Found problems: 2529
Find all the real numbers $a$ and $b$ that satisfy the relation
$2(a^2 + 1)(b^2 + 1) = (a + 1)(b + 1)(ab + 1)$
Let $r_1=2$ and $r_n = \prod^{n-1}_{k=1} r_i + 1$, $n \geq 2.$ Prove that among all sets of positive integers such that $\sum^{n}_{k=1} \frac{1}{a_i} < 1,$ the partial sequences $r_1,r_2, ... , r_n$ are the one that gets nearer to 1.
Let $\triangle ABC$ be a triangle with side‐lengths $a,b,c$, incenter $I$, and circumradius $R$. Denote by $P$ the area of $\triangle ABC$, and let $P_1,\;P_2,\;P_3$ be the areas of triangles $\triangle ABI$, $\triangle BCI$, and $\triangle CAI$, respectively. Prove that
\[
\frac{abc}{12R}
\;\le\;
\frac{P_1^2 + P_2^2 + P_3^2}{P}
\;\le\;
\frac{3R^3}{4\sqrt[3]{abc}}.
\]
The tangents at $B$ and $A$ to the circumcircle of an acute angled triangle $ABC$ meet the tangent at $C$ at $T$ and $U$ respectively. $AT$ meets $BC$ at $P$, and $Q$ is the midpoint of $AP$; $BU$ meets $CA$ at $R$, and $S$ is the midpoint of $BR$. Prove that $\angle ABQ=\angle BAS$. Determine, in terms of ratios of side lengths, the triangles for which this angle is a maximum.
Suppose that $a,b,c,d$ are positive real numbers satisfying $(a+c)(b+d)=ac+bd$. Find the smallest possible value of
$$\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{d}+\frac{d}{a}.$$
[i]Israel[/i]
Let \(a,b,c\) be three distinct positive real numbers such that \(abc=1\). Prove that $$\dfrac{a^3}{(a-b)(a-c)}+\dfrac{b^3}{(b-c)(b-a)}+\dfrac{c^3}{(c-a)(c-b)} \ge 3$$
Prove the inequality:
\[\sum_{i < j}{\frac {a_{i}a_{j}}{a_{i} \plus{} a_{j}}}\leq \frac {n}{2(a_{1} \plus{} a_{2} \plus{}\cdots \plus{} a_{n})}\cdot \sum_{i < j}{a_{i}a_{j}}\]
for positive reals $ a_{1},a_{2},\ldots,a_{n}$.
[i]Proposed by Dusan Dukic, Serbia[/i]
Let a,b,c,d be real numbers satisfying $|a|,|b|,|c|,|d|>1$ and $abc+abd+acd+bcd+a+b+c+d=0$. Prove that $\frac {1} {a-1}+\frac {1} {b-1}+ \frac {1} {c-1}+ \frac {1} {d-1} >0$
If $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_n$ are positive integers and $k = \max\{a_1, \ldots, a_n\}$, $t = \min\{a_1,\ldots, a_n\}$, prove the inequality
\[\left(\frac{a_1^2+a_2^2+\cdots+a_n^2}{a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n}\right)^{\frac{kn}{t}} \geq a_1a_2\cdots a_n.\]
When does equality hold?
Show that for any positive real numbers $a, b, c$ true is inequality:
$\left(\frac{a - b}{c}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{b - c}{a}\right)^2 + \left(\frac{c - a}{b}\right)^2 \ge 2\sqrt{2}\left(\frac{a - b}{c} + \frac{b - c}{a} + \frac{c - a}{b} \right)$.
If $a,b,c$ are positive numbers, prove the inequality
$$\frac{a^2}{(a+b)(a+c)}+\frac{b^2}{(b+c)(b+a)}+\frac{c^2}{(c+a)(c+b)}\ge\frac34.$$
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 $a, b, c$ be positive numbers with the sum $1$. Prove the inequality
\[\frac{1}{1-a}+\frac{1}{1-b}+\frac{1}{1-c} \geq \frac{2}{1+a}+\frac{2}{1+b}+\frac{2}{1+c}.\]
Let $x$ be the length of one side of a triangle and let $y$ be the height to that side. If $x+y=418$, find the maximum possible $\textit{integral value}$ of the area of the triangle.
Let $d(n)$ be the number of positive divisors of a positive integer $n$ (including $1$ and $n$). Find all values of $n$ such that $n + d(n) = d(n)^2$.
Define $A(n)$ as the average of all positive divisors of the positive integer $n$. Find the sum of all solutions to $A(n)=42$.
[i] Proposed by Yannick Yao [/i]
For all $x> \sqrt 2$, $y> \sqrt 2$ numbers, prove that
$$x^4-x^3y+x^2y^2-xy^3+y^4>x^2+y^2$$
Suppose $a, b, c, d$ are positive reals such that $a \geq b \geq c \geq d$ and $ab^2c^3d^4 = 1$.
Help Janson prove that $a+b+c+d \geq 4$.
Let $h_a, h_b, h_c$ be the lengths of the altitudes of a triangle $ABC$ from $A, B, C$ respectively. Let $P$ be any point inside the triangle. Show that
\[\frac{PA}{h_b+h_c} + \frac{PB}{h_a+h_c} + \frac{PC}{h_a+h_b} \ge 1.\]
Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer, and let $a_2,a_3,\ldots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers such that $a_{2}a_{3}\cdots a_{n}=1$. Prove that
\[(1 + a_2)^2 (1 + a_3)^3 \dotsm (1 + a_n)^n > n^n.\]
[i]Proposed by Angelo Di Pasquale, Australia[/i]
Determine whether or not there exist two different sets $A,B$, each consisting of at most $2011^2$ positive integers, such that every $x$ with $0 < x < 1$ satisfies the following inequality:
\[\left| \sum_{a \in A} x^a - \sum_{b \in B} x^b \right| < (1-x)^{2011}.\]
Let $a,b$ be the smaller sides of a right triangle. Let $c$ be the hypothenuse and $h$ be the altitude from the right angle. Fint the maximal value of $\frac{c+h}{a+b}$.
If $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers such that $a+b+c = 1$, prove that \[ (1+a)(1+b)(1+c) \geq 8 (1-a)(1-b)(1-c) . \]
Let $a, b$, and $c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $abc = 1$.
Show that $a + b + c \ge \sqrt{\frac13 (a + 2)(b + 2)(c + 2)}$
Let $\mathbb{R}^+$ denote the set of positive real numbers. Find all functions $f: \mathbb{R}^+ \to \mathbb{R}^+$ such that for each $x \in \mathbb{R}^+$, there is exactly one $y \in \mathbb{R}^+$ satisfying $$xf(y)+yf(x) \leq 2$$