Found problems: 6530
2004 Czech and Slovak Olympiad III A, 1
Find all triples $(x,y,z)$ of real numbers such that
\[x^2+y^2+z^2\le 6+\min (x^2-\frac{8}{x^4},y^2-\frac{8}{y^4},z^2-\frac{8}{z^4}).\]
1958 November Putnam, A4
In assigning dormitory rooms, a college gives preference to pairs of students in this order:
$$AA,\, AB ,\, AC, \, BB , \, BC ,\, AD , \, CC, \, BD, \, CD, \, DD$$
in which $AA$ means two seniors, $AB$ means a senior and a junior, etc. Determine numerical values to assign to $A,B,C$ and $D$ so that the set of numbers $A+A, A+B, A+C, B+B, \ldots $ corresponding to the order above will be in descending order. Find the general solution and the solution in least positive integers.
2014 Hanoi Open Mathematics Competitions, 13
Let $a, b,c$ satis es the conditions $\begin{cases}
5 \ge a \ge b \ge c \ge 0 \\
a + b \le 8 \\
a + b + c = 10 \end{cases}$
Prove that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 \le 38$
2022 Malaysian IMO Team Selection Test, 1
Given an acute triangle $ABC$, mark $3$ points $X, Y, Z$ in the interior of the triangle. Let $X_1, X_2, X_3$ be the projections of $X$ to $BC, CA, AB$ respectively, and define the points $Y_i, Z_i$ similarly for $i=1, 2, 3$.
a) Suppose that $X_iY_i<X_iZ_i$ for all $i=1,2,3$, prove that $XY<XZ$.
b) Prove that this is not neccesarily true, if triangle $ABC$ is allowed to be obtuse.
[i]Proposed by Ivan Chan Kai Chin[/i]
2021 China Girls Math Olympiad, 1
Let $n \in \mathbb{N}^+,$ $x_1,x_2,...,x_{n+1},p,q\in \mathbb{R}^+ $ , $p<q$ and $x^p_{n+1}>\sum_{i=1}^{n}x^p_{i}.$ Prove that
$(1)x^q_{n+1}>\sum_{i=1}^{n}x^q_{i};$
$(2)\left(x^p_{n+1}-\sum_{i=1}^{n}x^p_{i}\right)^{\frac{1}{p}}<\left(x^q_{n+1}-\sum_{i=1}^{n}x^q_{i}\right)^{\frac{1}{q}}.$
VI Soros Olympiad 1999 - 2000 (Russia), 11.3
The numbers $a, b$ and $c$ are such that $a^2 + b^2 + c^2 = 1$. Prove that $$a^4 + b^4 + c^4 + 2(ab^2 + bc^2 + ca^2)^2\le 1. $$ At what $a, b$ and $c$ does inequality turn into equality?
2023 ISL, A5
Let $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2023}$ be positive integers such that
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[*] $a_1,a_2,\dots,a_{2023}$ is a permutation of $1,2,\dots,2023$, and
[*] $|a_1-a_2|,|a_2-a_3|,\dots,|a_{2022}-a_{2023}|$ is a permutation of $1,2,\dots,2022$.
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Prove that $\max(a_1,a_{2023})\ge 507$.
2019 Bulgaria National Olympiad, 3
Find all real numbers $a,$ which satisfy the following condition:
For every sequence $a_1,a_2,a_3,\ldots$ of pairwise different positive integers, for which the inequality $a_n\leq an$ holds for every positive integer $n,$ there exist infinitely many numbers in the sequence with sum of their digits in base $4038,$ which is not divisible by $2019.$
2006 Bulgaria Team Selection Test, 3
[b]Problem 3.[/b] Let $n\geq 3$ is given natural number, and $M$ is the set of the first $n$ primes. For any nonempty subset $X$ of $M$ with $P(X)$ denote the product of its elements. Let $N$ be a set of the kind $\ds\frac{P(A)}{P(B)}$, $A\subset M, B\subset M, A\cap B=\emptyset$ such that the product of any 7 elements of $N$ is integer. What is the maximal number of elements of $N$?
[i]Alexandar Ivanov[/i]
2023 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 4
Given $x,y>0$ such that $x^2y^2+2x^3y=1$. Find the minimum value of sum $x+y$
2013 Putnam, 4
For any continuous real-valued function $f$ defined on the interval $[0,1],$ let \[\mu(f)=\int_0^1f(x)\,dx,\text{Var}(f)=\int_0^1(f(x)-\mu(f))^2\,dx, M(f)=\max_{0\le x\le 1}|f(x)|.\] Show that if $f$ and $g$ are continuous real-valued functions defined on the interval $[0,1],$ then \[\text{Var}(fg)\le 2\text{Var}(f)M(g)^2+2\text{Var}(g)M(f)^2.\]
2008 Mathcenter Contest, 8
Let $a,b,c,d \in R^+$ with $abcd=1$. Prove that $$\left(\frac{1+ab}{1+a}\right)^{2008}+\left(\frac{1+bc}{1+b}\right)^{2008}+\left(\frac{1+cd }{1+c}\right)^{2008}+\left(\frac{1+da}{1+d}\right)^{2008} \geq 4$$
[i](dektep)[/i]
V Soros Olympiad 1998 - 99 (Russia), 11.2
Find the greatest value of $C$ for which, for any $x, y, z,u$, and such that for $0\le x\le y \le z\le u$, holds the inequality
$$(x + y +z + u)^2 \ge Cyz .$$
2019 Turkey Team SeIection Test, 9
Let $x, y, z$ be real numbers such that $y\geq 2z \geq 4x$ and $$ 2(x^3+y^3+z^3)+15(xy^2+yz^2+zx^2)\geq 16(x^2y+y^2z+z^2x)+2xyz.$$ Prove that: $4x+y\geq 4z$
2010 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 1
We consider on a circle a finite number of real numbers with the sum strictly greater than $0$. Of all the sums that have as terms numbers on consecutive positions on the circle, let $S$ be the largest sum and $s$ the smallest sum. Show that $S + s> 0$.
2008 Putnam, A6
Prove that there exists a constant $ c>0$ such that in every nontrivial finite group $ G$ there exists a sequence of length at most $ c\ln |G|$ with the property that each element of $ G$ equals the product of some subsequence. (The elements of $ G$ in the sequence are not required to be distinct. A [i]subsequence[/i] of a sequence is obtained by selecting some of the terms, not necessarily consecutive, without reordering them; for example, $ 4,4,2$ is a subesequence of $ 2,4,6,4,2,$ but $ 2,2,4$ is not.)
2006 Taiwan TST Round 1, 3
Every square on a $n\times n$ chessboard is colored with red, blue, or green. Each red square has at least one green square adjacent to it, each green square has at least one blue square adjacent to it, and each blue square has at least one red square adjacent to it. Let $R$ be the number of red squares. Prove that $\displaystyle \frac{n^2}{11} \le R \le \frac{2n^2}{3}$.
2012 ISI Entrance Examination, 4
Prove that the polynomial equation $x^{8}-x^{7}+x^{2}-x+15=0$ has no real solution.
1943 Eotvos Mathematical Competition, 3
Let $a < b < c < d$ be real numbers and $(x,y, z,t)$ be any permutation of $a$,$b$, $c$ and $d$. What are the maximum and minimum values of the expression $$(x - y)^2 + (y- z)^2 + (z - t)^2 + (t - x)^2?$$
2008 Moldova National Olympiad, 9.4
Let $ n$ be a positive integer. Find all $ x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ that satisfy the relation:
\[ \sqrt{x_1\minus{}1}\plus{}2\cdot \sqrt{x_2\minus{}4}\plus{}3\cdot \sqrt{x_3\minus{}9}\plus{}\cdots\plus{}n\cdot\sqrt{x_n\minus{}n^2}\equal{}\frac{1}{2}(x_1\plus{}x_2\plus{}x_3\plus{}\cdots\plus{}x_n).\]
2018 ELMO Shortlist, 3
Let $a, b, c,x, y, z$ be positive reals such that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}=1$. Prove that \[a^x+b^y+c^z\ge \frac{4abcxyz}{(x+y+z-3)^2}.\]
[i]Proposed by Daniel Liu[/i]
2005 China Northern MO, 6
Let $0 \leq \alpha , \beta , \gamma \leq \frac{\pi}{2}$, such that $\cos ^{2} \alpha + \cos ^{2} \beta + \cos ^{2} \gamma = 1$. Prove that
$2 \leq (1 + \cos ^{2} \alpha ) ^{2} \sin^{4} \alpha + (1 + \cos ^{2} \beta ) ^{2} \sin ^{4} \beta + (1 + \cos ^{2} \gamma ) ^{2} \sin ^{4} \gamma \leq (1 + \cos ^{2} \alpha )(1 + \cos ^{2} \beta)(1 + \cos ^{2} \gamma ).$
1995 Canada National Olympiad, 2
Let $\{a,b,c\}\in \mathbb{R}^{+}$. Prove that $a^a b^b c^c \ge (abc)^{\frac{a+b+c}{3}}$.
2010 China Team Selection Test, 1
Assume real numbers $a_i,b_i\,(i=0,1,\cdots,2n)$ satisfy the following conditions:
(1) for $i=0,1,\cdots,2n-1$, we have $a_i+a_{i+1}\geq 0$;
(2) for $j=0,1,\cdots,n-1$, we have $a_{2j+1}\leq 0$;
(2) for any integer $p,q$, $0\leq p\leq q\leq n$, we have $\sum_{k=2p}^{2q}b_k>0$.
Prove that $\sum_{i=0}^{2n}(-1)^i a_i b_i\geq 0$, and determine when the equality holds.
1973 Spain Mathematical Olympiad, 2
Determine all solutions of the system
$$\begin{cases} 2x - 5y + 11z - 6 = 0 \\ -x + 3y - 16z + 8 = 0 \\ 4x - 5y - 83z + 38 = 0 \\ 3x + 11y - z + 9 > 0 \end{cases}$$
in which the first three are equations and the last one is a linear inequality.