Olympiad problems

2025 Kosovo National Mathematical Olympiad`, P2

Let $x$ and $y$ be real numbers where at least one of them is bigger than $2$ and $xy+4 > 2(x+y)$ holds. Show that $xy>x+y$.

2002 Switzerland Team Selection Test, 9

Tags: inequalities , algebra

For each real number $a$ and integer $n \ge 1$ prove the inequality $a^n +\frac{1}{a^n} -2 \ge n^2 \left(a +\frac{1}{a} -2\right)$ and find the cases of equality.

1998 Flanders Math Olympiad, 1

Tags: number theory , greatest common divisor , inequalities

Prove there exist positive integers a,b,c for which $a+b+c=1998$, the gcd is maximized, and $0<a<b\leq c<2a$. Find those numbers. Are they unique?

2021 Alibaba Global Math Competition, 8

Tags: complex analysis , inequalities , function

Let $f(z)$ be a holomorphic function in $\{\vert z\vert \le R\}$ ($0<R<\infty$). Define \[M(r,f)=\max_{\vert z\vert=r} \vert f(z)\vert, \quad A(r,f)=\max_{\vert z\vert=r} \text{Re}\{f(z)\}.\] Show that \[M(r,f) \le \frac{2r}{R-r}A(R,f)+\frac{R+r}{R-r} \vert f(0)\vert, \quad \forall 0 \le r<R.\]

2002 Moldova National Olympiad, 1

Tags: function , triangle inequality , inequalities

Consider the real numbers $ a\ne 0,b,c$ such that the function $ f(x) \equal{} ax^2 \plus{} bx \plus{} c$ satisfies $ |f(x)|\le 1$ for all $ x\in [0,1]$. Find the greatest possible value of $ |a| \plus{} |b| \plus{} |c|$.

2009 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 7

Tags: integration , inequalities , calculus , logarithm

If $0<a<b$ then $$\int \limits_a^b \frac{\left (x^2-\left (\frac{a+b}{2} \right )^2\right )\ln \frac{x}{a} \ln \frac{x}{b}}{(x^2+a^2)(x^2+b^2)} dx > 0$$

2014 IMAC Arhimede, 6

Tags: algebra , inequalities , cyclic inequality , four variables

If $a, b, c, d$ are positive numbers, prove that $$\sum_{cyclic}\frac{a-\sqrt[3]{bcd}}{a+3(b+c+d)}\ge 0$$

1999 Hungary-Israel Binational, 2

Tags: function , quadratic , inequalities

The function $ f(x,y,z)\equal{}\frac{x^2\plus{}y^2\plus{}z^2}{x\plus{}y\plus{}z}$ is defined for every $ x,y,z \in R$ whose sum is not 0. Find a point $ (x_0,y_0,z_0)$ such that $ 0 < x_0^2\plus{}y_0^2\plus{}z_0^2 < \frac{1}{1999}$ and $ 1.999 < f(x_0,y_0,z_0) < 2$.

2015 India Regional MathematicaI Olympiad, 1

Tags: rearrangement inequality , am-gm , geometry , inequalities

Let $ABCD$ be a convex quadrilateral with $AB=a$, $BC=b$, $CD=c$ and $DA=d$. Suppose \[a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=ab+bc+cd+da,\] and the area of $ABCD$ is $60$ sq. units. If the length of one of the diagonals is $30$ units, determine the length of the other diagonal.

1967 Putnam, B2

Tags: inequalities

Let $0\leq p,r\leq 1$ and consider the identities $$a)\; (px+(1-p)y)^{2}=a x^2 +bxy +c y^2, \;\;\;\, b)\; (px+(1-p)y)(rx+(1-r)y) =\alpha x^2 + \beta xy + \gamma y^2.$$ Show that $$ a)\; \max(a,b,c) \geq \frac{4}{9}, \;\;\;\; b)\; \max( \alpha, \beta , \gamma) \geq \frac{4}{9}.$$

KoMaL A Problems 2022/2023, A. 854

Tags: inequalities , algebra

Prove that \[\sum_{k=0}^n\frac{2^{2^k}\cdot 2^{k+1}}{2^{2^k}+3^{2^k}}<4\] holds for all positive integers $n$. [i]Submitted by Béla Kovács, Szatmárnémeti[/i]

2007 Olympic Revenge, 2

Tags: inequalities

Let $a, b, c \in \mathbb{R}$ with $abc = 1$. Prove that \[a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+{1\over a^{2}}+{1\over b^{2}}+{1\over c^{2}}+2\left(a+b+c+{1\over a}+{1\over b}+{1\over c}\right) \geq 6+2\left({b\over a}+{c\over b}+{a\over c}+{c\over a}+{c\over b}+{b\over c}\right)\]

2009 China Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: modular arithmetic , inequalities , number theory

Prove that for any odd prime number $ p,$ the number of positive integer $ n$ satisfying $ p|n! \plus{} 1$ is less than or equal to $ cp^\frac{2}{3}.$ where $ c$ is a constant independent of $ p.$

2024 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 5

Tags: algebra , inequalities

Let $a, b, c$ be reals such that $$a^2(c^2-2b-1)+b^2(a^2-2c-1)+c^2(b^2-2a-1)=0.$$ Show that $$3(a^2+b^2+c^2)+4(a+b+c)+3 \geq 6abc.$$

2016 China Western Mathematical Olympiad, 8

Tags: algebra , inequalities , number theory

For any given integers $m,n$ such that $2\leq m<n$ and $(m,n)=1$. Determine the smallest positive integer $k$ satisfying the following condition: for any $m$-element subset $I$ of $\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$ if $\sum_{i\in I}i> k$, then there exists a sequence of $n$ real numbers $a_1\leq a_2 \leq \cdots \leq a_n$ such that $$\frac1m\sum_{i\in I} a_i>\frac1n\sum_{i=1}^na_i$$

2012 Indonesia TST, 1

Tags: inequalities

Let $a,b,c \in \mathbb{C}$ such that $a|bc| + b|ca| + c|ab| = 0$. Prove that $|(a-b)(b-c)(c-a)| \ge 3\sqrt{3}|abc|$.

2018 India PRMO, 23

Tags: inequalities , algebra

What is the largest positive integer $n$ such that $$\frac{a^2}{\frac{b}{29} + \frac{c}{31}}+\frac{b^2}{\frac{c}{29} + \frac{a}{31}}+\frac{c^2}{\frac{a}{29} + \frac{b}{31}} \ge n(a+b+c)$$holds for all positive real numbers $a,b,c$.

2010 Contests, 4

Tags: geometry , rectangle , rotation , inequalities , combinatorics

A $9\times 7$ rectangle is tiled with tiles of the two types: L-shaped tiles composed by three unit squares (can be rotated repeatedly with $90^\circ$) and square tiles composed by four unit squares. Let $n\ge 0$ be the number of the $2 \times 2 $ tiles which can be used in such a tiling. Find all the values of $n$.

2009 Jozsef Wildt International Math Competition, W. 23

Tags: inequalities

If $x_k \in \mathbb{R}$ ($k=1, 2, \cdots , n$) and $m \in \mathbb{N}$ then [list=1] [*] $\sum \limits_{cyc} \left (x_1^2 -x_1x_2+x_2^2 \right )^m \leq 3^m \sum \limits_{k=1}^n x_k^{2m}$ [*] $\prod \limits_{cyc} \left (x_1^2 -x_1x_2+x_2^2 \right )^m \leq \left (\frac{3^m}{n}\right )^m \left (\sum \limits_{k=1}^n x_k^{2m}\right )^n$ [/list]

2012 Romania National Olympiad, 2

Tags: geometry , circumcircle , complex number , inequalities

[color=darkred]Let $a$ , $b$ and $c$ be three complex numbers such that $a+b+c=0$ and $|a|=|b|=|c|=1$ . Prove that: \[3\le |z-a|+|z-b|+|z-c|\le 4,\] for any $z\in\mathbb{C}$ , $|z|\le 1\, .$[/color]

1983 IMO Longlists, 7

Tags: inequalities , number theory

Find all numbers $x \in \mathbb Z$ for which the number \[x^4 + x^3 + x^2 + x + 1\] is a perfect square.

2007 All-Russian Olympiad, 1

Tags: trigonometry , function , inequalities

Prove that for $k>10$ Nazar may replace in the following product some one $\cos$ by $\sin$ so that the new function $f_{1}(x)$ would satisfy inequality $|f_{1}(x)|\le 3\cdot 2^{-1-k}$ for all real $x$. \[f(x) = \cos x \cos 2x \cos 3x \dots \cos 2^{k}x \] [i]N. Agakhanov[/i]

2013 NIMO Problems, 6

Tags: inequalities , triangle inequality

Let $n$ and $k$ be integers satisfying $\binom{2k}{2} + n = 60$. It is known that $n$ days before Evan's 16th birthday, something happened. Compute $60-n$. [i]Proposed by Evan Chen[/i]

2016 Bulgaria JBMO TST, 2

Tags: inequalities , inequality

a, b, c are positive real numbers and a+b+c=k. Find the minimum value of $ b^2/(ka+bc)^1/2+c^2/(kb+ac)^1/2+a^2/(kc+ab)^1/2 $

2011 AMC 12/AHSME, 19

Tags: floor function , function , inequalities , algebra , logarithm

At a competition with $N$ players, the number of players given elite status is equal to \[2^{1+\lfloor\log_2{(N-1)}\rfloor} - N. \] Suppose that $19$ players are given elite status. What is the sum of the two smallest possible values of $N$? $ \textbf{(A)}\ 38\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 90 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 154 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 406 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 1024$