Found problems: 2529
Find all positive integers $n$, such that $\sigma(n) =\tau(n) \lceil {\sqrt{n}} \rceil$.
Let $a,b,c>0$ and $a+b+c=6$ . Prove that $$ \frac{1}{a^2b+16}+\frac{1}{b^2c+16}+\frac{1}{c^2a+16}
\ge \frac{1}{8}.$$
Let $S={1,2,\ldots,100}$. Consider a partition of $S$ into $S_1,S_2,\ldots,S_n$ for some $n$, i.e. $S_i$ are nonempty, pairwise disjoint and $\displaystyle S=\bigcup_{i=1}^n S_i$. Let $a_i$ be the average of elements of the set $S_i$. Define the score of this partition by
\[\dfrac{a_1+a_2+\ldots+a_n}{n}.\]
Among all $n$ and partitions of $S$, determine the minimum possible score.
Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers with $a^2 + b^2 =\frac12$. Prove that
$$\frac{1}{1 - a}+\frac{1}{1-b}\ge 4.$$
When does equality hold?
[i](Walther Janous)[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be distinct positive real numbers with $abc=1$. Prove that $$\sum_{\text{cyc}} \frac{a^6}{(a-b)(a-c)}>15.$$
Let $O$ be the circumcenter and $R$ be the circumradius of an acute triangle $ABC$. Let $AO$ meet the circumcircle of $OBC$ again at $D$, $BO$ meet the circumcircle of $OCA$ again at $E$, and $CO$ meet the circumcircle of $OAB$ again at $F$. Show that $OD.OE.OF\geq 8R^{3}$.
Solve in positive reals the system:
$x+y+z+w=4$
$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}+\frac{1}{w}=5-\frac{1}{xyzw}$
If $a_i >0$ ($i=1, 2, \cdots , n$), then $$\left (\frac{a_1}{a_2} \right )^k + \left (\frac{a_2}{a_3} \right )^k + \cdots + \left (\frac{a_n}{a_1} \right )^k \geq \frac{a_1}{a_2}+\frac{a_2}{a_3}+\cdots + \frac{a_n}{a_1}$$ for all $k\in \mathbb{N}$
If the sum of the lengths of the six edges of a trirectangular tetrahedron $ PABC$ (i.e., $ \angle APB \equal{} \angle BPC \equal{} \angle CPA \equal{} 90^\circ$) is $ S$, determine its maximum volume.
The non-negative numbers $x,y,z$ satisfy the relation $x + y+ z = 3$. Find the smallest possible numerical value and the largest possible numerical value for the expression
$$E(x,y, z) = \sqrt{x(y + 3)} + \sqrt{y(z + 3)} + \sqrt{z(x + 3)} .$$
Consider the set $A = \left\{\frac{j}{4}+\frac{100}{j}|j=1,2,3,..\right\} $ What is the smallest number that belongs to the $ A $ set?
Prove that
\[\sum_{cyc}(x+y)\sqrt{(z+x)(z+y)} \geq 4(xy+yz+zx),\]
for all positive real numbers $x,y$ and $z$.
a, b, c are positive real numbers and a+b+c=k. Find the minimum value of $ b^2/(ka+bc)^1/2+c^2/(kb+ac)^1/2+a^2/(kc+ab)^1/2 $
[url=http://www.mathlinks.ro/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=107262]IMO 2007 HKTST 1[/url]
Problem 3
Let $A$, $B$ and $C$ be real numbers such that
(i) $\sin A \cos B+|\cos A \sin B|=\sin A |\cos A|+|\sin B|\cos B$,
(ii) $\tan C$ and $\cot C$ are defined.
Find the minimum value of $(\tan C-\sin A)^{2}+(\cot C-\cos B)^{2}$.
Let $P$ be a polygon that is convex and symmetric to some point $O$. Prove that for some parallelogram $R$ satisfying $P\subset R$ we have \[\frac{|R|}{|P|}\leq \sqrt 2\]
where $|R|$ and $|P|$ denote the area of the sets $R$ and $P$, respectively.
[i]Proposed by Witold Szczechla, Poland[/i]
The sidelengths of a triangle are $a,b,c$.
(a) Prove that there is a triangle which has the sidelengths $\sqrt a,\sqrt b,\sqrt c$.
(b) Prove that $\displaystyle \sqrt{ab}+\sqrt{bc}+\sqrt{ca} \leq a+b+c < 2 \sqrt{ab} + 2 \sqrt{bc} + 2 \sqrt{ca}$.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be nonnegative reals such that $ab+bc+ca = \frac{1}{3}$. Prove that
\[\frac{1}{a^{2}-bc+1}+\frac{1}{b^{2}-ca+1}+\frac{1}{c^{2}-ab+1}\leq 3 \]
Let \(a,b,c\) be positive real numbers such that \(ab+bc+ac = a+b+c\). Prove the following inequality:
\[\sqrt{a+\frac{b}{c}} + \sqrt{b+\frac{c}{a}} + \sqrt{c+\frac{a}{b}} \leq \sqrt{2} \cdot \min \left\{ \frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a},\ \frac{b}{a}+\frac{c}{b}+\frac{a}{c} \right\}.\] \\ \\ [i]Proposed by Dorlir Ahmeti.[/i]
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]
[b]BJ2. [/b] Positive real numbers $ a,b,c$ satisfy inequality $ \frac {3}{2}\geq a \plus{} b \plus{} c$. Find the smallest possible value for
$ S \equal{} abc \plus{} \frac {1}{abc}$
If $0\le a\le b\le c$ real numbers, prove that $(a+3b)(b+4c)(c+2a)\ge 60abc$.
Prove or disprove that $\forall a,b,c,d \in \mathbb{R}^+$ we have the following inequality:
\[3 \leq \frac{4a+b}{a+4b} + \frac{4b+c}{b+4c} + \frac{4c+a}{c+4a} < \frac{33}{4}\]
Let $n$ and $k$ be natural numbers and $a_1,a_2,\ldots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers satisfying $a_1+a_2+\cdots +a_n=1$. Prove that
\[\dfrac {1} {a_1^{k}}+\dfrac {1} {a_2^{k}}+\cdots +\dfrac {1} {a_n^{k}} \ge n^{k+1}.\]
Suppose $ a$ and $ b$ are real numbers such that the roots of the cubic equation $ ax^3\minus{}x^2\plus{}bx\minus{}1$ are positive real numbers. Prove that:
\[ (i)\ 0<3ab\le 1\text{ and }(i)\ b\ge \sqrt{3}
\]
[19 points out of 100 for the 6 problems]
Let $v$ and $w$ be real numbers such that, for all real numbers $a$ and $b$, the inequality \[(2^{a+b}+8)(3^a+3^b) \leq v(12^{a-1}+12^{b-1}-2^{a+b-1})+w\] holds. Compute the smallest possible value of $128v^2+w^2$.
[i]Proposed by Luke Robitaille[/i]