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Let $a$, $b$, $c$ and $d$ be real numbers such that $a+b+c+d=8$. Prove the inequality: $$\frac{a}{\sqrt[3]{8+b-d}}+\frac{b}{\sqrt[3]{8+c-a}}+\frac{c}{\sqrt[3]{8+d-b}}+\frac{d}{\sqrt[3]{8+a-c}} \geq 4$$
Suppose $x,y,z\in \mathbb R^+$. Prove that \[\frac {x}{\sqrt{yz+4xy+4xz}}+\frac {y}{\sqrt{zx+4yz+4yx}}+\frac {z}{\sqrt{xy+4zx+4zy}}\geq 1\].
The real numbers $\alpha_1 , \alpha_2, \alpha_3, \ldots, \alpha_n$ are positive. Let us denote by $h = \frac{n}{1/\alpha_1 + 1/\alpha_2 + \cdots + 1/\alpha_n}$ the harmonic mean, $g=\sqrt[n]{\alpha_1\alpha_2\cdots \alpha_n}$ the geometric mean, and $a=\frac{\alpha_1+\alpha_2+\cdots + \alpha_n}{n}$ the arithmetic mean. Prove that $h \leq g \leq a$, and that each of the equalities implies the other one.
In a contest, there are $m$ candidates and $n$ judges, where $n\geq 3$ is an odd integer. Each candidate is evaluated by each judge as either pass or fail. Suppose that each pair of judges agrees on at most $k$ candidates. Prove that \[{\frac{k}{m}} \geq {\frac{n-1}{2n}}. \]
Let $M$ be a point in the interior of triangle $ABC$. Let $A'$ lie on $BC$ with $MA'$ perpendicular to $BC$. Define $B'$ on $CA$ and $C'$ on $AB$ similarly. Define \[ p(M) = \frac{MA' \cdot MB' \cdot MC'}{MA \cdot MB \cdot MC}. \] Determine, with proof, the location of $M$ such that $p(M)$ is maximal. Let $\mu(ABC)$ denote this maximum value. For which triangles $ABC$ is the value of $\mu(ABC)$ maximal?
Let $a,b,c\ge 0$ and $a+b+c=\sqrt2$. Show that \[\frac1{\sqrt{1+a^2}}+\frac1{\sqrt{1+b^2}}+\frac1{\sqrt{1+c^2}} \ge 2+\frac1{\sqrt3}\] [hide] In general if $a_1, a_2, \cdots , a_n \ge 0$ and $\sum_{i=1}^n a_i=\sqrt2$ we have \[\sum_{i=1}^n \frac1{\sqrt{1+a_i^2}} \ge (n-1)+\frac1{\sqrt3}\] [/hide]
There are $n$ students $ A_1 , A_2 , \cdots , A_n $ and some of them shaked hands with each other. ($ A_i $ and $ A_j$ can shake hands more than one time.) Let the student $ A_i $ shaked hands $ d_i $ times. Suppose $ d_1 + d_2 + \cdots + d_n > 0 $. Prove that there exist $ 1 \le i < j \le n $ satisfying the following conditions: (a) Two students $ A_i $ and $ A_j $ shaked hands each other. (b) $ \frac{(d_1 + d_2 + \cdots + d_n ) ^2 }{n^2 } \le d_i d_j $
Given any positive real number $\varepsilon$, prove that, for all but finitely many positive integers $v$, any graph on $v$ vertices with at least $(1+\varepsilon)v$ edges has two distinct simple cycles of equal lengths. (Recall that the notion of a simple cycle does not allow repetition of vertices in a cycle.) [i]Fedor Petrov, Russia[/i]
Let $n\geqslant 1$ be an integer, and let $x_0,x_1,\ldots,x_{n+1}$ be $n+2$ non-negative real numbers that satisfy $x_ix_{i+1}-x_{i-1}^2\geqslant 1$ for all $i=1,2,\ldots,n.$ Show that \[x_0+x_1+\cdots+x_n+x_{n+1}>\bigg(\frac{2n}{3}\bigg)^{3/2}.\][i]Pakawut Jiradilok and Wijit Yangjit, Thailand[/i]
Denote by $m(a,b)$ the arithmetic mean of positive real numbers $a,b$. Given a positive real function $g$ having positive derivatives of the first and second order, define $\mu (a,b)$ the mean value of $a$ and $b$ with respect to $g$ by $2g(\mu (a,b)) = g(a)+g(b)$. Decide which of the two mean values $m$ and $\mu$ is larger.
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a + b + c = 1$. Prove that $$\sqrt[3]{\left (\frac{1+a}{b+c}\right )^{\frac{1-a}{bc}}\left (\frac{1+b}{c+a}\right )^{\frac{1-b}{ca}}\left (\frac{1+c}{a+b}\right )^{\frac{1-c}{ab}}} \geq 64 $$
Let $A=a_{ij}$ is simetrical real matrix. Prove that : $\sum_i e^{a_{ii}} \leq tr (e^A)$
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]
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.
Three given circles have the same radius and pass through a common point $ P$. Their other points of pairwise intersections are $ A$, $ B$, $ C$. We define triangle $ A'B'C'$, each of whose sides is tangent to two of the three circles. The three circles are contained in $ \triangle A'B'C'$. Prove that the area of $ \triangle A'B'C'$ is at least nine times the area of $ \triangle ABC$
If $a$ and $b$ are arbitrary positive real numbers and $m$ an integer, prove that \[\Bigr( 1+\frac ab \Bigl)^m +\Bigr( 1+\frac ba \Bigl)^m \geq 2^{m+1}.\]
Let $n \geq 2$ be a fixed integer. Find the least constant $C$ such the inequality \[\sum_{i<j} x_{i}x_{j} \left(x^{2}_{i}+x^{2}_{j} \right) \leq C \left(\sum_{i}x_{i} \right)^4\] holds for any $x_{1}, \ldots ,x_{n} \geq 0$ (the sum on the left consists of $\binom{n}{2}$ summands). For this constant $C$, characterize the instances of equality.
Let $a,b,c\not= 0$ and $x,y,z\in\mathbb{R}^+$ such that $x+y+z=3$. Prove that \[\frac{3}{2}\sqrt{\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{c^2}}\geq\frac{x}{1+a^2}+\frac{y}{1+b^2}+\frac{z}{1+c^2}\] [color=#FF0000]Mod: before the edit, it was [/color] \[\frac{3}{2}\left (\frac{1}{a^2}+\frac{1}{b^2}+\frac{1}{c^2}\right )\geq\frac{x}{1+a^2}+\frac{y}{1+b^2}+\frac{z}{1+c^2}\]
Let $a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_n$ be positive real numbers such that $a_1 + a_2 + \cdots + a_n = 1$. Prove that $$\dfrac{a_1}{\sqrt{1-a_1}}+\cdots+\dfrac{a_n}{\sqrt{1-a_n}} \geq \dfrac{1}{\sqrt{n-1}}(\sqrt{a_1}+\cdots+\sqrt{a_n}).$$
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b+c=1$. Prove that $$\frac{a^2}{(b+c)^3}+\frac{b^2}{(c+a)^3}+\frac{c^2}{(a+b)^3}\geq \frac98$$
Let $a_1,a_2,a_3,\ldots,a_n$ be a sequence of non-negative integers, where $n$ is a positive integer. Let \[ A_n={a_1+a_2+\cdots+a_n\over n}\ . \] Prove that \[ a_1!a_2!\ldots a_n!\ge\left(\lfloor A_n\rfloor !\right)^n \] where $\lfloor A_n\rfloor$ is the greatest integer less than or equal to $A_n$, and $a!=1\times 2\times\cdots\times a$ for $a\ge 1$(and $0!=1$). When does equality hold?
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.
Positive real numbers $x, y, z$ satisfy $xyz+xy+yz+zx = x+y+z+1$. Prove that \[ \frac{1}{3} \left( \sqrt{\frac{1+x^2}{1+x}} + \sqrt{\frac{1+y^2}{1+y}} + \sqrt{\frac{1+z^2}{1+z}} \right) \le \left( \frac{x+y+z}{3} \right)^{5/8} . \]
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that $a+b+c = 4$ and $a,b,c > 1$. Prove that: \[\frac 1{a-1} + \frac 1{b-1} + \frac 1{c-1} \ge \frac 8{a+b} + \frac 8{b+c} + \frac 8{c+a}\]
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $\dfrac{1}{a} + \dfrac{1}{b} + \dfrac{1}{c} = a+b+c$. Prove that: \[\frac{1}{(2a+b+c)^2}+\frac{1}{(a+2b+c)^2}+\frac{1}{(a+b+2c)^2}\leq \frac{3}{16}.\] [i]Proposed by Juhan Aru, Estonia[/i]