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Let $ X$ be a set of 10,000 integers, none of them is divisible by 47. Prove that there exists a 2007-element subset $ Y$ of $ X$ such that $ a \minus{} b \plus{} c \minus{} d \plus{} e$ is not divisible by 47 for any $ a,b,c,d,e \in Y.$ [i]Author: Gerhard Wöginger, Netherlands[/i]
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove the inequality: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{(a+2b)(b+2a)}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{(b+2c)(c+2b)}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{(c+2a)(a+2c)}} \geq 3$
Let $a,b,c,d$ be non-negative reals such that $a+b+c+d=4$. Prove the inequality \[\frac{a}{a^3+8}+\frac{b}{b^3+8}+\frac{c}{c^3+8}+\frac{d}{d^3+8}\le\frac{4}{9}\]
Suppose that the function $h:\mathbb{R}^2\to\mathbb{R}$ has continuous partial derivatives and satisfies the equation \[h(x,y)=a\frac{\partial h}{\partial x}(x,y)+b\frac{\partial h}{\partial y}(x,y)\] for some constants $a,b.$ Prove that if there is a constant $M$ such that $|h(x,y)|\le M$ for all $(x,y)$ in $\mathbb{R}^2,$ then $h$ is identically zero.
Let $ p$ be the product of two consecutive integers greater than 2. Show that there are no integers $ x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_p$ satisfying the equation \[ \sum^p_{i \equal{} 1} x^2_i \minus{} \frac {4}{4 \cdot p \plus{} 1} \left( \sum^p_{i \equal{} 1} x_i \right)^2 \equal{} 1 \] [b]OR[/b] Show that there are only two values of $ p$ for which there are integers $ x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_p$ satisfying \[ \sum^p_{i \equal{} 1} x^2_i \minus{} \frac {4}{4 \cdot p \plus{} 1} \left( \sum^p_{i \equal{} 1} x_i \right)^2 \equal{} 1 \]
In acute-angled triangle $ABC$, a semicircle with radius $r_a$ is constructed with its base on $BC$ and tangent to the other two sides. $r_b$ and $r_c$ are defined similarly. $r$ is the radius of the incircle of $ABC$. Show that \[ \frac{2}{r} = \frac{1}{r_a} + \frac{1}{r_b} + \frac{1}{r_c}. \]
There are $n$ students standing in a circle, one behind the other. The students have heights $h_1<h_2<\dots <h_n$. If a student with height $h_k$ is standing directly behind a student with height $h_{k-2}$ or less, the two students are permitted to switch places. Prove that it is not possible to make more than $\binom{n}{3}$ such switches before reaching a position in which no further switches are possible.
Find the minimum value of $\sqrt{x^2+y^2}$ if $5x+12y=60$. ${{ \textbf{(A)}\ \frac{60}{13} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ \frac{13}{5} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ \frac{13}{12} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 0 } $
Determine all functions $f:\Bbb{R}\to\Bbb{R}$ such that \[ f(x^2 + f(y)) = (f(x) + y^2)^ 2 \] , for all $x,y\in \Bbb{R}.$
Find the maximum possible value of $9\sqrt{x} + 8\sqrt{y} + 5\sqrt{z}$ where $x, y,$ and $z$ are positive real numbers satisfying $9x + 4y + z = 128$.
Given positive integers $n, k$ such that $n\ge 4k$, find the minimal value $\lambda=\lambda(n,k)$ such that for any positive reals $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$, we have \[ \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} {\frac{{a}_{i}}{\sqrt{{a}_{i}^{2}+{a}_{{i}+{1}}^{2}+{\cdots}{{+}}{a}_{{i}{+}{k}}^{2}}}} \le \lambda\] Where $a_{n+i}=a_i,i=1,2,\ldots,k$
Show that if $a+b+c=0$ then $(\frac{a}{b-c}+\frac{b}{c-a}+\frac{c}{a-b})(\frac{b-c}{a}+\frac{c-a}{b}+\frac{a-b}{c})=9$.
Let $x,y\in\mathbb{R}$ such that $x>2, y>3$. Find the minimum value of $\frac{(x+y)^2}{\sqrt{x^2-4}+\sqrt{y^2-9}}$
Let $n\geqslant 2$ be an integer. Prove that for any positive real numbers $a_1, a_2,\ldots, a_n$, \[\frac{1}{2\sqrt{2}}\sum_{i=1}^{n}2^{i}a_i^2 \geqslant\sum_{1 \leqslant i < j \leqslant n}a_i a_j.\][i]Proposed by Andrei Vila[/i]
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Determine all positive real numbers $x$ satisfying $nx^2 +\frac{2^2}{x + 1}+\frac{3^2}{x + 2}+...+\frac{(n + 1)^2}{x + n}= nx + \frac{n(n + 3)}{2}$
Is it possible to find a set $A$ of eleven positive integers such that no six elements of $A$ have a sum which is divisible by $6$?
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers . Prove that$$ \frac{1}{ab(b+1)(c+1)}+\frac{1}{bc(c+1)(a+1)}+\frac{1}{ca(a+1)(b+1)}\geq\frac{3}{(1+abc)^2}.$$
Find all real polynomials $ g(x)$ of degree at most $ n \minus{} 3$, $ n\geq 3$, knowing that all the roots of the polynomial $ f(x) \equal{} x^n \plus{} nx^{n \minus{} 1} \plus{} \frac {n(n \minus{} 1)}2 x^{n \minus{} 2} \plus{} g(x)$ are real.
For some positive integer $n,$ Elmo writes down the equation \[x_1+x_2+\dots+x_n=x_1+x_2+\dots+x_n.\] Elmo inserts at least one $f$ to the left side of the equation and adds parentheses to create a valid functional equation. For example, if $n=3,$ Elmo could have created the equation \[f(x_1+f(f(x_2)+x_3))=x_1+x_2+x_3.\] Cookie Monster comes up with a function $f: \mathbb{Q}\to\mathbb{Q}$ which is a solution to Elmo's functional equation. (In other words, Elmo's equation is satisfied for all choices of $x_1,\dots,x_n\in\mathbb{Q})$. Is it possible that there is no integer $k$ (possibly depending on $f$) such that $f^k(x)=x$ for all $x$? [i]Srinivas Arun[/i]
Let $ \alpha ,\beta $ be real numbers. Find the greatest value of the expression $$ |\alpha x +\beta y| +|\alpha x-\beta y| $$ in each of the following cases: [b]a)[/b] $ x,y\in \mathbb{R} $ and $ |x|,|y|\le 1 $ [b]b)[/b] $ x,y\in \mathbb{C} $ and $ |x|,|y|\le 1 $
For positive numbers $ a $, $ b $ and $ c $ satisfying the equality $ a + b + c = 1 $, prove the inequality $$ \frac {a ^ 7 + b ^ 7} {a ^ 5 + b ^ 5} + \frac {b ^ 7 + c ^ 7} {b ^ 5 + c ^ 5} + \frac {c ^ 7 + a ^ 7} {c ^ 5 + a ^ 5} \geq \frac {1} {3}. $$
Determine all positive integers $n$ for which there exist positive integers $a_1,a_2, ..., a_n$ with $a_1 + 2a_2 + 3a_3 +... + na_n = 6n$ and $\frac{1}{a_1}+\frac{2}{a_2}+\frac{3}{a_3}+ ... +\frac{n}{a_n}= 2 + \frac1n$
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers . Prove that$$ \frac{1}{ab(b+1)(c+1)}+\frac{1}{bc(c+1)(a+1)}+\frac{1}{ca(a+1)(b+1)}\geq\frac{3}{(1+abc)^2}.$$
Find the maximum value of $\lambda ,$ such that for $\forall x,y\in\mathbb R_+$ satisfying $2x-y=2x^3+y^3,x^2+\lambda y^2\leqslant 1.$
With the conditions $a,b,c\in\mathbb{R^+}$ and $a+b+c=1$, prove that \[\frac{7+2b}{1+a}+\frac{7+2c}{1+b}+\frac{7+2a}{1+c}\geq\frac{69}{4}\]