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Let $a,b,c \in \mathbb{R^+}$ such that $abc=1$. Prove that $$\sum_{a,b,c} \sqrt{\frac{a}{a+8}} \ge 1$$
Prove that if $ a,b,c$ are positive real numbers, then: $ \frac{9}{a\plus{}b\plus{}c} \le 2 \left( \frac{1}{a\plus{}b}\plus{}\frac{1}{b\plus{}c}\plus{}\frac{1}{c\plus{}a} \right) \le \frac{1}{a}\plus{}\frac{1}{b}\plus{}\frac{1}{c}.$
If $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$, $ e$, $ f$ are nonnegative real numbers satisfying $ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \plus{} d \plus{} e \plus{} f \equal{} 1$ and $ ace \plus{} bdf \geq \frac {1}{108}$, then prove that \[ abc \plus{} bcd \plus{} cde \plus{} de f \plus{} efa \plus{} fab \leq \frac {1}{36} \]
Let $n$ be a fixed positive integer. Find the maximum possible value of \[ \sum_{1 \le r < s \le 2n} (s-r-n)x_rx_s, \] where $-1 \le x_i \le 1$ for all $i = 1, \cdots , 2n$.
Let $x_1, \ldots , x_{100}$ be nonnegative real numbers such that $x_i + x_{i+1} + x_{i+2} \leq 1$ for all $i = 1, \ldots , 100$ (we put $x_{101 } = x_1, x_{102} = x_2).$ Find the maximal possible value of the sum $S = \sum^{100}_{i=1} x_i x_{i+2}.$ [i]Proposed by Sergei Berlov, Ilya Bogdanov, Russia[/i]
Let $m$ be a fixed positive integer. The infinite sequence $\{a_n\}_{n\geq 1}$ is defined in the following way: $a_1$ is a positive integer, and for every integer $n\geq 1$ we have $$a_{n+1} = \begin{cases}a_n^2+2^m & \text{if } a_n< 2^m \\ a_n/2 &\text{if } a_n\geq 2^m\end{cases}$$ For each $m$, determine all possible values of $a_1$ such that every term in the sequence is an integer.
Let $ x,y,z$ be positive real numbers, show that $ \frac {xy}{z} \plus{} \frac {yz}{x} \plus{} \frac {zx}{y} > 2\sqrt [3]{x^3 \plus{} y^3 \plus{} z^3}.$
Three positive real numbers $a,b,c$ are such that $a^2+5b^2+4c^2-4ab-4bc=0$. Can $a,b,c$ be the lengths of te sides of a triangle? Justify your answer.
Let $c$ be the smallest positive real number such that for all positive integers $n$ and all positive real numbers $x_1$, $\ldots$, $x_n$, the inequality \[ \sum_{k=0}^n \frac{(n^3+k^3-k^2n)^{3/2}}{\sqrt{x_1^2+\dots +x_k^2+x_{k+1}+\dots +x_n}} \leq \sqrt{3}\left(\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{i^3(4n-3i+100)}{x_i}\right)+cn^5+100n^4 \] holds. Compute $\lfloor 2020c \rfloor$. [i]Proposed by Luke Robitaille[/i]
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers with $abc \leq a+b+c$. Show that \[ a^2 + b^2 + c^2 \geq \sqrt 3 abc. \] [i]Cristinel Mortici, Romania[/i]
Let be given an integer $n\ge 2$ and a positive real number $p$. Find the maximum of \[\displaystyle\sum_{i=1}^{n-1} x_ix_{i+1},\] where $x_i$ are non-negative real numbers with sum $p$.
Let $n\geqslant 2$ be a positive integer and $a_1,a_2, \ldots ,a_n$ be real numbers such that \[a_1+a_2+\dots+a_n=0.\] Define the set $A$ by \[A=\left\{(i, j)\,|\,1 \leqslant i<j \leqslant n,\left|a_{i}-a_{j}\right| \geqslant 1\right\}\] Prove that, if $A$ is not empty, then \[\sum_{(i, j) \in A} a_{i} a_{j}<0.\]
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $a + b + c = 1$. If $n$ is a positive integer then prove that \[ \frac{(3a)^n}{(b + 1)(c + 1)} + \frac{(3b)^n}{(c + 1)(a + 1)} + \frac{(3c)^n}{(a + 1)(b + 1)} \ge \frac{27}{16} \,. \]
Given a triangle $ \,ABC,\,$ let $ \,I\,$ be the center of its inscribed circle. The internal bisectors of the angles $ \,A,B,C\,$ meet the opposite sides in $ \,A^{\prime },B^{\prime },C^{\prime }\,$ respectively. Prove that \[ \frac {1}{4} < \frac {AI\cdot BI\cdot CI}{AA^{\prime }\cdot BB^{\prime }\cdot CC^{\prime }} \leq \frac {8}{27}. \]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that $$\frac{a}{\sqrt{(2a+b)(2a+c)}} +\frac{b}{\sqrt{(2b+c)(2b+a)}} +\frac{c}{\sqrt{(2c+a)(2c+b)}} \le 1 $$
Let $ x,y,z$ be real numbers. Find the minimum value of $ x^2\plus{}y^2\plus{}z^2$ if $ x^3\plus{}y^3\plus{}z^3\minus{}3xyz\equal{}1$.
Let $a$ and $b$ be real numbers with $a<b,$ and let $f$ and $g$ be continuous functions from $[a,b]$ to $(0,\infty)$ such that $\int_a^b f(x)\,dx=\int_a^b g(x)\,dx$ but $f\ne g.$ For every positive integer $n,$ define \[I_n=\int_a^b\frac{(f(x))^{n+1}}{(g(x))^n}\,dx.\] Show that $I_1,I_2,I_3,\dots$ is an increasing sequence with $\displaystyle\lim_{n\to\infty}I_n=\infty.$
Let $a,b,c$ be the side lengths of any triangle. Prove that $$\frac{a}{\sqrt{2b^2+2c^2-a^2}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{2c^2+2a^2-b^2 }}+\frac{c}{\sqrt{2a^2+2b^2-c^2}}\ge \sqrt{3}.$$ [i](Zhuge Liang)[/i]
Let ${a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n}$ be positive real numbers, ${n>1}$. Denote by $g_n$ their geometric mean, and by $A_1,A_2,\dots,A_n$ the sequence of arithmetic means defined by \[ A_k=\frac{a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_k}{k},\qquad k=1,2,\dots,n. \] Let $G_n$ be the geometric mean of $A_1,A_2,\dots,A_n$. Prove the inequality \[ n \root n\of{\frac{G_n}{A_n}}+ \frac{g_n}{G_n}\le n+1 \] and establish the cases of equality. [i]Proposed by Finbarr Holland, Ireland[/i]
Let $ a,b,c>0$. Prove that $ \frac{a}{b}\plus{}\frac{b}{c}\plus{}\frac{c}{a}\geq 3\sqrt{\frac{a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2}{ab\plus{}bc\plus{}ca}}$
Let a,b,c Postive real numbers such that $a+b+c\geq 6$. Find the minimum value $A=\sum_{cyc}{a^2}$+$\sum_{cyc}{\frac{a}{b^2+c+1}}$
In a triangle, the edges are extended past both vertices by the length of the edge opposite to the respective vertex. Show that the area of the resulting hexagon is at least $13$ times the area of the original triangle.
For every positive real pair $(x,y)$ satisfying the equation $x^3+y^4 = x^2y$, if the greatest value of $x$ is $A$, and the greatest value of $y$ is $B$, then $A/B = ?$ $ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{2}{3} \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \frac{512}{729} \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \frac{729}{1024} \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ \frac{3}{4} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ \frac{243}{256}$
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be positive real numbers for which $ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \equal{} 1$. Prove that \[ {{a\minus{}bc}\over{a\plus{}bc}} \plus{} {{b\minus{}ca}\over{b\plus{}ca}} \plus{} {{c\minus{}ab}\over{c\plus{}ab}} \leq {3 \over 2}.\]
if $x,y,z>0$ are postive real numbers such that $x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=x^{2}y^{2}+y^{2}z^{2}+z^{2}x^{2}$ prove that \[((x-y)(y-z)(z-x))^{2}\leq 2((x^{2}-y^{2})^{2}+(y^{2}-z^{2})^{2}+(z^{2}-x^{2})^{2})\]