Daily Archives: May 8, 2015

Solution: 2015-8 all lines

Does there exist a subset \(A\) of \(\mathbb{R}^2\) such that \( \lvert A\cap L\rvert=2\) for every straight line \(L\)?

The best solution was submitted by Lee, Su Cheol (이수철, 수리과학과 2012학번). Congratulations!

Here is his solution of problem 2015-08.

Alternative solutions were submitted by 김기현 (수리과학과 2012학번, +3), 김동률 (2015학번, +3), 엄태현 (수리과학과 2012학번, +3), 이종원 (수리과학과 2014학번, +3), 진우영 (수리과학과 2012학번, +3), 박훈민 (수리과학과 2013학번, +2), 오동우 (2015학번, +2).

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2015-9 Sum of squares

Let \(n\ge 1\) and \(a_0,a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_{n}\) be non-negative integers. Prove that if \[ N=\frac{a_0^2+a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots+a_{n}^2}{1+a_0a_1a_2\cdots a_{n}}\] is an integer, then \(N\) is the sum of \(n\) squares of integers.

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