Found problems: 310
$a,b,c,d$ are positive reals with sum $1$. Show that $\frac{a^2}{a+b}+\frac{b^2}{b+c}+\frac{c^2}{c+d}+\frac{d^2}{d+a} \ge \frac{1}{2}$ with equality iff $a=b=c=d=\frac{1}{4}$.
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 $a+b+c=1$.
Given an integer $n \ge 3$, prove that the diameter of a convex $n$-gon (interior and boundary) containing a disc of radius $r$ is (strictly) greater than $r(1 + 1/ \cos( \pi /n))$.
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Prove for real $x_1$, $x_2$, ....., $x_n$,
$0 < x_k \leq {1\over 2}$, the inequality
\[ \left( {n \over x_1 + \dots + x_n} - 1 \right)^n \leq \left( {1 \over x_1} - 1 \right) \dots \left( {1 \over x_n} - 1 \right). \]
Let $ \alpha,\beta,\gamma$ be the angles of a triangle. Prove that
$csc^2\frac{\alpha}{2}+csc^2\frac{\beta}{2}+csc^2\frac{\gamma}{2} \ge 12$
and find the conditions for equality.
Let $\xi_1 , \xi_2 , ...$ be a series of independent, zero-expected-value random variables for which $\lim_{n\to\infty} E(\xi_n ^ 2) = 0$, and $S_n = \sum_{j = 1}^n \xi_j$ . Denote by I(A) the indicator function of event A. Prove that
$$\frac{1}{\log n} \sum_{k = 1}^n \frac1k I\bigg(\max_{1\leq j\leq k} |S_j|>\sqrt k\bigg) \to 0$$
with probability 1 if $n\to\infty$ .
Let $a, b, c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle, and let $S$ be it's area. Prove that $$S \le \frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{4\sqrt3}$$
and the equality is achieved only for an equilateral triangle.
Let $a_0,a_1,a_2,\dots $ be a sequence of real numbers such that $a_0=0, a_1=1,$ and for every $n\geq 2$ there exists $1 \leq k \leq n$ satisfying \[ a_n=\frac{a_{n-1}+\dots + a_{n-k}}{k}. \]Find the maximum possible value of $a_{2018}-a_{2017}$.
Let $ a_{1}, a_{2}...a_{n}$ be non-negative reals, not all zero. Show that that
(a) The polynomial $ p(x) \equal{} x^{n} \minus{} a_{1}x^{n \minus{} 1} \plus{} ... \minus{} a_{n \minus{} 1}x \minus{} a_{n}$ has preceisely 1 positive real root $ R$.
(b) let $ A \equal{} \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^n a_{i}$ and $ B \equal{} \sum_{i \equal{} 1}^n ia_{i}$. Show that $ A^{A} \leq R^{B}$.
Let $n\ge 3$ be an integer, and let $a_2,a_3,\ldots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers such that $a_{2}a_{3}\cdots a_{n}=1$. Prove that
\[(1 + a_2)^2 (1 + a_3)^3 \dotsm (1 + a_n)^n > n^n.\]
[i]Proposed by Angelo Di Pasquale, Australia[/i]
Let $x_1, x_2 , x_3, .... x_n$ be $n$ real numbers such that $0 < x_j < \frac{1}{2}$. Prove that \[ \frac{ \prod\limits_{j=1}^{n} x_j } { \left( \sum\limits_{j=1}^{n} x_j \right)^n} \leq \frac{ \prod\limits_{j=1}^{n} (1-x_j) } { \left( \sum\limits_{j=1}^{n} (1 - x_j) \right)^n} \]
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with orthocenter $H$, incenter $I$ and centroid $S$, and let $d$ be the diameter of the circumcircle of triangle $ABC$. Prove the inequality
\[9\cdot HS^2+4\left(AH\cdot AI+BH\cdot BI+CH\cdot CI\right)\geq 3d^2,\]
and determine when equality holds.
16 students took part in a competition. All problems were multiple choice style. Each problem had four choices. It was said that any two students had at most one answer in common, find the maximum number of problems.
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers, that satisfy $abc=1$. Prove the inequality:
$$\frac{ab}{1+c}+\frac{bc}{1+a}+\frac{ca}{1+b} \geq \frac{27}{(a+b+c)(3+a+b+c)}$$
Prove that the largest pentagon (in terms of area) that can be inscribed in a circle of radius $1$ is regular (i.e., has equal sides).
If $a, b, c$ are positive real numbers, prove that
$$\frac{a}{\sqrt{(a + 2b)^3}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt{(b + 2c)^3}} +\frac{c} {\sqrt{(c + 2a)^3}} \ge \frac{1}{\sqrt{a + b + c}}$$
Alexandru Mihalcu
A triangle has side lengths $a$, $b$, $c$, and the altitudes have lengths $h_a$, $h_b$, $h_c$. Prove that
\[ \left( \frac{a}{h_a} \right)^2
+ \left( \frac{b}{h_b} \right)^2
+ \left( \frac{c}{h_c} \right)^2 \ge 4. \]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c = 3$. Find the minimum value of the expression \[A=\dfrac{2-a^3}a+\dfrac{2-b^3}b+\dfrac{2-c^3}c.\]
Let $S$ be a set of $n$ elements and $S_1,\ S_2,\dots,\ S_k$ are subsets of $S$ ($k\geq2$), such that every one of them has at least $r$ elements.
Show that there exists $i$ and $j$, with $1\leq{i}<j\leq{k}$, such that the number of common elements of $S_i$ and $S_j$ is greater or equal to: $r-\frac{nk}{4(k-1)}$
In the any $[ABCD]$ tetrahedron we denote with $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$ the measures, in radians, of the angles of the three pairs of opposite edges and with $r$, $R$ the lengths of the rays of the sphere inscribed and respectively circumscribed the tetrahedron. Demonstrate inequality$$\left(\frac{3r}{R}\right)^3\leq \sin \frac{\alpha +\beta +\gamma}{3}$$(A refinement of inequality $R \geq 3r$).
Let $a, b, c$ be positive reals such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove that the inequality
\[a \sqrt[3]{1+b-c} + b\sqrt[3]{1+c-a} + c\sqrt[3]{1+a-b} \leq 1\]
holds.
Let $ABCD$ be a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle. Suppose $AB=\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2}}$ and $AB$ subtends $135$ degrees at center of circle . Find the maximum possible area of $ABCD$.
IF $ a$, $ b$ and $ c$ are positive reals such that $ a^{2}\plus{}b^{2}\plus{}c^{2}\equal{}1$ prove the inequality:
\[ \frac{a^{5}\plus{}b^{5}}{ab(a\plus{}b)}\plus{} \frac {b^{5}\plus{}c^{5}}{bc(b\plus{}c)}\plus{}\frac {c^{5}\plus{}a^{5}}{ca(a\plus{}b)}\geq 3(ab\plus{}bc\plus{}ca)\minus{}2.\]
Let $ 0<a,b,c<1$. Prove the inequality:
$ \frac{a}{1\minus{}a}\plus{}\frac{b}{1\minus{}b}\plus{}\frac{c}{1\minus{}c} \ge \frac {3 \sqrt[3]{abc}}{1\minus{} \sqrt[3]{abc}}.$
Determine the cases of equality.
Prove that
\[\sum_{cyc}(x+y)\sqrt{(z+x)(z+y)} \geq 4(xy+yz+zx),\]
for all positive real numbers $x,y$ and $z$.