Found problems: 114
Find the maximum value of real number $k$ such that
\[\frac{a}{1+9bc+k(b-c)^2}+\frac{b}{1+9ca+k(c-a)^2}+\frac{c}{1+9ab+k(a-b)^2}\geq \frac{1}{2}\]
holds for all non-negative real numbers $a,\ b,\ c$ satisfying $a+b+c=1$.
If $a_1,a_2,a_3\ldots a_n$ are positive numbers, find the maximum value of
\[\frac{a_1a_2\ldots a_{n-1}a_n}{(1+a_1)(a_1+a_2)\ldots (a_{n-1}+a_n)(a_n+2^{n+1})} \]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc = 1$. Prove that:
$\displaystyle\prod(a^5+a^4+a^3+a^2+a+1)\geq 8(a^2+a+1)(b^2+b+1)(c^2+c+1)$
Let $a_1, a_2, a_3, b_1, b_2, b_3$ be positive real numbers. Prove that
\[(a_1b_2 + a_2b_1 + a_1b_3 + a_3b_1 + a_2b_3 + a_3b_2)^2 \geq 4(a_1a_2 + a_2a_3 + a_3a_1)(b_1b_2 + b_2b_3 + b_3b_1)\]
and show that the two sides of the inequality are equal if and only if $\frac{a_1}{b_1} = \frac{a_2}{b_2} = \frac{a_3}{b_3}.$
Given positive reals $a,b,c;$ show that we have
\[\left(a+\frac 1b\right)\left(b+\frac 1c\right)\left(c+\frac 1a\right)\geq 8.\]
Let $n$ be a positive integer. Find the largest real number $\lambda$ such that for all positive real numbers $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_{2n}$ satisfying the inequality
\[\frac{1}{2n}\sum_{i=1}^{2n}(x_i+2)^n\geq \prod_{i=1}^{2n} x_i,\]
the following inequality also holds
\[\frac{1}{2n}\sum_{i=1}^{2n}(x_i+1)^n\geq \lambda\prod_{i=1}^{2n} x_i.\]
Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals such that $abc=1$. Show that \[\frac{1}{a^5(b+2c)^2} + \frac{1}{b^5(c+2a)^2} + \frac{1}{c^5(a+2b)^2} \ge \frac{1}{3}.\]
Let $x,y,z$ and $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers with $a+b+c=1$. Prove that
$$\left(x^2+y^2+z^2\right) \left( \frac{a^3}{x^2+2y^2} + \frac{b^3}{y^2+2z^2} + \frac{c^3}{z^2+2x^2} \right) \ge\frac19.$$
A quadratic polynomial $p(x)$ has positive real coefficients with sum $1$. Show that given any positive real numbers with product $1$, the product of their values under $p$ is at least $1$.
Let $x,y,z\geq0$ be real numbers such that $x+y+z=1$ Define $f(x,y,z)$ in this way :
\[f(x,y,z)=\frac{x(2y-z)}{1+x+3y}+\frac{y(2z-x)}{1+y+3z}+\frac{z(2x-y)}{1+z+3x}\]
Find the minimum value and maximum value of $f(x,y,z)$ .
Given $n$ positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_n$ such that $a_1a_2 \cdots a_n = 1$, prove that
\[(1 + a_1)(1 + a_2) \cdots (1 + a_n) \geq 2^n.\]
Two positive valued sequences $\{ a_{n}\}$ and $\{ b_{n}\}$ satisfy:
(a): $a_{0}=1 \geq a_{1}$, $a_{n}(b_{n+1}+b_{n-1})=a_{n-1}b_{n-1}+a_{n+1}b_{n+1}$, $n \geq 1$.
(b): $\sum_{i=1}^{n}b_{i}\leq n^{\frac{3}{2}}$, $n \geq 1$.
Find the general term of $\{ a_{n}\}$.
Let $x; y$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}+\sqrt{z}= 1$. Prove that $\frac{x^{2}+yz}{\sqrt{2x^{2}(y+z)}}+\frac{y^{2}+zx}{\sqrt{2y^{2}(z+x)}}+\frac{z^{2}+xy}{\sqrt{2z^{2}(x+y)}}\geq 1.$
Prove that if $x,y,z >1$ and $\frac 1x +\frac 1y +\frac 1z = 2$, then
\[\sqrt{x+y+z} \geq \sqrt{x-1}+\sqrt{y-1}+\sqrt{z-1}.\]
Let $x,y,z$ be positive real numbers . Prove:
$\frac{x}{\sqrt{\sqrt[4]{y}+\sqrt[4]{z}}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{\sqrt[4]{z}+\sqrt[4]{x}}}+\frac{z}{\sqrt{\sqrt[4]{x}+\sqrt[4]{y}}}\geq \frac{\sqrt[4]{(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}+\sqrt{z})^7}}{\sqrt{2\sqrt{27}}}$
Let $ a$, $ b$, and $ c$ be non-negative real numbers and let $ x$, $ y$, and $ z$ be positive real numbers such that $ a\plus{}b\plus{}c\equal{}x\plus{}y\plus{}z$. Prove that
\[ \dfrac{a^3}{x^2}\plus{}\dfrac{b^3}{y^2}\plus{}\dfrac{c^3}{z^2} \ge a\plus{}b\plus{}c.\]
[i]Hery Susanto, Malang[/i]
Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be positive real numbers such that $ abc \equal{} 1$. Prove that
\[ \frac {1}{a^{3}\left(b \plus{} c\right)} \plus{} \frac {1}{b^{3}\left(c \plus{} a\right)} \plus{} \frac {1}{c^{3}\left(a \plus{} b\right)}\geq \frac {3}{2}.
\]
If $a$, $b$ ,$c$ are three positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca = 1$, prove that \[ \sqrt[3]{ \frac{1}{a} + 6b} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{b} + 6c} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{c} + 6a } \leq \frac{1}{abc}. \]
Let $x,y$ and $z$ be positive real numbers such that $xyz=1$. Prove that
\[
\frac{x^{3}}{(1 + y)(1 + z)}+\frac{y^{3}}{(1 + z)(1 + x)}+\frac{z^{3}}{(1 + x)(1 + y)}
\geq \frac{3}{4}.
\]
Let \( X \) be a finite set of real numbers, \( d \) be a real number, and \(\lambda_1, \lambda_2, \cdots, \lambda_{2025}\) be 2025 non-zero real numbers. Define
\[A =
\left\{
(x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_{2025}) : x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_{2025} \in X \text{ and } \sum_{i=1}^{2025} \lambda_i x_i = d
\right\},\]
\[B =
\left\{
(x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_{2024}) : x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_{2024} \in X \text{ and } \sum_{i=1}^{2024} (-1)^i x_i = 0
\right\},\]
\[C =
\left\{
(x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_{2026}) : x_1, x_2, \cdots, x_{2026} \in X \text{ and } \sum_{i=1}^{2026} (-1)^i x_i = 0
\right\}.\]
Show that \( |A|^2 \leq |B| \cdot |C| \).
Let $A_1$, $A_2$, $\cdots$, $A_m$ be $m$ subsets of a set of size $n$. Prove that $$ \sum_{i=1}^{m} \sum_{j=1}^{m}|A_i|\cdot |A_i \cap A_j|\geq \frac{1}{mn}\left(\sum_{i=1}^{m}|A_i|\right)^3.$$
10.2 Prove for all $x>0$ and $n\in\mathbb{N}$ the following inequality \[1+x^{n+1}\geq \frac{(2x)^n}{(1+x)^{n-1}}.\] ([i]A. Khrabrov[/i])
Let $n$ be an integer number greater than $2$, let $x_{1},x_{2},\ldots ,x_{n}$ be $n$ positive real numbers such that
\[\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{x_{i}+1}=1\]
and let $k$ be a real number greater than $1$. Show that:
\[\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{x_{i}^{k}+1}\ge\frac{n}{(n-1)^{k}+1}\]
and determine the cases of equality.
Let $x,y,z$ be positive real numbers.Prove that
$(xy^2+yz^2+zx^2)(x^2y+y^2z+z^2x)(xy+yz+zx)\geq 3(x+y+z)^2(xyz)^2.$
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]