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Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that: $\left (a+b+c \right )\left ( \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c} \right ) \geq 9+3\sqrt[3]{\frac{(a-b)^2(b-c)^2(c-a)^2}{a^2b^2c^2}}$
Find all functions $f:\mathbb{Z}_{>0}\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ that satisfy the following two conditions: [list]$\bullet\ f(n)$ is a perfect square for all $n\in\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$ $\bullet\ f(m+n)=f(m)+f(n)+2mn$ for all $m,n\in\mathbb{Z}_{>0}$.[/list]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca\le 3abc$. Prove that \[\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{a+b}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+c^2}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+a^2}{c+a}}+3\le \sqrt{2} (\sqrt{a+b}+\sqrt{b+c}+\sqrt{c+a})\]
Let $x,y,z$ be positive reals for which: $\sum (xy)^{2}=6xyz$ Prove that: $\sum \sqrt{\frac{x}{x+yz}}\geq \sqrt{3}$.
Suppose that $a, b, c$ are positive real numbers and $a + b + c = 3$. Prove that $$\frac{a+b}{c+2} + \frac{b+c}{a+2} + \frac{c+a}{b+2} \geq 2$$ and determine when equality holds.
For all real numbers $a$ prove that $3(a^4+a^2+1)\geq (a^2+a+1)^2$
Suppose $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ is a function such that \[|f(x+y)-f(x)-f(y)|\le 1\ \ \ \text{for all} \ \ x, y \in\mathbb R.\] Prove that there is a function $g:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R}$ such that $|f(x)-g(x)|\le 1$ and $g(x+y)=g(x)+g(y)$ for all $x,y \in\mathbb R.$
Let $ABCD$ be a trapezoid with bases $AB,CD$ such that $CD=k \cdot AB$ ($0<k<1$). Point $P$ is such that $\angle PAB=\angle CAD$ and $\angle PBA=\angle DBC$. Prove that $PA+PB \leq \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1-k^2}} \cdot AB$.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals. Prove that \[ \frac{(a-b)(a-c)}{2a^2 + (b+c)^2} + \frac{(b-c)(b-a)}{2b^2 + (c+a)^2} + \frac{(c-a)(c-b)}{2c^2 + (a+b)^2} \geq 0. \] [i]Calvin Deng.[/i]
Let $x, y$, and $z$ be positive real numbers, such that $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 3$. Prove the inequality \[\frac{x^3}{2 + x} + \frac{y^3}{2 + y} + \frac{z^3}{2 + z} \ge 1.\] When does the equality hold?
For any nonnegative reals $x, y$ show the inequality $$x^2y^2 + x^2y + xy^2 \le x^4y + x + y^4$$.
Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ be arbitrary real numbers. Prove the inequality \[ \frac{x_1}{1+x_1^2} + \frac{x_2}{1+x_1^2 + x_2^2} + \cdots + \frac{x_n}{1 + x_1^2 + \cdots + x_n^2} < \sqrt{n}. \]
For all positive real numbers $a,b,c$ with $a+b+c=3$, show that $$a^3b+b^3c+c^3a+9\geq 4(ab+bc+ca).$$
If $ a,b,c,d,e$ are positive numbers bounded by $ p$ and $ q$, i.e, if they lie in $ [p,q], 0 < p$, prove that \[ (a \plus{} b \plus{} c \plus{} d \plus{} e)\left(\frac {1}{a} \plus{} \frac {1}{b} \plus{} \frac {1}{c} \plus{} \frac {1}{d} \plus{} \frac {1}{e}\right) \le 25 \plus{} 6\left(\sqrt {\frac {p}{q}} \minus{} \sqrt {\frac {q}{p}}\right)^2\] and determine when there is equality.
Find all the polynomials $P(x)$ of a degree $\leq n$ with real non-negative coefficients such that $P(x) \cdot P(\frac{1}{x}) \leq [P(1)]^2$ , $ \forall x>0$.
Let $x_1, x_2, . . . , x_n$ be positive numbers. Prove that \[ \sum\limits_{i=1}^n \dfrac{x_i ^2}{x_i ^2+x_{i+1}x_{i+2}} \leq n-1 \] Where $x_{n+1}=x_1$ and $x_{n+2}=x_2$.
Consider $S=\{1, 2, 3, \cdots, 6n\}$, $n>1$. Find the largest $k$ such that the following statement is true: every subset $A$ of $S$ with $4n$ elements has at least $k$ pairs $(a,b)$, $a<b$ and $b$ is divisible by $a$.
Find all functions $ f: \mathbb{R}^{ \plus{} }\to\mathbb{R}^{ \plus{} }$ satisfying $ f\left(x \plus{} f\left(y\right)\right) \equal{} f\left(x \plus{} y\right) \plus{} f\left(y\right)$ for all pairs of positive reals $ x$ and $ y$. Here, $ \mathbb{R}^{ \plus{} }$ denotes the set of all positive reals. [i]Proposed by Paisan Nakmahachalasint, Thailand[/i]
Let $a, b, c $ be positive real numbers such that $abc = \frac {2} {3}. $ Prove that: $$\frac {ab}{a + b} + \frac {bc} {b + c} + \frac {ca} {c + a} \geqslant \frac {a+b+c} {a^3+b ^ 3 + c ^ 3}.$$
Let $h_a, h_b, h_c$ be the lengths of the altitudes of a triangle $ABC$ from $A, B, C$ respectively. Let $P$ be any point inside the triangle. Show that \[\frac{PA}{h_b+h_c} + \frac{PB}{h_a+h_c} + \frac{PC}{h_a+h_b} \ge 1.\]
Let $x,y>0$ be real numbers.Prove that: $$\frac{1}{x^2+y^2} +\frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{y^2}\ge\frac{10}{(x+y)^2}$$ I tried CBS, but it doesn't work... Can you give an idea, please?
Let $n\ge m\ge 1$ be integers. Prove that \[\sum_{k=m}^n \left (\frac 1{k^2}+\frac 1{k^3}\right) \ge m\cdot \left(\sum_{k=m}^n \frac 1{k^2}\right)^2.\] [i]Raymond Feng and Luke Robitaille[/i]
Prove the inequality $$ \frac{y^2-x^2}{2x^2+1}+\frac{z^2-y^2}{2y^2+1}+\frac{x^2-z^2}{2z^2+1} \geq 0$$ where $x$, $y$ and $z$ are real numbers
Prove that $\frac{ab}{a+b}+\frac{bc}{b+c}+\frac{ca}{c+a}\le \frac{a+b+c}{2}$, where $a,b,c\in\mathbb{R}^{+}$.
Let $a,b,c > 0$, prove that \[\frac{(a-b)^2}{(c+a)(c+b)} + \frac{(b-c)^2}{(a+b)(a+c)} + \frac{(c-a)^2}{(b+c)(b+a)} \geq \frac{(a-b)^2}{a^2+b^2+c^2}\]