My name is Ziv. I am a high school Chinese student who love exploring mathematics! Currently, my favorite fields include complex analysis and abstract algebra!

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Harmonic Number (Starting from an AMC problem) (1)

The -th Harmonic number, denoted is defined by the sum of the reciprocals of the first  natural numbers:     This number has quite interesting properties. On thing we could consider when is finite is the quotient of the sum. If we write it as     Then many problems raise. Here, we have a problem…

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  • Harmonic Number (Starting from an AMC problem) (1)

    The -th Harmonic number, denoted is defined by the sum of the reciprocals of the first  natural numbers:     This number has quite interesting properties. On thing we could consider when is finite is the quotient of the sum. If we write it as     Then many problems raise. Here, we have a problem […]

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  • An inequality problem

    Let be a continuous integrable real function on , then     Solution 1 By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality,     Solution 2 By Jensen’s inequality, since is a convex function, we have     So     Solution 3 By Hölder’s Inequality, we get     Choose , we get the case of solution 1. We […]

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  • Abstract Algebra – Sylow Theorems and Its applications

    In abstract algebra, finite group theory is in its core. Now from Lagrange theorem, we have Lemma 1 Let be a subgroup of a finite group . Then the order of is a divisor of the order of . This theorem states the necessary condition for a finite group to be a subgroup of a […]

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  • An approximation problem

    Problem: Let us call an irrational number well approximated by rational numbers if for any natural numbers there exists a rational number such that     Solution: 1. Pick     Why does it work ? Let’s say we let . Then we have     and     We now proceed in proving that […]

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  • On IMO2017 P2

    I did IMO 2017 P2 with my friends yesterday. Now I would like to share my thoughts on this problem. Problem: Let be the set of real numbers. Determine all functions such that, for any real numbers and ,     The initial step must be taking certain values, testing its properties and then start […]

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