A beautiful international math olympiad problem

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  • @jeremydarcangeli7093
    @jeremydarcangeli7093 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +24237

    I wouldn't be able to compete even in the paralympic version of this

    • @SephresX
      @SephresX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1474

      I wouldn't be allowed admission to the parking lot

    • @gredangeo
      @gredangeo 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +771

      @@SephresX I don't even know if it's even legal for me to watch this video. It's above my pay grade to understand this.

    • @zacharyhall2012
      @zacharyhall2012 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

      This made me lose my coffee, bravo 🤣

    • @airbornesnow4541
      @airbornesnow4541 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

      bro relax 😭🤣

    • @spicywasab
      @spicywasab 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      ​​@@gredangeoas a non-native english speaker who just watched "The Night Agent" on Netflix, I'm sorry to ask this dumb question but is it a ref to the series ?
      *it's 32 past 2am please don't mind the stupidity of this question

  • @KaramAlayan
    @KaramAlayan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12222

    Please double it and give it to the next person

    • @SXLSkyya
      @SXLSkyya 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +113

      Literally please give the line to the next dot💀💀💀

    • @lianifire
      @lianifire 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

      I laughed harder than I probably should at this comment

    • @marcomabr
      @marcomabr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Alternate sequence because there's no other point to prevent S or s corespondebt

    • @marcomabr
      @marcomabr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Show. the formula

    • @KaramAlayan
      @KaramAlayan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      So i am talking from experience the comment is really from experience LMAOOO at the time i was 14
      If we put a × (multiply sign) between the second and third digits of the number 2020
      meaning like this 20 × 20 = 400 a complete square and the result was a complete square how many numbers between 2010 and 2099 have the same property ? This was a question that i got in the 2021 Syrian math olympiad its so hard i didnt get it right good luck enjoy
      And the answers :
      1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5

  • @wabalaka1565
    @wabalaka1565 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4669

    You know it's hard when a math problem doesn't have a single number in it

    • @Jee8655
      @Jee8655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +211

      Pure mathematics ☠️

    • @megachonker4173
      @megachonker4173 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +182

      It's the true Mathematics, not the school Mathematics. Also, it's not "hard", it's just how Mathematics really is.

    • @sigmamaleaffirmationhypnob7340
      @sigmamaleaffirmationhypnob7340 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      math is about logic and proving stuff. Numbers are lame and boring

    • @Search957
      @Search957 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sigmamaleaffirmationhypnob7340 if you really think numbers are boring then study ramanujan

    • @Godaten005
      @Godaten005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Its hard even with numbers

  • @PsyloAlpha
    @PsyloAlpha 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1715

    POV math question requires more English language comprehension than the English one.

    • @shameem8743
      @shameem8743 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      😂😂😂

    • @darshildrakshe
      @darshildrakshe 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Fr💀

    • @parasxd6462
      @parasxd6462 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      lmaoo so trueee

    • @tilekt4248
      @tilekt4248 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I was looking for this comment. Thank you.

    • @Jee2026Aspirant-s4x
      @Jee2026Aspirant-s4x 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ya and that is true for any standard math questions

  • @gbear1005
    @gbear1005 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7435

    I gave up at "the"

    • @waarschijn
      @waarschijn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      Mathematicians talk in this formal way that takes some time to get used to.

    • @KewalTailor
      @KewalTailor 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same, lol

    • @frozenpeak1524
      @frozenpeak1524 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

      I was like ‘where does the problem say the’ then my slow ass finally finally got it when the video looped

    • @zarrowthehorse
      @zarrowthehorse 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      LOL

    • @keorinkoluexl6365
      @keorinkoluexl6365 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "BREAK TIME!!"

  • @funkyschnitzel
    @funkyschnitzel 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4022

    I did quite a lot of math in my undergrad degree, and consider myself fairly competent.
    If this question had been posed to me without the video we got here, I wouldn't even know what it was asking, let alone how to answer it.

    • @abhyudaykrishna9714
      @abhyudaykrishna9714 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +151

      that's a bit much, but i agree with the spirit of this lmao. im both disappointed and relieved that my undergrad (3.5 years of which are over already) has almost nothing to do with math?

    • @lgooch
      @lgooch 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +173

      You need to have some Olympiad math experience to even attempt these

    • @andersnaugle4105
      @andersnaugle4105 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      My friend got 22nd in their country on this test in 8th grade

    • @TheLudwigWan
      @TheLudwigWan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      There is a big difference between school math and olympiad math.

    • @Zorisura
      @Zorisura 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +143

      ​@@TheLudwigWanI've joined a math olympiad before, and big is an absolute understatement. Even at the beginner stages of the events, you can already see how olympiads involves ALL the lessons you've studied one part at a time in school into one problem.
      It's genuinely insane, most of the people in these contests have a hard time comprehending it unless you're from one of those schools which have diehard trainings for their students.
      Math is the language of the universe, and these people are linguists.

  • @tiffanytan2183
    @tiffanytan2183 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1717

    Without the animation, I wouldn’t even understand the question.
    No, I still don’t know how to approach the question anyway.

    • @spelcheak
      @spelcheak 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

      I still don’t know what’s being asked

    • @mcgaming1172
      @mcgaming1172 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      ​@@spelcheakI don't even know whats going on lmao

    • @AnmolArpit-iy2pk
      @AnmolArpit-iy2pk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think its a sequence and series and a progression based question but my brain is also fried

    • @How23497
      @How23497 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Shows the power of visualisation, mathematics wouldn’t be anywhere without it

    • @kabirghai8709
      @kabirghai8709 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@spelcheakProve the line touches every point infinite times as it spins

  • @prasannabantu284
    @prasannabantu284 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5584

    Mitochondria is the power house of the cell.

    • @WhatWhy42
      @WhatWhy42 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      😂

    • @idlepopz7136
      @idlepopz7136 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +145

      a²=b²+c²

    • @ayshaaktherjannat7624
      @ayshaaktherjannat7624 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      😂

    • @filipultr4435
      @filipultr4435 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Mitochondria are the power house of the cell

    • @PrinceMeNb1
      @PrinceMeNb1 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Midi-chlorians are cells and the power house of the force

  • @Stepbrohelp
    @Stepbrohelp 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +414

    I have a bachelors degree in pure mathematics, and I have absolutely no idea where to even begin with a question like this. The fact that actual children are able to solve these kinds of questions just blows my mind.

    • @ohwow512
      @ohwow512 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      Not sure if I'm correct, but i think this problem leans more so onto logic rather than advanced mathematics, which is why some people who are well-versed in pure maths fail to solve this

    • @megachonker4173
      @megachonker4173 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Basicly, theorical and pratical knowledge.

    • @zchelmerjoashgamboa7366
      @zchelmerjoashgamboa7366 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      ​@@ohwow512 So much of high level math is just purely elaborate trains of logic, so yes, it's that in a way. The actual solution will blow your mind though.

    • @mudabbirahmad2141
      @mudabbirahmad2141 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@megachonker4173Nah, it's not a theoretical vs practical kind of thing. It's just that Maths is too vast a field. Olympiad preparations are done separately by students and it involves only a few areas Geometry, Combinatorics, Number Theory, Functional Equations, Inequalities, Graph Theory and Algebra.
      You can consider this like the Olympics. Everyone plays those sports but only few trained professionals can participate, if you compete with them or try to break their records, there's no doubt you will fail. They have acquired a special training and only a few select represent their countries.

    • @wasp795
      @wasp795 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      the children are asian so yea math

  • @imaginaryunit123
    @imaginaryunit123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +723

    My brain melted

  • @nampita
    @nampita 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1177

    He lost me at " Let S..."

    • @dotand0
      @dotand0 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      He lost me at " Problem 2. "

    • @Jee8655
      @Jee8655 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He lost me at "the international Olympiad"

    • @mcgaming1172
      @mcgaming1172 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      He lost me at "the"

    • @gauravkoirala8399
      @gauravkoirala8399 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He lost me at "th"

    • @Maths_3.1415
      @Maths_3.1415 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      He lost me at "t"

  • @Shabudana
    @Shabudana 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +194

    Me after hearing the questions:
    "Good question "

  • @moonmartex
    @moonmartex 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    If you don't understand anything don't worry, the IMO is the final BOSS of math olympics and even a person with a decent math training would still struggle with this.

  • @mrbenwong86
    @mrbenwong86 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

    I did this once in 1991, 2 days, 4.5 hours each, shit hard.

    • @NameSpot06
      @NameSpot06 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Damn how did you even reach the level to attempt that test thats ao damn hard
      I failed in my 1st regoinal olympiad exam (lagged by 10 marks) in atronomy😢😢

  • @youbigtubership
    @youbigtubership 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +225

    I want to ask Alexa this and see if it melts down or explodes.

    • @SATsolver
      @SATsolver 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      What happened? 😂

    • @youbigtubership
      @youbigtubership 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      @@SATsolver It started spinning and singing 'Windmills of Your Mind."

    • @SATsolver
      @SATsolver 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@youbigtubership ha ha ha 🤣🤣😅

  • @Beanskiiii
    @Beanskiiii 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +485

    Humans that are really good at math are so cool

    • @n4n4sh1_
      @n4n4sh1_ 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Mi buddy the alien:

    • @AnshuSingh-et1ms
      @AnshuSingh-et1ms 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@n4n4sh1_😂😂

    • @bernardwodoame9850
      @bernardwodoame9850 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have an alien in our midst.

  • @abhisheknf
    @abhisheknf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    maths question without a single number in it goes crazy😭😭

  • @joshbull6467
    @joshbull6467 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +277

    Holy shit balls. Where would you even start with a problem like that!

    • @dinojello
      @dinojello 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Drawing some scenarios on the paper for cases with a small number of points I guess. If you figure out something even if it’s not complete solution you can get some points.

  • @chomumama5978
    @chomumama5978 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Makes me think of the pen spinning in hand trick that bored students do in math class. Tips of fingers as points and the pen as the line, only the pen doesn't go exactly on the finger but its a good analogy for this problem.

  • @TristanVandeloock-ue6us
    @TristanVandeloock-ue6us 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    "could you repeat that?"
    I've already told you it 6 times, Jimmy.

  • @patricktoo
    @patricktoo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    instructions unclear, built a functioning windmill

  • @proisborn
    @proisborn 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That is actually one of the most interesting maths problems i ever saw

  • @yasmngeorge3802
    @yasmngeorge3802 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Writing the problem must be just as hard as solving it. I’d start by plotting what I can then going over the question again

  • @heyshubh9851
    @heyshubh9851 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    I missed the part, "where that's my problem".

    • @Sm1lingRussian
      @Sm1lingRussian 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      thats why everyone can't be awesome at math
      matematicians don't need a problem to be practical, their target is to solve it to show themselves they can
      it isn't bad, just a reminder

  • @bobing1752
    @bobing1752 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Okay I think I found a solution in about 10 minutes but I'm not sure how to prove it:
    The first observation was that if you put a point in a triangle and start on an edge of the triangle with a line not crossing it, then the windmill will never actually touch the inside point.
    So here's my dumb engineer theory which seems to work:
    Take your subset of points and link the outermost points together to create a polygon with only the outermost points AND NO OBTUSE ANGLES for the pilygon. All the remainint points should be inside this polygon. Repeat the process for the remaining points so that you have "matriochka polygons", until there are either:
    1 point remaining, then just pick it as your starting point and the direction of the line so that it hits a point of the innermost polygon as the very first
    2 points remaining, then pick a point and a line so the very first point point the line will hit is the other one
    No point remaing, then pick a point on the innermost polygon such that it will another point of this polygon next
    I have tested my solution and it seems to work. I'd be very interested in knowing whether people think it doesn't work (if you can provide an example I'd be happy), or else if people can actually prove it rigurously. I can intuite that it should work because starting from the innermost, the line will necessarily cross all the points in its way, but I don't think it's enough to be consideres proof.

  • @pulkitjain8135
    @pulkitjain8135 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    My computer science degree degraded my maths skills

    • @ohwow512
      @ohwow512 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Just let a simulation run for a sufficiently long amount of time and just conclude it at that lol

  • @taizu55
    @taizu55 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +80

    Where's that random indian guy in comments claiming he already did this question in 4th grade? 😂

    • @tishanchamoditha9033
      @tishanchamoditha9033 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

    • @Maths_3.1415
      @Maths_3.1415 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      JEE Advance maths is the toughest 😂

    • @emperor8716
      @emperor8716 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      LMAOO ikr 😂

    • @sakinurrahman3890
      @sakinurrahman3890 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Loool

    • @EurasianBrownBear
      @EurasianBrownBear 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Maths_3.1415 Yeah because they’re 1.5 billion of them

  • @wjudee
    @wjudee 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    i think this problem is actually really simple if you have good familiarity with invariants, because you can give an orientation to the line and it’s easy to find out that the number of points on each side stays the same

    • @J3NKA
      @J3NKA 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You could still have a set S containing some points creating a convex closed bound with no points outside that bound, and choose the line to be tangent to that bound. Then none of the points inside that bound will be reached even though there are the same amount of points at either side of the line at any time. You have to choose P such that it doesn't create a convex closed bound with no points outside of that bound.
      Edit: I guess you can say that you choose P and l such that you always have atleast one point on each side.

    • @wjudee
      @wjudee 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@J3NKA i solved it this way: let’s assume for simplicity that there’s an odd number of points. we say that “bright points”are those on the right and “dark points” are those on the left. if we chose a starting line in such a way that there are as many dark points as bright ones, then when the line pivots by 180 degrees it will be on the same point as the beginning (because of the invariant thing) but dark points and bright points will be swapped. since to change color one point must be hit, all points are hit and it loops. if there is an even amount of points than you can assign a colour to the pivot and it works similarly, but there’s a slight catch which is easy to figure out (so i encourage you to try). it’s a really beautiful problem!

    • @user-en7dx1qp3k
      @user-en7dx1qp3k 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is a simple solution but a few of the finer details make it hard to find and prove. For instance, the intended solution involves giving the line an orientation and then placing it in a starting position for which it is "in the middle" (with the same number of points on either side and the line passing through only one point). It's not actually clear that this is something that you can do, and, even though it's not hard to prove you can, omitting this part would potentially lead to a 1-point deduction.
      The main reason this problem is hard (aside from it being combinatorial geo lol), however, is similar to that of IMO 2014/5, in that while the intended solution is short and simple, there really is only one correct solution despite there being so many seemingly reasonable directions to go with. Nothing else works, which is rare for the IMO.

  • @geordiepunchingahorse423
    @geordiepunchingahorse423 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +206

    What makes this problem special is that unlike most hard IMO problems (2023 P6, 2021 P2, 2020 P6) is that this problem has a relatively simple solution.
    The solution is posted on their channel but it revolves around the idea that you draw a line pasing through one of the points and divide the plane into 2 parts. Notice that the number of points on each side does not change (other than a brief moment when the line passes through 2 points).
    These kinds of questions with relatively simple ideas but little solves are dubbed “windmill effect” problems because of this problem. They usually have simple solutions that not many people will think of.

    • @OmnipotentNoodle
      @OmnipotentNoodle 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Omg exactly like the space-filling atoms problem at the finale of Assassination Classroom :O

    • @henry1227
      @henry1227 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      2021 p2 is disgusting lol
      I remember Luke (Robitaille) explaining a combinatorial solution back at MOP and it had to be split into like 3 sessions

    • @GeeBeeOhThree
      @GeeBeeOhThree 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I wasn't quite there but I did know that having it so no more that 2 points fall Colinear means there cannot be a point that will *never* be hit (because the colinear would take priority), and given the nature of the space every point has to be culinary woth at least 1 other point. It's not proof, but it's a decently sound set of data to assume the statement is correct.
      Given the highest math I have mastered is Differential Equations, I'm happy with that

    • @eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9594
      @eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee9594 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Windmill Effect 💀💀💀

    • @StupidusMaximusTheFirst
      @StupidusMaximusTheFirst 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The number of points on each side can change, don't let that illustration fool you. Since no 3 points from the set can form a line, any subset of 2 points you pick to draw a line is guaranteed to have at least one which does not define another possible line. It doesn't really go indefinitely, you can only use a certain pivot to draw as many distinct lines as your set allows, which is gonna be -1 to the total number of points. So you cannot use a pivot indefinitely to draw distinct lines using a finite set of points?

  • @2nd-place
    @2nd-place 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    When I was a young man, I used to think I was pretty smart. I didn’t know enough to know how dumb I was.

    • @buddy6437
      @buddy6437 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dunning Kruger effect

  • @NayeemMohammad-bq9gx
    @NayeemMohammad-bq9gx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I am in my PhD Program in CS. Even if I go through all the maths from grade 6 till college, I still wouldn't come up with something like this question. Solving it is out of question.

    • @adhirathpatil
      @adhirathpatil 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      BTW making a good problem is quite a lot harder than solving a good problem

  • @GranthPateल
    @GranthPateल 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Man this is not maths, it’s straight up depression

  • @donspaceye9730
    @donspaceye9730 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    There is one possible solution. If we can draw a graph satisfy the following 3 conditions, then this statement holds:
    1. There should be an incoming edge and an outgoing edge for every node p. This outgoing edge must turn clockwise relative to the incoming edge of node p. The inward angle of this edge must be the smallest among all possible edges of p to its neighbors.
    2. This graph must be cyclic, which means that the graph must contain a path that forms a loop. This path should be unique, which means that for every node in this graph, there should be exactly one incoming edge and one outgoing edge.
    3. This graph must contain every single node in set S.
    if for every set S, we could draw a graph that holds for the above 3 condition, than the statement in the question prompt holds.

    • @donspaceye9730
      @donspaceye9730 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For every set S, there must exist a convex hull (a polygon hull that bounds every single node in set S). If this convex hull contains every node in set S, then we are done. If there are nodes inside the convex hull, we simply create a smaller convex hull inside. We can make these two convex hull a single graph component by erasing two edges and add two new connecting edges that connect these two hulls together. We can repeat this process recursively by connecting this component with other inner convex hulls, until we reach the innermost nodes. This proof is done.

    • @sabin1618
      @sabin1618 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      YOU DONT NEED TO EXPLAIN IT.
      YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WITH BRAIN HERE.​@@donspaceye9730

    • @I-agree-with-you-but
      @I-agree-with-you-but 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Preach

  • @SpartanForces117
    @SpartanForces117 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    „Mom? The math puzzles are getting scary again!“

  • @Powerdeadmau5
    @Powerdeadmau5 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Imma be real honest, I tried going for this by getting in the OMM (Olimpiada Mexicana de Matemáticas), which is the Olympiad in Mexico. Since the only way to go to the IMO here is by getting Silver or Gold in OMM.
    I tried getting selected, but failed the 3rd stage inside the OMM. So I couldn't go for this year's OMM, which I believe it was in Durango.
    I've met someone who got Bronze or Silver in IMO, which was in Japan last year. He's a cool guy and even took a photo with him.
    Currently I've only got 1 more chance to enter the OMM, just so I can try and enter the IMO.

    • @saritasingh823
      @saritasingh823 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am commenting here so that I can know if u made it or not!

    • @arnavdeep8396
      @arnavdeep8396 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Bro did u make it?

    • @Powerdeadmau5
      @Powerdeadmau5 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@arnavdeep8396 unfortunately due to economical issues and dad's work stress I didn't make it. However I participated in and had been selected 4 times to compete Nationally from the state where I resided and have done so with pride. I didn't win medals, but I won valuable experience.
      And with that experience, it helped me grow and be better, after an admission exam for the major I wanted to study for, everything was easy, and so did the semester compared to my classmates.
      As of now, currently my major is Mechanical Engineering in the field of Management, and have been called from multiple areas for job opportunities due to my resilience and efforts.
      If anyone else reads this, just want to let them know that, even if you failed at a goal, the effort on trying is worth more than not to, you gain experience and lessons from failure rather than winning. Even if the opportunity was lost, there are many more opportunities that can be better or the same, as long as you know to keep moving forward.
      Thank you all for the support! 😄

  • @Cubeify
    @Cubeify 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "Let s be"
    I know where this is going

  • @r35ct12
    @r35ct12 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    solving it is difficult on its own, however i got lost at the explanation to the problem already

  • @skeltek7487
    @skeltek7487 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Easy to understand problem. If the pivot and line chosen randomly, some points may never become the pivot as the line just circles around them.
    There is a lot of ways to go on about this. The least elegant solution is probably one of the most simplistic and uninteresting... To start with any three points and do an induction, where any new point added either doesn't break the validity of the statement or the initial pivot may be redefined to keep the validity of the statement true.

  • @johnjoe9976
    @johnjoe9976 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +375

    Is the answer 'Australia'?

    • @youbigtubership
      @youbigtubership 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

      Close. It was New Zealand.

    • @I_am_Alxui
      @I_am_Alxui 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      Nah it was Papua New Guinea

    • @arham_shah
      @arham_shah 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Nah bro, it was mitochondria is the power house of the cell

    • @rishisaluja2008
      @rishisaluja2008 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Broo u all are sooo wrong !! It was willy wonka and the chocolate factory!

    • @mistersingh6470
      @mistersingh6470 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Umm, actually it is Punjab

  • @aarshjain4527
    @aarshjain4527 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Never gone higher than state lvl in maths Olympiad 💀

  • @KrytenKoro
    @KrytenKoro 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I tried this type of test in high school, and it led me to a catastrophic self-esteem collapse that ended with the complete derailment of my life plans and a case of morbid depression.

  • @kongolandwalker
    @kongolandwalker 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I do not remember exactly, but I think at school (in an olimpiad preparation class) we had a problem, where we had to prove that some special line across a pointcloud exists, and the intended proof was the same windmill process.

  • @PieletPi
    @PieletPi 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Solving it is very difficult, but imagine how hard it was to come up with it.

  • @pgc6290
    @pgc6290 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Its good that the problems get increasingly tough since then only your knowledge and intelligence is tested and not how good you can solve the paper//ie test.

  • @Alexander-mw1ek
    @Alexander-mw1ek 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don’t know how to show this pedantically but its pretty obvious that every point will be encountered since the line will eventually rotate 360° and given the exception that no 3 points are collinear.

  • @YTscheiss
    @YTscheiss 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is no problem to solve. It works just beautifully...

  • @elmoe01
    @elmoe01 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    PASS! Next question please.

  • @rwtig
    @rwtig วันที่ผ่านมา

    My intuition is telling me to create the convex Hull of the outermost points. Make some argument that no matter what line and point point we start with these will always be touched. Remove these Hull points and create the new convex Hull. Keep applying the same argument until we are left with 1 or two points. If we have 2 points draw a line through them and use one of them. If 1 point choose any line going through it as the starting point.

  • @LightningStrike691
    @LightningStrike691 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Haven’t seen the video yet, but this reminds me of the group action used on elliptic curves.

  • @Whoiskimb
    @Whoiskimb 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can’t even comprehend the question with the animation… Let alone the written words…

  • @blistery_mystery
    @blistery_mystery 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My absolute respect to whoever crafted that problem🙌

  • @harshgada4325
    @harshgada4325 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Without the visual representation, i wouldnt even be able to understand the question... Let along figuring out thr answer.

  • @newplayer1313
    @newplayer1313 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The cell and his house have a beautiful mitochondria behind their power wall

  • @maaikevreugdemaker9210
    @maaikevreugdemaker9210 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think the answer would be proving that this concept of switching pivots is actually the same as pivoting around a single point. You could deduce this since the line keeps rotating and is infinitely long. So you sweep 2pi and you got all points on the plane.
    Further thinking says that there should at least be points at both sections that L divides. Otherwise points can cover up other points.

  • @CHICHI-vn9kd
    @CHICHI-vn9kd 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I don’t even understand what the question is asking😅It is even harder to comprehend than the monologues of Sir Humphrey in Yes Minister 😂

  • @uhubsab9000
    @uhubsab9000 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think how to choose a point P from S is just make a 2 point first and then connect them with a stright line for infinite distance after that make another point beside the line and then connect the 3 point together and just repeat it so we can pick a point p everywhere (correct me if i am wrong because i just a junior higschool students)

  • @PriyanshuVishwakarma-k1m
    @PriyanshuVishwakarma-k1m 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +171

    What was that question again? 😢

    • @fieryscorpion
      @fieryscorpion 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Show that we can choose a point P in S and a line l going through P such that the resulting windmill uses each point of S as a pivot infinitely many times.

    • @derianvandalsen
      @derianvandalsen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@fieryscorpion so it should be a closed loop?

    • @khazixlol
      @khazixlol 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@derianvandalsenyou dont draw it, is supposed to be some mathemagician spell shit idk what they call it, equilibrium or something

  • @sapnupuas1475
    @sapnupuas1475 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There are finite amount of sets and all points are colinear, a line that intersects two points is unique thus if you rotate the line it is bound to hit another one point, you can do this indefinitely like intersecting the same points again but the total amount of points is still finite

  • @gurgigir
    @gurgigir 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think honestly the most complicated part of this is explaining this in writing

  • @Just_mind_______
    @Just_mind_______ 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    so we are just going to ignore the fact that only six people got the problem no 6 right

  • @rika0729
    @rika0729 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Imagine if we take three points in a shape of equilateral triangle with size length of 1 unit and have a 4th point in the center... Place those triangles on a plane with the distance between the center points of > 3 units( basically in such a way that the triangle boundaries DO NOT crosses each other) ... in such a way that no point is collinear... Now a line can do the windmill action only if the line passes through inside all those triangles... But with our placement it's should not be possible... Because you can pass the line only through two triangles and the third triangle will always receive the line on its outer point instead of the center one which will result the line spinning around the triangle and missing the center point

  • @Fawaffles
    @Fawaffles หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the problem you encounter on a test that your teacher said is “Not challenging”

  • @ScientObject40
    @ScientObject40 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am filled with sorrow and disappointment towards the self whenever I am reminded of my intellectual inferiority by such enigmas.

  • @comet3429
    @comet3429 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Wh-wher-where’s the numbers?!?

  • @dorelbaz8939
    @dorelbaz8939 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We can solve this problem by way of negation.
    This way, we'll get at least one point P that will never be used as a pivot by the windmill and this point P
    (examining one such point will suffice) will necessarily have to violate the condition for it to achieve this status.
    i.e - a contradiction with the condition set by the problem. Thus solving the problem.

  • @thebluefriend
    @thebluefriend 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Even my most optimized algorithm would scream TLE on this.

  • @epsilon_el_naught
    @epsilon_el_naught 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the 22 people who got a perfect score really are patient geniuses

  • @ariananmoroto6077
    @ariananmoroto6077 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didnt even realize there was a question on the problem

  • @necoluga7950
    @necoluga7950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i kind of thought of a way to approach it a little bit. it probably take a good amount of research into set theory (i am noob i baraly can use like the logical operator things to form a statement) so how i thought of it is that cense any kina slope in a polar form of like xcos(θ)-ysin(θ) = ycos(θ)+xsin(θ) would have to have some angle that the slope intersects with the point. and then i kind of relised that the parameter that you couldn't have 3 co-plainer points made it so there weren't any weird edge cases. so eventually it would rotate into a position where the points would intersect with the slope given that it continuously rotated clockwise.
    so yeh idk its kind of bad and ill spoken but i that's how i would approach it. it maybe isn't right idk.

  • @Phlegethon
    @Phlegethon 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I thought I was smart….

  • @KotakMeister
    @KotakMeister 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I joined the dots...still haven't figured out what picture it made.

  • @AryanKumar-vo1ic
    @AryanKumar-vo1ic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sir, could there be more of geometry based videos?
    It is such a delightful branch of mathematical sciences, I m sure you would find something enjoying to teach us about.
    Thank you.

  • @Sumpydumpert
    @Sumpydumpert 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video just watched one on reapeating symmetry

  • @ayzaanashhad7063
    @ayzaanashhad7063 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    (a+b)^2 = a^2+2ab+b^2

  • @mutalibgozalov7208
    @mutalibgozalov7208 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    FYI, there are guys that's not either student or scientist like me but enjoys your videos)

  • @R69-u6q
    @R69-u6q 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am a mechanical engineer I scored A grade in Calculas 1, 2 and 3 and let me tell you i can't even process this question even after seeing the animation.

  • @P0leP0le
    @P0leP0le 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Put 'em in a circle and start with a line not passing through the inner part of the circle.

  • @alexsandfriends5414
    @alexsandfriends5414 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The answer is choosing point PE S and a line l passing through F such that the resulting windmill process uses each point of S as a pivot infinitely many

  • @rosiefay7283
    @rosiefay7283 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of those problems where you cannot expect anyone with just pen and paper to come up with a proof in a day. Exam questions should be questions where there is a method of progressing to the answer using steps accessible to the entrants.

    • @ZEPHYRZHANG-mg8zi
      @ZEPHYRZHANG-mg8zi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s the international math Olympiad those people are very smart

  • @MuhammadIqbal-yl2rj
    @MuhammadIqbal-yl2rj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They are ✨ premium ✨ human

  • @varunittigi9288
    @varunittigi9288 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I wonder what patrick would answer 😂

  • @pressfinchat
    @pressfinchat 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can’t even understand what the question wants me to do

    • @afj810
      @afj810 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Show that it's possible to pick a line and point for any set of points such that the line touches every point infinitely many times while windmilling.

  • @6-4crusader55
    @6-4crusader55 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m just about done with calculus now. I genuinely don’t know if I would be allowed to watch the math Olympics on tv

  • @xanderortega4359
    @xanderortega4359 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I cannot comprehemd math without visualizing things in a physical reality, hell I still even struggle at elementary physics.

  • @voltairespuppet
    @voltairespuppet 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think i came up with one that wont visit them all if starting at one of them. 4 points. Triangle and a point at the centre; start at any of the outer points. Generalisation for infinite points on an outer circle and one or more points on another circle inside. Start on any outer point and it will just rotate around the outer circle. Start on the inner circle and it will glitch step from the inner to the outer for each turn.

  • @captheobbyist6434
    @captheobbyist6434 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "only 6 questions? phew, i can do that easily in 10 minutes!"

  • @KillerKatz12
    @KillerKatz12 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude that rotation to the bottom right totally has 3 collinear points.

  • @JuperLuperBruh
    @JuperLuperBruh 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You should do a video on 2013 IMO Q2, it's not as hard as this but I regardless still think it's a really beautiful problem

  • @a.v.y8331
    @a.v.y8331 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    without knowing too much math and having not watched the video, I imagine there are two proofs that the solution has to fulfill.
    1) this process produces a regular pattern that will return to point p with line l having the same gradient as the origin
    2) the line must pass through each point at least once over iterations of the process (this would prove that at some point, each point will be used, and from 1, each point will therefore be infinitely passed through over infinite iterations)
    I am assuming this problem has something to do with graph theory but I have no idea

  • @squid3000
    @squid3000 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Put a point at each corner of a square

  • @Meercatyt
    @Meercatyt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    day 2s last q casually being even more difficult

  • @olsa4427
    @olsa4427 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks to this short I watched that video

  • @jedagelijksebraintraining
    @jedagelijksebraintraining 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was there as a guide for Cyprus.

  • @R3VISION3
    @R3VISION3 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This seems quite similar to the gift wrapping algorithm used in 2D physics engines to compute the convex "shell" of a polygon.

  • @epixeles
    @epixeles 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THIS ONE IS SO FUN

  • @ShivamGupta-oe6fp
    @ShivamGupta-oe6fp 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's much harder to understand the question than solving it

  • @laughingbrick4824
    @laughingbrick4824 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    You quit the question as soon as there is more english in math than numbers.

  • @kysewo
    @kysewo 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I wouldn’t even be able to remember the whole question 😭🤣

  • @mannthaw
    @mannthaw 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Him : P2 is very hard (only 22 students completed it)
    Meanwhile p6 with only 6 students :🗿

  • @Harelmoses
    @Harelmoses หลายเดือนก่อน

    I can solve it, the answer is: since it continuously rotates clockwise and never changes direction or stops, all points would be in contact with the line infinitely as much times as the line rotates.