Let $P$ be an arbitrary point inside triangle $ABC$, denote by $A_{1}$ (different from $P$) the second intersection of line $AP$ with the circumcircle of triangle $PBC$ and define $B_{1},C_{1}$ similarly. Prove that $\left(1 \plus{} 2\cdot\frac {PA}{PA_{1}}\right)\left(1 \plus{} 2\cdot\frac {PB}{PB_{1}}\right)\left(1 \plus{} 2\cdot\frac {PC}{PC_{1}}\right)\geq 8$.

Prove that $\frac{ab}{a+b}+\frac{bc}{b+c}+\frac{ca}{c+a}\le \frac{a+b+c}{2}$, where $a,b,c\in\mathbb{R}^{+}$.

For $n \ge 3$, let $S=a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n$ and $T=b_1b_2\cdots b_n$ for positive real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n, b_1,b_2 ,\ldots,b_n$, where the numbers $b_i$ are pairwise distinct. (a) Find the number of distinct real zeroes of the polynomial \[f(x)=(x-b_1)(x-b_2)\cdots(x-b_n)\sum_{j=1}^n \frac{a_j}{x-b_j}\] (b) Prove the inequality \[\frac1{n-1}\sum_{j=1}^n \left(1-\frac{a_j}{S}\right)b_j > \left(\frac{T}{S}\sum_{j=1}^{n} \frac{a_j}{b_j}\right)^{\frac1{n-1}}\]

For a nonnegative integer $n$ and a strictly increasing sequence of real numbers $t_0, t_1, \ldots, t_n$, let $f(t)$ be the corresponding real-valued function defined for $t \geq t_0$ by the following properties: (a) $f(t)$ is continuous for $t \geq t_0$, and is twice differentiable for all $t>t_0$ other than $t_1, \ldots, t_n$; (b) $f\left(t_0\right)=1 / 2$; (c) $\lim _{t \rightarrow t_k^{+}} f^{\prime}(t)=0$ for $0 \leq k \leq n$; (d) For $0 \leq k \leq n-1$, we have $f^{\prime \prime}(t)=k+1$ when $t_k<t<t_{k+1}$, and $f^{\prime \prime}(t)=n+1$ when $t>t_n$. Considering all choices of $n$ and $t_0, t_1, \ldots, t_n$ such that $t_k \geq t_{k-1}+1$ for $1 \leq k \leq n$, what is the least possible value of $T$ for which $f\left(t_0+T\right)=2023$?

Let a triangle $\triangle ABC$ and the real numbers $x$, $y$, $z>0$. Prove that $$x^n\cos\frac{A}{2}+y^n\cos\frac{B}{2}+z^n\cos\frac{C}{2}\geq (yz)^{\frac{n}{2}}\sin A +(zx)^{\frac{n}{2}}\sin B +(xy)^{\frac{n}{2}}\sin C$$

Find all integers $n \geq 3$ for which there exist real numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots a_{n + 2}$ satisfying $a_{n + 1} = a_1$, $a_{n + 2} = a_2$ and $$a_ia_{i + 1} + 1 = a_{i + 2},$$ for $i = 1, 2, \dots, n$. [i]Proposed by Patrik Bak, Slovakia[/i]

Let $x$ be a real number such that $0<x<\frac{\pi}{2}$. Prove that \[\cos^2(x)\cot (x)+\sin^2(x)\tan (x)\ge 1\]

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 $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be positive real numbers such that $ abc=1$. Prove that $ \frac{1}{1+b+c}+\frac{1}{1+c+a}+\frac{1}{1+a+b}\leq\frac{1}{2+a}+\frac{1}{2+b}+\frac{1}{2+c}$.

Given a circle of radius $\sqrt{13}$, let $A$ be a point at a distance $4 + \sqrt{13}$ from the center $O$ of the circle. Let $B$ be the point on the circle nearest to point $A$. A line passing through the point $A$ intersects the circle at points $K$ and $L$. The maximum possible area for $\triangle BKL$ can be written in the form $\tfrac{a-b\sqrt{c}}{d}$, where $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ are positive integers, $a$ and $d$ are relatively prime, and $c$ is not divisible by the square of any prime. Find $a+b+c+d$.

Given real numbers $a,b,c,d,e>1$. Prove that \[ \frac{a^2}{c-1}+\frac{b^2}{d-1}+\frac{c^2}{e-1}+\frac{d^2}{a-1}+\frac{e^2}{b-1} \ge 20 \]

Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $abc=1$. Prove that the following inequality holds: $$\frac{a+b+c}{3}\geq\frac{a}{a^2b+2}+\frac{b}{b^2c+2}+\frac{c}{c^2a+2}.$$

Let $x_i\ (i = 1, 2, \cdots 22)$ be reals such that $x_i \in [2^{i-1},2^i]$. Find the maximum possible value of $$(x_1+x_2+\cdots +x_{22})(\frac{1}{x_1}+\frac{1}{x_2}+\cdots+\frac{1}{x_{22}})$$

Prove that for every positive real $a,b,c$ the inequality holds : $\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}+1 \geq \frac{2\sqrt2}{3} (\sqrt{\frac{a+b}{c}}+\sqrt{\frac{b+c}{a}}+\sqrt{\frac{c+a}{b}})$ When does the equality hold?

For positive real numbers $a, b, c$ such that $a+b+c=3$, show that: \[\sqrt{a} + \sqrt{b} + \sqrt{c} \ge ab+bc+ca.\]