Found problems: 2529
Prove that for positive real numbers $a, b, c$ such that $abc=1$, the following inequality holds:
$$\frac{a}{b(a+b)}+\frac{b}{c(b+c)}+\frac{c}{a(c+a)} \ge \frac32$$
(I. Voronovich)
Find all $4$-tuple of real numbers $(x, y, z, w)$ that satisfy the following system of equations:
$$x^2 + y^2 + z^2 + w^2 = 4$$
$$\frac{1}{x^2} +\frac{1}{y^2} +\frac{1}{z^2 }+\frac{1}{w^2} = 5 -\frac{1}{(xyzw)^2}$$
Find the least real number $K$ such that for all real numbers $x$ and $y$, we have $(1 + 20 x^2)(1 + 19 y^2) \ge K xy$.
Let $x,y,z$ be positive numbers such that
\[ {1\over x}+{1\over y}+{1\over z}=1. \]
Show that
\[ \sqrt{x+yz}+\sqrt{y+zx}+\sqrt{z+xy}\ge\sqrt{xyz}+\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}+\sqrt{z} \]
If $0<a\leq b\leq c$ prove that
$$\frac{(c-a)^2}{6c}\leq \frac{a+b+c}{3}-\frac{3}{\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}}$$
Let $P$ be a non-zero polynomial with non-negative real coefficients, let $N$ be a positive integer, and let $\sigma$ be a permutation of the set $\{1,2,...,n\}$. Determine the least value the sum
\[\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{P(x_i^2)}{P(x_ix_{\sigma(i)})}\] may achieve, as $x_1,x_2,...,x_n$ run through the set of positive real numbers.
[i]Fedor Petrov[/i]
Prove that there exists a constant $C>0$ such that
$$H(a_1)+H(a_2)+\cdots+H(a_m)\leq C\sqrt{\sum_{i=1}^{m}i a_i}$$
holds for arbitrary positive integer $m$ and any $m$ positive integer $a_1,a_2,\cdots,a_m$, where $$H(n)=\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{1}{k}.$$
Let $ \, a_{0}, a_{1}, a_{2},\ldots\,$ be a sequence of positive real numbers satisfying $ \, a_{i\minus{}1}a_{i\plus{}1}\leq a_{i}^{2}\,$ for $ i \equal{} 1,2,3,\ldots\; .$ (Such a sequence is said to be [i]log concave[/i].) Show that for each $ \, n > 1,$
\[ \frac{a_{0}\plus{}\cdots\plus{}a_{n}}{n\plus{}1}\cdot\frac{a_{1}\plus{}\cdots\plus{}a_{n\minus{}1}}{n\minus{}1}\geq\frac{a_{0}\plus{}\cdots\plus{}a_{n\minus{}1}}{n}\cdot\frac{a_{1}\plus{}\cdots\plus{}a_{n}}{n}.\]
There are $n \ge 3$ positive integers written on a board. A [i]move[/i] consists of choosing three numbers $a, b, c$ written from the board such that there exists a non-degenerate non-equilateral triangle with sides $a, b, c$ and replacing those numbers with $a + b - c, b + c - a$ and $c + a - b$.
Prove that a sequence of moves cannot be infinite.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$, and $d$ be positive real numbers such that
\[\begin{array}{c@{\hspace{3pt}} c@{\hspace{3pt}} c@{\hspace{3pt}} c@{\hspace{3pt}}c}a^2+b^2&=&c^2+d^2&=&2008,\\ ac&=&bd&=&1000.\end{array}\]If $S=a+b+c+d$, compute the value of $\lfloor S\rfloor$.
a) Prove that if $x,y>0$ then
\[ \frac x{y^2} + \frac y{x^2} \geq \frac 1x + \frac 1y. \]
b) Prove that if $a,b,c$ are positive real numbers, then
\[ \frac {a+b}{c^2} + \frac {b+c}{a^2} + \frac {c+a}{b^2} \geq 2 \left( \frac 1a + \frac 1b + \frac 1c \right). \]
At a summer school there are $7$ courses. Each participant was a student in at least one course, and each course was taken by exactly $40$ students. It is known that for each $2$ courses there were at most $9$ students who took them both. Prove that at least $120$ students participated at this summer school.
Let $x, y$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $x + y + z = \frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}$ . Prove that $xy + yz + zx \ge 3$.
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $a^3 + b^3 + c^3 = 5abc$.
Show that
\[
\left( \frac{a + b}{c} \right) \left( \frac{b + c}{a} \right) \left( \frac{c + a}{b} \right) \geq 9.
\]
Prove that for any triangle with sides $a, b, c$ and area $P$ the following inequality holds:
\[P \leq \frac{\sqrt 3}{4} (abc)^{2/3}.\]
Find all triangles for which equality holds.
If a, b, c are positive real numbers with $ a+b+c=1 $. Find the minimum value of $ \sqrt{a}+\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{abc}} $
Prove that if $x$, $y$, $z$ are positive real numbers and $xyz = 1$ then
\[\frac{x^3}{x^2+y}+\frac{y^3}{y^2+z}+\frac{z^3}{z^2+x}\geq \dfrac {3} {2}.\]
[i]A. Golovanov[/i]
In a triangle $ABC$, let $M$ be the midpoint of $BC$ and $I$ the incenter of $ABC$. If $IM$ = $IA$, find the least possible measure of $\angle{AIM}$.
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]
Find all pairs of positive integers $ (x,y)$ such that
\[ x^y \equal{} y^{x \minus{} y}.
\]
[i]Albania[/i]
a) Prove that for all positive reals $u,v,x,y$ the following inequality takes place:
\[ \frac ux + \frac vy \geq \frac {4(uy+vx)}{(x+y)^2} . \]
b) Let $a,b,c,d>0$. Prove that
\[ \frac a{b+2c+d} + \frac b{c+2d+a} + \frac c{d+2a+b} + \frac d{a+2b+c} \geq 1.\]
[i]Traian Tămâian[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers so that $a+b+c = \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$. Find the maximum value of
$$27abc+a\sqrt{a^2+2bc}+b\sqrt{b^2+2ca}+c\sqrt{c^2+2ab}.$$
The parallelepiped contains a sphere of radius $r$ and is contained within a sphere of radius $R$. Prove that $ \frac{R}{r} \geq \sqrt{3} $.
Find the minimum possible value of \[\frac{a}{b^3+4}+\frac{b}{c^3+4}+\frac{c}{d^3+4}+\frac{d}{a^3+4}\] given that $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are nonnegative real numbers such that $a+b+c+d=4$.
[i]Proposed by Titu Andreescu[/i]
If $a,b,c$ are the sides of a triangle and $r$ the inradius of the triangle, prove that
\[\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{c^2}\le \frac{1}{4r^2} \]