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    MMC2022 Secondround

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    The document is a notice for the Madhava Mathematics Competition which will take place on March 3rd, 2022 from 12pm to 2pm. It will have 2 parts, with Part 1 worth 30 marks containing 4 multi-part mathematics questions, and Part 2 worth 20 marks containing 2 multi-part questions about polynomials.

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    The document is a notice for the Madhava Mathematics Competition which will take place on March 3rd, 2022 from 12pm to 2pm. It will have 2 parts, with Part 1 worth 30 marks containing 4 multi-part mathematics questions, and Part 2 worth 20 marks containing 2 multi-part questions about polynomials.

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    MADHAVA MATHEMATICS COMPETITION (Second Round)

    (A Mathematics Competition for Undergraduate Students)


    Organized by
    Department of Mathematics, S. P. College, Pune
    and
    Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, T.I.F.R., Mumbai
    Date: 03/03/2022 Max. Marks: 50
    Time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 p.m.
    N.B.: Part I carries 30 marks and Part II carries 20 marks.

    Part I
    N.B. Each question in Part I carries 6 marks.
    1. Let the positive integers a, b, c be such that a ≥ b ≥ c and (ax −bx −cx )(x−2) > 0
    for all x 6= 2. Show that a, b, c are sides of a right angled triangle.
    x + 4y + 1 1
    2. Find all real numbers x, y such that the fractional part of 2 2
    is .
    x + y + 19 2
    3. Let f be a quadratic polynomial. Show that there exist quadratic polynomials
    g, h such that f (x)f (x + 1) = g(h(x)).
    4. Determine the number of all m × n matrices with entries 0 or 1 such that the
    number of 1’s in each row and the number of 1’s in each column are all even.
    5. Find all non-negative integer solutions to the system of equations

    3x2 − 2y 2 − 4z 2 + 54 = 0
    5x2 − 3y 2 − 7z 2 + 74 = 0
    Part II
    N.B. Each question in Part II carries 10 marks.
    1. Let f : [0, 1] → R be a differentiable function such that f 0 is continuous and
    f (0) = 0, f (1) = 1.
    1
    (a) Show that there exists x1 in (0, 1) such that = 1. [1]
    f 0 (x 1)
    1 1
    (b) Show that there exist distinct x1 , x2 in (0, 1) such that + = 2.
    f 0 (x 1) f 0 (x 2)
    [4]
    (c) Show that for a positive integer n, there exist distinct x1 , x2 , · · · , xn in (0, 1)
    n
    X 1
    such that 0
    = n. [5]
    i=1
    f (x i )

    2. Let Pn denote the collection of polynomials of degree n such that the polynomial
    and all its derivatives have integer roots.
    (a) Find a polynomial in P2 having at least two distinct roots. [2]
    (b) Find a polynomial in P3 having at least two distinct roots. [3]
    (c) For any polynomial P in Pn , show that the arithmetic mean of all roots of
    P is also an integer. [5]

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