Found problems: 2529
Let $a,b,c>0$ such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove: \[\frac{a^{2}}b+\frac{b^{2}}c+\frac{c^{2}}a \ge 3(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}) \]
Let \(\triangle ABC\) have side lengths \(AB=30\), \(BC=32\), and \(AC=34\). Point \(X\) lies in the interior of \(\overline{BC}\), and points \(I_1\) and \(I_2\) are the incenters of \(\triangle ABX\) and \(\triangle ACX\), respectively. Find the minimum possible area of \(\triangle AI_1I_2\) as \( X\) varies along \(\overline{BC}\).
The positive real numbers $a, b, c$ satisfy the equality $a + b + c = 1$. For every natural number $n$ find the minimal possible value of the expression $$E=\frac{a^{-n}+b}{1-a}+\frac{b^{-n}+c}{1-b}+\frac{c^{-n}+a}{1-c}$$
Find the maximal value of
\[S = \sqrt[3]{\frac{a}{b+7}} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{b}{c+7}} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{c}{d+7}} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{d}{a+7}},\]
where $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ are nonnegative real numbers which satisfy $a+b+c+d = 100$.
[i]Proposed by Evan Chen, Taiwan[/i]
Suppose that $\displaystyle{{v_1},{v_2},...,{v_d}}$ are unit vectors in $\displaystyle{{{\Bbb R}^d}}$. Prove that there exists a unitary vector $\displaystyle{u}$ such that $\displaystyle{\left| {u \cdot {v_i}} \right| \leq \frac{1}{{\sqrt d }}}$ for $\displaystyle{i = 1,2,...,d}$.
[b]Note.[/b] Here $\displaystyle{ \cdot }$ denotes the usual scalar product on $\displaystyle{{{\Bbb R}^d}}$.
[i]Proposed by Tomasz Tkocz, University of Warwick.[/i]
Let $a$ be positive real number such that $a^{3}=6(a+1)$. Prove that the equation $x^{2}+ax+a^{2}-6=0$ has no real solution.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c=3$. Determine, with certainty, the largest possible value of the expression $$ \frac{a}{a^3+b^2+c}+\frac{b}{b^3+c^2+a}+\frac{c}{c^3+a^2+b}$$
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be positive reals for $n \geq 2$. For a permutation $(b_1, b_2, \ldots, b_n)$ of $(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)$, define its $\textit{score}$ to be $$\sum_{i=1}^{n-1}\frac{b_i^2}{b_{i+1}}.$$ Show that some two permutations of $(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)$ have scores that differ by at most $3|a_1-a_n|$.
Let $x,y,z \in \mathbb{R}^+$ satisfying $xyz=3(x+y+z)$. Prove, that
\begin{align*} \sum \frac{1}{x^2(y+1)} \geq \frac{3}{4(x+y+z)} \end{align*}
Let $n$ be a fixed positive integer. Initially, $n$ 1's are written on a blackboard. Every minute, David picks two numbers $x$ and $y$ written on the blackboard, erases them, and writes the number $(x+y)^4$ on the blackboard. Show that after $n-1$ minutes, the number written on the blackboard is at least $2^{\frac{4n^2-4}{3}}$.
[i]Proposed by Calvin Deng[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be the sides of a triangle, $\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma$ the corresponding angles and $r$ the inradius. Prove that $$a\cdot sin\alpha+b\cdot sin\beta+c\cdot sin\gamma\geq 9r$$
Prove that for any four positive real numbers $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$ the inequality
\[ \frac {(a \minus{} b)(a \minus{} c)}{a \plus{} b \plus{} c} \plus{} \frac {(b \minus{} c)(b \minus{} d)}{b \plus{} c \plus{} d} \plus{} \frac {(c \minus{} d)(c \minus{} a)}{c \plus{} d \plus{} a} \plus{} \frac {(d \minus{} a)(d \minus{} b)}{d \plus{} a \plus{} b}\ge 0\]
holds. Determine all cases of equality.
[i]Author: Darij Grinberg (Problem Proposal), Christian Reiher (Solution), Germany[/i]
Sevara writes in red $8$ distinct positive integers and then writes in blue the $28$ sums of each two red numbers. At most how many of the blue numbers can be prime?
[i]Marin Hristov, Bulgaria[/i]
Let $m$ be a fixed positive integer. The infinite sequence $\{a_n\}_{n\geq 1}$ is defined in the following way: $a_1$ is a positive integer, and for every integer $n\geq 1$ we have
$$a_{n+1} = \begin{cases}a_n^2+2^m & \text{if } a_n< 2^m \\ a_n/2 &\text{if } a_n\geq 2^m\end{cases}$$
For each $m$, determine all possible values of $a_1$ such that every term in the sequence is an integer.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $\min(ab,bc,ca) \ge 1$. Prove that $$\sqrt[3]{(a^2+1)(b^2+1)(c^2+1)} \le \left(\frac{a+b+c}{3}\right)^2 + 1.$$
[i]Proposed by Tigran Margaryan, Armenia[/i]
Let all possible $2023$-degree real polynomials: $P(x)=x^{2023}+a_1x^{2022}+a_2x^{2021}+\cdots+a_{2022}x+a_{2023}$,
where $P(0)+P(1)=0$, and the polynomial has 2023 real roots $r_1, r_2,\cdots r_{2023}$ [not necessarily distinct] so that $0\leq r_1,r_2,\cdots r_{2023}\leq1$. What is the maximum value of $r_1 \cdot r_2 \cdots r_{2023}?$
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc=1$. Prove the following inequality: \\$a^3+b^3+c^3+\frac{ab}{a^2+b^2}+\frac{bc}{b^2+c^2}+\frac{ca}{c^2+a^2} \geq \frac{9}{2}$.
For $ n\geq2$ let $ a_1, a_2, \ldots a_n$ be positive real numbers such that
\[ (a_1 \plus{} a_2 \plus{} \cdots \plus{} a_n)\left(\frac {1}{a_1} \plus{} \frac {1}{a_2} \plus{} \cdots \plus{} \frac {1}{a_n}\right) \leq \left(n \plus{} \frac {1}{2}\right)^2.
\]
Prove that $ \max(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)\leq 4\min(a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n)$.
Prove that for all positive reals $a,b,c$,
\[\frac{1}{a+\frac{1}{b}+1}+\frac{1}{b+\frac{1}{c}+1}+\frac{1}{c+\frac{1}{a}+1}\ge \frac{3}{\sqrt[3]{abc}+\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{abc}}+1}. \][i]Proposed by David Stoner[/i]
Prove that for positive reals $a,b,c$,
\[\frac{8a^2+2ab}{(b+\sqrt{6ac}+3c)^2}+\frac{2b^2+3bc}{(3c+\sqrt{2ab}+2a)^2}+\frac{18c^2+6ac}{(2a+\sqrt{3bc}+b})^2\geq 1\]
Three circles $C_i$ are given in the plane: $C_1$ has diameter $AB$ of length $1$; $C_2$ is concentric and has diameter $k$ ($1 < k < 3$); $C_3$ has center $A$ and diameter $2k$. We regard $k$ as fixed. Now consider all straight line segments $XY$ which have one endpoint $X$ on $C_2$, one endpoint $Y$ on $C_3$, and contain the point $B$. For what ratio $XB/BY$ will the segment $XY$ have minimal length?
Let $x$ , $y$ , $z>0$. Prove that if $xyz\geq xy+yz+zx$, then $xyz \geq 3(x+
y+z)$.
We choose 100 points in the coordinate plane. Let $N$ be the number of triples $(A,B,C)$ of distinct chosen points such that $A$ and $B$ have the same $y$-coordinate, and $B$ and $C$ have the same $x$-coordinate. Find the greatest value that $N$ can attain considering all possible ways to choose the points.
Show that there are no 2-tuples $ (x,y)$ of positive integers satisfying the equation $ (x+1) (x+2)\cdots (x+2014)= (y+1) (y+2)\cdots (y+4028).$
Let $ABC$ be a triangle and $M,N,P$ be the midpoints of sides $BC, CA, AB$. The lines $AM, BN, CP$ meet the circumcircle of $ABC$ in the points $A_{1}, B_{1}, C_{1}$. Show that the area of triangle $ABC$ is at most the sum of areas of triangles $BCA_{1}, CAB_{1}, ABC_{1}$.