Found problems: 1671
If $x, y, z$ are real numbers satisfying $x^2 +y^2 +z^2 = 2$, prove the inequality
\[ x + y + z \leq 2 + xyz \]
When does equality occur?
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$, $ d$ be positive real numbers such that $ abcd \equal{} 1$ and $ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \plus{} d > \dfrac{a}{b} \plus{} \dfrac{b}{c} \plus{} \dfrac{c}{d} \plus{} \dfrac{d}{a}$. Prove that
\[ a \plus{} b \plus{} c \plus{} d < \dfrac{b}{a} \plus{} \dfrac{c}{b} \plus{} \dfrac{d}{c} \plus{} \dfrac{a}{d}\]
[i]Proposed by Pavel Novotný, Slovakia[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers for which $a+b+c=3$. Prove the inequality
\[\frac{a^3+2}{b+2}+\frac{b^3+2}{c+2}+\frac{c^3+2}{a+2}\ge3\]
Let $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n$ be non-negative real numbers such that
$$x_1^2+x_2^2 + \dots x_9^2 \ge 25.$$
Prove that one can choose three of these numbers such that their sum is at least $5$.
[i]Proposed by Karl Czakler[/i]
Let $a_1,a_2,\ldots, a_m$ be a set of $m$ distinct positive even numbers and $b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_n$ be a set of $n$ distinct positive odd numbers such that
\[a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_m+b_1+b_2+\cdots+b_n=2019\]
Prove that
\[5m+12n\le 581.\]
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 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]
For an acute triangle $ ABC$ prove the inequality:
$ \sum_{cyclic} \frac{m_a^2}{\minus{}a^2\plus{}b^2\plus{}c^2}\ge \frac{9}{4}$ where $ m_a,m_b,m_c$ are lengths of corresponding medians.
Let $r$, $s$ be real numbers, find maximum $t$ so that if $a_1, a_2, \ldots$ is a sequence of positive real numbers satisfying
\[ a_1^r + a_2^r + \cdots + a_n^r \le 2023 \cdot n^t \]
for all $n \ge 2023$ then the sum
\[ b_n = \frac 1{a_1^s} + \cdots + \frac 1{a_n^s} \]
is unbounded, i.e for all positive reals $M$ there is an $n$ such that $b_n > M$.
Find the smallest positive real number $\lambda$ such that for every numbers $a_1,a_2,a_3 \in \left[0, \frac{1}{2} \right]$ and $b_1,b_2,b_3 \in (0, \infty)$ with $\sum\limits_{i=1}^3a_i=\sum\limits_{i=1}^3b_i=1,$ we have $$b_1b_2b_3 \le \lambda (a_1b_1+a_2b_2+a_3b_3).$$
Let $a_{ij}, i = 1, 2, \dots, m$ and $j = 1, 2, \dots, n$ be positive real numbers. Prove that
\[ \sum_{i = 1}^m \left( \sum_{j = 1}^n \frac{1}{a_{ij}} \right)^{-1} \le \left( \sum_{j = 1}^n \left( \sum_{i = 1}^m a_{ij} \right)^{-1} \right)^{-1} \]
Find the smallest integer $n$ such that \[(x^2+y^2+z^2)^2\le n(x^4+y^4+z^4)\] for all real numbers $x,y,$ and $z$.
$\textbf{(A) }2\qquad\textbf{(B) }3\qquad\textbf{(C) }4\qquad\textbf{(D) }6\qquad \textbf{(E) }\text{There is no such integer }n.$
The numbers $S_1=2^2, S_2=2^4,\ldots, S_n=2^{2n}$ are given. A rectangle $OABC$ is constructed on the Cartesian plane according to these numbers. For this, starting from the point $O$ the points $A_1,A_2,\ldots,A_n$ are consistently marked along the axis $Ox$, and the points $C_1,C_2,\ldots,C_n$ are consistently marked along the axis $Oy$ in such a way that for all $k$ from $1$ to $n$ the lengths of the segments $A_{k-1}A_k=x_k$ and $C_{k-1}C_k=y_k$ are positive integers (let $A_0=C_0=O$, $A_n=A$, and $C_n=C$) and $x_k\cdot y_k=S_k$.
[b]a)[/b] Find the maximal possible value of the area of the rctangle $OABC$ and all pairs of sets $(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_k)$ and $(y_1,y_2,\ldots,y_k)$ at which this maximal area is achieved.
[b]b)[/b] Find the minimal possible value of the area of the rctangle $OABC$ and all pairs of sets $(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_k)$ and $(y_1,y_2,\ldots,y_k)$ at which this minimal area is achieved.
[i](E. Manzhulina, B. Rublyov)[/i]
Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive integers such that $a+b+c+d=99$. Find the maximum and minimum of product $abcd$
Let $ x,y$ be reals s.t. $ x^2\plus{}y^2\leq1$ and $ n$ a natural number.Prove that:
$ (x^n\plus{}y)^2\plus{}y^2\geq\dfrac{1}{n\plus{}2}(x^2\plus{}y^2)^n$
Let $ \mathbb{N}_0$ denote the set of nonnegative integers. Find all functions $ f$ from $ \mathbb{N}_0$ to itself such that
\[ f(m \plus{} f(n)) \equal{} f(f(m)) \plus{} f(n)\qquad \text{for all} \; m, n \in \mathbb{N}_0.
\]
Let $x$ and $y$ be positive numbers with $x +y=1$. Show that
$$\left(1+\frac{1}{x}\right)\left(1+\frac{1}{y}\right) \ge 9.$$
Find all real numbers $x,y,z\geq 1$ satisfying \[\min(\sqrt{x+xyz},\sqrt{y+xyz},\sqrt{z+xyz})=\sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{y-1}+\sqrt{z-1}.\]
Prove for the sidelengths $a,b,c$ of a triangle $ABC$ the inequality $\frac{a^3}{b+c-a}+\frac{b^3}{c+a-b}+\frac{c^3}{a+b-c}\ge a^2+b^2+c^2$
Let $a, b, c$ be real numbers with the property as $ab + bc + ca = 1$. Show that:
$$\frac {(a + b) ^ 2 + 1} {c ^ 2 + 2} + \frac {(b + c) ^ 2 + 1} {a ^ 2 + 2} + \frac {(c + a) ^ 2 + 1} {b ^ 2 + 2} \ge 3 $$.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that \[\frac{2a^2}{b+c} + \frac{2b^2}{c+a} + \frac{2c^2}{a+b} \geq a+b+c\](this is, of course, a joke!)
[b]EDITED with exponent 2 over c[/b]
Let $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$ be positive real numbers, whose sum is $1$. Prove that \[ \frac{a_1^2}{a_1+a_2}+\frac{a_2^2}{a_2+a_3}+\dots+\frac{a_{n-1}^2}{a_{n-1}+a_n}+\frac{a_n^2}{a_n+a_1}\ge \frac{1}{2} \]
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_n$ be positive real numbers such that $a_1 + a_2 + \cdots + a_n = 1$. Prove that $$\dfrac{a_1}{\sqrt{1-a_1}}+\cdots+\dfrac{a_n}{\sqrt{1-a_n}} \geq \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n-1}}(\sqrt{a_1}+\cdots+\sqrt{a_n}).$$
The maximum value of $k$ such that the enequality $\sqrt{x-3}+\sqrt{6-x}\geq k$ has a real solution is
$\text{(A)}\sqrt6-\sqrt3\qquad\text{(B)}\sqrt3\qquad\text{(C)}\sqrt3+\sqrt6\qquad\text{(D)}\sqrt6$
Suppose that $a, b, c > 0$ such that $abc = 1$. Prove that \[ \frac{ab}{ab + a^5 + b^5} + \frac{bc}{bc + b^5 + c^5} + \frac{ca}{ca + c^5 + a^5} \leq 1. \]