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If $a$, $b$, $c$ are positive reals such that $a+b+c=1$, prove that \[\frac{1+a}{1-a}+\frac{1+b}{1-b}+\frac{1+c}{1-c}\leq 2\left(\frac{b}{a}+\frac{c}{b}+\frac{a}{c}\right).\]
[i]Version 1[/i]. Let $n$ be a positive integer, and set $N=2^{n}$. Determine the smallest real number $a_{n}$ such that, for all real $x$, \[ \sqrt[N]{\frac{x^{2 N}+1}{2}} \leqslant a_{n}(x-1)^{2}+x . \] [i]Version 2[/i]. For every positive integer $N$, determine the smallest real number $b_{N}$ such that, for all real $x$, \[ \sqrt[N]{\frac{x^{2 N}+1}{2}} \leqslant b_{N}(x-1)^{2}+x . \]
let $x,y,z$ be positive reals , such that $x+y+z=1399$ find the $$\max( [x]y + [y]z + [z]x ) $$ ( $[a]$ is the biggest integer not exceeding $a$)
Let $S$ be the set of all convex cyclic heptagons in the plane. Define a function $f:S \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^+$, such that for any convex cyclic heptagon $ABCDEFG,$ $$f(ABCDEFG)=\frac{AC \cdot BD \cdot CE \cdot DF \cdot EG \cdot FA \cdot GB} {AB \cdot BC \cdot CD \cdot DE \cdot EF \cdot FG \cdot GA}. $$ a) Show that for any $M \in S$, $f(M) \geq f(\prod)$, where $\prod$ is a regular heptagon. b) If $f(M)=f(\prod)$, is it true that $M$ is a regular heptagon?
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]
Prove that \[\sum_{cyc}(x+y)\sqrt{(z+x)(z+y)} \geq 4(xy+yz+zx),\] for all positive real numbers $x,y$ and $z$.
Let $x,y,z$ be non-negative numbers such that $x+y+z \leq 3$. Prove that $$\frac{2}{1+x}+\frac{2}{1+y}+\frac{2}{1+z} \geq 3$$
Positive numbers $a,\ b,\ c$ satisfy $\dfrac{1}{a}+\dfrac{1}{b}+\dfrac{1}{c}=3$. Prove the inequality \[\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{a^3+1}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{b^3+1}}+\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{c^3+1}}\le \dfrac{3}{\sqrt{2}}. \] [i](N. Alexandrov)[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals. Find the minimum value of $$\dfrac{13a+13b+2c}{2a+2b}+\dfrac{24a-b+13c}{2b+2c}+\dfrac{(-a+24b+13c)}{2c+2a}$$. (1)What is the minimum value? (2)If the minimum value occurs when $(a,b,c)=(a_0,b_0,c_0)$,then find $\frac{b_0}{a_0}+\frac{c_0}{b_0}$.
Suppose that in a certain society, each pair of persons can be classified as either [i]amicable [/i]or [i]hostile[/i]. We shall say that each member of an amicable pair is a [i]friend[/i] of the other, and each member of a hostile pair is a [i]foe[/i] of the other. Suppose that the society has $\, n \,$ persons and $\, q \,$ amicable pairs, and that for every set of three persons, at least one pair is hostile. Prove that there is at least one member of the society whose foes include $\, q(1 - 4q/n^2) \,$ or fewer amicable pairs.
If $x,y,z$ are positive numbers, prove that $$\frac x{\sqrt{y+z}}+\frac y{\sqrt{z+x}}+\frac z{\sqrt{x+y}}\ge\sqrt{\frac32(x+y+z)}.$$
Let $n$ be a fixed positive integer. Initially, $n$ 1's are written on a blackboard. Every minute, David picks two numbers $x$ and $y$ written on the blackboard, erases them, and writes the number $(x+y)^4$ on the blackboard. Show that after $n-1$ minutes, the number written on the blackboard is at least $2^{\frac{4n^2-4}{3}}$. [i]Proposed by Calvin Deng[/i]
Determine the smallest value of $M$ for which for any choice of positive integer $n$ and positive real numbers $x_1<x_2<\ldots<x_n \le 2023$ the inequality $$\sum_{1\le i < j \le n , x_j-x_i \ge 1} 2^{i-j}\le M$$ holds.
Let $a_1,a_2,a_3, \cdots ,a_n$ be positive real numbers. For the integers $n\ge 2$, prove that\[ \left (\frac{\sum_{j=1}^{n} \left (\prod_{k=1}^{j}a_k \right )^{\frac{1}{j}}}{\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_j} \right )^{\frac{1}{n}}+\frac{\left (\prod_{i=1}^{n}a_i \right )^{\frac{1}{n}}}{\sum_{j=1}^{n} \left (\prod_{k=1}^{j}a_k \right )^{\frac{1}{j}}}\le \frac{n+1}{n}\]
$ 1650$ students are arranged in $ 22$ rows and $ 75$ columns. It is known that in any two columns, the number of pairs of students in the same row and of the same sex is not greater than $ 11$. Prove that the number of boys is not greater than $ 928$.
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with side-lengths $a, b, c$, inscribed in a circle with radius $R$ and let $I$ be ir's incenter. Let $P_1, P_2$ and $P_3$ be the areas of the triangles $ABI, BCI$ and $CAI$, respectively. Prove that $$\frac{R^4}{P_1^2}+\frac{R^4}{P_2^2}+\frac{R^4}{P_3^2}\ge 16$$
Prove that \[ \left(\frac{6}{5}\right)^{\sqrt{3}}>\left(\frac{5}{4}\right)^{\sqrt{2}}. \]
Let $a,b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $\min(a+b,b+c,c+a) > \sqrt{2}$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2=3.$ Prove that \[\frac{a}{(b+c-a)^2} + \frac{b}{(c+a-b)^2} + \frac{c}{(a+b-c)^2} \geq \frac{3}{(abc)^2}.\] [i]Proposed by Titu Andreescu, Saudi Arabia[/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 $x_1, x_2, \cdots , x_n$ be positive reals with $x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_n=1$. Then show that \[\sum_{i=1}^n \frac{x_i}{2-x_i} \ge \frac{n}{2n-1}\]
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 $a,b,c$ 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 $ ABC$ be a triangle, and $ A$, $ B$, $ C$ its angles. Prove that \[ \sin\frac{3A}{2}+\sin\frac{3B}{2}+\sin\frac{3C}{2}\leq \cos\frac{A-B}{2}+\cos\frac{B-C}{2}+\cos\frac{C-A}{2}. \]
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca\leq 3abc$. Prove that \[\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{a+b}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+c^2}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+a^2}{c+a}}+3\leq \sqrt{2}\left(\sqrt{a+b}+\sqrt{b+c}+\sqrt{c+a}\right)\] [i]Proposed by Dzianis Pirshtuk, Belarus[/i]
Prove that for all positive real numbers $a,b,c$, \[ \frac{a}{\sqrt{a^2 + 8bc}} + \frac{b}{\sqrt{b^2 + 8ca}} + \frac{c}{\sqrt{c^2 + 8ab}} \geq 1. \]