Olympiad problems

2011 N.N. Mihăileanu Individual, 3

Find $ \inf_{z\in\mathbb{C}} \left( |z^2+z+1|+|z^2-z+1| \right) . $ [i]Gheorghe Andrei[/i] and [i]Doru Constantin Caragea[/i]

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2010 Korea National Olympiad, 1

$ x, y, z $ are positive real numbers such that $ x+y+z=1 $. Prove that \[ \sqrt{ \frac{x}{1-x} } + \sqrt{ \frac{y}{1-y} } + \sqrt{ \frac{z}{1-z} } > 2 \]

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2025 Bulgarian Spring Mathematical Competition, 12.1

In terms of the real numbers $a$ and $b$ determine the minimum value of $$ \sqrt{(x+a)^2+1}+\sqrt{(x+1-a)^2+1}+\sqrt{(x+b)^2+1}+\sqrt{(x+1-b)^2+1}$$ as well as all values of $x$ which attain it.

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2010 Korea National Olympiad, 2

Let $ a, b, c $ be positive real numbers such that $ ab+bc+ca=1 $. Prove that \[ \sqrt{ a^2 + b^2 + \frac{1}{c^2}} + \sqrt{ b^2 + c^2 + \frac{1}{a^2}} + \sqrt{ c^2 + a^2 + \frac{1}{b^2}} \ge \sqrt{33} \]

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2010 ELMO Shortlist, 5

Given a prime $p$, let $d(a,b)$ be the number of integers $c$ such that $1 \leq c < p$, and the remainders when $ac$ and $bc$ are divided by $p$ are both at most $\frac{p}{3}$. Determine the maximum value of \[\sqrt{\sum_{a=1}^{p-1}\sum_{b=1}^{p-1}d(a,b)(x_a + 1)(x_b + 1)} - \sqrt{\sum_{a=1}^{p-1}\sum_{b=1}^{p-1}d(a,b)x_ax_b}\] over all $(p-1)$-tuples $(x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_{p-1})$ of real numbers. [i]Brian Hamrick.[/i]

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2000 Hungary-Israel Binational, 3

Let $k$ and $l$ be two given positive integers and $a_{ij}(1 \leq i \leq k, 1 \leq j \leq l)$ be $kl$ positive integers. Show that if $q \geq p > 0$, then \[(\sum_{j=1}^{l}(\sum_{i=1}^{k}a_{ij}^{p})^{q/p})^{1/q}\leq (\sum_{i=1}^{k}(\sum_{j=1}^{l}a_{ij}^{q})^{p/q})^{1/p}.\]

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