Subcontests
(3)8th ibmo - mexico 1993/q5.
Let P and Q be two distinct points in the plane. Let us denote by m(PQ) the segment bisector of PQ. Let S be a finite subset of the plane, with more than one element, that satisfies the following properties:
(i) If P and Q are in S, then m(PQ) intersects S.
(ii) If P1Q1,P2Q2,P3Q3 are three diferent segments such that its endpoints are points of S, then, there is non point in S such that it intersects the three lines m(P1Q1), m(P2Q2), and m(P3Q3).
Find the number of points that S may contain. 8th ibmo - mexico 1993/q1.
A number is called capicua if when it is written in decimal notation, it can be read equal from left to right as from right to left; for example: 8,23432,6446. Let x1<x2<⋯<xi<xi+1,⋯ be the sequence of all capicua numbers. For each i define yi=xi+1−xi. How many distinct primes contains the set {y1,y2,…}?