Found problems: 2529
Given positive integer $n,k$ such that $2 \le n <2^k$. Prove that there exist a subset $A$ of $\{0,1,\cdots,n\}$ such that for any $x \neq y \in A$, ${y\choose x}$ is even, and $$|A| \ge \frac{{k\choose \lfloor \frac{k}{2} \rfloor}}{2^k} \cdot (n+1)$$
If ${a, b}$ and $c$ are positive real numbers, prove that
\begin{align*}
a ^ 3b ^ 6 + b ^ 3c ^ 6 + c ^ 3a ^ 6 + 3a ^ 3b ^ 3c ^ 3 &\ge{ abc \left (a ^ 3b ^ 3 + b ^ 3c ^ 3 + c ^ 3a ^ 3 \right) + a ^ 2b ^ 2c ^ 2 \left (a ^ 3 + b ^ 3 + c ^ 3 \right)}.
\end{align*}
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Let $a$, $b$, and $c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $ab+bc+ca=abc$. Determine the minimum value of
$$a^abc + b^bca + c^cab.$$
Let $ a,b,c$ be nonnegative real numbers. Prove that:
$ \frac{1}{3}((a\minus{}b)^2\plus{}(b\minus{}c)^2\plus{}(c\minus{}a)^2) \le a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2\minus{}3 \sqrt[3]{a^2 b^2 c^2 } \le (a\minus{}b)^2\plus{}(b\minus{}c)^2\plus{}(c\minus{}a)^2.$
Let $a,b,c$ be sides of the triangle. Prove that
\[ a^2\left(\frac{b}{c}-1\right)+b^2\left(\frac{c}{a}-1\right)+c^2\left(\frac{a}{b}-1\right)\geq 0 . \]
Prove the following inequality:
\[\prod^k_{i=1} x_i \cdot \sum^k_{i=1} x^{n-1}_i \leq \sum^k_{i=1}
x^{n+k-1}_i,\] where $x_i > 0,$ $k \in \mathbb{N}, n \in
\mathbb{N}.$
Is there a sequence $ a_1,a_2,\ldots$ of positive reals satisfying simoultaneously the following inequalities for all positive integers $ n$:
a) $ a_1\plus{}a_2\plus{}\ldots\plus{}a_n\le n^2$
b) $ \frac1{a_1}\plus{}\frac1{a_2}\plus{}\ldots\plus{}\frac1{a_n}\le2008$?
Find all pairs of positive integers $(x,y)$ so that
$$\frac{(x^2-x+1)(y^2-y+1)}{xy}\in\mathbb N.$$
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $a + b + c = 1$. If $n$ is a positive integer then prove that
\[ \frac{(3a)^n}{(b + 1)(c + 1)} + \frac{(3b)^n}{(c + 1)(a + 1)} + \frac{(3c)^n}{(a + 1)(b + 1)} \ge \frac{27}{16} \,. \]
Let $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n \in(0,1)$ , $n\geq2$. Prove that$$\frac{\sqrt{1-x_1}}{x_1}+\frac{\sqrt{1-x_2}}{x_2}+\cdots+\frac{\sqrt{1-x_n}}{x_n}<\frac{\sqrt{n-1}}{x_1 x_2 \cdots x_n}.$$
Let $ P $ be a point in the interior of a triangle $ ABC $, and let $ D, E, F $ be the point of intersection of the line $ AP $ and the side $ BC $ of the triangle, of the line $ BP $ and the side $ CA $, and of the line $ CP $ and the side $ AB $, respectively. Prove that the area of the triangle $ ABC $ must be $ 6 $ if the area of each of the triangles $ PFA, PDB $ and $ PEC $ is $ 1 $.
Prove that for positive real numbers $a,b,c$ satisfying $abc=1$ the following inequality holds:
$$ \frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a} \ge \frac{a^2+1}{2a}+\frac{b^2+1}{2b}+\frac{c^2+1}{2c}.$$
Solve equation
$(x^4 + 3y^2)\sqrt{|x + 2| + |y|}=4|xy^2|$
in real numbers $x$, $y$.
Let $~$ $ a,\,b,\,c,\,d\, >\, 0$ $~$ and $~$ $a+b+c+d\, =\, 1\, .$ $~$ Prove the inequality
\[ \frac{1}{4a+3b+c}+\frac{1}{3a+b+4d}+\frac{1}{a+4c+3d}+\frac{1}{4b+3c+d}\; \ge\; 2\, . \]
If x,y<0 prove that $\left(x+\frac{2}{y} \right) \left(\frac{y}{x}+2 \right)\geq 8$. When do we have equality?
Let $A = \{m : m$ an integer and the roots of $x^2 + mx + 2020 = 0$ are positive integers $\}$
and $B= \{n : n$ an integer and the roots of $x^2 + 2020x + n = 0$ are negative integers $\}$.
Suppose $a$ is the largest element of $A$ and $b$ is the smallest element of $B$. Find the sum of digits of $a + b$.
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the largest real number $\lambda$ such that for all positive real numbers $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_{2n}$ satisfying the inequality
\[\frac{1}{2n}\sum_{i=1}^{2n}(x_i+2)^n\geq \prod_{i=1}^{2n} x_i,\]
the following inequality also holds
\[\frac{1}{2n}\sum_{i=1}^{2n}(x_i+1)^n\geq \lambda\prod_{i=1}^{2n} x_i.\]
Let $a$ and $b$ be two real numbers, with $0<a,b<1$. Prove that
\[\sqrt{ab^2+a^2b}+\sqrt{(1-a)(1-b)^2+(1-a)^2(1-b)}<\sqrt{2}\]
Let $a_1,a_2,a_3, \cdots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers. For the integers $n\ge 2$, prove that\[ \left (\frac{\sum_{j=1}^{n} \left (\prod_{k=1}^{j}a_k \right )^{\frac{1}{j}}}{\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j} \right )^{\frac{1}{n}}+\frac{\left (\prod_{i=1}^{n}a_i \right )^{\frac{1}{n}}}{\sum_{j=1}^{n} \left (\prod_{k=1}^{j}a_k \right )^{\frac{1}{j}}}\le \frac{n+1}{n}\]
Let $a, b,$ and $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 3$. Prove that
$$\frac{a^2 + b^2}{2ab} + \frac{b^2 + c^2}{2bc} + \frac{c^2 + a^2}{2ca} + \frac{2(ab + bc + ca)}{3} \ge 5 + |(a - b)(b - c)(c - a)|.$$
Prove that $\frac{1}{x+y+1}-\frac{1}{(x+1)(y+1)}<\frac{1}{11}$ for all positive $x$ and $y$.
Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals such that $ab+bc+ca=\frac{3}{4}$. Show that $$(a+b+c)^6 \geq (\frac{9} {8})^3(1+(a+b)^2)(1+(b+c)^2)(1+(c+a)^2).$$ When does equality hold?
Let $ x$, $ y$, $ z$ be positive numbers. Find the minimum value of:
$ (a)\quad \frac{x^2 \plus{} y^2 \plus{} z^2}{xy \plus{} yz}$
$ (b)\quad \frac{x^2 \plus{} y^2 \plus{} 2z^2}{xy \plus{} yz}$
Let $n\ge2$ be an integer. Prove that if $k^2+k+n$ is prime for all integers $k$ such that $0\le k\le\sqrt{n\over3}$, then $k^2+k+n$ is prime for all integers $k$ such that $0\le k\le n-2$.
Find all positive integers $n$, such that $\sigma(n) =\tau(n) \lceil {\sqrt{n}} \rceil$.