Olympiad Algebra Amir Parvardi Online Class Details & TOC
Contents
1 Class Details 1
1.1 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Difficulty level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.3 Pricing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Class Materials 2
2.1 Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2.2 Polynomials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2.3 Functional Equations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1 Class Details
1.1 Schedule
In the next section of this document, I have written a rough list of the materials which will be
provided in my online algebra classes. The order of the topics will be different in the classes but
my goal is to cover them all. The classes are divided into three sections: inequalities, polynomials,
and functional equations. There will be between 10 to 15 sessions per class, and I will be teaching
one session (2 hours) of each class every week starting from the last week of April 2020.
1.2 Difficulty level
The classes are designed to help students (grade 8 or higher) aiming for their country’s national
olympiad as well as international mathematical competitions such as IMO, APMO, etc. Most
problems in the classes are chosen from recent mathematical olympiads from around the world,
providing a variety of difficulty levels to help students with different backgrounds. The first few
lessons of the classes in all three sections (inequalities, polynomials, and functional equations) will
be focused on providing the prerequisite materials for the forthcoming lessons.
1.3 Pricing
I will be teaching three classes in olympiad algebra: inequalities, polynomials, and functional
equations. You can choose to register for one, two, or all the three sections. The price for each
option is listed below.
No. of Classes No. of Sessions Price Price/Class
1 10 − 15 395 USD 395 USD
2 20 − 25 690 USD 345 USD
3 30 − 40 885 USD 295 USD
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2 Class Materials
2.1 Inequalities
1. Inequalities 101
(a) Fundamentals ( ≥ 0 and such)
(b) Cyclic and symmetric sums
(c) Function types
i. Convex/concave
ii. Increasing/decreasing
iii. Even/odd
(d) Abel’s lemma
(e) Ravi substituition
(f) Trigonometric substitutions
(g) Homogenization and normalization
2. AM-GM
(a) RMS-AM-GM-HM
(b) Weighted AM-GM
(c) (Weighted) Power Mean
(d) Mahler
(e) Newton and Maclaurin
(f) Ky Fan
3. Cauchy-Schwarz
(a) The Schwarz inequality
(b) Hölder
4. Muirhead
(a) Majorization for sequences
(b) Symmetric sums review
(c) Muirhead versus everyone
5. Inequalities on convex functions
(a) Jensen
(b) Karamata
(c) Popoviciu
6. Rearrangement
(a) Abel’s formula & inequality
(b) Rearrangement inequality
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7. Chebyshev
8. Schur
(a) Vornicu-Schur
9. UVW (also ABC)
10. Sum of Squares
11. Shapiro
(a) Nesbit
12. Bounds involving factorials
(a) Stirling’s approximation
(b) Bounds on binomial coefficients
13. Geometric inequalities
(a) Triangle inequality
(b) Euler
(c) Erdös–Mordell
(d) Ptolemy
14. Miscellaneous inequalities
(a) Minkowski
(b) Bernoulli
(c) Young
(d) Aczel
2.2 Polynomials
1. GCD of two polynomials
2. Euclidean algorithm and Bézout’s idenity for polynomials
3. Extended Euclidean algorithm
4. Partial fraction decomposition (with full, formal proof)
5. Cyclic functions & cyclicity implies injectivity
6. Partial fraction decomposition
7. Gauss’ lemma (primitivity & irreducibility)
8. Continuity of polynomials
9. The divisibility theorem a − b | P (a) − P (b) for P ∈ Z[x]
10. Irreducibility
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11. Complex numbers
(a) Algebraic numbers
(b) Roots of unity
(c) Polar coordinates
12. Degree of a polynomial
(a) Discussion of degree for division
(b) Special cases deg = 3, 4
13. Intermediate value theorem
14. Vieta’s formulas and Lagrange’s theorem
15. Roots and fundamental theorem of algebra
16. The division algorithm
17. The remainder theorem and factor theorem
18. Polynomials with integer and rational coefficient
19. Algebraic numbers
20. Irrational roots and complex roots (conjugates)
21. Rational root theorem and integer root theorem
22. Multivariable factor theorem
23. Polynomial interpolation
(a) Lagrange interpolation
(b) Polynomial identity theorem
24. Descartes’ Rule of Signs
25. Newton’s Sums
2.3 Functional Equations
1. Surjective, injective, bijective
2. Monotone & bounded
3. Continuity
4. Even and odd
5. Existence and construction
6. Pexider & Vincze
7. Recurrence relations
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8. Separation of variables
9. Arithmetic functional equations
10. Fixed points
11. Functional inequalities
12. Periodic & trigonometric functions
13. Semi-periodic functions
14. Substitution
(a) Multiple substitution
(b) 1/x & −x
(c) Tangent
(d) Removable substitution
i. x = y & x = −y
15. Induction
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