Is it possible to color all lattice points (\(\mathbb Z\times \mathbb Z\)) in the plane into two colors such that if four distinct points \( (a,b), (a+c,b), (a,b+d), (a+c,b+d)\) have the same color, then \( d/c\notin \{1,2,3,4,6\}\)?
(The next POW problem will be posted on October 20. Happy Chuseok and good luck with your midterm exams.)
For \( x \in (1, 2) \), prove that there exists a unique sequence of positive integers \( \{ x_i \} \) such that \( x_{i+1} \geq x_i^2 \) and
\[
x = \prod_{i=1}^{\infty} (1 + \frac{1}{x_i}).
\]
Let \(f(x)\in \mathbb R[x]\) be a polynomial of degree at most \(n\) such that \[ x^2+f(x)^2\le 1\] for all \( -1\le x\le 1 \). Prove that \( \lvert f'(x)\rvert \le 2(n-1)\) for all \( -1\le x\le 1\).
Let \(a_0 = a_1 =1\) and \(a_n = n a_{n-1} + (n-1) a_{n-2}\) for \(n \geq 2\). Find the value of
\[
\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-1)^n \frac{n!}{a_n a_{n+1}}.
\]
Let \(A\) and \(B\) be \(n\times n\) matrices. Prove that if \(n\) is odd and both \(A+A^T\) and \(B+B^T\) are invertible, then \(AB\neq 0\).
Find the value of
\[
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1+ \frac{1}{2} + \dots + \frac{1}{n}}{n(2n-1)}.
\]
Let \(A\), \(B\) be matrices over the reals with \(n\) rows. Let \(M=\begin{pmatrix}A &B\end{pmatrix}\). Prove that \[ \det(M^TM)\le \det(A^TA)\det(B^TB).\]
Find all positive integers \( a, b, c \) satisfying
\[
3^a + 5^b = 2^c.
\]
Does there exist a constant \(\varepsilon>0\) such that for each positive integer \(n\) and each subset \(A\) of \(\{1,2,\ldots,n\}\) with \(\lvert A\rvert<\varepsilon n\), there exists an artihmetic progression \(S\) in \(\{1,2,\ldots,n\}\) such that \( S\cap A=\emptyset\) and \(\lvert S\rvert >\varepsilon n\)?
For \( \theta>0 \), let
\[
f(\theta) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \left( \frac{1}{n+ \theta} – \frac{1}{n+ 3\theta} \right).
\]
Find \( \sup_{\theta > 0} f(\theta) \).