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ! โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!+

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ! โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)!+

๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐Ÿ

= ๐‘ฐ โˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐Ÿ=

๐Ÿ

(๐’!)๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!

๐›€๐ง = โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)! โ‹… (๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!)

๐’

= โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)! (๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!)

๐’

=

= โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)!

(๐’!)๐Ÿ๐’

= โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’๐šช(๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐…๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

= ๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ

โˆš๐…โ‹…๐šช (๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ))

๐Ÿ๐’

= ๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐’†

๐Ÿ๐’โ‹…๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐…โ‹…๐šช(๐’+

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’+๐Ÿ))๐’โ†’โˆžโ†’ ๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐’†๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)! โ‹… (๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)! โ‹… (๐’ + ๐’Œ)!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’)!)

๐’

= ๐Ÿ’

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1529. For ๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’‘, ๐’’ โˆˆ โ„• such that ๐’‘(๐’’ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ) = ๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Žโ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’Žโ‹… ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’‘ (๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania

Solution by Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

๐’‚๐’ =โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’‘ (๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘(๐’”๐’Š๐’(

๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’

)

๐’‘

๐’Š๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘

๐’๐’‘๐’’

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘(๐’”๐’Š๐’(

๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’

)

๐’‘

๐’Š๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘

๐’๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘+๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โ‡”

โˆ€๐’ โˆˆ โ„•, โˆƒ๐œป๐’ > 0 ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก: 1 โˆ’ ๐œป๐’ โ‰ค (๐’”๐’Š๐’(

๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’

)

๐’‘

โ‰ค ๐Ÿ + ๐œป๐’

( ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œป๐’)โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘

๐’๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘+๐Ÿโ‰ค ๐’‚๐’ โ‰ค

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

( ๐Ÿ + ๐œป๐’)โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘

๐’๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘+๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘

๐’๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘+๐Ÿ= ๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ‘(

๐’Š

๐’)๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘

= โˆซ๐’™๐’‚+๐’ƒ๐’‘๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

Hence,

๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’‘ (๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’) =

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’‘ (๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’‚+ ๐’ƒ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’Žโ‹…โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

โ‰คโž๐‘จ๐‘ดโˆ’๐‘ฎ๐‘ด ๐Ÿ

๐’Žโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐’‚๐’ƒ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐’Žโˆš๐’‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐’‚๐’ƒ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹…

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

๐’Ž

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Žโ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’Žโ‹…โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Žโ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐’‚๐’ƒ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹…

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

๐’Ž=โž

๐‘ณ.๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐’‚๐’ƒ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’Ž๐Ÿ‘

(๐’Ž + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’๐’Ž= ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

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๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Žโ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’Žโ‹… ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘โˆ‘๐’Š๐’‚๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’‘ (๐’Š๐’ƒ

๐’๐’’)

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Ž

๐’‘=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

1530. If (๐’‚๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ, (๐’ƒ๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ are given by ๐’‚๐ŸŽ = ๐’ƒ๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ,๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐’‚๐’ + ๐’ƒ๐’,

๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ = (๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’‚๐’ + ๐’ƒ๐’, ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ โ‹… โˆšโˆ(๐’‚๐’Œ๐’ƒ๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’

Proposed by Neculai Stanciu-Romania

Solution by George Florin ศ˜erban-Romania

๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐’‚๐’ + ๐’ƒ๐’ โ‡’ ๐’ƒ๐’ = ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’ and ๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ = (๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’+ ๐Ÿ)๐’ƒ๐’, then

๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’ = (๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’+ ๐Ÿ)๐’‚๐’ โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐’ = (๐’

๐Ÿ + ๐’)๐’‚๐’ + ๐’‚๐’

๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ = (๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’)๐’‚๐’ โ‡’

๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’

= ๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’. ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐’™๐’ =๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’

โ‡’

๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐’™๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’ = ๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’. Applying mathematical induction to ๐‘ท(๐’): ๐’™๐’ = ๐’+ ๐Ÿ from ๐’ โ‰ฅ

๐ŸŽ, we have: ๐‘ท(๐ŸŽ): ๐’™๐ŸŽ =๐’‚๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐ŸŽ= ๐Ÿ true.

Suppose that: ๐‘ท(๐’Œ): ๐’™๐’Œ = ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐’™๐’Œ+๐Ÿ โ‹… (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐’Œ โ‡’

๐’™๐’Œ+๐Ÿ โ‹… (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โ‡’ ๐’™๐’Œ+๐Ÿ = ๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ. Hence,

๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’

= ๐’+ ๐Ÿ โ‡’โˆ๐’‚๐’Œ+๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’ = ๐’!

โˆ๐’ƒ๐’Œ๐’‚๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ๐’Œ โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’!

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ โ‹… โˆšโˆ(๐’‚๐’Œ๐’ƒ๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’

โˆš๐’!๐’ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆžโˆš๐’๐’

๐’!

๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซโ€ฒ๐‘จ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โ‹…๐’!

๐’๐’=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’)๐’

= ๐’†.

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1531. Find:

๐›€(๐’) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐’™ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’™ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ“๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐ญ๐š๐ง((๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ;๐’ โˆˆ โ„•, ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

Proposed by Mohammad Hamed Nasery-Afghanistan

Solution 1 by Amrit Awasthi-India

Rewriting we have:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐’†๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’+โ‹ฏ+๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’†๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“+โ‹ฏ+๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐’†๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’+โ‹ฏ+๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’),

๐’ˆ(๐’™) = ๐’†๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“+โ‹ฏ+๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)

โ‡’ ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) = ๐’†๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’+โ‹ฏ+๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’) โ‹…

โ‹… (๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™) โ‹… ๐Ÿ + โ‹ฏ+ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’) ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ((๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™) โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’)

๐’ˆโ€ฒ(๐’™) = ๐’†๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘+๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“+โ‹ฏ+๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ) โ‹…

โ‹… (๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘๐’™) โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ((๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™) โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ))

That implies,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™)

๐’ˆโ€ฒ(๐’™)=

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’ + โ‹ฏ+ ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ + โ‹ฏ+ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)=

=๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ=

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’)

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)

Solution 2 by Serlea Kabay-Liberia

Recall, ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐œถ๐’™)~๐œถ๐’™ and ๐’†๐œถ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ~๐œถ๐’™;โˆ€๐œถ โˆˆ โ„.

๐›€(๐’)~ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’™ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐’™ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐’†๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’™โ‹…๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐’™โ‹…โ€ฆโ‹…(๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’†๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐’™โ‹…๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐’™โ‹…โ€ฆโ‹…(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐’†๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’+โ‹ฏ+๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘+๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“+โ‹ฏ+๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

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= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐’†๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

=๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’)

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)

Solution 3 by Obaidullah Jaihon-Afghanistan

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™) = ๐’• โ‡’

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ’๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’) ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’๐’™)

(๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•)โ€ฒ = ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’) ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ(๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•)โ€ฒ = ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ + โ‹ฏ+ ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’)

๐’‘ = ๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐’™ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐’™ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‘ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ‘๐’™ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ“๐’™ +โ‹ฏ+ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‘)โ€ฒ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™ + ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ“๐’™ +โ‹ฏ

+ (๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™) =

= ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ + โ‹ฏ+ (๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)

๐›€ =๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’)

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)

1532. Solve for integers:

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™+ ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘+โ‹ฏ+

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’ โ‹… ๐’™ + ๐’„๐’๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐’

=๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ“ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’

๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ;๐’ โˆˆ โ„•โˆ— ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐งโ†’โˆž

(๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’)

๐’„๐’๐’๐Ÿ

Proposed by Costel Florea-Romania

Solution by George Florin ศ˜erban-Romania

๐Ÿ”๐’๐Ÿ“ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’ = ๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ‘๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ’๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ‘๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ

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๐’‚๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’‚๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–, ๐’‚๐Ÿ‘ = ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’, โ€ฆ , ๐’‚๐’ = ๐’๐Ÿ’ + ๐’

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”, ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ‘ = ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ,โ€ฆ , ๐’ƒ๐’ = ๐’๐Ÿ’

๐’„๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ, ๐’„๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ, ๐’„๐Ÿ‘ = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ, โ€ฆ , ๐’„๐’ = ๐’๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) + (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) + (

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’) +โ‹ฏ

+ ((๐’๐Ÿ’ + ๐’)๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’๐Ÿ’๐’™ + ๐’๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐’)

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐’โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ’) = ๐ŸŽ โ‡’

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘+โ‹ฏ+

๐’๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐’= ๐ŸŽ โŸบ

(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ+

๐’

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐’) = ๐ŸŽ

Because ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ+๐’™+๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ+๐’™+๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ+

๐’

๐’™๐Ÿ+๐’™+๐’โ‰  ๐ŸŽ from ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™ + ๐’ > 0, โˆ€๐‘› โˆˆ โ„•

โ‡’ ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ โŸบ ๐’™ โˆˆ {โˆ’๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ}

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐งโ†’โˆž

(๐’‚๐’๐’ƒ๐’)

๐’„๐’๐’๐Ÿ= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐Ÿ’ + ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ’)

๐’๐Ÿ“โˆ’๐’

๐’๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

[(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ‘)๐’๐Ÿ‘

]

๐’๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ’

= ๐’†๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ’ = ๐’†

1533. Let (๐’‚๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ โˆ’be a sequence of real numbers with ๐’‚๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ and

[(๐’‚๐’ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! ๐’ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ](๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐’๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ; ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

( โˆš๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ)

๐’‚

โˆ’ (โˆš๐’‚๐’๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’)

๐’‚

(โˆš๐’‚๐’๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’)

๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ

Proposed by Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania

Solution by Mikael Bernardo-Mozambique

๐’‚๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ; [(๐’‚๐’ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ](๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐’๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ; ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ โŸบ

(๐’‚๐’ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! = ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’๐Ÿ + ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โŸบ

๐’‚๐’ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

=(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โŸบ

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๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐’=

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ=

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’ โ‹… ๐’!

๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐ŸŽ=

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ!โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’ = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

Hence,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

( โˆš๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ)

๐’‚

โˆ’ (โˆš๐’‚๐’๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’)

๐’‚

(โˆš๐’‚๐’๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’)

๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

( โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’+๐Ÿ

)๐’‚

โˆ’ (โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)๐’‚

(โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)๐’‚+๐Ÿโˆ’๐’‚

โ‹… ((โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’‚

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

๐’) โ‹… ๐’ โ‹…

(โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’‚

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ((โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’‚

)

โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ((โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’‚

)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

๐’) =๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โ‹…

๐’๐’

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ=๐Ÿ

๐’†; (๐Ÿ)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

= ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’‚

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ((โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’‚

)

= ๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ((โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’

)

๐’๐’‚

) = ๐œถ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โ‹…

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

โˆš(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!๐’+๐Ÿ

โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐’‚ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’†

= ๐’‚; (๐Ÿ‘)

From (1),(2),(3) it follows that:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

( โˆš๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ)

๐’‚

โˆ’ (โˆš๐’‚๐’๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’)

๐’‚

(โˆš๐’‚๐’๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’)

๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐’†โ‹… ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’‚ =

๐’‚

๐’†

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(๐’‚๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ, (๐’ƒ๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ; ๐’‚๐’ = โˆซ [๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™]

๐’

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™, ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ > 1,

๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐’) , [โˆ—] โˆ’ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘ญ . Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  โˆš๐’ƒ๐’๐’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’

Proposed by Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania

Solution 1 by Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  โˆš๐’ƒ๐’๐’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’๐’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’

โ‹… ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’

= ๐›€๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐›€๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

๐›€๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’๐’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’

๐š๐ง๐ ๐›€๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’

We have: ๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ < [

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™] โ‰ค

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™; โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ โ„, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„• โ‡’

โˆซ (๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ < ๐’‚๐’ โ‰ค โˆซ๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™

๐’

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ โŸบ ๐’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) < ๐’‚๐’ โ‰ค ๐’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ โŸบ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’<

๐’‚๐’๐’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’

โ‰ค ๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ โˆ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’) < ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’๐’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’

โ‰ค ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’๐’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’

= ๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

Now, ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ > 1. Suppose that ๐’ƒ๐’Œ > 1;โˆ€๐‘˜ โˆˆ โ„• and from ๐’ƒ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’Œ we get

๐’ƒ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ > 1;โˆ€๐‘˜ โˆˆ โ„•. Thus, ๐’ƒ๐’ > 1;โˆ€๐‘› โˆˆ โ„•.

๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’ โ‡’ ๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’ = ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’ ; (๐Ÿ‘)

Let be the function ๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ; (๐’™ > 1) with ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) =๐Ÿ

๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ < 0;โˆ€๐‘ฅ > 1

โ‡’ ๐’‡โˆ’decreasing on (๐Ÿ,โˆž) โ‡’ ๐’‡(๐’™) < ๐‘“(๐Ÿ) = ๐ŸŽ; โˆ€๐’™ > 1 โ‡’

๐’‡(๐’ƒ๐’) < 0 โ‡’ ๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ < ๐’ƒ๐’.

Since (๐’ƒ๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ โˆ’is decreasing and bounded, then (๐’ƒ๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ converges.

So, โˆƒ๐’ โˆˆ โ„ such that ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ƒ๐’ = ๐’ โ‡’ ๐’ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ โ‡’ ๐’ = ๐Ÿ.

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๐›€๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’๐’ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž๐’ƒ๐’๐’) =

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

[(๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ]

๐’(๐’ƒ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)

) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’†๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’(๐’ƒ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโ‹…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

= +โˆž; (๐Ÿ’)

From (1),(2),(3),(4) it follows that:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  โˆš๐’ƒ๐’๐’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’= โˆž

Solution 2 by proposer

๐’™ โˆˆ [๐Ÿ, ๐’] โ‡’ ๐’ โ‰ค๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™โ‰ฅ ๐’๐Ÿ

Let [๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’] = ๐’•, ๐’• โˆˆ {๐’, ๐’ + ๐Ÿ,โ€ฆ , ๐’๐Ÿ} โ‡’

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ < ๐‘ก โ‰ค

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’™โ‡”

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’•+๐Ÿ< ๐‘ฅ โ‰ค

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’•

๐’‚๐’ = โˆ‘ โˆซ ๐’•

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’•

๐’๐Ÿ

๐’•+๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™

๐’๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’•=๐’

= โˆ‘ ๐’•(๐’๐Ÿ

๐’•โˆ’๐’๐Ÿ

๐’• + ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’•=๐’

= ๐’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ)

Now, ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ > 1,๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐’) โ‡’ ๐’ƒ๐’ > 1,โˆ€๐‘› โˆˆ โ„• (induction from ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•) and

from ๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’ โ‰ค ๐ŸŽ, because ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) โ‰ค ๐’™, โˆ€๐’™ > โˆ’1 โ‡’

(๐’ƒ๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿโˆ’decreasing.

So, (๐’ƒ๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ โˆ’convergent sequence, then

โˆƒ ๐’ โˆˆ โ„, ๐’ > 0 such that ๐’ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ƒ๐’ โ‡’ ๐’ = ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ โ‡’ ๐’ = ๐Ÿ.

Let ๐’„๐’ = ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘+โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’.

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๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  โˆš๐’ƒ๐’๐’

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’๐’ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’‚๐’

๐’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’โ‹… ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

[(๐’„๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’„๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’

+ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’] = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’(๐’ƒ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ =

= โ‹ฏ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ โ‹… ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ = +โˆž

1535. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ

๐’(โˆ‘โˆ‘

๐’Š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’‹๐Ÿ‘

๐’Š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’‹๐Ÿ’

๐’

๐’‹=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘โˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐’Œ๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ’

๐’

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

))

Proposed by Mikael Bernardo-Mozambique

Solution by Ty Halpen-Florida-USA

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ

๐’(โˆ‘โˆ‘

๐’Š๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’‹๐Ÿ‘

๐’Š๐Ÿ’ + ๐’‹๐Ÿ’

๐’

๐’‹=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘โˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐’Œ๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ’

๐’

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

))

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โ‹…(๐’Š๐’)

๐Ÿ‘

+ (๐’‹๐’)

๐Ÿ‘

(๐’Š๐’)๐Ÿ’

+ (๐’‹๐’)๐Ÿ’

๐’

๐’‹=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โ‹…(๐’Œ๐’)

๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’ (๐’๐’)

๐Ÿ‘

(๐’Œ๐’)๐Ÿ’

โˆ’ (๐’๐’)๐Ÿ’

๐’

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

= โˆซ โˆซ (๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ’+๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’š๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

= โˆซ โˆซ (๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐’™

๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’™ + ๐’š))

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š +โˆซ โˆซ (๐’š๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ + ๐’š๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐’š

๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ))๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ (โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•)๐’…๐’•๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ (โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ’))๐’…๐’•๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆซ (

๐’• + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ๐’• + ๐Ÿ+

๐’• โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ+โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐… + ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ) =

=๐…

๐Ÿ’(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ’ + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โ‰… ๐ŸŽ. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’

1536. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆšโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (

๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’Œ๐’

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ)๐’Œ๐’; (๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

We have:

โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’™๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’

Differentiating w.r.t. ๐’™, we get:

โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’Œ๐’™๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’) โ‡’

โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’Œ๐’™๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’๐’™)

Differentiating w.r.t. ๐’™, we get:

โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ)(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’Œ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’) + ๐’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™)

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Multiply again by ๐’™, we get:

โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’Œ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’๐’™) + ๐’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ

Differentiating again, we get:

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ)๐’Œ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)โˆ—๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + ๐’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ +

+๐’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ

Continuing this way, we get:

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ)๐’Œ๐’๐’™๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’ˆ(๐’™) + ๐’! (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’™๐’

Putting ๐’™ = ๐Ÿ, we get

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ)๐’Œ๐’

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’! (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’; (๐Ÿ)

From (1),(2) it follows

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’ (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’! (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’ = ๐’!

Now,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆšโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (

๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆš๐’!๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿโ‹…๐’๐’

๐’!=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐’)

๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐’†

Solution 2 by Felix Marin-Romania

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) [๐’ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)]๐’

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ)๐’Œ๐’

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ) {๐’! [๐’›๐’]๐’†๐’Œ๐’›}

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’! [๐’›๐’]โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐’†๐’›)๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

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= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’! [๐’›๐’](๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’›)๐’ = ๐’! [๐’›๐’](๐’†๐’› โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’ = ๐’! [๐’›๐’] [๐’!โˆ‘{๐’‹

๐’}๐’›๐’‹

๐’‹!

โˆž

๐’‹=๐’

]

{๐’‹๐’} โˆ’is the Stirling Number of the Second Kind and {๐’

๐’} = ๐Ÿ.

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐’!

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆšโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (

๐’

๐’Œ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆš๐’!๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆšโˆš๐Ÿ๐…๐’๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’

๐’

๐’=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’๐’ โ‹… ๐’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’†โ‰… ๐ŸŽ. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—

1537. ๐’™๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’™๐Ÿ = โˆš๐Ÿ, ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ = โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™๐’, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•โˆ—. Find:

๐›€(๐’) = โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š)

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ = โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’; ๐’‚ = โˆš๐Ÿ, ๐’ƒ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐‘ฌ: ๐’™๐Ÿ = โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ characteristic equationโ‡’ ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™+ ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ,๐šซ = โˆ’๐Ÿ, ๐’›๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ =โˆš๐Ÿ+โˆš๐Ÿ๐’Š

๐Ÿโ‡’

๐’™๐’ = ๐€๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’+ ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’, ๐’™๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐€ = ๐Ÿ and ๐’™๐Ÿ = โˆš๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐ = ๐Ÿ โ‡’

๐’™๐’ = ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’+ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’= โˆš๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’)

๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ = โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’) = โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+(๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’) ; (๐’Š = ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ–ฬ…ฬ… ฬ…ฬ… ฬ…) โ‡’

โˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’Š

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ) + โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+๐…

๐Ÿ’) + โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+๐…

๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ’)

+

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+โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+ ๐…) + โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ’) + โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ) + โˆš๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ•๐…

๐Ÿ’) = ๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š = โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ((๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ + ๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’) , ๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š = โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

(๐Ÿ“๐’Œ + ๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’) โ‡’

๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š = ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ((๐Ÿ–๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ–) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ’)

= ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’Œ๐… +(๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ’)

โˆ‘(๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š)

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’Œ๐… +(๐’Š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’)๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’) =โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š)

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

Solution 2 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

Let generating function of (๐’™๐’)๐’โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ be

๐‘จ(๐’•) = ๐’™๐ŸŽ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’• + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’•

๐Ÿ‘ +โ‹ฏ

โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ๐’•๐‘จ(๐’•) = โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™๐ŸŽ๐’• โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’•

๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’โ‹ฏ

๐’•๐Ÿ๐‘จ(๐’•) = ๐’™๐ŸŽ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’•

๐Ÿ‘ +โ‹ฏ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ๐’• + ๐’•๐Ÿ)๐‘จ(๐’•) = ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐‘จ(๐’•) =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ๐’• + ๐’•๐Ÿ=

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œถ๐’•)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œท๐’•), ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž

๐œถ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ๐’Š) =

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’Š) ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œท =

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š).

๐‘จ(๐’•) =๐Ÿ

(๐œถ โˆ’ ๐œท)๐’•(

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œถ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œท๐’•) =

๐Ÿ

(๐œถ โˆ’ ๐œท)๐’•[(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œถ๐’•)โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œท๐’•)โˆ’๐Ÿ] =

=๐Ÿ

๐œถโˆ’ ๐œท(๐œถ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œท๐’+๐Ÿ) =

=๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’Š[๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’+ ๐’Š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’+ ๐’Š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’]

Thus, ๐’™๐’ = โˆš๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’. Now,

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โˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’Š

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= โˆš๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆš๐Ÿ [๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ–)(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ•๐…

๐Ÿ–+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ–+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…

๐Ÿ–)] =

= โˆš๐Ÿ [๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ((๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐…

๐Ÿ–)(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐… โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ–) + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐… โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–) + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…

๐Ÿ–)] = ๐ŸŽ

Similarly,

โˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ ๐š๐ง๐ โˆ‘๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’) =โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ+๐’Š + ๐’™๐Ÿ“๐’Œ+๐’Š)

๐Ÿ–

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

1538. For ๐’‚, ๐’ƒ > ๐ŸŽ prove that:

โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ

๐’‚))๐’…๐’™

๐’™= ๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Srinivasa Raghava-AIRMC-India

Solution by Kartick Chandra Betal-India

โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ

๐’‚))๐’…๐’™

๐’™= ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ

๐’‚))๐’…๐’™

๐’™=

= ๐Ÿโˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’™โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’™

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ

๐’‚))

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ)โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’™(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ)โ‹…๐’™

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐’ƒ

๐’‚)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿ โ‹…๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ)โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒโˆซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’™๐’š)

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ+

๐’ƒ๐’‚)

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’šโˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ)โˆซ โˆซ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(โˆš๐’ƒ๐’™๐’š)

โˆš๐’ƒ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ+

๐’ƒ๐’‚)

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

= ๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ)โˆซ๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐’ƒโ‹… ๐’†โˆ’โˆš๐’ƒ๐’š

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ+

๐’ƒ๐’‚)

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

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= ๐…โˆ’๐…(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ)

โˆš๐’ƒโ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ƒ[๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ+

๐’ƒ๐’‚)] = ๐… โˆ’

๐…(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ)

๐’ƒ(๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐’‚

๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ) = ๐ŸŽ

1539. Prove that:

๐‘ญ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ, ๐’Œ; ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ; ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Ž)๐Ÿ =๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)โˆซ

๐’…๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™)(๐’Ž + ๐’™)๐’Œ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

where ๐‘ญ๐Ÿ(. , . ; . ; . ) โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‰๐’š๐’‘๐’†๐’“๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’•๐’“๐’Š๐’„ function, ๐’Ž โˆˆ โ„+, ๐’Œ โˆˆ โ„•.

Proposed by Simon Peter-Madagascar

Solution by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India

๐‘ญ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ,๐’Œ; ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ; ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐’Ž)๐Ÿ =

= (๐’Ž)โˆ’๐’Œ ๐‘ญ๐Ÿ (๐’Œ, ๐Ÿ; ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ;๐’Ž โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Ž)๐Ÿ (๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐‘ท๐’‡๐’‚๐’‡๐’‡ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’)

=๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Ž๐’Œ๐šช(๐’Œ)โˆซ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’Ž ) ๐’•)

๐’Œ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•; (๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐‘ฌ๐’–๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’•๐’†๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’)

=๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)โˆซ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐’Ž โˆ’ (๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’•)๐’Œ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)โˆซ

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•) (๐’Ž+๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐’Œ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=

๐’•๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

=๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)โˆซ

๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

(๐’Ž+ ๐’™)๐’Œ๐’…๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐šช(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)โˆซ

๐’…๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Ž+ ๐’™)๐’Œ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

1540. Prove that:

โˆ๐’+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’๐…๐Ÿ‘)

๐’ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ (๐…๐Ÿ‘) ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’๐…๐Ÿ‘)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐šช (

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) ๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘) ๐šช (

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”) ๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution by Amrit Awasthi-India

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ‘) and ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’๐…

๐Ÿ‘) have same sighn, โˆ€๐’ = ๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ or ๐’ = ๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“.

Therefore, rewriting the product we get:

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๐‘ท =โˆ๐Ÿ”๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‹…๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘โ‹…๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ” + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ”=

=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ“ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ

๐šช(๐’+ ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

๐šช (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐šช (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)

๐šช(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐’ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

๐šช(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐šช(๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ“ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ—โ‹…

๐šช (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐šช(๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

๐šช (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) ๐šช(๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘) ๐šช (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)=

=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ“ โ‹… ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐Ÿ—โ‹…

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹…

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐šช (

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โ‹…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹…

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ” โ‹… ๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)=

=๐šช(๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)=๐šช (๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ) ๐šช(๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) ๐šช(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘) ๐šช(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)=

๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐šช (

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

Therefore,

โˆ๐’+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’๐…๐Ÿ‘ )

๐’ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ (๐…๐Ÿ‘) ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’๐…๐Ÿ‘ )

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐šช (

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐šช (

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

1541. If all the derivatives of ๐’‡(๐’™) are defined at ๐’™ = ๐Ÿ, then prove that:

๐’‡(๐’†โˆ’๐’™) = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™)๐’Œ

๐’Œ![๐‘ฉ๐’Œ(๐‘ซ)๐’‡(๐’™)]|๐’™=๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

where, ๐‘ซ โ‰”๐’…

๐’…๐’™ and ๐‘ฉ๐’Œ(๐’™) is the Bell polynomial.

Proposed by Angad Singh-India

Solution by proposer

๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐’‡(๐’™) = โˆ‘๐’‚๐’๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง

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๐’‡(๐’†โˆ’๐’™) = โˆ‘๐’‚๐’๐’†โˆ’๐’๐’™

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘๐’‚๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐’๐’™)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

Hence,

๐’‡(๐’†โˆ’๐’™) = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐’™)๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘๐’๐’Œ๐’‚๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ: ๐‘ญ๐’Ž(๐’™) = โˆ‘๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘๐’„(๐’Ž, ๐’)๐’‡(๐’)(๐’™)๐’™๐’๐’Ž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐‘ญ๐’Žโ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐‘ญ๐’Ž+๐Ÿ(๐’™) โ‡’ ๐’„(๐’Ž,๐’) = ๐’„(๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ, ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐’๐’„(๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ, ๐’), where

๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’ โ‰ค ๐’Ž, ๐’„(๐’Ž, ๐ŸŽ) = ๐œน๐’Ž๐ŸŽ and ๐’„(๐’, ๐’) = ๐Ÿ, where ๐œน๐’Ž๐’ is the Kronecker delta. It is known from the definition of Bell polynomials that,

๐‘ฉ๐’Ž(๐’™) = โˆ‘๐‘บ(๐’Ž,๐’Œ)๐’™๐’Œ๐’Ž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

; ๐‘บ(๐’Ž, ๐’Œ) โˆ’ (๐‘บ๐’•๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’–๐’Ž๐’ƒ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’†๐’„๐’๐’๐’… ๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’…)

๐‘บ(๐’Ž, ๐’Œ) = ๐‘บ(๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ,๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐’Œ๐‘บ(๐’Žโˆ’ ๐Ÿ, ๐’Œ), where ๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’Œ โ‰ค ๐’Ž, using this property and knowing the fact that ๐‘บ(๐’,๐’) = ๐Ÿ and ๐‘บ(๐’, ๐ŸŽ) = ๐œน๐’๐ŸŽ, we can show that:

๐’™๐‘ฉ๐’Žโ€ฒ (๐’™๐‘ซ) = ๐‘ฉ๐’Ž+๐Ÿ(๐’™๐‘ซ) since ๐’„(๐’Ž,๐’) and ๐‘บ(๐’Ž, ๐’Œ) satisfies the same recurrence relation

with same boundary/initial conditions, we conclude that: ๐‘บ(๐’Ž, ๐’Œ) = ๐’„(๐’Ž, ๐’Œ) โ‡’ ๐‘ญ๐’Ž(๐’™) = ๐‘ฉ๐’Ž(๐’™๐‘ซ)๐’‡(๐’™) โ‡’ ๐‘ญ๐’Ž(๐Ÿ) = [๐‘ฉ๐’Œ(๐‘ซ)๐’‡(๐’™)]|๐’™=๐Ÿ

1542. If ๐šฝ๐’ = โˆ‘ โˆ‘ (๐’๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹)๐’

๐’‹=๐ŸŽ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐…(๐’‹โˆ’๐’Š)

๐Ÿ•)๐’

๐’Š=๐ŸŽ โˆ’

๐Ÿโˆ‘ (๐’๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹)๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘› ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’Šโˆ’๐’‹)

๐Ÿ•). Define ๐‘ด = {โˆš๐šฝ๐’

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’๐…)๐’

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’) |๐’ โˆˆ โ„•}.

Find ๐‘ดโ€ฒ โˆ’derived set.

Proposed by Surjeet Singhania-India

Solution by proposer

๐šฝ๐’ =โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Š)(๐’

๐’‹)

๐’

๐’‹=๐ŸŽ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐…(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)

๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Š=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹)

๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐…(๐’Š โˆ’ ๐’‹)

๐Ÿ•)

Evaluate these finite series one by one

โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’

๐’‹) (๐’

๐’Œ)๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’‹)

๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’

๐’‹=๐ŸŽ

= ๐“ก(โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œ) ๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’Š๐…๐’Œ๐Ÿ•

๐ง

๐ค=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘(๐’

๐’‹)

๐’

๐’‹=๐ŸŽ

๐’†๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š๐’‹๐Ÿ• ) =

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= (๐Ÿ + ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•))๐’

(๐Ÿ + ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (โˆ’๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•))๐’

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐…

๐Ÿ•)

โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Œ)(๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•)

๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Œ<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐…

๐Ÿ•) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

Hence our ๐šฝ๐’ = (๐Ÿ๐’๐’). Denote ๐‘ฟ๐’ = โˆš๐šฝ๐’

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’๐…)๐’

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’).

For finding derived set we need to find possible convergent sequences

๐‘ฟ๐Ÿ’๐’ = ๐ŸŽ,๐‘ฟ๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ, ๐‘ฟ๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ‘ โ†’ ยฑโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ– and ๐‘ฟ๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ โ†’ ยฑ๐Ÿ’.

Hence, ๐‘ดโ€ฒ = {๐ŸŽ, ยฑ๐Ÿ’, ยฑโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–}

1543. If ๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’, ๐’Œ โˆˆ โ„• and ๐‘บ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’) = {๐’Œ|๐’Œ โ‰ก ๐’‚(๐’Ž๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ), ๐’Œ|๐’} then prove

that:

โˆ‘๐’™๐’‚๐’Œ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’ƒ๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘|๐‘บ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’)|๐’™๐’โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Angad Singh-India

Solution by proposer

Observe that if |๐’™| < 1, then

๐’™๐’‚

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’ƒ= ๐’™๐’‚(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ +โ‹ฏ)

๐’™๐Ÿ๐’‚

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’ƒ= ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’‚(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ–๐’ƒ +โ‹ฏ)

๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’‚

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ= ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’‚(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ”๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’ƒ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ +โ‹ฏ)

Adding them, we have:

โˆ‘๐’™๐’‚๐’Œ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’ƒ๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐’‚๐’๐’™๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Where ๐’‚๐’ is the number of solutions of ๐’‚๐’‘ + ๐’ƒ๐’‘๐’’ = ๐’, where ๐’‘ โˆˆ โ„• and ๐’’ โˆˆ โ„• + {๐ŸŽ} for

the some given values of ๐’‚ and ๐’ƒ, thus ๐’‚๐’ is the number of divisors of ๐’ of the form ๐’ƒ๐’’ +

๐’‚.

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Using the definition of ๐‘บ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’) we can show that ๐’‚๐’ = |๐‘บ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’)| and this completes

the proof.

1544. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

Proposed by Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Solution 1 by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™+ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐’™=๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ” + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ” + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ’โˆซ(๐’™๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿ’โˆ‘โˆซ (๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’+๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’+๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘(๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ—๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ—๐’ + ๐Ÿ”)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿโˆ‘(

๐Ÿ

(๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™+ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)]

Solution 2 by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐’™=๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ” + ๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ” + ๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐’•=๐Ÿ๐’•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐’•๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ” + ๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐›€ = โˆ’๐Ÿ’โˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ‘)๐’•๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+ ๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’•๐Ÿ—=๐’™

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ(โˆ’โˆซ

๐’•๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

) =

Therefore,

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๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™+ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)]

Solution 3 by Muhammad Afzal-Pakistan

๐(๐’Ž) = โˆ’โˆซ๐’•๐’›โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Ž ๐’• ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™+ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=๐’™=โˆš๐’™

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ” + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’™

= โˆ’๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ” + ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ’{โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

}

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ“ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)

๐‘ฉ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐Ÿ’(๐‘จ โˆ’ ๐‘ฉ) =๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)]

Solution 4 by Probal Chakraborty-Kolkata-India

๐(๐’Ž) = โˆ’โˆซ๐’•๐’›โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Ž ๐’• ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐›€ = โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’™โˆš๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐Ÿ

= โˆซโˆš๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

+ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ=๐’• ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’•๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ—โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ—โˆซ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ—โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ—โˆซ๐’• ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’•=๐’š

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿโˆซ๐’šโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿโˆซ๐’šโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ[๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐(๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)]

1545. Find:

๐›€(๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™ ;๐›€(๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ‘) = โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’™

๐›€(๐’Ž,๐’) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Ž ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐’๐’…๐’™ ,๐’Ž, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•

Proposed by DurmuลŸ Ogmen-Turkyie

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Solution by Mikael Bernardo-Mozambique

๐›€(๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™ =

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™=๐’–โˆซ

๐’–๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– = โˆซ

๐’†๐’–

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐’…๐’– โˆ’โˆซ

๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– =

๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท

= โˆซ๐’†๐’–

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐’…๐’– + โˆซ

๐’†๐’–

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐’…๐’– โˆ’ โˆซ

๐’†๐’–

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐’…๐’– =

๐’†๐’–

๐Ÿ + ๐’–+ ๐‘ช =

๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+ ๐‘ช

๐›€(๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ‘) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’™ =

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™=๐’–โˆซ

๐’–๐Ÿ๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’– = โˆซ

๐’–๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– โˆ’โˆซ

๐’–๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’–

๐›€(๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ‘) = ๐›€(๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ โˆซ๐’–๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– + โˆซ

๐’–๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ‘๐’…๐’– =

๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท

=๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™โˆ’ โˆซ

๐’–๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– โˆ’

๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ+โˆซ

๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– =

=๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™โˆ’

๐’†๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐Ÿ=

๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™โˆ’

๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐Ÿ+ ๐‘ช

๐›€(๐’Ž,๐’) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Ž ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐’๐’…๐’™ ,๐’Ž, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•

โˆต๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐’–)๐’=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) โ‹…

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)!

(๐’Œ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))!โ‹… ๐’–๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

, โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐’– = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ โ‡’๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐’=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) โ‹…

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)!

(๐’Œ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))!โ‹… (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™)๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐›€(๐’Ž, ๐’) = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) โ‹…(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)!

(๐’Œ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))!โ‹… โˆซ(๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)๐’Ž+๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) โ‹…(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)!

(๐’Œ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))!โ‹…๐๐’Ž+๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐๐’‚๐’Ž+๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐’™๐’‚ ๐’…๐’™ =

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) โ‹…(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)!

(๐’Œ โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))!โ‹…๐๐’Ž+๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐๐’‚๐’Ž+๐’Œโˆ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)|๐’‚=๐ŸŽ

โ‹…๐’™๐’‚+๐Ÿ

๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ+ ๐‘ช

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

1546. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

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Solution 1 by Amrit Awasthi-India

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’–=โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

= ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’–๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=

= ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) + ๐Ÿโˆซ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’– โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’– + ๐Ÿ))๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=

= [๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)]๐ŸŽ

โˆž

= โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ)

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

Solution 2 by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ ๐œ๐ฌ๐œโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท

= [๐’™ โ‹… ๐œ๐ฌ๐œโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)]๐ŸŽโˆž + ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐›€ = ๐Ÿโˆซ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’š=โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’š

(๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’š๐’…๐’š

โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ(๐’š + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ

= [๐ฅ๐จ๐  |๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’š + ๐Ÿ|]โˆš๐Ÿ

โˆž

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

1547. Prove that:

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™โˆ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ+๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ+๐Ÿ“๐’™)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

โˆš๐Ÿโ‹…

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก (๐Ÿ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ )

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก(๐Ÿ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ) โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘ )

Proposed by Syed Shahabudeen-India

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Solution by Kaushik Mahanta-Assam-India

Recall definition of Jacobiโ€™s triple product identity:

โˆ‘ ๐’’๐’Œ๐Ÿ๐’›๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=โˆ’โˆž

=โˆ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’’๐Ÿ๐’Œ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’› โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐’’๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’›๐’’๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Comparing, we get:

๐’’๐Ÿ๐’Œ = ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ, ๐’’ = ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐’™; ๐’›๐’’๐Ÿ๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ = ๐’†๐’™๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ โ‡’๐’› โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ

๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐’™= ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ”๐’™๐’Œ โ‹… ๐’†๐’™ โ‡’ ๐’› = ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ โˆ‘ (๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐’™)๐’Œ๐Ÿ(๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’Œ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=โˆ’โˆž

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘ โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™(๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=โˆ’โˆž

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’Œ + ๐’„=

โˆž

๐’Œ=โˆ’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐…

โˆš๐šซโ‹…

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐…โˆš๐šซ๐’‚ )

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…โˆš๐šซ๐’‚ ) โˆ’ ๐’„๐’๐’” (

๐…๐’ƒ๐’‚ )

For ๐’‚ = ๐Ÿ‘, ๐’ƒ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’„ = ๐Ÿ,๐šซ = โˆ’๐Ÿ– โ‡’

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ๐…

๐’Š๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโ‹…

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’Š๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘ )

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’Š๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘ ) โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘ )

=๐…

โˆš๐Ÿโ‹…

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก (๐Ÿ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ )

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก(๐Ÿ๐…โˆš๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ ) โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘ )

1548. Find without any software:

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ๐’™

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š

Proposed by DurmuลŸ Ogmen-Turkiye

Solution 1 by Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan

Let ๐’™ = ๐’“ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œฝ , ๐’š = ๐’“ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œฝ, then ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ = ๐’“๐Ÿ, ๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š = ๐’“ ๐’…๐’“๐’…๐œฝ and

๐‘น = {(๐’™, ๐’š)|๐’™ โ‰ค ๐’š โ‰ค โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ, ๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’™ โ‰ค ๐Ÿ} = {(๐’“, ๐œฝ)|๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’“ โ‰ค โˆš๐Ÿ,๐…๐Ÿ’ โ‰ค ๐œฝ โ‰ค

๐…๐Ÿ}

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ๐’™

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š = โˆซ โˆซ๐’“๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐œฝ

๐’“โ‹… ๐’“ ๐’…๐’“๐’…๐œฝ

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ’

=

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= (โˆซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐œฝ๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ’

)(โˆซ ๐’“โˆš๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’“) = ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œฝ|๐…๐Ÿ’

๐…๐Ÿ โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’“๐Ÿ|

๐ŸŽ

โˆš๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ๐’™

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š

= โˆซ โˆซ๐’™

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ โˆซ๐’™

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š

= โˆซ (โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

|๐ŸŽ

๐’š

๐’…๐’š +โˆซ (โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

|

๐ŸŽ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’š๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š =

= โˆซ (โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š +โˆซ (โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š)โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š = (โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ|๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

+ (โˆš๐Ÿ๐’š โˆ’๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)|๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Katrick Chandra Betal-India

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ๐’™

โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š = โˆซ ๐’™ [๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’š + โˆš๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)]๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐’™ + โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ )โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ [

๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ โˆ’

๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐’™)]

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ+ โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐’™โ‹…

๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ + ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(โˆš๐’™ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)

(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ (๐’™ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™ + โˆš๐Ÿ)]

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ=

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ๐’™]

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+ โˆš๐Ÿ) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ= ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

1549. Find without any software:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Hussain Reza Zadah-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐’™)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ(๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’™(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)= โˆซ

๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ +๐Ÿ๐’™

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™)๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™ =

๐’–=๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™

= โˆซ๐’…๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐’– โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’– + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช

Solution 2 by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐’™)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ +

๐Ÿ๐’™

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™=๐’•

=๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™=๐’•

โˆซ๐Ÿ

(๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’• + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐’…๐’•

๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐’…๐’•

๐’• + ๐Ÿ=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’• + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช

Solution 3 by Timson Azeez Folorunsho-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐’™)๐’…๐’™ =

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= โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ +

๐Ÿ๐’™

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™=๐’•

=๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™=๐’•

โˆซ๐Ÿ

(๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’• + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐’…๐’•

๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐’…๐’•

๐’• + ๐Ÿ=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’• + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช

Solution 4 by Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐’™)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ +

๐Ÿ๐’™

(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™=๐’š

=๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™+๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™=๐’š

โˆซ๐Ÿ

(๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’š + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’•

๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’•

๐’š + ๐Ÿ=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’š + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช

1550. Prove that:

โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐šช๐Ÿ’ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–๐…๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐šช๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)=๐…

๐Ÿ(๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐…๐‘ฎ)

where ๐‘ฎ =๐šช๐Ÿ(

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’)

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

denotes Gauss Constant.

Proposed by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Solution by Kartick Chandra Betal-India

โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซโˆš๐Ÿ+ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

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= โˆ’(โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐’™|๐ŸŽ

๐…๐Ÿ+โˆซ

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

[(โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐’™] + โˆซ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ+ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™+ โˆซ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

โˆš(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ + โˆซ๐’…๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ ๐’™

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ ๐’™

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐šช (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)๐šช(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’)

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)๐šช (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

=

= โˆ’โˆš๐…

๐Ÿ’โ‹…โˆš๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐šช๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)+โˆš๐…

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐šช๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

๐…โˆš๐Ÿ=๐šช๐Ÿ’ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–๐…

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ๐… โ‹… ๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)=๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐šช๐Ÿ’ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–๐…

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐šช๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)=

=๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…

{

๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

โ‹…\๐’‘๐’Š}

=๐…

๐Ÿ(๐‘ฎ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐…๐‘ฎ)

1551. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Ty Halpen-Florida-USA

Solution by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’–

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= โˆ’โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’– โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’– โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’– โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”

= โˆ’โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’– โ‹… (๐Ÿ‘๐’–) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽ

โ€“โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’– โ‹… (โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐’– + ๐…) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’–๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ

+ ๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐’–๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”โŸ

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ

โˆ’ ๐…โˆซ ๐’– โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐’…๐’–โŸ

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘

โˆต ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’– =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’– โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)) โ‡’ โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–๐’…๐’–

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’– โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ‘๐’–))๐’…๐’–

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’[๐’–๐Ÿ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’– โˆ’

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’–(โˆ’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’– +

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ—) + ๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’– +

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)]๐ŸŽ

๐…๐Ÿ”

=

= โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’[๐’–๐Ÿ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’– โˆ’

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’–(โˆ’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’– +

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ—) + ๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’– +

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)]๐…๐Ÿ”

๐…๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ–โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘ = โˆ’๐…โˆซ ๐’– โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’– โ‹… ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’–

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐’…๐’– = โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ ๐’–(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’– โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ‘๐’–))

๐…๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ”

๐’…๐’– =

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’[๐’– (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’– โˆ’

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ‘)โ€”๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’– +

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ‘๐’–)

๐Ÿ—]๐…๐Ÿ”

๐…๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’+โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–

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๐›€ = ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘ =๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

1552. Prove that:

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)) ๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ)

Proposed by Simon Peter-Madagascar

Solution by Luca Paes Barreto-Pernambuco-Brazil

It is well-known that:

โˆซ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’” ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’™โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™))

(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)๐’”๐Ÿ

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’” ๐Ÿ

Differentiable both sides w.r.t. ๐’”, we have:

๐๐’”(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’” ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’™โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™))

(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)๐’”๐Ÿ

)|

๐’”=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)

๐๐’” (๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’” ๐Ÿ)|๐’”=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ) โ‡’

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)) ๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ)

Therefore,

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)) ๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ)

1553. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Simon Peter-Madagascar

Solution 1 by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

We know that:

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๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™= โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’

(๐Ÿ‘)๐’™๐’โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โ‡’ ๐›€ = โˆซ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’(๐Ÿ‘)โˆซ ๐’™๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆต โˆซ ๐’™๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’™) ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’‚๐’‚!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’‚+๐Ÿ; ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚ = ๐Ÿ โ‡’

โˆซ ๐’™๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐Ÿ!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ= โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿโ‡’โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’

(๐Ÿ‘)โˆซ ๐’™๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’(๐Ÿ‘) (โˆ’๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’(๐Ÿ‘)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘)

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

We know that: ๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘) = ๐‘ฏ๐’

(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ‘.

โˆ’โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘)

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐‘ฏ๐’

(๐Ÿ‘)โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ‘)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’(๐Ÿ‘)

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ“

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ“) + ๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) + ๐œป(๐Ÿ“)

Solution 2 by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India

๐›€ = โˆซ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐

๐๐’‚โˆซ๐’™๐’‚๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐

๐๐’‚โˆซ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)โˆ‘๐’™๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐

๐๐’‚โˆ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐’‚+๐’Œ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‚โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐

๐๐’‚โˆ‘(

๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

๐’‚ + ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐œป(๐Ÿ)

(๐’‚ + ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+

๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Œ+๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ‘

)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‚โ†’๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)

(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘+๐

๐๐’‚

๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘

)

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

๐’Ž๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐’Ž๐Ÿ‘)

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐ŸŽ

+ โˆ‘ (๐

๐๐’‚

๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘

)

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

=

โˆต๐

๐๐’‚

๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ + ๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘

= โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ’

+๐Ÿ

(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘(๐œป(๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž

๐Ÿ )

โ‡’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‚โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐

๐๐’‚

๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘

= โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ’

+๐Ÿ

(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘(๐œป(๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž

๐Ÿ )

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โ‡’ ๐›€ = โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

๐’Ž๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐’Ž๐Ÿ‘)

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

+ โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ’

+๐Ÿ

(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘(๐œป(๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž

๐Ÿ ))

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

=

= ๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) + โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ’

+๐Ÿ

(๐’‚ +๐’Ž)๐Ÿ‘(๐œป(๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐‘ฏ๐’‚+๐’Ž

๐Ÿ ))

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

โˆต โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’Ž๐’Ž๐Ÿ’

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

= ๐Ÿ‘๐œป(๐Ÿ“) โˆ’ ๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) ๐’‚๐’๐’… โˆ‘๐‘ฏ๐’Ž๐Ÿ

๐’Ž๐Ÿ‘

โˆž

๐’Ž=๐Ÿ

= ๐Ÿ‘๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ“)

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) + (โˆ’๐Ÿ—๐œป(๐Ÿ“) + ๐Ÿ’๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) +๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ“)) = ๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ“)

๐›€ = โˆซ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ‘(๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐œป(๐Ÿ“)๐œป(๐Ÿ‘)

1554. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐’š)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’›๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š ๐’…๐’›

Proposed by Probal Chakraborty-India

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐’š)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’›๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š ๐’…๐’› =๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ

๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐’š)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ

โˆ’๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐’š)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š = โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’š(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐Ÿ +๐’™๐’š)๐Ÿ ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =๐’•=๐’™๐’š

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’•)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’š

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

(๐Ÿ + ๐’•)๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’š

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’š

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•๐’…๐’š =

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’• + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐’• ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

๐’• + ๐Ÿ]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐’š

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ[

๐Ÿ

(๐’š + ๐Ÿ)]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

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=๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š +

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š๐’š + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š

(๐Ÿ + ๐’š)(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š)

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’š=๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐œฝ

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œฝ)๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œฝ)๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽโŸ โˆ’๐‘ฎ

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐œฝ) ๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (โˆš๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ ๐œฝ))๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐œฝ)๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐œฝ)๐’…๐œฝ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐œฝ)๐’…๐œฝ

๐…๐Ÿ’

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

(๐’™ + ๐’š)๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’›๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š ๐’…๐’› =๐…

๐Ÿ(๐‘ฎ +

๐…

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ)

1555. If ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…

๐Ÿ•< ๐‘Ž โ‰ค ๐‘ then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•))๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Mohamed Rostami-Afghanistan

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•))๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

))๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

) = ๐œถ โ‡’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œถ =๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

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๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

) = ๐œท โ‡’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œท =๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œถ โˆ’ ๐œท = ๐œธ โ‡’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œถ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œท

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œถ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œท= ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐œธ โ‡’

๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

โˆ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ +๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

โ‹…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

= ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œธ โ‡’

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐œธ =

๐’™(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ•) โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ• (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

=

=

๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐Ÿ•

[โˆ’๐’™ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ• ) + ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•]

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œธ =๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• (โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ= ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•โ‡’ ๐œธ = ๐œถโˆ’ ๐œท =

๐…

๐Ÿ•

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ (๐œถ โˆ’ ๐œท)๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿ•(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚).

Solution 2 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

โˆต ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ยฑ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ ยฑ ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ“ ๐’™๐’š) โ‡’

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’™

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

) =

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐’™)

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๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐’™) =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ

(

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐’™ + ๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•) โ‹…

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐’™ )

=

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐ฌ๐ž๐œ

๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ•

๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ

๐…๐Ÿ• ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐Ÿ ๐…๐Ÿ•

) =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐ฌ๐ž๐œ

๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ•

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• + ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…๐Ÿ• ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐Ÿ ๐…๐Ÿ•

) =(โˆ—)

๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•+ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ

๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ

๐…

๐Ÿ•= ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•(๐ฌ๐ž๐œ

๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ•+ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ

๐…

๐Ÿ•)

=(โˆ—)๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(

๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐…๐Ÿ•

) =๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ•

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) =๐…

๐Ÿ•(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚).

1556. If ๐Ÿ < ๐‘Ž โ‰ค ๐‘ then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Serlea Kabay-Liberia

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’› โˆ’ ๐…)๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=(โˆ—)

(โˆต โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ = ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) )

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๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+ โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โˆ’๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ =

= (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ (โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š๐’…๐’š๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’›) โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ =

= ๐Ÿ‘(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ (๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)) โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Remus Florin Stanca-Romania

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™(๐’š + ๐’›) โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›) =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’š + ๐’›๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› + ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š + ๐’›๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›

) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’š + ๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’š๐’›) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’› โˆ’ ๐… =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š) + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š) โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›)) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐… =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐… =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’› โˆ’ ๐…

โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = [๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

=

= ๐’ƒ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= โˆซ โˆซ (๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) + (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›)๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’› โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ =

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= โˆซ (๐’ƒ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

+ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) (๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ))

+ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›)๐’…๐’› โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ =

= ๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’‚(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚

+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’‚(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚

+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š =

{

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’™ + ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š) , ๐’™๐’š < 1

๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š) , ๐’™ > 0, ๐‘ฆ > 0(๐’™๐’š > 1)

โˆ’๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’™๐’š) , ๐’™ < 0, ๐‘ฆ < 0(๐‘ฅ๐‘ฆ > 1)

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’™๐’š) โ‡’ ๐’™ โˆˆ (๐Ÿ,โˆž), ๐’š โˆˆ (๐Ÿ,โˆž)

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’› = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›

{๐’™๐’š > 1 โ‡’

๐’™ + ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š< 0

๐’› โˆˆ (๐Ÿ,โˆž)

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’› = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)

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โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’›)๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ +โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ +โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐Ÿ‘(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ [๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

=

= ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ‘ +โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐’š + ๐’› โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐’š๐’› โˆ’ ๐’›๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐Ÿ‘(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ (๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)) โˆ’ ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ‘

1557. Prove that:

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’(๐œถ๐’™)

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐’…๐’™ = โˆš๐…(๐Ÿ๐’)!

๐’!(๐œถ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’, ๐’ > 0

where, ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’Hermite polynomials.

Proposed by Tobi Joshua-Nigeria

Solution by Serlea Kabay-Liberia

Using Hermite polynomial as a special case of the Laguerre polynomial,

๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’(๐œถ๐’™) = (โˆ’๐Ÿ’)๐’๐’! ๐‘ณ๐’

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) โ‡’ โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™

๐Ÿ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’(๐œถ๐’™)

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐’…๐’™

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ’)๐’๐’!โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐‘ณ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐’…๐’™

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๐‘ฐ = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’(๐œถ๐’™)

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐’…๐’™ = (โˆ’๐Ÿ’)๐’๐’! โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐‘ณ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐’…๐’™

๐‘ณ๐’(๐’‚)(๐’™) = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (

๐’ + ๐’‚

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‡’ ๐‘ณ๐’(โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(

๐’ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆต ๐‘ฐ = (โˆ’๐Ÿ’)๐’๐’!โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(

๐’ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

= ๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ’)๐’๐’!โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (

๐’ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

Using Dominated convergence theorem:

๐‘ฐ = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’Œ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐šช (๐’Œ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

(๐’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) =

๐šช (๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐šช(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)=

(๐Ÿ๐’)!โˆš๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’๐’! ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐šช(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐‘ฐ = (๐Ÿ๐’)! โˆš๐…(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐šช(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ! ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐šช(๐’Œ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)=

= (๐Ÿ๐’)!โˆš๐…(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)!

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‡’ ๐‘ฐ =(๐Ÿ๐’)! โˆš๐…(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’!โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’! ๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Œ! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)!๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=

=(๐Ÿ๐’)! โˆš๐…(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’!โˆ‘(

๐’

๐’Œ) (โˆ’๐’‚๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐‘ฐ =(๐Ÿ๐’)! โˆš๐…(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’!(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐Ÿ)๐’ =

โˆš๐… โ‹… (๐Ÿ๐’)! โ‹… (๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’!

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Therefore,

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ๐’(๐œถ๐’™)

โˆž

โˆ’โˆž

๐’…๐’™ = โˆš๐…(๐Ÿ๐’)!

๐’!(๐œถ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’, ๐’ > 0

๐‘ณ๐’๐’‚(โ‹…) โˆ’Laguerre polynomial.

1558. Prove that:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚

)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚

)) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚))

Proposed by Ose Favour-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Felix Marin-Romania

โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐’‚๐’™

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐’…๐’š

๐’š๐Ÿ + (๐’‚๐’™)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐’”๐’ˆ๐’ (๐’ƒ)โˆซ๐’‚๐’™

๐’š๐Ÿ + (๐’‚๐’™)๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(|๐’ƒ|๐’™)

โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š =

|๐’ƒ|๐’™โ†’๐…๐’™

๐’—=๐…๐’‚|๐’ƒ| ๐…

๐’ƒโˆซ โˆซ

๐’—๐’™

๐’š๐Ÿ + (๐’—๐’™)๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐…๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=

=๐…

๐’ƒโˆซ [๐’Šโˆซ

(๐’š + ๐’—๐’™๐’Š)โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’š โˆ’ ๐’—๐’™๐’Š)โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐…๐’™)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

] ๐’…๐’šโˆž

๐Ÿ

=

=๐…

๐’ƒโˆซ [โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’(๐’š + ๐Ÿ๐’๐’—)โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’š + ๐’—๐’™)โˆ’๐Ÿ|๐’™=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

] ๐’…๐’šโˆž

๐Ÿ

=

=๐…

๐’ƒโˆซ {โˆ‘[

๐Ÿ

๐’š + ๐Ÿ๐’๐’—โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’š + (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’—] โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’š

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

}โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š =

=๐…

๐’ƒโˆซ {

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’—โˆ‘[

๐Ÿ

๐’ +๐’š๐Ÿ๐’—

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ +

๐’š๐Ÿ๐’—

]

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’š}๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=

=๐…

๐’ƒโˆซ {

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’—[๐šฟ(

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐’š

๐Ÿ๐’—) โˆ’๐šฟ(

๐’š

๐Ÿ๐’—)] โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’š} ๐’…๐’š

โˆž

๐Ÿ

=

=๐…

๐’ƒ[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+

๐’š[๐Ÿ๐’—]

)

๐šช (๐’š[๐Ÿ๐’—]

)) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š]

๐Ÿ

โˆž

=๐…

๐’ƒ[๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’—) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช ([๐Ÿ + ๐’—][๐Ÿ๐’—]

)

๐šช (๐Ÿ[๐Ÿ๐’—]

))]

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Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ +

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

) +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚))

Solution 2 by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐‘ฐ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’™

๐’‚)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

Using Feynmann parametrization technique for integrating ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™

๐’™ , we have:

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’•๐’…๐’•๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’•

๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’• = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’๐Ÿ; (โˆต

๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก ๐’™=

๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™)

โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿโˆ‘โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™(๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’+๐’) ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ๐’•โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ + (๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’ + ๐’ƒ)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

Again, using Weierstrass product of ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก ๐’™:

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก (๐…๐’™

๐’ƒ) =โˆ(๐Ÿ+

๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’+ ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ)

๐’Œโ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

Taking logarithmic differention w.r.t. ๐’™, we get:

๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก (

๐…๐’™

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ) = ๐Ÿ๐’™โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + (๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐’ + ๐’Œ)๐’Œโ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) =๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ

๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’•

๐’•โˆซ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’•๐’™

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ

๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’•

๐’•๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก (

๐…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

Now, using Leibniz rule w.r.t. ๐’‚, we get

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚โ€ฒ, ๐’ƒ) = โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’• ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก (

๐…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• = โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐…๐’•๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐…๐’•๐’ƒ

๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ [โˆ’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐’†

๐…๐’•๐’๐’ƒ

๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

] ๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆ’ ๐…โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ

๐’๐… + ๐’‚๐’โ‰ฅ๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐…[๐(

๐’‚ + ๐…

๐Ÿ๐…) โˆ’ ๐(

๐’‚

๐Ÿ๐…)]

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Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ +

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

) +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚))

Solution 3 by Syed Shahabudeen-India

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)๐‘ณ {๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’™๐’•)

๐’•}๐’”=๐Ÿ๐’‚

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚

๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’™๐’•)๐’†๐’ƒ๐’™

๐’†๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’• = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚

๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’™๐’•)๐’†โˆ’๐’ƒ๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’™๐’Œโˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚

๐’•โˆ‘โˆซ ๐’†(โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’Œ+๐’ƒ)๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’™๐’•)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚

๐’•โˆ‘๐‘ณ{๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’™๐’•)}๐’”=(๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’Œ+๐’ƒ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚

๐’•โˆ‘

๐’•

(๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’Œ + ๐’ƒ)๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’Œ + ๐’ƒ)๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’Œ + ๐’ƒ)๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ +๐’•๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐’•๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก (

๐…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ)

๐›€ =๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’

๐’•๐’‚๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก (

๐…๐’•๐Ÿ๐’ƒ)

๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• = (๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ)๐Ÿ

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’•๐’‚๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก (

๐…๐’•๐Ÿ๐’ƒ)

๐…๐’•๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐…๐’•๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐…๐’‚๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก๐’™

๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐‘ณ {๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก๐’™

๐’™}๐’”=๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐…๐’‚

It is well-know that:

๐‘ณ {๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก ๐’™

๐’™}๐’”=๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐…๐’‚

= ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐’”๐šช (

๐’”๐Ÿ’)

๐Ÿ๐šช(๐’” + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ )

) โ‡’

๐›€ =๐…

๐’ƒ๐ฅ๐จ๐ 

(

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐…๐’‚๐šช (

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

๐Ÿ๐šช(

๐’ƒ๐…๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

)

=๐…

๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚

)

๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ +

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

) +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

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Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ก(๐’ƒ๐’™)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐šช (๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ +

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚)

) +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’‚))

1559. If ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ< ๐‘Ž โ‰ค ๐‘ then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ“๐’™ + ๐Ÿ“๐’™(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ“๐’™๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ

+ ๐Ÿ“๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ

)

๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐’™ โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿโ‡’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿโ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) =

= ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ“๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ“๐’™) โˆ’ ๐…

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ“๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘๐’™)

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ“๐’™) โˆ’ ๐…

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ (โˆ’๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’(๐Ÿ๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘๐’™) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ“๐’™))๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =

= [โˆ’๐…๐’™ + ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™) + ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ‘๐’™) + ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ“๐’™) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ—๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

=

= [๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’™

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ—๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

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Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ๐’‚๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’‚

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ—๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

1560. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐‘Ž โ‰ค ๐‘ <๐…

๐Ÿ” then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™ (๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โ‡’๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™=๐’•

๐›€ = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’• = โˆซ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’• = โˆซ(โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—+

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐’•๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐’• +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’• = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐’•๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐’• +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘+ ๐’•

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘โˆ’ ๐’•)+ ๐‘ช =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐’•๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐’• +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐’•) + ๐‘ช =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐’•๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐’• +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐’•) + ๐‘ช

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = [โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’™ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’ƒ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’‚ +

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’‚ โˆ’

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚)

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Solution 2 by Remus Florin Stanca-Romania

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™โ‹…(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™=๐’•

= โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• = โˆซ๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ

๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ”๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ

๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ•๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ (โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ•๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’•

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ (โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ• +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐Ÿ))

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• = [โˆ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ—โˆ’๐Ÿ•๐’•

๐Ÿ—โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐’• โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐’• +๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

|]

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆ’๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ—โˆ’๐Ÿ• ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ—โˆ’๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ + ๐Ÿ| +๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’‚

๐Ÿ—

+๐Ÿ• ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’‚

๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ|

Solution 3 by Ghuiam Shah Naseri-Afghanistan

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ ๐’™โ‹…(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โ‡’๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™=๐’–

๐›€ = โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’–๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– = โˆซ

๐’–๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ‘๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

= โˆซ(๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…

๐Ÿ

๐’– +โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…

๐Ÿ

๐’– โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’–๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—)๐’…๐’– =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…

๐Ÿ

๐’– +โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐’…๐’– โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โ‹…

๐Ÿ

๐’– โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐’…๐’– โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’–๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– โˆ’ โˆซ

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐’…๐’– =

=๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’– +

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’– โˆ’

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’–๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐’–

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = [๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ +

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ โˆ’

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’™ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

=

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=๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’ƒ +

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’ƒ โˆ’

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’ƒ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ โˆ’

โˆ’(๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚ +

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’‚ โˆ’

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’‚ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’‚) =

=๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’ƒ +โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’ƒ โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’ƒ โˆ’

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’ƒ โˆ’

๐Ÿ–โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’‚ +โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’‚ โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

)+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’‚

+๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ—๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’‚

1561. Find a closed form:

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Ty Halpen-Florida-USA

We will parametrize the integral:

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚) = โˆซ ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

๐๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ(๐’‚)

๐๐’‚๐Ÿ= โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’‚ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= [๐’†โˆ’๐’‚๐’™(๐’‚๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ’๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’‚ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ’๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

๐Ÿ๐’‚(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)]๐’™=๐ŸŽ

๐’™=โˆž

=๐Ÿ–

๐’‚(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

๐๐‘ฐ(๐’‚)

๐๐’‚= โˆซ

๐Ÿ–

๐’‚(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)๐’…๐’‚ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) + ๐‘ช๐Ÿ

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚) = โˆซ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) + ๐‘ช๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’‚ =

๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท

= โˆ’๐’‚

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) +

๐’‚

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’‚

๐Ÿ’) + ๐’‚๐‘ช๐Ÿ + ๐‘ช๐Ÿ

Now, notice that ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‚โ†’โˆž

๐‘ฐ(๐’‚) = ๐ŸŽ and ๐‘ฐ(๐’‚) = ๐ŸŽ from the famous Dirichlet integral:

๐‘ฐ(๐ŸŽ) = ๐… = ๐‘ช๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‚โ†’โˆž

๐‘ฐ(๐ŸŽ) = ๐ŸŽ = โˆ’๐Ÿ (๐…

๐Ÿ) + ๐’‚๐‘ช๐Ÿ + ๐… โ‡’ ๐‘ช๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ

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Then,

๐‘ฐ(๐Ÿ’) =๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)(โˆซ ๐’š๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’š๐’…๐’šโˆž

๐ŸŽ

)๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ โˆซ ๐’š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’†โˆ’(๐’š+๐Ÿ’)๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’šโˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ โˆซ ๐’š(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ’๐’™))๐’†โˆ’(๐’š+๐Ÿ’)๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’• =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ (

๐’š

๐’š + ๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐’š(๐’š + ๐Ÿ’)

(๐’š + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

= โˆซ (๐Ÿ๐’š + ๐Ÿ–

๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’š + ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’š + ๐Ÿ’+

๐Ÿ–

(๐’š + ๐Ÿ’)๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

= [๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’š + ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐’š๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ–๐’š + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) + ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’š + ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ’)]๐ŸŽ

โˆž

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Yen Tung Chung-Taichung-Taiwan

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’™)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹…๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ’๐’™)

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™ โ‹…

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ’๐’™)

๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐‘ณ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ’๐’•)

๐’•๐Ÿ)|๐’”=๐Ÿ’

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ โˆซ ๐‘ณ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐Ÿ’๐’•))๐’…๐’”๐’…๐’”

โˆž

๐’”

โˆž

๐’”

)|๐’”=๐Ÿ’

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ โˆซ (

๐Ÿ

๐’”โˆ’

๐’”

๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)๐’…๐’”๐’…๐’”

โˆž

๐’”

โˆž

๐’”

)|๐’”=๐Ÿ’

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ (๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’” โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”))

๐’”

โˆžโˆž

๐’”

)|๐’”=๐Ÿ’

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’”)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’”

)|๐’”=๐Ÿ’

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ((๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’”

๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’”)|

๐’”

โˆž

)|๐’”=๐Ÿ’

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐… โˆ’ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’”

๐Ÿ’) โˆ’ ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’”)|

๐’”=๐Ÿ’=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐… โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ + ๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ– ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ)) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ) =

๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ.

Where,

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๐’Š) โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)๐’…๐’” = ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ๐’”๐Ÿ

๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐’…๐’” =

๐’–=๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

= ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ(๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)๐’…๐’” = ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’”๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’” + ๐Ÿ– ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’”

๐Ÿ’) + ๐‘ช

๐’Š๐’Š) โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’” ๐’…๐’” = ๐’” ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’” โˆ’ ๐’” + ๐‘ช.

1562. Find a closed form:

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆซ๐’™โˆš๐’™

(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™, ๐’‚ > ๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆซ๐’™โˆš๐’™

(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซโˆš๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(โˆซ

โˆš๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™โŸ

๐‘จ

โˆ’ โˆซโˆš๐’™

๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™โŸ

๐‘ฉ

)

๐‘จ = โˆซโˆš๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐Ÿ‘๐…๐Ÿ’ )

=๐…

โˆš๐Ÿ’

๐‘ฉ =๐’™=๐’‚๐’š ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’‚โˆซ

โˆš๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =๐…

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’‚

๐›€ =๐…

(๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’‚) =

๐…

(โˆš๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ๐’‚

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆซ๐’™โˆš๐’™

(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

(โˆš๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ๐’‚

1563. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ <๐…

๐Ÿ– then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š) (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง (

๐…๐Ÿ’โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š))

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š)

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’š๐’ƒ

๐’‚

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

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Solution 1 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š) =

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)โ‡’ ๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง (

๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)

(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)) (๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ (๐’™ + ๐’š)) = ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)

= [๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)] [๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ (๐’™ + ๐’š))] =

= ๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š) =

= ๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š

Hence,

(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š) (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š))

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š)

=๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š)

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’

(๐’™ + ๐’š))=

=๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š)

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š=๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š)

(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)= ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š) (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง (

๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š))

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š)

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’š๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= ๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Remus Florin Stanca-Romania

(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š) (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š))

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š)

=

=(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š) โ‹…

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š โ‹…๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง(๐’™ + ๐’š)

=

= ๐Ÿ โ‹…(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š) โ‹…

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š โ‹…๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š

๐Ÿ +๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š

=

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= ๐Ÿ โ‹…(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’š โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’š=

= ๐Ÿ โ‹…๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’š

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’š + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’š= ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ โˆซ(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’š) (๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง (

๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š))

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’š โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’š)

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’š๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= ๐Ÿ(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)๐Ÿ

1564.

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

, ๐‘ฉ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

Prove that:

๐›€ = ๐‘จ+ ๐‘ฉ =๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐‘น and hence find the value of ๐‘น.

Proposed by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

Solution by Rana Ranino-Setif-Algerie

๐‘จ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐’™ + ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐’†๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐‘จ๐Ÿ

+โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐‘จ๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆซ๐’†๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐‘จ๐Ÿ‘

)

๐‘จ๐Ÿ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐

๐๐’”{โˆซ

๐’™๐’”โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

}๐’”=๐Ÿ

=๐

๐๐’”{๐œผ(๐’”)๐šช(๐’”)}๐’”=๐Ÿ =

= ๐œผโ€ฒ(๐Ÿ) + ๐œผ(๐Ÿ)๐šช(๐Ÿ)๐(๐Ÿ) = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐‘จ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐‘จ๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’™

๐’†๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽโŸ ๐œผ(๐Ÿ)=๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐‘จ๐Ÿ‘ = โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’•=๐’†โˆ’๐’™

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ๐’•))

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

Using Malmstenโ€™s integral:

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๐‘ฐ(๐‹) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐ฅ๐จ๐ 

๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐‹ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐‹๐ฅ๐จ๐  {

(๐Ÿ๐…)๐‹๐… (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ +

๐‹๐Ÿ๐…)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐‹๐Ÿ๐…)

}

๐‘จ๐Ÿ‘ = ๐‘ฐ (๐…

๐Ÿ) =

๐…

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ {

โˆš๐Ÿ๐…๐šช (๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

} =๐…

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  {

๐Ÿ๐…๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)} =

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ {

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐šช๐Ÿ’ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)}

๐‘จ = โˆ’๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’))

๐‘ฉ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=โˆฌ๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆซ (๐’™๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š =

= โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ{๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ +

๐Ÿ

๐’š๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’š)}

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’š๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ(๐’š

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ’+๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š)

๐’š)๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ + ๐’š๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’š)

๐’š๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐‘ฉ =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆ’ ๐‘ณ๐’Š๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐‘ฉ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”

๐‘จ + ๐‘ฉ =๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”=

=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ–๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐šช๐Ÿ’ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)) โ‡’ ๐‘น =

๐Ÿ’๐…๐Ÿ‘

๐šช๐Ÿ’ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’)

1565. If ๐Ÿ“ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

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Solution 1 by Amrit Awasthi-India

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=๐’™=๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’•

= โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ‘ ๐’•

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ’ ๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ” ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’• + ๐Ÿ)

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ’๐’•) ๐’…๐’•๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚

= ๐Ÿ’โˆซ ๐’• โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’•๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚

๐’…๐’• =

= [๐Ÿ’๐’• โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’• + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ |๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’•|]๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) =

= ๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’‚ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ)

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚)โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) =

= ๐Ÿ’ [๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)] โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

Solution 2 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

โˆต ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ = ๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) , ๐’™ โˆˆ (๐Ÿ,โˆž)

๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ = ๐Ÿ๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ = ๐Ÿ๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

)

๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ = ๐Ÿ๐… + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) , โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ (๐Ÿ,โˆž)

โˆซ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= โˆซ ๐Ÿ๐…๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+๐›€

๐›€ = ๐Ÿ’ [๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’‚

๐’ƒ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐Ÿ’ [๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)] โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

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Solution 3 by Ajetunmobi Abdulquoyyum-Nigeria

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…โˆซ ๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐‘จ = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ

๐Ÿ’๐’™(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)

(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ’๐’™

(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ

)๐’…๐’™ =๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’•=๐’™

= โˆซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’•

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’•

)๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐’•)๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’• โˆ’ ๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐’•

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’•)(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐’•)๐’…๐’• =

= โˆซ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ’๐’•) ๐’…๐’• = ๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’• โ‹… ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐’• ๐’…๐’• =๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท

= ๐Ÿ’(๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)) + ๐‘ช

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐Ÿ’ [๐’ƒ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’‚ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)] โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

1566. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ <๐…

๐Ÿ then find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

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Solution 1 by Amrit Awasthi-India

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โˆ’โˆซ ๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐œ๐ฌ๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) = โˆ’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’™|๐’‚๐’ƒ โˆ’ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) = ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ โˆ’ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

Solution 2 by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’โˆซโˆ’๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= โˆ’โˆซ ๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

+ โˆซ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= (๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ) +โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’™|๐’‚๐’ƒ = ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

Solution 3 by Mohammad Hamed Nasery-Afghanistan

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’โˆซโˆ’๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โˆ’โˆซ ๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= ๐Ÿโˆซ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ (๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚) =

= ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

Solution 4 by Hussain Reza Zadah-Afghanistan

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ =๐’•=๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’•

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’•

๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ’๐’‚

๐’…๐’• =๐ญ๐š๐ง

๐’•๐Ÿ=๐’–

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐Ÿ‘ +๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐Ÿ

โ‹…๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’‚

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’–๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’–๐Ÿ)

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’‚

๐’…๐’– =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’–๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’‚

๐’…๐’– โˆ’ โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’‚

=

= [โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’–โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’–]

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’‚

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

= ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

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Solution 5 by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

๐›€ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™๐Ÿ=๐’•

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ

โ‹…๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’• +โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ(๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• = โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ๐’…๐’• โˆ’ โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’• =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’• = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ๐’™) = โˆ’๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

Solution 6 by Satyam Roy-India

By generalization:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’Ž+ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ

๐’‘

๐’ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ + ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ

If ๐’Ž,๐’ โˆˆ โ„•,๐’‘ = ๐’Ž + ๐’. Here ๐’Ž = ๐Ÿ‘,๐’ = ๐Ÿ,๐’‘ = ๐Ÿ’

โˆซ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

Solution 7 by Sujit Bhowmick-India

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ’๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™) + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= โˆซ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐œ๐ฌ๐œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โˆ’โˆซ ๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=

= ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ + ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐œ๐จ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

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1567. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ find a closed form:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = โˆซ

(

๐’™

๐Ÿ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“ +๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ• +โ‹ฏ)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Due to Lambert continued fraction (particular case of Gauss continued fraction)

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™ =๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐•‚๐’=๐Ÿโˆž โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Now we replace ๐’™ by ๐’Š๐’™ giving us

๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก ๐’™ =๐’™

๐Ÿ +๐•‚๐’=๐Ÿโˆž ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

So, we need to integrate ๐‘ฐ + โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ก ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚ which is easy to see

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ๐’…

๐’…๐’™๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐’™)

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐’ƒ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐’‚)

1568. Prove that:

โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ((๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐Ÿ+โˆš๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ

)

Proposed by Naren Bhandari-Bajura-Nepal

Solution by proposer

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๐‘ฐ = โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐‘ฐ๐‘ฉ๐‘ท๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ’โˆซ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

By the use of compound angle formula and subbing ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

๐Ÿ) = ๐’– leads us to

โˆซ๐Ÿ–๐’…๐’–

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–๐’–๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐Ÿ–๐’…๐’–

๐Ÿ–๐’–๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‚โ†’

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

โˆซ๐Ÿ–๐’…๐’–

๐‘ท(๐’–)

๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

Note that the polynomial ๐‘ท(๐’–) is reducible over โ„ or

๐Ÿ๐‘ท(๐’–) = (๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ), with positive factors (โˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐ŸโŸ ๐’“๐Ÿ

, โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐ŸโŸ ๐’“๐Ÿ

).

Therefore,

๐‘ฐ = ๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿโˆซ (๐’…๐’–

๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐’…๐’–

๐Ÿ’๐’–๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐’“๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’“๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’“๐Ÿ) + ๐’“๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’“๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’“๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

By putting the roots we have the result however, to get the desired result as presented in final form we observe that:

(๐’“๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’“๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ,๐’“๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’“๐Ÿ) =๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’๐’Š๐’›๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’

(๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ,๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)

Hence,

โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™

๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐กโˆ’๐Ÿ(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ((๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐Ÿ+โˆš๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿโˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ

)

1569. Prove that:

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ) = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐’Œโ€ฒ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ+๐‘ฌ(๐’Œ)

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

Proposed by Onikoyi Adeboye-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ) = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™=๐’–

๐’™=๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐’–

๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿโˆš

๐’–

๐’Œ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

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โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐’–

๐’Œ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐‘ฑ(๐’Œ) โ‡’

๐‘ฑโ€ฒ(๐’Œ) = (โˆซ ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿโˆš๐’–

๐’Œ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)

โ€ฒ

=๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿโ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’Œ =

๐’Œ๐…

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ

โ‡’ ๐‘ฑ(๐’Œ) = โˆ’๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐‘ฌ(๐’Œ) โ‡’

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ) =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐‘ฌ(๐’Œ)) = โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐’Œโ€ฒ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ+๐‘ฌ(๐’Œ)

๐’Œ๐Ÿโ‡’ ๐’Œโ€ฒ = โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ

For ๐’Œ = ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐‘ฌ(๐’™) = โˆซ ๐’™ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™๐’…๐’™๐…

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Sediqakbar Restheen-Afghanistan

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ) = โˆซ๐’™๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿโˆซโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ[๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™]

๐ŸŽ

๐…๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿโˆซ โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐…๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐…โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐Ÿ+๐‘ฌ(๐’Œ)

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

Let ๐’Œโ€ฒ = โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ(๐’Œ) = โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐’Œโ€ฒ

๐’Œ๐Ÿ+๐‘ฌ(๐’Œ)

๐’Œ๐Ÿ

1570. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐’š๐’›

(๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐’š + ๐’›)(๐’› + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution by proposer

โˆต (๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐’š + ๐’›)(๐’› + ๐’™) = โˆ‘(๐’™๐Ÿ๐’š + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’›)

๐’„๐’š๐’„

+ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’š๐’›

๐‘ฐ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’š + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’› +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐’š๐’›

(๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐’š + ๐’›)(๐’› + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐’™ + ๐’›)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ

๐’™๐’š๐’›

(๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐’š + ๐’›)(๐’› + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™ + ๐’š๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

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โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘; (๐‘ฐ), where

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™+๐Ÿ=๐’†๐’š

โˆซ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’š + ๐Ÿ)๐’š๐Ÿ๐’†๐’š๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =

= โˆซ (๐’†๐Ÿ‘๐’š โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’š + ๐’†๐’š)๐’š๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’š =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™=๐’†๐’š

โˆซ ๐’†๐Ÿ‘๐’š๐’š๐Ÿ๐’…๐’š๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆž

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘ = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ๐’™๐’Œ

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œโˆซ ๐’™๐’Œ+๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐‘จ๐Ÿ๐’Œ+

๐‘จ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘

+๐‘จ๐Ÿ‘

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐‘จ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—, ๐‘จ๐Ÿ = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘, ๐‘จ๐Ÿ‘ = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—

Hence,

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—(โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘+โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ’

) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ+โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) +๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”+๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–

From (๐‘ฐ): ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ‘ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ it follows:

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ (โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”+๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐›€ = ๐ŸŽ โ‡”

๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”+ ๐Ÿ๐›€ = ๐ŸŽ โ‡”

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๐›€ = ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆซ โˆซ๐’™๐’š๐’›

(๐’™ + ๐’š)(๐’š + ๐’›)(๐’› + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’š๐’…๐’›๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

1571. Find a closed form:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’™= โˆซ

๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆต ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐’™) =

๐…

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐›€ =๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™๐Ÿ=๐’™ ๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

๐›€ =๐…

๐Ÿ–โˆซ

๐Ÿ

(๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

+ (โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘[๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(

๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

)]

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

=๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘(๐…

๐Ÿ+๐…

๐Ÿ”)

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

Solution 2 by Sesiqakbar Restheen-Afghanistan

โˆต ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐’™) =

๐…

๐Ÿ,โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ โ„

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’–=๐Ÿ๐’™โˆซ

๐Ÿ๐’– ๐ญ๐š๐ง

โˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’–)

๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’–๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

(โˆ’๐’…๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ) =

= โˆซ๐’–(๐…๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง

โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’–)

๐’–๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’–

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โˆซ๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’– =

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ [

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘(๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)] + ๐‘ช

โˆซ๐’–

๐’–๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– =๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘[๐…

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (โˆ’

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘)] =

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘[๐…

๐Ÿโ€”๐…

๐Ÿ”) =

๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ‘

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

Solution 3 by Ghuiam Naseri-Afghanistan

โˆต ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ + ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

๐’™) =

๐…

๐Ÿ,โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ โ„

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™=๐Ÿ๐’™โˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’™)

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™๐Ÿ=๐’™ ๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐…

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘) =๐’™=๐’™๐Ÿ ๐…

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘[๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ‘)]๐ŸŽ

โˆž

=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆš๐Ÿ‘

1572.

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’†๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

, ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

Find:

๐›€ =โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐›€(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’™๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’โˆซ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐

๐๐’”|๐’”=๐ŸŽ(โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’™(๐’+๐’”+๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐’”โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™) =

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=๐

๐๐’”|๐’”=๐ŸŽ

(๐šช(๐’ + ๐’” + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’ + ๐’”)) = ๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’) =

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’+ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’)๐(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’+ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(๐’))

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐’

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= ๐’†

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐›€(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= ๐’†

Solution 2 by Amrit Awasthi-India

๐(๐’›) =๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’›)โˆซ ๐’™๐’›โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐’โˆซ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’)๐(๐’) = ๐’! [๐(๐’+ !) โˆ’ ๐(๐’)] =

= ๐’! (๐Ÿ

๐’) = (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

Therefore,

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐›€(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

โˆž

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

= ๐’†

Solution 3 by Santiago Alvarez-Mexico

๐›€(๐’) = โˆซ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’†๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

= (๐

๐๐’”โˆซ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ+๐’”(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’)๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

)๐’”=๐ŸŽ

=

= (๐

๐๐’”โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐’”๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐’๐

๐๐’”โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐’”โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’™๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

)๐’”=๐ŸŽ

=

= (๐

๐๐’”๐šช(๐’ + ๐’” + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’

๐

๐๐’”๐šช(๐’ + ๐’”))

๐’”=๐ŸŽ

=

= (๐šช(๐’ + ๐’” + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’ + ๐’” + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’ + ๐’”)๐(๐’ + ๐’”))๐’”=๐ŸŽ

=

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= ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’+ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’)๐(๐’)

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’)๐(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐šช(๐’)๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐šช(๐’)๐(๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐šช(๐’) (๐Ÿ๐’)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= ๐’†

1573. Find:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’(๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ”๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ” + ๐Ÿ” โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐’™)๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Almas Babirov-Azerbaijan

๐›€ = โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’(๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ”๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ” + ๐Ÿ” โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐’™)๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐’…๐’™ = (โˆ—)

โˆต ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’๐’™ = ๐’• โ‡’ ๐Ÿ’๐’™ = ๐’†๐’• โ‡’ ๐’™ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’†๐’• = ๐’• ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’†

(โˆ—) = โˆซ๐’•๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ’ ๐’†

๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•๐’…(๐’• ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐’†) =

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐’† โ‹… โˆซ(

๐’•๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ (๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•)

๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•+ ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

= ๐’• ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“ ๐’† โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ“ ๐’† โ‹… โˆซ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•๐’…๐’• =

=๐’•

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ’โ‹… โˆซ๐’…(๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•)

๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•=

=๐’•

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ’โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’•๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’•๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’•๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’• + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐’•) + ๐‘ช =

=๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ’โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐’™) + ๐‘ช

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1574. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐‘Ž < 4๐’ƒ then find:

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)

๐’‚๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’™ + ๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Marin Chirciu-Romania

Solution by Marian Ursฤƒrescu-Romania

๐›€ = โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)

๐’‚๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’™ + ๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™=๐Ÿโˆ’๐’•

โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)

๐’‚(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•) + ๐’ƒ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

(โˆ’๐’…๐’•) =

= โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)

๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’• + ๐’‚๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚ + ๐’‚๐’• + ๐’ƒ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)

๐’‚๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’• + ๐’ƒ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐šช = โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•)

๐’‚๐’•๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’• + ๐’ƒ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โ‡’ ๐›€ = ๐šช.

But ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) + ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™) =๐…

๐Ÿ; โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ], because

๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) + ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™) ; ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ โ‡’ ๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐’„ =๐…

๐Ÿโ‡’

๐›€ + ๐šช = โˆซ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) + ๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)

๐’‚๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’™ + ๐’ƒ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’…๐’™

๐’‚๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’™ + ๐’ƒ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’‚โˆซ

๐’…๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™ +๐’ƒ๐’‚

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’‚โˆซ

๐’…๐’™

(๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐Ÿ’๐’‚

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐…

๐Ÿ๐’‚โˆซ

๐’…๐’™

(๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

+ (โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’ƒโˆ’ ๐’‚๐Ÿ’๐’‚ )

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐…

๐Ÿ๐’‚โ‹… ๐Ÿโˆš

๐’‚

๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’‚

||

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

=๐…

โˆš๐’‚(๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)โ‹… ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿโˆš

๐’‚

๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚; (๐Ÿ)

From (1),(2) it follows that:

๐›€ =๐…

โˆš๐’‚(๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚)โ‹… ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿโˆš

๐’‚

๐Ÿ’๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚

1575.

๐’‡ โˆˆ ๐‘ช๐Ÿ([๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ‘]), ๐’‡(๐ŸŽ) = ๐Ÿ’, ๐’‡(๐Ÿ‘) = ๐’Œ, ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

Find:

๐›€(๐’Œ) = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’‡(๐’™)๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

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Solution 1 by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐›€(๐’Œ) = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’‡(๐’™)๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐’‡(๐’™)|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ—๐’‡(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

๐›€(๐’Œ) = ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ|๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆซ (๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ—๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ‹…๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘|๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโ‹… ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

=

= ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ = ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

Solution 2 by Fayssal Abdelli-Bejaia-Algerie

๐›€(๐’Œ) = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’‡(๐’™)๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐’‡(๐’™)|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ—๐’Œ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐šช;

๐šช = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆซ(๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹… (๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘โˆ’ ๐’™)|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

= ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’Œ) = ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

Solution 3 by Soumitra Mandal-Chandar Nagore-India

๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โ‡’ โˆซ ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™)๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โ‡’

๐’‡(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐’‡(๐ŸŽ) = ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘โˆ’โˆซ

๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

=

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= ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‡’ ๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ = ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‡’ ๐’Œ =

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘

๐›€(๐’Œ) = โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’‡(๐’™)๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐Ÿ—๐’‡(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ—๐’‡(๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ’ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐Ÿ—๐’Œโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐ŸŽ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐Ÿ—(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ+ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆซ (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ‘

=

= ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ‘

1576. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ <๐…

๐Ÿ then:

โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐ง (

๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ’

) (๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โ‰ค๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’‚

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’‚

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

๐ญ๐š๐ง (๐…โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ’

)(๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™=

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™=

=

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’™๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’™๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™=(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’™๐Ÿ) (๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™=

=๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™=๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™

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Hence,

โˆซ๐ญ๐š๐ง (

๐…โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ’ )(๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’™)

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™)|๐’‚๐’ƒ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ƒ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’‚) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’‚

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’‚)

โ‰ค

โ‰ค๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’‚

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐’‚; (โˆต ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) โ‰ค ๐’™, โˆ€๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ)

1577.

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)๐’…๐’™๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

, ๐’‚ > ๐ŸŽ

Prove that:

๐›€(๐’‚) + ๐›€(๐’ƒ) + ๐›€(๐’„) < (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) , โˆ€๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’„ > ๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania

Solution 1 by Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

We have: ๐’†๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ,โˆ€๐’™ > ๐ŸŽ โ‡” ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) โ‰ค ๐’™, โˆ€๐’™ > ๐ŸŽ and ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) โ‰ค๐…

๐Ÿ, โˆ€๐’™ > ๐ŸŽ.

Therefore, ๐›€(๐’‚) โ‰ค๐…

๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚๐’…๐’™ โ‡” ๐›€(๐’‚) โ‰ค

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’‚๐Ÿ. Hence,

๐›€(๐’‚) + ๐›€(๐’ƒ) + ๐›€(๐’„) โ‰ค๐…

๐Ÿ’(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐Ÿ) < ๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐Ÿ <

< (๐’‚+ ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)๐Ÿ < (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) = (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

Solution 2 by Adrian Popa-Romania

First, we prove that: ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) < ๐Ÿ๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ.

If ๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ, then ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) =

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)

๐Ÿ+๐’™+๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ+๐’™)

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ+๐’™)โˆš๐’™โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) < โˆš๐’™ < ๐Ÿโˆš๐’™ < ๐Ÿ + ๐’™ โ‡’๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™< ๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) < ๐’™ <(โˆ—)

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™)โˆš๐’™ โ‡” โˆš๐’™ < ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

โˆš๐’™ โ‰ค๐’™+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ< ๐Ÿ(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ) โ‡” (โˆ—) true. Thus,

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๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™)โˆš๐’™< ๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

From (1),(2) we have ๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) < ๐ŸŽ โ‡’ ๐’‡(๐’™) < ๐’‡(๐ŸŽ) = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ< ๐ŸŽ.

Now, integrating the inequality: ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™) < ๐Ÿ๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ, we get:

๐›€(๐’‚) < โˆซ (๐Ÿ๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

= ๐’‚๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’‚

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‚) + ๐›€(๐’ƒ) + ๐›€(๐’„) < ๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) <

< (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) = (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

Solution 3 by proposer

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) โ‹…๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

โˆš๐’™

๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

โ‹… โˆš๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)๐’…๐’™

Let be the function ๐’‡: โ„ โ†’ โ„, ๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ+๐Ÿโ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™) =๐Ÿ๐’™โ‹…๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™+๐’™๐Ÿ

(๐’™๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ โ‡’ ๐’‡ โˆ’increasing on [๐ŸŽ,โˆž) โ‡’ ๐’‡(๐’™) โ‰ฅ ๐’‡(๐ŸŽ) = ๐ŸŽ

๐ŸŽ <๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ < ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ < ๐’™;โˆ€๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ โ‡’

๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ< ๐Ÿ โŸบ

๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ < ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ โŸบ โˆš๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ โˆš๐’™ < ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ;โˆ€๐’™ > ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ)

It is well-known: ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) โ‰ค๐’™

โˆš๐Ÿ+๐’™; โˆ€๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ โ‡’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

โˆš๐’™โ‰ค

โˆš๐’™

โˆš๐’™ + ๐Ÿ;โˆ€๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ)

From (1),(2) it follows that:

๐›€(๐’‚) = โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

โˆš๐’™

๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

โ‹… โˆš๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐’™)๐’…๐’™ < โˆซโˆš๐’™

โˆš๐’™ + ๐Ÿโ‹… (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ โˆš๐’™(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โ‰ค๐‘จ๐‘ดโˆ’๐‘ฎ๐‘ด

โˆซ (๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’‚

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’‚)

Therefore,

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๐›€(๐’‚) + ๐›€(๐’ƒ) + ๐›€(๐’„) <๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) < (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)

= (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„) (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)

1578. If ๐ŸŽ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ then:

โˆซ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[๐’™] + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

[๐’™]

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ, [โˆ—] โˆ’ ๐‘ฎ๐‘ฐ๐‘ญ.

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

โˆซ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[๐’™] + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

[๐’™]

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ƒโ‡”

โˆซ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[๐’™] + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

[๐’™]

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โ‰ฅ(?)

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[๐’™] + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

[๐’™]

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰ฅ(?)

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐’™ โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ,โˆž)

Case 1. If ๐’™ โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ, ๐Ÿ) then:

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐ŸŽ + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐ŸŽ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰ฅ(?)

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐Ÿ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž.

Case 2. If ๐’™ โˆˆ [๐’, ๐’ + ๐Ÿ), ๐’ โˆˆ โ„• then:

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’ + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰ฅ(?)

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

โˆตโˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆš๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ฅ(?)

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โ‡’ ๐Ÿ๐’™โˆ’๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ž, ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

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โˆซ๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[๐’™] + ๐Ÿโ‹…โˆ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

[๐’™]

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐’ƒ

๐’‚

โ‰ฅ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’‚โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ƒ

1579.

๐’™๐’ = (๐’

๐ŸŽ)๐’‘๐’ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ‘)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ‘ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ”)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ” +โ‹ฏ ;๐’š๐’ = (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ’)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ’ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ•)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ•

๐’›๐’ = (๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ“)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ“ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ–)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ– +โ‹ฏ ;๐’ โˆˆ โ„•, ๐’‘ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ. ๐…๐ข๐ง๐:

๐›€(๐’‘) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐’™๐’๐’š๐’ + ๐’š๐’๐’›๐’ + ๐’›๐’๐’™๐’๐’

Proposed by Marian Ursฤƒrescu-Romania

Solution 1 by Adrian Popa-Romania

(๐’

๐’Œ) = (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) โ‡’ ๐’™๐’ = (

๐’

๐’)๐’‘๐’ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ‘ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ” +โ‹ฏ

๐’š๐’ = (๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ’ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ•)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ• +โ‹ฏ

๐’›๐’ = (๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ“)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ“ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ– +โ‹ฏ

Let ๐œบ be root by three order of unity, hence ๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐œบ+ ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ and ๐œบ๐Ÿ‘ = ๐Ÿ.

(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ = (๐’

๐ŸŽ) + (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’‘ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ‘)๐’‘๐Ÿ‘ +โ‹ฏ ; (๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ = (๐’

๐ŸŽ) + (

๐’

๐Ÿ) ๐œบ๐’‘ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ) (๐œบ๐’‘)๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ‘) (๐œบ๐’‘)๐Ÿ‘ +โ‹ฏ ; (๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’ = (๐’

๐ŸŽ) + (

๐’

๐Ÿ) (๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘) + (

๐’

๐Ÿ) (๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐Ÿ‘) (๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐Ÿ‘ +โ‹ฏ ; (๐Ÿ‘)

Adding (1),(2),(3) it follows that:

(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ + (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ + (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’ =(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ + (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ + (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’

๐Ÿ‘= ๐’™๐’

(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’ =(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’

๐Ÿ‘= ๐’š๐’

(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’ =(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’

๐Ÿ‘= ๐’›๐’

Let us denote: ๐’‚ = (๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐’, ๐’ƒ = (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’, ๐’„ = (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’

๐’™๐’๐’š๐’ =(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)(๐’‚ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ + ๐œบ๐’„)

๐Ÿ—

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๐Ÿ—

๐’š๐’๐’›๐’ =(๐’‚ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’ƒ + ๐œบ๐’„)(๐’‚ + ๐œบ๐’ƒ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’„)

๐Ÿ—

๐’™๐’๐’š๐’ + ๐’š๐’๐’›๐’ + ๐’›๐’๐’™๐’ =๐Ÿ‘๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ๐’„(๐œบ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ—=๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’„

๐Ÿ‘

=(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐’‘)๐’(๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘)๐’

๐Ÿ‘

=(๐Ÿ + ๐’‘)๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐œบ๐’‘ + ๐’‘๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ‘=(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ‘

๐›€(๐’‘) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐’™๐’๐’š๐’ + ๐’š๐’๐’›๐’ + ๐’›๐’๐’™๐’๐’ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆžโˆš(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

๐Ÿ‘

๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ [๐Ÿ โˆ’(๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’]

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ [๐Ÿ โˆ’(๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’]=

= (๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’= (๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ; (๐’‚ =

๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ< 1 โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ)

Solution 2 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

(๐’

๐’Œ) = (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) โ‡’ ๐’™๐’ = (

๐’

๐’)๐’‘๐’ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ‘ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ” +โ‹ฏ

๐’š๐’ = (๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ’ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ•)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ• +โ‹ฏ

๐’›๐’ = (๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ“)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ“ + (

๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ–)๐’‘๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ– +โ‹ฏ

Let ๐œบ be root by three order of unity, hence ๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐œบ+ ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ and ๐œบ๐Ÿ‘ = ๐Ÿ.

๐’™๐’ + ๐’š๐’ + ๐’›๐’ = (๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’™๐’ + ๐œบ๐’š๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’›๐’ = (๐’‘ + ๐œบ)

๐’

๐’™๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ๐’š๐’ + ๐œบ๐’›๐’ = (๐’‘+ ๐œบ

๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’™๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘[(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ + (๐’‘ + ๐œบ)๐’ + (๐’‘ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ)๐’]

๐’š๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘[(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ(๐’‘ + ๐œบ)๐’ + ๐œบ(๐’‘ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ)๐’]

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๐’›๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘[(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ(๐’‘ + ๐œบ)๐’ + ๐œบ(๐’‘ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ)๐’]

Let ๐’‚ = (๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’, ๐’ƒ = (๐’‘ + ๐œบ)๐’, ๐’„ = (๐’‘ + ๐œบ๐Ÿ)๐’. Hence,

(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐œบ + ๐’„๐œบ๐Ÿ) + (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐œบ)

+ (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐œบ + ๐’„๐œบ๐Ÿ)(๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐œบ)

= (๐’‚ + ๐’ƒ + ๐’„)(๐Ÿ๐’‚ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’„) + ๐’‚๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐œบ + ๐’‚๐’„๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’„๐œบ + +๐’‚๐’„๐œบ + ๐’„๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ๐’„๐œบ๐Ÿ

= ๐Ÿ๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’„ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’„ + ๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’ƒ + ๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’„ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’„ โˆ’ ๐’„๐Ÿ + ๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’ƒ โˆ’ ๐’‚๐’„ + ๐’ƒ๐Ÿ + ๐’„๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ๐’„

= ๐Ÿ‘๐’‚๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘๐’ƒ๐’„ = ๐Ÿ‘(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐’‘๐œบ + ๐’‘๐œบ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ =

= ๐Ÿ‘[(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’]. Thus,

๐’™๐’๐’š๐’ + ๐’š๐’๐’›๐’ + ๐’›๐’๐’™๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘[(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’]

Therefore,

๐›€(๐’‘) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐’™๐’๐’š๐’ + ๐’š๐’๐’›๐’ + ๐’›๐’๐’™๐’๐’ =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

[(๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ โˆ’ (๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’] =

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ [๐Ÿ โˆ’(๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’]

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ [๐Ÿ โˆ’(๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’]= (๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ;

(๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ

๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ< 1 โ‡’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’‘๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’‘ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โ†’ ๐ŸŽ)

1580. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆšโˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’

Proposed by Marian Ursฤƒrescu-Romania

Solution 1 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ) = ๐’Œ๐Ÿ (

๐’

๐’Œ)(๐’

๐’Œ) = ๐’๐Ÿ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

โ‡’

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โˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

= ๐’๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’; (๐’‚๐’ = (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆšโˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐’๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’)!

๐’!๐’!โ‹…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿ= ๐Ÿ’

Solution 2 by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐’Œ

๐’(๐’

๐’Œ) = (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‡’ ๐’Œ๐Ÿ (

๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ) = ๐’Œ (

๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’(

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) =

= (๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) = (๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (

๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐’(

๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

=

= ๐’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’(

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐’ (

๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐’โˆ‘(

๐’

๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐‹๐ž๐ญ: (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ = (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ) + ๐’™(

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) + ๐’™๐Ÿ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) +โ‹ฏ+ ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

(๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’ = ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ) + ๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) + โ‹ฏ+ (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐“๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‘บ๐Ÿ =โˆ‘(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) = (

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐‘บ๐Ÿ = ๐’โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘((๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)) (

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=โˆ‘(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘(๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + (

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) = (

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

Hence,

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โˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐’

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) + ๐’ (

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) = ๐’๐Ÿ โ‹…

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!๐’!+ ๐’ โ‹…

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!๐’!=

=(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’)

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! ๐’!

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆšโˆ‘๐’Œ๐Ÿ (๐’

๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’)

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! ๐’!

๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’)! [(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ‘ + (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’! (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!โ‹…

๐’! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐’๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’)=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’)!๐’! (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

๐’! (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐Ÿ๐’

๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)= ๐Ÿ’

1581. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘

(

๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†๐Ÿ+๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Œ

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œ)

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +๐’

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œโˆš๐’!๐’ )

๐’๐Ÿ

)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

Solution by Adrian Popa-Romania

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘

(

๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†๐Ÿ+๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’Œ

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œ)

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +๐’

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œโˆš๐’!๐’ )

๐’๐Ÿ

)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘

(

๐ฌ๐ข๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†๐’Œ๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œ

)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†๐’Œ๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œ

โ‹…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†๐’Œ๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œ

๐’๐Ÿ โ‹…๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐’

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œโˆš๐’!๐’ )

๐’

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œโˆš๐’!๐’

โ‹…๐’

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œโˆš๐’!๐’

)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†๐’Œ

๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œโ‹…(๐’Œ + ๐’๐’Œ)โˆš๐’!

๐’

๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

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= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†โˆš๐’!๐’

๐’๐Ÿ‘โ‹…โˆ‘๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–๐’†โˆš๐’!๐’

โ‹… ๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ๐’๐Ÿ‘= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’† ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆžโˆš๐’! (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’† ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿโ‹…

๐’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’! (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’† ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿโ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

โ‹… (๐’

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

=

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’† ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’† โ‹… ๐’† โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

1582. If ๐’‚, ๐’ƒ, ๐’„ > ๐Ÿ then find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)))) (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))))

โˆ’๐Ÿ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Adrian Popa-Romania

(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))))

โ€ฒ=

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))

โ€ฒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚=

=(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))โ€ฒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ=

=โˆ’๐’†๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) โ‹… ๐’„๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„=

=โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„

(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))))

โ€ฒ=

(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)))

โ€ฒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„=

=(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))โ€ฒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„=

=โˆ’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„=

=โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’ƒ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)))) (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))))

โˆ’๐Ÿ=๐‘ณโ€ฒ๐‘ฏ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚

๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)=๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚

๐’ƒ)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ)

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ)) โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ)= ๐Ÿ

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Solution 2 by Florentin ViลŸescu-Romania

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’™โ†’๐ŸŽ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™)))) (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))))

โˆ’๐Ÿ=

๐’š=๐’†โˆ’๐’™

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’šโ†’๐Ÿ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„

๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’š)))) (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’š))))

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐’„๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’š))) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐’ƒ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ ๐’š)) =

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ ๐’š

๐’ƒ))) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ (๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ ๐’š

๐’ƒ))

Similarly,

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚(๐’‚๐’ƒ โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’๐’™))) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ (๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ ๐’š

๐’ƒ))

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’šโ†’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ (๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ ๐’š๐’ƒ ))

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ (๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ ๐’š๐’ƒ ))

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’šโ†’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚โ‹…๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ ๐’š๐’ƒ )

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’ƒ (๐Ÿ +๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ ๐’š๐’ƒ )

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’šโ†’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚โ‹…๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’„ ๐’š

๐’ƒโ‹…๐’ƒ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚ ๐’š= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’šโ†’๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’‚โ‹…๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’š

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’„โ‹…๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‚

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’š= ๐Ÿ

1583. ๐’‚๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ’, ๐’‚๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ, ๐’‚๐’ = ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’ โ‹… ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ–

๐Ÿ•๐’ . Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆ‘(๐’‚๐’Œ๐’‚๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

)๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆ‘๐’Œ โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

โˆ’๐Ÿ

Proposed by Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

Solution by George Florin ลžerban-Romania

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆ‘๐’Œ โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆ‘((๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)! โˆ’ ๐’Œ!)

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐’!((๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’‚๐’๐Ÿ•๐’ = ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘(๐’+๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’(๐’+๐Ÿ). Let ๐’™๐’ = ๐’‚๐’

๐’ โ‡’ ๐’™๐’๐Ÿ• = ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ , ๐’™๐Ÿ = ๐’‚๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ’, ๐’™๐Ÿ = ๐’‚๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ’.

๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• = ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’

๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• = ๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐’™๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’

โ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆโ€ฆ

๐’™๐’๐Ÿ• = ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

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๐‘ท๐’ = ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿโ€ฆ๐’™๐’ โ‡’ ๐‘ท๐’๐Ÿ• =

๐‘ท๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ โ‹…๐‘ท๐’๐Ÿ’

๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’ ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

We prove that ๐‘ท(๐’): ๐’™๐’ = ๐Ÿ’,โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ (by mathematical induction).

(I): ๐‘ท(๐ŸŽ): ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ = ๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ = ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ• โ‹… ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ = ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ true.

(II): Suppose that: ๐‘ท(๐ŸŽ),๐‘ท(๐Ÿ),โ€ฆ , ๐‘ท(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) are true, then

๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ =

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• =

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ•= ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’, because ๐’‚๐’, ๐’™๐’ > ๐ŸŽ โ‡’ ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐Ÿ’ โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’

๐’ = ๐Ÿ’ โ‡’ ๐’‚๐’ = โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’.

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆ‘(๐’‚๐’Œ๐’‚๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

)๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆ‘๐’Œ โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

โˆ’๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆ‘(โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’Œ

โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’Œ+๐Ÿ )

๐’Œ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) โ‹…๐’!

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! โˆ’ ๐Ÿ=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ(โˆ‘ โˆš๐Ÿ’

๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) โ‹…๐’! (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)! โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) =๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

= ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆ‘(๐’‚๐’Œ๐’‚๐’Œ+๐Ÿ

)๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆ‘๐’Œ โ‹… ๐’Œ!

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

โˆ’๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

1584. ๐‘บ(๐’‘) = {(๐’™, ๐’š)|๐’™๐Ÿ‘ + ๐’š๐Ÿ‘ โ‰ค ๐’‘๐Ÿ‘, ๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ, ๐’š โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ, ๐’‘ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ}

Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‘โ†’โˆž

๐‘จ๐’“๐’†๐’‚(๐‘บ(๐’‘))

๐’‘๐Ÿ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Ty Halpen-Florida-USA

Rewrite the area bounded by ๐‘บ(๐’‘) as ๐’š โ‰ค (๐’‘๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘ and integrate it from ๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’™ โ‰ค ๐’‘:

๐‘จ๐’“๐’†๐’‚(๐‘บ(๐’‘)) = โˆซ โˆš๐’‘๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐’‘

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐’•=๐’™๐Ÿ‘

๐’‘๐Ÿ‘ ๐’‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘โˆซ ๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

=๐’‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐šช(

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘)

๐šช (๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‘)

=๐’‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โ‹…๐šช๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐šช (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

=๐’‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โ‹…

(โˆš๐Ÿ‘๐šช(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘))๐šช

๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ๐…=๐’‘๐Ÿ๐šช๐Ÿ‘ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ’๐…โˆš๐Ÿ‘

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Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’‘โ†’โˆž

๐‘จ๐’“๐’†๐’‚(๐‘บ(๐’‘))

๐’‘๐Ÿ=๐šช๐Ÿ‘ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ’๐…โˆš๐Ÿ‘

1585. Prove that:

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’+ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…๐’

๐Ÿ’) =

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’)

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution by Mohammad Rostami-Afghanistan

First we prove that:

โˆต โˆ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’Œ๐œฝ)

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐… โˆ’ ๐œฝ

๐Ÿ, (๐ŸŽ < ๐œฝ < ๐Ÿ๐…)

โˆ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐’Œ๐œฝ)

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’Š(๐’†๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝ)

๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š(โˆ‘๐’†๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝ โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝโˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™)]

๐ŸŽ

โˆž=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ)] =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ)) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ’๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ’๐Ÿ) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ)) =

{ ๐’†๐…๐’Š=โˆ’๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š=๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ’๐Ÿ) ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Š(๐…๐’Š โˆ’ ๐œฝ๐’Š) =

๐’Š(๐… โˆ’ ๐œฝ)

๐Ÿ๐’Š=๐… โˆ’ ๐œฝ

๐Ÿ

Next, we prove that:

โˆต โˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’Œ๐œฝ)

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐œฝ) ; (๐œฝ โˆˆ โ„)

โˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ(๐’Œ๐œฝ)

๐’Œ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐’†๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝ + ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝ)

๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

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=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ‘๐’†๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝโˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆ‘๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ๐œฝโˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ โˆ‘(๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™)

๐’Œโˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ โˆ‘(๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™)๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆซ

๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝโˆ’๐’™)]

๐ŸŽ

โˆž=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ)] =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ)(๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ) = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (โˆ’๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ + ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Š๐œฝ)) =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆ’๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ) = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’†๐’Š๐œฝ + ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐œฝ)) = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐œฝ)

Hence, we have:

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…๐’

๐Ÿ’) = โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ [

๐…

๐Ÿ’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)] =

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ [(

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’) โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ’] =

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’[๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’) + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’)]

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=

=โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[โˆ‘

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…๐Ÿ’ ๐’)

๐’

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐…๐Ÿ’ ๐’)

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

] =โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ‘๐…

๐Ÿ–) =

=โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”[๐Ÿ‘๐… โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)] =

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”[๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆš๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ)โˆš๐Ÿ) =

=โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”[๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ)] =

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”[๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)] =

=โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”[๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  โˆš๐Ÿ] =

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’)

โ‡’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…๐’

๐Ÿ’) =

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”(๐Ÿ‘๐… + ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + โˆš๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’)

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1586.

๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’) = โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿโˆš๐’™๐’โˆš๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฆโˆš๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ–๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’

๐’…๐’™,๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’) = โˆซ ๐’™โˆš๐’™๐Ÿโˆš๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆโˆš๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•โˆ— , ๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’)๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’)

Proposed by Costel Florea-Romania

Solution by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿโˆš๐’™๐’โˆš๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฆโˆš๐’™ = ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’™๐’๐Ÿ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’™

๐’โˆ’๐’‘

๐Ÿ๐’‘+๐Ÿ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ = ๐’™๐’—๐’

๐’—๐’ = ๐’+ ๐Ÿ +๐’

๐Ÿ+๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–+โ‹ฏ+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’= ๐’โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐’Œโˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+ ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’โˆ‘

๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ‘๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿโˆ’ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

โ‡’ ๐’—๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐Ÿ โˆ’ (

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

โ‹… (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) +๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿโˆ’ (๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿโˆ’ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

) =

= (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) + (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

= (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’ˆ(๐’™) = ๐’™โˆš๐’™๐Ÿโˆš๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆโˆš๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐’™๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’™๐Ÿ๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐’™

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ โ‹… ๐’™

๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… โ€ฆ โ‹… ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ = ๐’™๐’˜๐’ ,

๐’˜๐’ = ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+โ‹ฏ+

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’=โˆ‘

๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

== ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

= ๐Ÿ’ โˆ’ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘) โ†’ ๐Ÿ’

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๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’) = โˆซ ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿโˆš๐’™๐’โˆš๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฆโˆš๐’™โˆš๐Ÿ–๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐’™๐’—(๐’)โˆš๐Ÿ–๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’

๐’…๐’™ = [๐’™๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’—๐’ + ๐Ÿ]โˆš๐Ÿ๐’

โˆš๐Ÿ–๐’

=

=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘(

๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ๐’

๐’—๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’) = โˆซ ๐’™โˆš๐’™๐Ÿโˆš๐’™๐Ÿ‘โ€ฆโˆš๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐’™๐’˜๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ = [๐’™๐’˜๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’˜๐’ + ๐Ÿ]๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ๐’˜๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’˜๐’ + ๐Ÿ

Hence,

๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’)

๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’)=

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘(๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ๐’

๐’—๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’˜๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’˜๐’ + ๐Ÿ

=๐’˜๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’—๐’ + ๐ŸโŸ โ†’๐ŸŽ

โ‹…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘(

๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’—๐’+๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐’˜๐’ โˆ’ ๐ŸโŸ ๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ/๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ

> 0

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’)๐›€๐Ÿ(๐’) = ๐Ÿ.

1587. Prove that:

โˆ‘(๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”)!+

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ“)!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘)!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆš๐Ÿ’๐’†

๐Ÿ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ๐… + ๐Ÿ‘โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ”)

Proposed by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

Solution by Felix Marin-Romania

๐‘ฏ โˆ’Hankel Contour.

๐œถ โˆˆ {๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ‘, ๐Ÿ“, ๐Ÿ”},โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐œถ)!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐œถ + ๐Ÿ)!

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘โˆฎ๐’†๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ”๐’Œโˆ’๐œถ+๐Ÿ๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š๐‘ฏ

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘โˆซ๐’†๐’•

๐’•๐Ÿ”๐’Œโˆ’๐œถ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ++โˆž๐’Š

๐Ÿ+โˆ’โˆž๐’Š

๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆซ ๐’†๐’•๐’•๐œถโˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ++โˆž๐’Š

๐Ÿ+โˆ’โˆž๐’Š

โˆ‘(๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ”)๐’Œโˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š= โˆซ

๐’†๐’•๐’•๐œถโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’•๐Ÿ” โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š

๐Ÿ++โˆž๐’Š

๐Ÿ+โˆ’โˆž๐’Š

=

= โˆ‘๐’†๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’

๐œถโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’‘๐’๐Ÿ“|๐’‘๐’=๐’†

๐’๐…๐’Š๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆ‘๐’†๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’

๐œถ

๐Ÿ“

๐’=๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

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โˆ‘(๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ”)!+

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ“)!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ‘)!โˆ’

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ”๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!)

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”โˆ‘๐’†๐’‘๐’(๐’‘๐’

๐Ÿ” + ๐’‘๐’๐Ÿ“ โˆ’ ๐’‘๐’

๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐’‘๐’๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ“

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆš๐’† [๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ) +

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(

โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ)] โ‰… ๐Ÿ. ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

1588. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™ +๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Mohammad Rostami-Afghanistan

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™ +๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’

๐’†๐’™โ‹…๐’†๐’Š๐’™+

๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š โˆ’ ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐’™โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!(๐’†๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆซ ๐’™๐’๐’†โˆ’(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š)๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’๐’†โˆ’๐’‘๐’Š๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆซ ๐’™๐’๐’†โˆ’(๐Ÿ+๐’Š)๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™) =(๐Ÿยฑ๐’™)๐’Š=๐’–

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!(๐’†๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆซ

๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’–

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’– โˆ’๐’†โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆซ

๐’–(๐’+๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’–

(๐Ÿ + ๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’–) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)โ‹… ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) [

๐’†๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿโˆ’

๐’†โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ] =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

[๐’†๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š (โˆš๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐’†โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š (โˆš๐Ÿ๐’†๐…๐Ÿ’๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿ] =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ(๐’†๐…๐Ÿ๐’Š+๐…๐Ÿ’๐’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆ’๐’†โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆ’๐…๐Ÿ’๐’๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

[(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐…๐Ÿ + ๐’Š ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐…๐Ÿ) ๐’†

(๐…๐Ÿ’๐’)๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Šโˆ’(๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ) + ๐’Š ๐’”๐’Š๐’ (โ€“

๐…๐Ÿ))๐’†

(โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ’๐’)๐’Š

๐Ÿ๐’Š] =

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= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ(๐’†(๐…๐Ÿ’๐’)๐’Š + ๐’†(โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ’๐’)๐’Š

๐Ÿ) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐…

๐Ÿ’๐’) = ๐ŸŽ

Solution 2 by Syed Shahabudeen-India

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™ +๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’(๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!(๐‘ฐ๐’Žโˆซ ๐’™๐’๐’†โˆ’๐’™(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ + ๐‘น๐’†โˆซ ๐’™๐’๐’†โˆ’๐’™(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š)โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™) =

=๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!(๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐‘ด(๐’†โˆ’๐’™(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š)) + ๐‘น๐’†๐‘ด(๐’†โˆ’๐’™(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š))) ; (๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’š ๐‘ด๐’†๐’๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ป๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’”๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’Ž)

=๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)โˆ’(๐’+๐Ÿ) +๐‘น๐’†(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)โˆ’(๐’+๐Ÿ)) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ (๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(๐’†

๐’Š๐…(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ’ ) + ๐‘น๐’† (๐’†๐’Š

๐…(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ’ )) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ (๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(

๐…(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’) + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐…(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’)) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…๐’๐Ÿ’ )

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ, ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž

๐ŸŽ โ† โˆ’๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ โ‰ค

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐…๐’๐Ÿ’ )

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ โ‰ค

๐Ÿ

(โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ

Solution 3 by Muhammad Afzal-Pakistan

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™ +๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ ; (๐Ÿ)

๐Ž = โˆซ๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™ +

๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž{โˆซ ๐’™๐’๐’†๐’™(๐’Šโˆ’๐Ÿ)+

๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ’

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™} =

= ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž{๐’†๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ’โˆซ ๐’™๐’๐’†๐’™(๐’Šโˆ’๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™} =๐’–=โˆ’๐’™(๐’Šโˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐‘ฐ๐’Ž{๐’†๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ’

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’–๐’๐’†โˆ’๐’–โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’–}

= ๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ฐ๐’Ž{๐’†๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ’

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ} = ๐’! ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž{๐’†๐’Š

๐…๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ + ๐’Š)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ} =

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=๐’!

๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ๐’Ž{๐’†๐’Š

๐…๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐’†๐’Š

๐…๐Ÿ’(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)} =

๐’!

๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(๐’†๐’Š๐’๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐›€ =๐’!

๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’)(๐Ÿ)โ‡’

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โ‹…๐’!

๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’๐…

๐Ÿ’) = โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’๐…๐Ÿ’ )

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’= โˆš๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’๐…

๐Ÿโ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’= ๐ŸŽ

Solution 4 by Ajenikoko Gbolahan-Nigeria

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โˆซ

๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐’™ +๐…๐Ÿ’)

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™๐’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง ๐’™ + ๐’™๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ ๐’™

๐’†๐’™

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆซ [๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(๐’™๐’๐’†๐’Š๐’™โˆ’๐’™) + ๐‘น๐’†(๐’™๐’๐’†๐’Š๐’™โˆ’๐’™)]๐’…๐’™โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿโˆซ [๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(๐’™๐’๐’†โˆ’(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š)๐’™) + ๐‘น๐’†(๐’™๐’๐’†(๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š)๐’™)]โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[๐‘ฐ๐’Ž๐“›{๐’™๐’}๐’”=๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š + ๐‘น๐’†๐“›{๐’™

๐’}๐’”=๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Š] =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’!โ‹…๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ(๐‘ฐ๐’Ž(

๐’!

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿ) + ๐‘น๐’† (

๐’!

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐’+๐Ÿ)) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ[(๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

(โˆ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐…(โˆ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’) + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐…(โˆ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’)) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ(โˆ’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(

๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’) + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐…(โˆ’๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’)) = ๐ŸŽ

1589. Prove that:

โˆ‘๐šช(๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐(๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ‘๐’๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐šช (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) {๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–

๐Ÿ—) + ๐œธ +

๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ‘}

Proposed by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

Solution by Dawid Bialek-Poland

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐šช(๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐(๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ‘๐’๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘๐šชโ€ฒ (๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ‘๐’๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’๐’!โ‹…๐

๐๐’(โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’• โ‹… ๐’•๐’โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•)

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘๐’๐’!โ‹… โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’• โ‹… ๐’•๐’โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ ๐’†โˆ’๐’• โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• โ‹… ๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โˆ‘

(๐’•๐Ÿ‘)๐’

๐’!

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=

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๐’•๐Ÿ‘

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• = โˆซ ๐’•โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘ โ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’• โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐’•

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

=๐

๐๐’”โˆซ ๐’•๐’” โ‹… ๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘๐’•๐’…๐’•|

๐’”=โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

โˆž

๐ŸŽ

=๐

๐๐’”(๐šช(๐’” + ๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)๐’”+๐Ÿ )

๐’”=โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

=

= ((๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)โˆ’๐’”โˆ’๐Ÿ

โ‹… ๐šช(๐’” + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… (๐๐ŸŽ(๐’” + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘))๐’”=โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

=

= (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘)โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘โ‹… ๐šช (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) (๐๐ŸŽ (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘))

๐๐ŸŽ (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) = โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ‘โˆ’ ๐œธ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘

๐›€ = โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) {๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ) + ๐œธ +

๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ‘} =

= โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) {๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ + ๐œธ +

๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ‘} =

= โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) {๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ‘ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ’ + ๐œธ +

๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ‘} =

= โˆ’โˆš๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘

๐šช(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘) {๐œธ +

๐…

๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ‘+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ}

1590. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘[โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

]

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Vasile Mircea Popa-Romania

Solution 1 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐’”๐’Œ =โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐’Š(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ‘๐’Š

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

+ ๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’โˆ‘๐’Š๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐’Š

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=

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=๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+ ๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’โˆ‘๐’Š๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=๐’Œ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’Œ

๐Ÿ”โ‡’

โ‡’๐Ÿ

๐’”๐’Œ=

๐Ÿ”

๐’Œ๐Ÿ‘ + ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’Œ=

๐Ÿ”

๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)=

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œโˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

โ‡’โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’”๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘(๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œโˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ))

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ–

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ”

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œ

๐Ÿ•

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ“

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ”+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•โˆ’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“= ๐ŸŽ โ‡’ โˆ‘

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ–

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ”

โ†’ โˆ’

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘[โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

]

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œ

๐Ÿ•

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ“

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œ

๐Ÿ•

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“๐’Œ

๐Ÿ•

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ‘

=๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ• โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ• +

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“+๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ= โˆ’

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ• +

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘[โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

]

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ• +

๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ

Solution 2 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘[๐’Š(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’Š๐Ÿ + (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)]

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=

=(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ

๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) + (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ =

=๐’Œ

๐Ÿ”(๐’Œ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ—๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

โˆ‘[โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

]

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ”

๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘[๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œโˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)+

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)]

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

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=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ

๐’Œโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘[โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

]

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ‘+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ“+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ•) =

๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“.

Solution 3 by Amrit Awasthi-Punjab-India

๐‘บ๐’Œ =โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

= (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ‘๐’Š

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐’Š๐Ÿ๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

+ (๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

=

=๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’Œ + !)

๐Ÿ”+ ๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ) =

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ”๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐‘บโ€ฒ๐’ =โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐‘บ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ”

๐’Œ(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ•๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ“(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ) +

๐Ÿ”

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐‘ฏ๐Ÿ•)

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘[โˆ‘(๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)(๐’Œ โˆ’ ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ)

๐’Œ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

]

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ—

๐Ÿ๐ŸŽโˆ’๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ŸŽ=๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ–

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“

1591. Prove that:

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’))

๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)

= ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

Proposed by Abdul Mukhtar-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’))

๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

((๐Ÿ + ๐’– โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’–โˆ’๐Ÿ)

(๐’–โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’))

=

= ๐’†(๐’–โˆ’๐Ÿ)(๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)) = ๐’†๐‘บ

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๐‘บ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (๐’๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’+๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ) + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โŸ ๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐Ÿโˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’+๐’

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ) =

โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’=๐’–

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’–โ†’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’–

๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’–๐Ÿ)(โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’–)= โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–

Therefore,

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’))

๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)

= ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

Solution 2 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

(โˆš๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’))

๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)

= (โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’))

๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ‘๐’

=

= ๐’†๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (โˆš๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(

๐Ÿ๐’))

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ๐’))

โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ +

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โ†’ ๐Ÿ; (๐’ โ†’ โˆž)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’))(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’๐Ÿ + ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)

๐’๐Ÿ(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’๐Ÿ

Now, we want to find:

๐Ž = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’๐Ÿ

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โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ โ‰… ๐Ÿ โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (๐Ÿ

๐’) โ‰…(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ’๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘)

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐’

๐Ÿโˆ’๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ’๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) =; (๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ)

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(โˆ’๐’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+ (โˆ’

๐’๐Ÿ‘

๐Ÿ‘)) โ‹… ๐’ = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”โˆ’๐’

๐Ÿ‘

Hence,

๐Ž = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’๐Ÿ = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–

Therefore,

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(โˆš๐’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฌ๐ข๐ง (

๐Ÿ

๐’))

๐’๐Ÿ+๐ฌ๐ข๐ง(๐Ÿ‘๐’)

= ๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–

1592. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ‘ (

๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

๐’

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Surjeet Singhania-India

๐ƒ๐ž๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ž:๐‘ฟ๐’ = โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

Observe that ๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’Š < ๐‘— โ‰ค ๐‘› it meand ๐’Š can take value from ๐ŸŽ to ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ and ๐’‹ take value

from ๐’Š + ๐Ÿ to ๐’,

๐‘ฟ๐’ = โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

= โˆ‘ โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’

๐’‹=๐’Š+๐Ÿ

=

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Š=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘(๐’

๐’‹)

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Š=๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)

๐Ÿ•

๐’

๐’‹=๐’Š+๐Ÿ

=๐’‹โˆ’๐’Š=๐’Œ

โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Š) (

๐’

๐’Œ + ๐’Š) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Š=๐ŸŽ

=

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= โˆ‘โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Š)(

๐’Œ

๐’Œ + ๐’Š) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Š=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Šโˆ‘โˆฎ

(๐Ÿ + ๐’›)๐’

๐’›๐’Œ+๐Ÿโˆ‘(๐’๐’Š)๐Ÿ

๐’›๐’Š๐’…๐’›

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Š=๐ŸŽ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Šโˆ‘๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•)โˆฎ(

(๐Ÿ + ๐’›)๐Ÿ๐’

๐’›๐’+๐’Œ+๐Ÿโˆ’(๐Ÿ + ๐’›)๐’

๐’›๐’Œ+๐Ÿ+๐’)๐’…๐’›

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ + ๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

=โˆ‘(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ (๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•) = โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸโŸ ๐‘จ

๐‘จ๐’๐’”๐’,๐‘ฟ๐’ =โˆ‘(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ + ๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•= โˆ‘ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐’+๐Ÿ

โ‡’ ๐‘ฟ๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐‘ฟ๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐•ฝโˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•)

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐•ฝ(๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š๐’

๐Ÿ•)โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (โˆ’๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š๐’Œ

๐Ÿ•))โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐•ฝ(๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š

๐Ÿ•) (๐Ÿ + ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•))๐Ÿ๐’

) โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐‘ฟ๐’ = โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐…

๐Ÿ•) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’๐‘ฟ๐’

๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐’ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’๐…

๐’

= ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ‘ (

๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

๐’= ๐Ÿ.

Solution 2 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

๐‘บ = โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

=

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= โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

+ โˆ‘ (๐’

๐’Š)(๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’Š โˆ’ ๐’‹)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

=

= ๐‘น๐’† [โˆ‘(๐’

๐’Š) (๐’

๐’‹) ๐’†

(๐’Šโˆ’๐’‹)๐…๐Ÿ•

๐’Šโ‰ ๐’‹

] โ‡’โˆ‘(๐’

๐’‹)๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’‹=๐ŸŽ

+ ๐‘บ =

= ๐‘น๐’† {[(๐’

๐ŸŽ)+ (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’†

๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ• + (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’†

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š๐Ÿ• +โ‹ฏ+ (

๐’

๐’)๐’†

๐’๐…๐’Š๐Ÿ• ]

โ‹… [(๐’

๐ŸŽ) + (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’†โˆ’

๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ• + (

๐’

๐Ÿ)๐’†โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Š๐Ÿ• +โ‹ฏ+ (

๐’

๐’)๐’†โˆ’

๐’๐…๐’Š๐Ÿ• ]}

= ๐‘น๐’† [(๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ• )

๐’

(๐Ÿ + ๐’†โˆ’๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ• )

๐’

] = ๐‘น๐’† [(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…๐’Š

๐Ÿ•+ ๐Ÿ)

๐’

] =

= ๐‘น๐’†[๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…

๐Ÿ•)๐’

] = ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ + ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐…

๐Ÿ•)๐’

= ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•)๐’

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•)

โ‡’ ๐‘บ = ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•)โˆ’โˆ‘(

๐’

๐’‹)๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’‹=๐ŸŽ

= ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•) โˆ’ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

โ‡’ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ = ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

โ‡’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐…

๐Ÿ•) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ‘ (

๐’

๐’Š)(๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ‘ (

๐’

๐’Š)(๐’

๐’‹) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ(๐’‹ โˆ’ ๐’Š)๐…

๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽโ‰ค๐’Š<๐‘—โ‰ค๐‘›

๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐’

=

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘ซ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)= ๐Ÿ

1593. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Floricฤƒ Anastase-Romania

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐ง

โˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’+๐Ÿ๐’Œ=๐Ÿ โ€“โˆ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ๐’Œ)(๐ญ๐š๐ง

โˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’๐Ÿ=

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= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’ + ๐Ÿ))๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ= ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ.

Solution 2 Ruxandra Daniela Tonilฤƒ-Romania

We have: |๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™| โ‰ค๐…

๐Ÿ, โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ โ„ โ‡” (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ โ‰ค

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ, โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ โ„ and ๐›€ โ‰ฅ ๐ŸŽ. Thus,

๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐›€ โ‰ค๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐›€ โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (โˆ

๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ

๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) โ‡” ๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐›€ โ‰ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐’!) โ‡”

๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐›€ โ‰ค๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿ= ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ.

Solution 3 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

For ๐’™ > ๐ŸŽ, we have: ๐ŸŽ < ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ < ๐’™ and ๐ŸŽ < ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) < ๐’™. Thus,

๐ŸŽ < ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ) <

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ, โˆ€๐’Œ > ๐ŸŽ and ๐ŸŽ < ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) <

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ, โˆ€๐’Œ > ๐ŸŽ.

๐ŸŽ < ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’Œ๐Ÿโ‰ค ๐Ÿ,โˆ€๐’Œ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

Hence,

๐ŸŽ โ‰คโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰ค ๐’, โˆ€๐’ โˆˆ โ„•,๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ)(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰ค๐Ÿ

๐’,โˆ€๐’ โˆˆ โ„•,๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ

Therefore,

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๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿโˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ) (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ (

๐Ÿ

โˆš๐’Œ))๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ.

1594. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’Œ)๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

๐’

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐’Œ๐’ = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’Œ)๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

=โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’ + ๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’Œโˆ’๐’ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐’+๐Ÿ

=

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•=

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

+ โˆ‘ (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐’+๐Ÿ

+ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

= ๐’Œ๐’ + ๐’Œ๐’ + (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

โ‡’ ๐’Œ๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’))

โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ๐…(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐‘น๐’†(โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐’†

๐’Š๐Ÿ๐…(๐’โˆ’๐’Œ)๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’=๐ŸŽ

) =

= ๐‘น๐’†(โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Š๐…๐’Œ๐Ÿ• (

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐’†๐’Šโ‹…(โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐…๐’Œ๐Ÿ•)

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

) = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐‘น(โˆ‘๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Š๐…๐’๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ) ๐’†๐’Šโ‹…

๐Ÿ“๐…๐’Œ๐Ÿ• ) =

= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐‘น๐’†(๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Š๐…๐’๐Ÿ• (๐Ÿ + ๐’†๐’Š(

๐Ÿ“๐’Œ๐…๐Ÿ•))๐Ÿ๐’

) = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐‘น๐’†(๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Š๐…๐’๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ•๐’†๐Ÿ“๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ )

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= (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’๐‘น๐’† (๐’†๐Ÿ๐’Š๐…๐’๐Ÿ• ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐’†๐Ÿ“๐’๐’Š๐…๐Ÿ• ) = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ•

๐’Œ๐’ = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+๐’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’๐’Œ๐’ = (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ+๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ“๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

โ‡’ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ•โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’๐’Œ๐’ = ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง

๐Ÿ๐’๐…

๐Ÿ•+ (โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐’

๐…

๐Ÿ•โŸ โ†’๐ŸŽ

+ ๐Ÿโˆ’๐Ÿ๐’ (๐Ÿ๐’

๐’)

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆš(๐Ÿ๐’)!

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’(๐’!)๐Ÿ๐’

= ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐’)! โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!))) =

= ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(โˆ‘ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’Œ โˆ’โˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)) = ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ(๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐’Œ

๐’)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

= ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ (โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

) =๐Ÿ

๐’†

1595. โˆ’๐Ÿ < ๐’‚ โ‰ค ๐’ƒ < ๐Ÿ, ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•โˆ—, ๐‘ท๐’ โˆ’Legendreโ€™s polynomials. Find:

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ

๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™)

๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution by Amrit Awasthi-Punjab-India

It is known that:

๐’…

๐’…๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) =

๐’

๐’™๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ(๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™))

Rearrange and integrating:

โˆซ๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™)

๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

= โˆซ๐’

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=๐’

๐Ÿ๐’๐’๐’ˆ(

(๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

(๐Ÿ + ๐’‚)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ))

๐›€(๐’‚, ๐’ƒ) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ

๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™)

๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐’ƒ

๐’‚

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’๐’๐’ˆ (

(๐Ÿ + ๐’ƒ)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’‚)

(๐Ÿ + ๐’‚)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’ƒ))

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โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ๐Ÿ = ๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•)

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹… (โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ๐’•)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ =

๐๐‘ฒ

๐๐’•

(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’•)(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ โ‹… ๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) =๐๐‘ฒ

๐๐’•

(๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’•)๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) = (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐๐‘ฒ

๐๐’•

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐๐‘ฒ

๐๐’•+ (๐’• โˆ’ ๐’™)๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) = ๐ŸŽ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆ‘๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+ (๐’• โˆ’ ๐’™)โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= ๐ŸŽ

Coefficient of ๐’•๐’ is:

โˆ‘๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐’โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+ ๐’๐’™๐Ÿโˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

+โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐’™โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= ๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’™๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) + ๐’๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) + (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿ(๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿ(๐’™) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) + ๐’๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐๐‘ฒ

๐๐’™โˆ’ ๐’•๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) =

= (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) โ‹… (โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) โ‹… (โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’•) โ‹… (๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’•๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’•๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) =

= ๐’• โ‹… ๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) โˆ’ ๐’• โ‹… ๐‘ฒ(๐’™, ๐’•) = ๐ŸŽ

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’•๐’™ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) โ‹… โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™)๐’•๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐’• โ‹… โˆ‘๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)๐’•๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐ŸŽ

= ๐ŸŽ

Coefficient of ๐’•๐’+๐Ÿ is:

๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) + ๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ)

Derivative of (1):

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) + ๐’๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ; (๐Ÿ‘)

By (2): ๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) + ๐Ÿ๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™).

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Replace in (3):

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) + ๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) + ๐Ÿ๐’๐’™๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿ

โ€ฒ = ๐ŸŽ

๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)

By (2): ๐‘ท๐’+๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) + ๐Ÿ๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™)

Replace in (3):

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) + ๐Ÿ๐’™๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โ€ฒ (๐’™)) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’(๐’™) โˆ’ (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™) + ๐’๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐ŸŽ

๐’™๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

โ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™), ๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) + ๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)

๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™(๐’™๐‘ท๐’

โ€ฒ (๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’๐‘ท๐’(๐’™)) = ๐’๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™)

(๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐‘ท๐’โ€ฒ (๐’™) = ๐’(๐‘ท๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ(๐’™) โˆ’ ๐’™๐‘ท๐’(๐’™))

1596. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Asmat Qatea-Afghanistan

๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ•+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ—+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•+โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ“โŸ >๐Ÿ

+โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ•

; โˆ€๐’ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ”

Let put ๐‘น = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’; (๐›€ > ๐‘น)

๐‘น = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’๐Ÿ=๐‘ณโ€ฒ๐‘ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ= +โˆž

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

= โˆž

Solution 2 by Amrit Awasthi-Punjab-India

Using the definition of digamma function, we have:

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๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ + ๐’›) = ๐(๐’› + ๐Ÿ) +โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ + ๐’›

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

;

๐(๐’›) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’› โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’›โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’›๐Ÿ+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐’›๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐’›๐Ÿ”+โ‹ฏ

For ๐’› =๐Ÿ“

๐Ÿโ‡’

๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= ๐(๐’ +๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ) โˆ’๐(

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ)

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐(๐’ +

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ))

๐’

=๐‘ณโ€ฒ๐‘ฏ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ)โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ(๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ(๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ(๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ”+. . )

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’ +๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ))

๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ= โˆž

Solution 3 by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐(๐’ +

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ))

๐’

โˆต ๐(๐’™) > ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’™โ‡’

๐›€ > ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ’) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ•+ ๐(

๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ))

๐’

; (๐’๐’†๐’• ๐Ÿ + ๐(๐Ÿ•

๐Ÿ) = ๐’„)

> ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ’) โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ•+ ๐’„)

๐’

; (โˆต ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™) >๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

> ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘

๐’ + ๐Ÿ’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ•+ ๐’„)

๐’

> ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(

๐’ + ๐Ÿ‘๐’ + ๐Ÿ’ โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ•

๐’๐Ÿ๐’

+๐’„

๐’๐Ÿ๐’

)

๐’

>

> ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ + ๐’„)๐’

Therefore,

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๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

= โˆž

Solution 4 by Remus Florin Stanca-Romania

Let ๐’‚๐’ =๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ+๐Ÿ“

๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

๐’

.

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’‚๐’+๐Ÿ๐’‚๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“๐’+๐Ÿ๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

๐’

๐Ÿ๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ )

๐’ =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“ โ‰ค ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ” โ‡’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“>

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘โ‡’ โˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‰ฅ โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’Œ+ ๐Ÿ‘

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

; (๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’Œโ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ‘= โˆž)

โ‡’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆž โ‡’ ๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆž; (๐Ÿ)

๐’๐’†๐’• ๐’–(๐’) =๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’+๐Ÿ๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐Ÿ + (๐’–(๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))๐Ÿ

๐’–(๐’)โˆ’๐Ÿโ‹…๐’(๐’–(๐’)โˆ’๐Ÿ)

=

= ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ {๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ๐’

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ•โ‹…

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

} = ๐’†๐ŸŽ = ๐Ÿ; (๐Ÿ)

From (1),(2) it follows that:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ‘

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ“

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

๐’

= โˆž

1597. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!) โˆ’โˆ‘

๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’Œ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

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Solution 1 by Remus Florin Stanca-Romania

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!) โˆ’โˆ‘

๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’Œ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!) โˆ’ โˆ‘ ๐(๐’Œ)๐’๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐‘ฏ๐’ +๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’๐‘ฏ๐’ + ๐’=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐‘ฏ๐’ +๐‘ฏ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’๐‘ฏ๐’ + ๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐‘ฏ๐’=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) + ๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’† โˆ’ ๐Ÿ = ๐ŸŽ

Solution 2 by Syed Shahabudeen-Kerala-India

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!) โˆ’โˆ‘

๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’Œ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)) โˆ’ ๐(๐’)(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)) =

=๐‘ชโˆ’๐‘บ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐šช(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

) โˆ’ ๐(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’) + ๐(๐’)(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐‘ฏ๐’+๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ (๐’)(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)=

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐(๐’) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐‘ฏ๐’; (๐(๐’™)~ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™)

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’ + ๐Ÿ๐’ ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐‘ฏ๐’= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐‘ฏ๐’= ๐ŸŽ

Solution 3 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’! โˆ’โˆ‘๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’Œ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

=โˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’Œ โˆ’โˆ‘๐(๐’)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆ‘๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘(๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œธ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

โ‡’

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!) โˆ’โˆ‘

๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’Œ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

) =๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’! โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œธ))

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=๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’! โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)); (โˆต ๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐œธ โ‰… ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ))

๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’! = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โ‰… (๐’ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ๐…

(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’! โˆ’ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)) โ‰… (๐’ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐… โˆ’

โˆ’(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

(๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’+๐Ÿ)

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)โ‰… ๐Ÿ and

(๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ)โ‰… ๐Ÿ

๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ๐…

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)โ†’ ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐’(๐‘ฏ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’!) โˆ’โˆ‘

๐šชโ€ฒ(๐’Œ)

๐šช(๐’Œ)

๐’

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

)

1598.

Find a closed form:

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐’ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

Proposed by Ajetunmobi Abdulqoyyum-Nigeria

Solution 1 by Remus Florin Stanca-Romania

๐›€ =โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐’ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™

โˆž

๐’Œ=๐Ÿ

= โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โ‹…โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+ ๐’™๐Ÿ

)๐’

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ‘๐’™๐’

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆซ(โˆ‘๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

)๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ , ๐’‡๐’๐’“ |๐’™| < ๐Ÿ โ‡’

โˆ‘๐’™๐’

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ| โ‡’ โˆ‘(

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

)๐’

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  |๐’™๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ| = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐›€ = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

; (๐Ÿ)

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โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โ‹… ๐’™โ€ฒ๐’…๐’™ = ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

= ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = (๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐’™ + ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™)|๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿโˆ’

โˆ’โˆซ (๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐Ÿ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ +๐…

๐Ÿ) โ‹…๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ) + (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ)|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ=

=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ+๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ–โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”; (๐Ÿ)

โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = (๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™|๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿโˆ’โˆซ (

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿโˆ’

๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’โˆซ

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)|

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’ โˆซ

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐Ÿ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ(โˆ’โˆซ

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

)

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐’™๐Ÿ=๐’•

โˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’• + ๐Ÿ)

โˆš๐’•โ‹…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆš๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’•)

๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• =

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆซ๐’•๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐’…๐’•

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’โ‡’

โˆซ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™

๐’™๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–โ‡’ โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆ’๐…

๐Ÿ’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–; (๐Ÿ‘)

From (1),(2),(3) it follows that:

๐›€ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–(๐…๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ)

Solution 2 by Amrit Awasthi-India

๐›€ = โˆซ โˆ‘((๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= โˆซ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ =

= โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ,

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๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™ โˆ’โˆซ๐Ÿ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿโ‹… โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐’…๐’™ =

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) [๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)] โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ

๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™ +โˆซ

๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

=

= (๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) [๐’™ โ‹… ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)] + (๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

Putting limits, we get:

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (

๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ)

Now,

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ = โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆซ ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™=โˆ’๐’–

โˆ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐’–๐’†โˆ’๐Ÿ๐’–๐’โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’–

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐’•=๐Ÿ๐’

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆซ ๐’•๐’†โˆ’๐’•โˆž

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’• = โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘

(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

Using partial fraction decomposition, we get:

๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

โˆ’โˆ‘(โˆ’๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

=๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โ‹…๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ’

๐›€ = ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐‘ฐ๐Ÿ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+ (๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (

๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐Ÿ (

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโ‹… ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐…

๐Ÿ’) =

=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ +

๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ–

Solution 3 by Katrick Chandra Betal-India

๐›€ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ

๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆž

๐’=๐Ÿ

= โˆ’โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= โˆ’โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) ๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

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= [๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ) {๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ}]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ (๐’™๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ)๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’

โˆ’๐Ÿ [๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ {๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ}]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

+ ๐Ÿโˆซ (๐’™ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™

๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ (๐…

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) โˆ’ โˆซ

๐Ÿ๐’™๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+โˆซ (๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™ โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ)

๐’™)๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆ’ ๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+ ๐Ÿโˆซ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐Ÿ๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

+

+๐Ÿโˆซ ๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™๐’…๐’™๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿโˆซ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐’™๐’…๐’™

๐Ÿ

๐ŸŽ

=

=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+ [(๐ญ๐š๐งโˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’™)๐Ÿ]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ +๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ[๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ(๐Ÿ + ๐’™)

๐Ÿ]๐ŸŽ

๐Ÿ

โˆ’๐œป(๐Ÿ)

๐Ÿ’=

=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”+๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’โˆ’๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’=๐…

๐Ÿ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ โˆ’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’+๐…๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’

1599. Find:

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Kamel Gandouli Habib Rezgui-Tunisia

๐Ž๐’ = โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

; ๐’—๐’(๐’Œ) =๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐’—๐Ÿ๐’(๐’Œ) =๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐’Œ; ๐’—๐’(๐Ÿ๐’) =

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Œ = ๐ŸŽ ๐’‚๐’๐’…

๐’ = ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐’—๐Ÿ๐’(๐’Œ) โ‡’ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฑ๐’—๐Ÿ๐’(๐’Œ) =๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’=

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’ ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’Œ = ๐’.

๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ค ๐’—๐Ÿ๐’(๐’Œ) โ‰ค

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’, โˆ€๐’Œ โˆˆ โ„•

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๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰คโˆ‘๐’—๐Ÿ๐’(๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‰ค๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’, โˆ€๐’Œ โˆˆ โ„•

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰ค (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆ‘๐’—๐’(๐Ÿ๐’)

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‰ค(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ‰ค (๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆ‘๐’—๐’(๐Ÿ๐’)

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‰ค(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐Ÿโ‰ค ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐’ โ‰ค

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

โˆต ๐’! = โˆš๐Ÿ๐’๐… (๐’

๐’†)๐’

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โ‰…โˆš๐Ÿ๐…(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ) (

๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ )

๐’

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ) =

=โˆš๐Ÿ๐…(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’๐’†๐’(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐’

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’= (

(๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)

๐’๐Ÿ + ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

โ†’ ๐ŸŽ

โˆš๐Ÿ๐…(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’†๐’โ‰… โˆš๐Ÿ๐…(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’†โˆ’๐’ โ‰ค (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’†โˆ’๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ

Similarly for ๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’—๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ(๐’Œ) โ‰ค๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’,

(๐Ÿ๐’)! โˆ‘ ๐’—๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ(๐’Œ)

๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

โ‰ค(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’!

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’(๐Ÿ๐’)๐Ÿ๐’โ†’ ๐ŸŽ โ‡’ ๐Ž๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ

Therefore,

๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐ŸŽ

Solution 2 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

Let ๐’Ž โˆˆ โ„•โˆ’ {๐ŸŽ}, ๐’‡(๐’™) = (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ)๐’™(๐’Ž + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)๐’Žโˆ’๐’™, ๐ŸŽ โ‰ค ๐’™ โ‰ค [๐’Ž

๐Ÿ]

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๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’‡(๐’™) = ๐’™ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ) + (๐’Žโˆ’ ๐’™) ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™)

๐’‡โ€ฒ(๐’™)

๐’‡(๐’™)= ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ) โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™) โˆ’

๐’Ž โˆ’ ๐’™

๐’Ž + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™=

= ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’™ + ๐Ÿ

๐’Ž+ ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™) โˆ’

๐’Ž โˆ’ ๐’™

๐’Ž + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’™< ๐ŸŽ,โˆ€๐ŸŽ < ๐’™ < [

๐’Ž

๐Ÿ]

Thus, ๐’‡ decreases on [๐ŸŽ, [๐’Ž

๐Ÿ]] โ‡’ ๐’‡(๐’™) โ‰ฅ ๐’‡([

๐’Ž

๐Ÿ]) , โˆ€๐’™ โˆˆ [๐ŸŽ, [

๐’Ž

๐Ÿ]].

Hence,

๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐’Œโ‰ค

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’=

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

and

๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Œโ‰ค

๐Ÿ

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

<(๐Ÿ๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’=

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

๐Ÿ๐’(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’

Let ๐’ƒ๐’ =(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)!

๐Ÿ๐’(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’ and

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)! โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿโˆ’๐’Œ

๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

<(๐Ÿ๐’)! (๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ

=(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ

Let ๐’„๐’ =(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)!

(๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ)(๐’+๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ๐’+๐Ÿ. We prove that: ๐’ƒ๐’ , ๐’„๐’ โ†’ โˆž for ๐’ โ†’ โˆž.

๐’ƒ๐’๐’ƒ๐’+๐Ÿ

= (๐Ÿ+๐Ÿ

๐’) โ‹…

(๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐Ÿ

(๐Ÿ๐’ + ๐Ÿ)(๐Ÿ๐’+ ๐Ÿ‘)[(๐Ÿ +

๐Ÿ

๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’+๐Ÿ

]

๐Ÿ

โ†’๐’†๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’

As ๐’†๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ’> ๐Ÿ, ๐’ƒ๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž. Similarly, ๐’„๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž.

Now,

๐ŸŽ <โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

< ๐’ƒ๐’, ๐’„๐’

As ๐’ƒ๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ, ๐’„๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž. Therefore,

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๐›€ = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ โˆ’ ๐Ÿ)!โˆ‘๐Ÿ

(๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’Œ(๐’ โˆ’ ๐’Œ + ๐Ÿ)๐’โˆ’๐’Œ

๐’

๐’Œ=๐ŸŽ

= ๐ŸŽ

1600.

๐›€๐’(๐’™) = โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐’™(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’), ๐’ โˆˆ โ„•โˆ—, ๐›€๐’(๐Ÿ) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

Find:

๐›€(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™)) , ๐’™ > ๐ŸŽ

Proposed by Daniel Sitaru-Romania

Solution 1 by Ravi Prakash-New Delhi-India

๐›€๐’(๐’™) = โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐’™(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’)= โˆซ

๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’)๐’…๐’™ = โˆซ(

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’)๐’™๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ ๐’…๐’™ =

=๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ(๐Ÿ

๐’•โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’• + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’• =

๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’•

๐’• + ๐Ÿ) + ๐‘ช =

๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐’™๐’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’) + ๐‘ช

๐›€๐’(๐Ÿ) =๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ) = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ + ๐‘ช โ‡’ ๐‘ช =

๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ

Thus,

๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™) = (๐’ + ๐Ÿ) ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’™๐’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ๐’๐’™๐’

๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’)

If ๐ŸŽ < ๐’™ <๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ, ๐ŸŽ < ๐Ÿ๐’™ < ๐Ÿ โ‡’ (๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’ โ†’ ๐ŸŽ

๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™) = โˆ’โˆž ๐’Š๐’‡ ๐ŸŽ < ๐’™ <๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ.

For ๐’™ =๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ we have: ๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ + ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ+(๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ)๐’) โ†’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž.

For ๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ< ๐’™ < ๐Ÿ, (๐Ÿ๐’™)๐’ โ†’ โˆž,๐’™๐’ โ†’ โˆž ad ๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™) โ†’ โˆž as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž.

For ๐’™ โ‰ฅ ๐Ÿ,๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐Ÿ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’+

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’๐’™๐’) โ†’ โˆž as ๐’ โ†’ โˆž.

Solution 3 by Kamel Gandouli Rezgui-Tunisia

For ๐ฑ > ๐Ÿ:

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๐›€๐’(๐’™) = โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’™(๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ)๐’…๐’™ = ๐ฅ๐จ๐  ๐’™ โˆ’

๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’

Hence,

๐›€(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™)) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐’(๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ โˆ’๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ)

๐’) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž[๐’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐’™ โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ (๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ)] =

= ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

๐ฅ๐จ๐  (๐’™๐’

๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž

๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ

= ๐ŸŽ

Solution 3 by Satyam Roy-India

For ๐ฑ > ๐Ÿ:

๐›€๐’(๐’™) = โˆซ๐’…๐’™

๐’™(๐Ÿ + ๐’™๐’)= โˆซ

๐’™โˆ’๐’โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐Ÿ๐’™๐’ + ๐Ÿ

๐’…๐’™ =

๐Ÿ๐’™๐’+๐Ÿ=๐’–

โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’โˆซ๐Ÿ

๐’–๐’…๐’– = โˆ’

๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐ |๐’–| + ๐‘ช =

= โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’+ ๐Ÿ| + ๐‘ช

Hence,

๐›€(๐’™) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’๐›€๐’(๐’™)) = ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐’โ†’โˆž

(๐’ โ‹…โˆ’๐Ÿ

๐’๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’+ ๐Ÿ|) = โˆ’ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ

๐’โ†’โˆž๐ฅ๐จ๐  |

๐Ÿ

๐’™๐’+ ๐Ÿ| = ๐ŸŽ

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Itโ€™s nice to be important but more important itโ€™s to be nice.

At this paper works a TEAM.

This is RMM TEAM.

To be continued!

Daniel Sitaru