Found problems: 2529
Let $x, y, z > 0$ be real numbers such that $xyz + xy + yz + zx = 4$. Prove that $x + y + z \ge 3$.
Determine the least possible value of $\dfrac{(x^2+1)(4y^2+1)(9z^2+1)}{6xyz}$ if $x$, $y$ and $z$ are positive real numbers.
Let $n\ge3$ and $a_1,a_2,...,a_n \in \mathbb{R^{+}}$, such that $\frac{1}{1+a_1^4} + \frac{1}{1+a_2^4} + ... + \frac{1}{1+a_n^4} = 1$. Prove that: $$a_1a_2...a_n \ge (n-1)^{\frac n4}$$
Let $a, b,c$ and $d$ be real numbers such that $a + b + c + d = 2$ and $ab + bc + cd + da + ac + bd = 0$.
Find the minimum value and the maximum value of the product $abcd$.
Given positive numbers $a_1$ and $b_1$, consider the sequences defined by
\[a_{n+1}=a_n+\frac{1}{b_n},\quad b_{n+1}=b_n+\frac{1}{a_n}\quad (n \ge 1)\]
Prove that $a_{25}+b_{25} \geq 10\sqrt{2}$.
Let $\alpha , \beta ,\gamma$ be the angles of a triangle $ABC$ of perimeter $ 2p $ and $R$ is the radius of its circumscribed circle.
$(a)$ Prove that
\[\cot^{2}\alpha +\cot^{2}\beta+\cot^{2}\gamma\geq 3\left(9\cdot \frac{R^{2}}{p^{2}} - 1\right).\]
$(b)$ When do we have equality?
When real numbers $x,\ y$ moves in the constraint with $x^2+xy+y^2=6.$
Find the range of $x^2y+xy^2-x^2-2xy-y^2+x+y.$
30 points
Show that $n!=a^{n-1}+b^{n-1}+c^{n-1}$ has only finitely many solutions in positive integers.
[i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti, Albania[/i]
Let the three roots of $x^3+ax+1=0$ be $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ where $a$ is a positive real number. Let the three roots of $x^3+bx^2+cx-1=0$ be $\frac{\alpha}{\beta},\frac{\beta}{\gamma},\frac{\gamma}{\alpha}$. Find the minimum value of $\dfrac{|b|+|c|}{a}$.
Let $a,b,c$ be sides of a triangle and $p$ its semiperimeter. Show that
$a\sqrt{\frac{(p-b)(p-c)}{bc}}+b \sqrt{\frac{(p-c)(p-a)}{ac}}+c\sqrt{\frac{(p-a)(p-b)}{ab}}\geq p$
Let $\ell$ be a line with negative slope passing through the point $(20,16)$. What is the minimum possible area of a triangle that is bounded by the $x$-axis, $y$-axis, and $\ell$?
[i] Proposed by James Lin [/i]
Let $a \geq b \geq 1 \geq c \geq 0$ be real numbers such that $a+b+c=3$. Show that
$$3 \left( \frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{a} \right ) \geq 4c^2+\frac{a^2}{b}+\frac{b^2}{a}$$
A parallelepiped has surface area 216 and volume 216. Show that it is a cube.
Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers. Prove that
\[(\frac{a}{a+b})^{5}+(\frac{b}{b+c})^{5}+(\frac{c}{c+d})^{5}+(\frac{d}{d+a})^{5}\ge \frac{1}{8}\]
In a $2\times n$ array we have positive reals s.t. the sum of the numbers in each of the $n$ columns is $1$. Show that we can select a number in each column s.t. the sum of the selected numbers in each row is at most $\frac{n+1}4$.
Let $k$ be a positive integer. Find the maximum value of \[a^{3k-1}b+b^{3k-1}c+c^{3k-1}a+k^2a^kb^kc^k,\] where $a$, $b$, $c$ are non-negative reals such that $a+b+c=3k$.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers. Determine the minimum value of the following expression
$$ \frac{a^2+2b^2+4c^2}{b(a+2c)}$$
Let $a,b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that \[ \frac{a^2b(b-c)}{a+b}+\frac{b^2c(c-a)}{b+c}+\frac{c^2a(a-b)}{c+a} \ge 0. \]
Let $ABCD$ be a cyclic quadrilateral, and suppose that $BC = CD = 2$. Let $I$ be the incenter of triangle $ABD$. If $AI = 2$ as well, find the minimum value of the length of diagonal $BD$.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca\leq 3abc$. Prove that
\[\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{a+b}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+c^2}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+a^2}{c+a}}+3\leq \sqrt{2}\left(\sqrt{a+b}+\sqrt{b+c}+\sqrt{c+a}\right)\]
[i]Proposed by Dzianis Pirshtuk, Belarus[/i]
Let $a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, ... a_{2011}$ be nonnegative reals with sum $\frac{2011}{2}$, prove :
$|\prod_{cyc} (a_{n} - a_{n+1})| = |(a_{1} - a_{2})(a_{2} - a_{3})...(a_{2011}-a_{1})| \le \frac{3 \sqrt3}{16}.$
Prove the following inequality:
$x_1 + 2x_2 + 3x_3 + ... + nx_n \leq \frac{n(n-1)}{2} + x_1 + x_2 ^2 + x_3 ^3 + ... + x_n ^n$
where $\forall _{x_i} x_i > 0$
The real numbers $a, b, c, d$ are such that $a\geq b\geq c\geq d>0$ and $a+b+c+d=1$. Prove that
\[(a+2b+3c+4d)a^ab^bc^cd^d<1\]
[i]Proposed by Stijn Cambie, Belgium[/i]
Show that $\frac{(x + y + z)^2}{3} \ge x\sqrt{yz} + y\sqrt{zx} + z\sqrt{xy}$ for all non-negative reals $x, y, z$.
Fix a prime number $ p > 5$. Let $ a,b,c$ be integers no two of which have their difference divisible by $ p$. Let $ i,j,k$ be nonnegative integers such that $ i \plus{} j \plus{} k$ is divisible by $ p \minus{} 1$. Suppose that for all integers $ x$, the quantity
\[ (x \minus{} a)(x \minus{} b)(x \minus{} c)[(x \minus{} a)^i(x \minus{} b)^j(x \minus{} c)^k \minus{} 1]\]
is divisible by $ p$. Prove that each of $ i,j,k$ must be divisible by $ p \minus{} 1$.
[i]Kiran Kedlaya and Peter Shor.[/i]