Characterization or Determination of a Set or Class

The question asks the student to determine, characterize, or classify all objects (functions, matrices, elements) satisfying given conditions, identifying the complete solution set.

germany-abitur 2023 QB g 4 marks View
The shadow region of the entire pyramid on the ground consists in the model of two congruent quadrilaterals. Draw this shadow region in Figure 3 and specify the special form of the mentioned quadrilaterals.
grandes-ecoles 2016 QIII.B.3 View
We consider the family of polynomials $$\left\{ \begin{array}{l} H_0 = 1 \\ H_k = \frac{1}{k!} \prod_{j=0}^{k-1} (X - j) \quad \text{for } k \in \llbracket 1, n \rrbracket \end{array} \right.$$
Determine the real sequences $\left(u_k\right)_{k \in \mathbb{N}}$ such that $$u_{k+2} - 2u_{k+1} + u_k = k^3 + 2k^2 + 5k + 7 \quad (k \in \mathbb{N})$$
grandes-ecoles 2018 Q3 View
We assume in this question that $U$ is path-connected. Determine the set of functions $f$ in $\mathcal{H}(U)$ such that $f^2$ also belongs to $\mathcal{H}(U)$.
grandes-ecoles 2020 QIII.2 View
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}^*$. For $k \in \mathbb{N}$, we denote $\mathcal{B}(n, k)$ the set of maps $\sigma \in \operatorname{MD}(n+1)$ such that $\sigma(2) - \sigma(1) = k+1$. For $k \in \mathbb{N}$ and $s \in \mathbb{N}$, we denote $\mathcal{C}(n, s, k)$ the set of elements $\sigma$ of $\operatorname{MD}(n+2)$ such that $\sigma(2) - \sigma(1) = s+1, \quad n+2-\sigma(2) = k$.
2. Under what condition (necessary and sufficient) on $n$ and $k$ is the set $\mathcal{B}(n, k)$ non-empty? Under what condition (necessary and sufficient) on $n$, $s$ and $k$ is the set $\mathcal{C}(n, s, k)$ non-empty?
grandes-ecoles 2022 Q11 View
Let $A = \operatorname{co}(E)$ where $E$ is the subset of $\mathbb{R}^3$ defined by $$E = \{(0,0,1),(0,0,-1)\} \cup \{(1+\cos(\theta), \sin(\theta), 0), \theta \in [0, 2\pi]\}$$ show that $\operatorname{Ext}(A)$ is non-empty and is not closed.
grandes-ecoles 2025 Q39 View
In this subsection, we assume that $J_n = J_n^{(\mathrm{C})}$, the matrix introduced in subsection A-II.
Show then that $m^+ = 0$ if $\beta \leqslant 1$, and $m^+ > 0$ if $\beta > 1$.
grandes-ecoles 2025 Q29 View
Let $n \geq 1$ be an integer. We say that a matrix $M \in \mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$ is doubly stochastic if for all $i, j \in \{1, \ldots, n\}$ we have $$M_{ij} \geq 0 \quad \text{and} \quad \sum_{k=1}^n M_{ik} = \sum_{k=1}^n M_{kj} = 1.$$ We denote by $B_n$ the set of doubly stochastic matrices in $\mathcal{M}_n(\mathbb{R})$.
Show that $B_n$ is a polytope and determine its dimension.
isi-entrance 2021 Q13 View
Let $a , b , c$ and $d$ be four non-negative real numbers where $a + b + c + d = 1$. The number of different ways one can choose these numbers such that $a ^ { 2 } + b ^ { 2 } + c ^ { 2 } + d ^ { 2 } = \max \{ a , b , c , d \}$ is
(A) 1 .
(B) 5 .
(C) 11 .
(D) 15 .
isi-entrance 2021 Q2 View
Let $f : \mathbb { Z } \rightarrow \mathbb { Z }$ be a function satisfying $f ( 0 ) \neq 0 = f ( 1 )$. Assume also that $f$ satisfies equations $( \mathbf { A } )$ and $( \mathbf { B } )$ below.
$$\begin{aligned} f ( x y ) & = f ( x ) + f ( y ) - f ( x ) f ( y ) \\ f ( x - y ) f ( x ) f ( y ) & = f ( 0 ) f ( x ) f ( y ) \end{aligned}$$
for all integers $x , y$.
(i) Determine explicitly the set $\{ f ( a ) : a \in \mathbb { Z } \}$.
(ii) Assuming that there is a non-zero integer $a$ such that $f ( a ) \neq 0$, prove that the set $\{ b : f ( b ) \neq 0 \}$ is infinite.
isi-entrance 2024 Q2 View
Suppose $n \geq 2$. Consider the polynomial
$$Q _ { n } ( x ) = 1 - x ^ { n } - ( 1 - x ) ^ { n } .$$
Show that the equation $Q _ { n } ( x ) = 0$ has only two real roots, namely 0 and 1.
italy-esame-di-stato 2024 Q4 View
4. Determine the domain of the function $f ( x ) = \ln \left( \frac { a x - 7 } { x ^ { 2 } } \right)$, with $a$ a positive real parameter. Subsequently, identify the value of $a$ for which the hypotheses of Rolle's theorem are satisfied on the interval [1; 7] and the coordinates of the point that verifies the conclusion.
kyotsu-test 2017 QCourse1-III View
Consider four natural numbers $a , b , c$ and $d$ satisfying $1 < a < b < c < d$. Suppose that two sets using these numbers, $A = \{ a , b , c , d \}$ and $B = \left\{ a ^ { 2 } , b ^ { 2 } , c ^ { 2 } , d ^ { 2 } \right\}$, satisfy the following two conditions:
(i) Just two elements belong to the intersection $A \cap B$, and the sum of these two elements is greater than or equal to 15, and less than or equal to 25.
(ii) The sum of all the elements belonging to the union $A \cup B$, is less than or equal to 300.
We are to find the values of $a , b , c$ and $d$.
First, set $A \cap B = \{ x , y \}$, where $x < y$. Since $x \in B$ and $y \in B$, it follows from (i) that $y = \mathbf { A B }$ and that $x$ is either $\mathbf{C}$ or $\mathbf { D }$. (Write the answers in the order $\mathbf { C } < \mathbf { D }$.) Here, when we consider (ii), we see that $x = \mathbf { E }$. Hence $A$ includes the elements $\mathbf { F }$, $\mathbf{F}$ and $\mathbf{F}$.
Furthermore, when we denote the remaining element of $A$ by $z$, from (ii) we see that $z$ satisfies
$$z ^ { 2 } + z \leqq \mathbf { G H } .$$
Hence we have $z = \mathbf { I }$. From the above we obtain
$$a = \mathbf { J } , \quad b = \mathbf { K } , \quad c = \mathbf { L } \text { and } d = \mathbf { M N } .$$
mat 2025 Q26Y(v) View
Given that $f ( x )$ and $g ( x )$ are linear polynomials and $f ( x ) \cdot g ( x ) = 0$, describe all possibilities for the pair $f ( x )$ and $g ( x )$.
mat 2025 Q27Y(ii) 3 marks View
For $n = 3$, there are 16 good lists, so $G ( 3 ) = 16$. List all of them, starting with good lists with $t ( 1 ) = 1$, then good lists with $t ( 1 ) = 2$, and then good lists with $t ( 1 ) = 3$.