Found problems: 2529
(1) Prove that there exist five nonnegative real numbers $ a, b, c, d$ and $ e$ with their sum equal to 1 such that for any arrangement of these numbers around a circle, there are always two neighboring numbers with their product not less than $ \frac{1}{9}.$
(2) Prove that for any five nonnegative real numbers with their sum equal to 1 , it is always possible to arrange them around a circle such that there are two neighboring numbers with their product not greater than $ \frac{1}{9}.$
Positive numbers $a,\ b,\ c$ satisfy $\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}=3$. Prove the inequality
\[\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{a^3+1}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{b^3+1}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{c^3+1}}\le \dfrac{3}{\sqrt{2}}. \]
[i](N. Alexandrov)[/i]
Given $n$ positive real numbers satisfying $x_1 \ge x_2 \ge \cdots \ge x_n \ge 0$ and $x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_n^2=1$, prove that
\[\frac{x_1}{\sqrt{1}}+\frac{x_2}{\sqrt{2}}+\cdots+\frac{x_n}{\sqrt{n}}\ge 1.\]
Let $a_n, b_n$ be sequences of positive reals such that,$$a_{n+1}= a_n + \frac{1}{2b_n}$$ $$b_{n+1}= b_n + \frac{1}{2a_n}$$ for all $n\in\mathbb N$.
Prove that, $\text{max}\left(a_{2018}, b_{2018}\right) >44$.
Prove that for four positive real numbers $a,b,c,d$ the following inequality holds and find all equality cases:
$$a^3 +b^3 +c^3 +d^3 \geq a^2 b +b^2 c+ c^2 d +d^2 a.$$
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 $a,b,c$ be positive reals satisfying $a+b+c = \sqrt[7]{a} + \sqrt[7]{b} + \sqrt[7]{c}$. Prove that $a^a b^b c^c \ge 1$.
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]
Let $N$ be a positive integer such that the sum of the squares of all positive divisors of $N$ is equal to the product $N(N+3)$. Prove that there exist two indices $i$ and $j$ such that $N=F_iF_j$ where $(F_i)_{n=1}^{\infty}$ is the Fibonacci sequence defined as $F_1=F_2=1$ and $F_n=F_{n-1}+F_{n-2}$ for $n\geq 3$.
[i]Proposed by Alain Rossier, Switzerland[/i]
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be positive real numbers such that $ abc \equal{} 1$. Prove that
\[ \frac {1}{a^{3}\left(b \plus{} c\right)} \plus{} \frac {1}{b^{3}\left(c \plus{} a\right)} \plus{} \frac {1}{c^{3}\left(a \plus{} b\right)}\geq \frac {3}{2}.
\]
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be the sides of an acute triangle $\triangle ABC$ , then for any $x, y, z \geq 0$, such that $xy+yz+zx=1$ holds inequality:$$a^2x + b^2y + c^2z \geq 4F$$ where $F$ is the area of the triangle $\triangle ABC$
Prove that for any positive $ x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n,y_1,y_2,\ldots,y_n$ the inequality
\[ \sum_{i\equal{}1}^n\frac1{x_iy_i}\ge\frac{4n^2}{\sum_{i\equal{}1}^n(x_i\plus{}y_i)^2}
\] holds.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals. Find the minimum value of
$$\dfrac{13a+13b+2c}{2a+2b}+\dfrac{24a-b+13c}{2b+2c}+\dfrac{(-a+24b+13c)}{2c+2a}$$.
(1)What is the minimum value?
(2)If the minimum value occurs when $(a,b,c)=(a_0,b_0,c_0)$,then find $\frac{b_0}{a_0}+\frac{c_0}{b_0}$.
Let the real numbers $a,b,c,d$ satisfy the relations $a+b+c+d=6$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=12.$ Prove that
\[36 \leq 4 \left(a^3+b^3+c^3+d^3\right) - \left(a^4+b^4+c^4+d^4 \right) \leq 48.\]
[i]Proposed by Nazar Serdyuk, Ukraine[/i]
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_{2024}$ be a permutation of $1, 2, \ldots, 2024$. Find the minimum possible value of\[\sum_{i=1} ^{2023} \Big[(a_i+a_{i+1})\Big(\frac{1}{a_i}+\frac{1}{a_{i+1}}\Big)+\frac{1}{a_ia_{i+1}}\Big]\]
[i]Proposed by Md. Ashraful Islam Fahim[/i]
Let $ a$, $ b$ and $ c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Prove that
\[ a^{2}b(a \minus{} b) \plus{} b^{2}c(b \minus{} c) \plus{} c^{2}a(c \minus{} a)\ge 0.
\]
Determine when equality occurs.
We have $2^m$ sheets of paper, with the number $1$ written on each of them. We perform the following operation. In every step we choose two distinct sheets; if the numbers on the two sheets are $a$ and $b$, then we erase these numbers and write the number $a + b$ on both sheets. Prove that after $m2^{m -1}$ steps, the sum of the numbers on all the sheets is at least $4^m$ .
[i]Proposed by Abbas Mehrabian, Iran[/i]
Prove: If $x, y, z$ are the lengths of the angle bisectors of a triangle with perimeter 6, than we have:
\[\frac{1}{x^2} + \frac{1}{y^2} + \frac{1}{z^2} \geq 1.\]
Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers with $a+b+c+d=2$. Prove the following inequality:
$$\frac{(a+c)^{2}}{ad+bc}+\frac{(b+d)^{2}}{ac+bd}+4\geq 4\left ( \frac{a+b+1}{c+d+1}+\frac{c+d+1}{a+b+1} \right).$$
[i]Proposed by Mohammad Jafari[/i]
Find the largest real number $k$, such that for any positive real numbers $a,b$,
$$(a+b)(ab+1)(b+1)\geq kab^2$$
Let $S$ be the set of all partitions of $2000$ (in a sum of positive integers). For every such partition $p$, we define $f (p)$ to be the sum of the number of summands in $p$ and the maximal summand in $p$. Compute the minimum of $f (p)$ when $p \in S .$
Let $a, b$ be reals with $a \neq 0$ and let $$P(x)=ax^4-4ax^3+(5a+b)x^2-4bx+b.$$ Show that all roots of $P(x)$ are real and positive if and only if $a=b$.
Find all pairs of integers $x,y$ for which
\[x^3+x^2+x=y^2+y.\]
We call a positive integer $n$ $\textit{sixish}$ if $n=p(p+6)$, where $p$ and $p+6$ are prime numbers. For example, $187=11\cdot17$ is sixish, but $475=19\cdot25$ is not sixish. Define a function $f$ on the positive integers such that $f(n)$ is the sum of the squares of the positive divisors of $n$. For example, $f(10)=1^2+2^2+5^2+10^2=130$.
(a) Find, with proof, an irreducible polynomial function $g(x)$ with integer coefficients such that $f(n)=g(n)$ for all sixish $n$. ("Irreducible" means that $g(x)$ cannot be factored as the product of two polynomials of smaller degree with integer coefficients.)
(b) We call a positive integer $n$ $\textit{pseudo-sixish}$ if $n$ is not sixish but nonetheless $f(n)=g(n)$, where $g(n)$ is the polynomial function that you found in part (a). Find, with proof, all pseudo-sixish positive integers.
Let $ a,b,c,d$ be real numbers with sum 0. Prove the inequality:
\[ (ab \plus{} ac \plus{} ad \plus{} bc \plus{} bd \plus{} cd)^2 \plus{} 12\geq 6(abc \plus{} abd \plus{} acd \plus{} bcd).
\]
A [i]special number[/i] is a positive integer $n$ for which there exists positive integers $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ with \[ n = \frac {a^3 + 2b^3} {c^3 + 2d^3}. \] Prove that
i) there are infinitely many special numbers;
ii) $2014$ is not a special number.
[i]Romania[/i]