If $a,b,c$ are three real numbers and \[ a + \dfrac{1}{b} = b + \dfrac{1}{c} = c + \dfrac{1}{a} = t \] for some real number $t$, prove that $abc + t = 0 .$

Positive real numbers $a,b,c$ satisfy $$2a^3b+2b^3c+2c^3a=a^2b^2+b^2c^2+c^2a^2.$$ Prove that $$2ab(a-b)^2+2bc(b-c)^2+2ca(c-a)^2 \geq(ab+bc+ca)^2.$$

$a,b,c,d$ are real numbers so that $a\geq b,c\geq d$,\[|a|+2|b|+3|c|+4|d|=1.\] Let $P=(a-b)(b-c)(c-d)$,find the maximum and minimum value of $P$.

$x$, $y$, and $z$ are real numbers such that $xyz=10$. What is the maximum possible value of $x^3y^3z^3-3x^4-12y^2-12z^4$?

If $ x < a < 0$ means that $ x$ and $ a$ are numbers such that $ x$ is less than $ a$ and $ a$ is less than zero, then: $ \textbf{(A)}\ x^2 < ax < 0 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ x^2 > ax > a^2 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ x^2 < a^2 < 0$ $ \textbf{(D)}\ x^2 > ax\text{ but }ax < 0 \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ x^2 > a^2\text{ but }a^2 < 0$

Let $a$ and $b$ be positive numbers. Prove the inequality $$\sqrt[3]{\frac ab}+\sqrt[3]{\frac ba}\le\sqrt[3]{2(a+b)\left(\frac1a+\frac1b\right)}.$$

A quadratic polynomial $p(x)$ has positive real coefficients with sum $1$. Show that given any positive real numbers with product $1$, the product of their values under $p$ is at least $1$.

Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers greater than $1$. Prove the inequality $$\log_a\left(\frac{b^2}{ac}-b+ac\right)\log_b\left(\frac{c^2}{ab}-c+ab\right)\log_c\left(\frac{a^2}{bc}-a+bc\right)\ge1.$$

Let $n$ be a positive integer. We define $f(n)$ as the number of finite sequences $(a_1, a_2, \ldots , a_k)$ of positive integers such that $a_1 < a_2 < a_3 < \cdots < a_k$ and $$a_1+a_2^2+a_3^3+\cdots + a_k^k \leq n.$$ Determine the positive constants $\alpha$ and $C$ such that $$\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow \infty} \frac{f(n)}{n^\alpha}=C.$$

Prove that for all positive integers $a, b, c$ the following inequality holds: $$\frac{a + b}{a + c}+\frac{b + c}{b + a}+\frac{c + a}{c + b} \le \frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}$$

In the acute-angled triangle $ABC$, on the lines $BC$, $AC$, $AB$ we consider the points $D$, $E$ and, respectively, $F$, such that $AD\perp AC, BE\perp AB, CF\perp AC$. Let the point $A', B', C'$ be such that $\{A'\}=BC\cap EF, \{B'\}=AC\cap DF, \{C'\}=AB\cap DE$. Prove that the following inequality is true $$\frac{A'F}{A'E} \cdot \frac{B'D}{B'F} \cdot \frac{C'E}{C'D}\geq8$$

Show that $$\log_2\pi+\log_4\pi<\frac52.$$

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.

If $a$, $b$ ,$c$ are three positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca = 1$, prove that \[ \sqrt[3]{ \frac{1}{a} + 6b} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{b} + 6c} + \sqrt[3]{\frac{1}{c} + 6a } \leq \frac{1}{abc}. \]

Let $ \alpha(n)$ be the number of digits equal to one in the binary representation of a positive integer $ n.$ Prove that: (a) the inequality $ \alpha(n) (n^2 ) \leq \frac{1}{2} \alpha(n)(\alpha(n) + 1)$ holds; (b) the above inequality is an equality for infinitely many positive integers, and (c) there exists a sequence $ (n_i )^{\infty}_1$ such that $ \frac{\alpha ( n^2_i )}{\alpha (n_i }$ goes to zero as $ i$ goes to $ \infty.$ [i]Alternative problem:[/i] Prove that there exists a sequence a sequence $ (n_i )^{\infty}_1$ such that $ \frac{\alpha ( n^2_i )}{\alpha (n_i )}$ (d) $ \infty;$ (e) an arbitrary real number $ \gamma \in (0,1)$; (f) an arbitrary real number $ \gamma \geq 0$; as $ i$ goes to $ \infty.$

Let $0 \le a_1 \le a_2 \le \dots \le a_n \le 1$ be $n$ real numbers with $n \ge 2$. Assume $a_1 + a_2 + \dots + a_n \ge n-1$. Prove that \[ a_2a_3\dots a_n \ge \left( 1 - \frac 1n \right)^{n-1} \]

Real positive numbers $a, b, c$ satisfy $abc=1$. Prove the inequality $$\frac{a^2+b^2}{a^4+b^4}+\frac{b^2+c^2}{b^4+c^4}+\frac{c^2+a^2}{c^4+a^4}\leq a+b+c.$$

Given $x_1,x_2,...,x_n$ real numbers, prove that there exists a real number $y$, such that, $$\{y-x_1\}+\{y-x_2\}+...+\{y-x_n\} \leq \frac{n-1}{2}$$

Prove that \[\frac{a^3}{a^2+ab+b^2}+\frac{b^3}{b^2+bc+c^2}+\frac{c^3}{c^2+ca+a^2}\geq \frac{a+b+c}{3}\] for positive reals $a,b,c$ (S Tokarev)

Let us denote by $s(n)= \sum_{d|n} d$ the sum of divisors of a positive integer $n$ ($1$ and $n$ included). If $n$ has at most $5$ distinct prime divisors, prove that $s(n) < \frac{77}{16} n.$ Also prove that there exists a natural number $n$ for which $s(n) < \frac{76}{16} n$ holds.

Prove that for any $a;b;c\in\mathbb{R^+}$, we have $$(a+b)^2+(a+b+4c)^2\geq \frac{100abc}{a+b+c}$$ When does the equality hold?

Prove that for all the positive numbers $a,b,c$ the following inequality is valid: $$a^3+b^3+c^3+3abc>ab(a+b)+bc(b+c)+ac(a+c)$$

Let $a,b,c,x,y,z$ be positive real numbers such that $ay+bz+cx \le az+bx+cy$. Prove that $$ \frac{xy}{ax+bx+cy}+\frac{yz}{by+cy+az}+\frac{zx}{cz+az+bx} \le \frac{x+y+z}{a+b+c}$$

Three line segments, all of length $1$, form a connected figure in the plane. Any two different line segments can intersect only at their endpoints. Find the maximum area of the convex hull of the figure.

For every positive integer $ n$, let $ \phi(n)$ denotes the number of positive integers less than $ n$ that is relatively prime to $ n$ and $ \tau(n)$ denote the sum of all positive divisors of $ n$. Let $ n$ be a positive integer such that $ \phi(n)|n\minus{}1$ and that $ n$ is not a prime number. Prove that $ \tau(n)>2009$.