Olympiad problems

2004 Kazakhstan National Olympiad, 7

Prove that for any $a>0,b>0,c>0$ we have $8a^2 b^2 c^2 \geq (a^2 + ab + ac - bc)(b^2 + ba + bc - ac)(c^2 + ca + cb - ab)$.

2001 Polish MO Finals, 1

Tags: inequalities , calculus , derivative , function , induction , inequalities proposed

Prove the following inequality: $x_1 + 2x_2 + 3x_3 + ... + nx_n \leq \frac{n(n-1)}{2} + x_1 + x_2 ^2 + x_3 ^3 + ... + x_n ^n$ where $\forall _{x_i} x_i > 0$

2000 JBMO ShortLists, 13

Tags: inequalities proposed , inequalities

Prove that \[ \sqrt{(1^k+2^k)(1^k+2^k+3^k)\ldots (1^k+2^k+\ldots +n^k)}\] \[ \ge 1^k+2^k+\ldots +n^k-\frac{2^{k-1}+2\cdot 3^{k-1}+\ldots + (n-1)\cdot n^{k-1}}{n}\] for all integers $n,k \ge 2$.

2016 Silk Road, 1

Tags: algebra , inequalities proposed , inequalities

Let $a,b$ and $c$ be real numbers such that $| (a-b) (b-c) (c-a) | = 1$. Find the smallest value of the expression $| a | + | b | + | c |$. (K.Satylhanov )

2005 Georgia Team Selection Test, 10

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed , 3-variable inequality , algebra

Let $ a,b,c$ be positive numbers, satisfying $ abc\geq 1$. Prove that \[ a^{3} \plus{} b^{3} \plus{} c^{3} \geq ab \plus{} bc \plus{} ca.\]

1986 IMO Longlists, 35

Tags: inequalities , triangle inequality , inequalities proposed

Establish the maximum and minimum values that the sum $|a| + |b| + |c|$ can have if $a, b, c$ are real numbers such that the maximum value of $|ax^2 + bx + c|$ is $1$ for $-1 \leq x \leq 1.$

2007 Indonesia TST, 1

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $ a,b,c$ be real numbers. Prove that $ (ab\plus{}bc\plus{}ca\minus{}1)^2 \le (a^2\plus{}1)(b^2\plus{}1)(c^2\plus{}1)$.

2013 239 Open Mathematical Olympiad, 4

Tags: inequalities , algebra , inequalities proposed

For positive numbers $a, b, c$ satisfying condition $a+b+c<2$, Prove that $$ \sqrt{a^2 +bc}+\sqrt{b^2 +ca}+\sqrt{c^2 + ab}<3. $$

1996 Romania Team Selection Test, 13

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $ x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n $ be positive real numbers and $ x_{n+1} = x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n $. Prove that \[ \sum_{k=1}^n \sqrt { x_k (x_{n+1} - x_k)} \leq \sqrt { \sum_{k=1}^n x_{n+1}(x_{n+1}-x_k)}. \] [i]Mircea Becheanu[/i]

2010 Greece National Olympiad, 2

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

If $ x,y$ are positive real numbers with sum $ 2a$, prove that : $ x^3y^3(x^2\plus{}y^2)^2 \leq 4a^{10}$ When does equality hold ? Babis

2007 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 4

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $a, b, c$ three positive reals such that \[\frac{1}{a+b+1}+\frac{1}{b+c+1}+\frac{1}{c+a+1}\geq 1. \] Show that \[a+b+c\geq ab+bc+ca. \]

2006 Iran Team Selection Test, 4

Tags: inequalities , induction , function , triangle inequality , inequalities proposed

Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ be real numbers. Prove that \[ \sum_{i,j=1}^n |x_i+x_j|\geq n\sum_{i=1}^n |x_i| \]

2014 Contests, 2

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $a,b\in\mathbb{R}_+$ such that $a+b=1$. Find the minimum value of the following expression: \[E(a,b)=3\sqrt{1+2a^2}+2\sqrt{40+9b^2}.\]

1997 Korea - Final Round, 5

Tags: inequalities proposed , inequalities

For positive numbers $ a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$, we define \[ A\equal{}\frac{a_1\plus{}a_2\plus{}\cdots\plus{}a_n}{n}, \quad G\equal{}\sqrt[n]{a_1\cdots a_n}, \quad H\equal{}\frac{n}{a_1^{\minus{}1}\plus{}\cdots\plus{}a_n^{\minus{}1}}\] Prove that (i) $ \frac{A}{H}\leq \minus{}1\plus{}2\left(\frac{A}{G}\right)^n$, for n even (ii) $ \frac{A}{H}\leq \minus{}\frac{n\minus{}2}{n}\plus{}\frac{2(n\minus{}1)}{n}\left(\frac{A}{G}\right)^n$, for $ n$ odd

2009 Kyrgyzstan National Olympiad, 9

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

For any positive $ a_1 ,a_2 ,...,a_n$ prove that $ \frac {{a_1 }} {{a_2 \plus{} a_3 }} \plus{} \frac {{a_2 }} {{a_3 \plus{} a_4 }} \plus{} ... \plus{} \frac {{a_n }} {{a_1 \plus{} a_2 }} > \frac {n} {4}$ holds.

2025 Austrian MO National Competition, 1

Tags: algebra , inequalities proposed

Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be pairwise distinct nonnegative real numbers. Prove that \[ (a + b + c) \left( \frac{a}{(b - c)^2} + \frac{b}{(c - a)^2} + \frac{c}{(a - b)^2} \right) > 4. \] [i](Karl Czakler)[/i]

2016 Iran Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: algebra , inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $a,b,c,d$ be positive real numbers such that $\frac{1}{a+1}+\frac{1}{b+1}+\frac{1}{c+1}+\frac{1}{d+1}=2$. Prove that $$\sum_{cyc} \sqrt{\frac{a^2+1}{2}} \geq (3.\sum_{cyc} \sqrt{a}) -8$$

2006 Mediterranean Mathematics Olympiad, 4

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $0\le x_{i,j} \le 1$, where $i=1,2, \ldots m$ and $j=1,2, \ldots n$. Prove the inequality \[ \prod_{j=1}^n\left(1-\prod_{i=1}^mx_{i,j} \right)+ \prod_{i=1}^m\left(1-\prod_{j=1}^n(1-x_{i,j}) \right) \ge 1 \]

1999 Romania National Olympiad, 2a

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

let $x_i,y_i 1 \le i \le n$ be positive numbers such that : $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \ge \sum_{i=1}^n x_iy_i$ Prove : $\displaystyle \sum_{i=1}^n x_i \le \sum _{i=1}^n \frac{x_i}{y_i}$

2012 Albania Team Selection Test, 1

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Find the greatest value of the expression \[ \frac{1}{x^2-4x+9}+\frac{1}{y^2-4y+9}+\frac{1}{z^2-4z+9} \] where $x$, $y$, $z$ are nonnegative real numbers such that $x+y+z=1$.

1971 IMO Longlists, 3

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers, $0 < a \leq b \leq c$. Prove that for any positive real numbers $x, y, z$ the following inequality holds: \[(ax+by+cz) \left( \frac xa + \frac yb+\frac zc \right) \leq (x+y+z)^2 \cdot \frac{(a+c)^2}{4ac}.\]

2013 Greece Team Selection Test, 3

Tags: function , inequalities proposed , inequalities

Find the largest possible value of $M$ for which $\frac{x}{1+\frac{yz}{x}}+\frac{y}{1+\frac{zx}{y}}+\frac{z}{1+\frac{xy}{z}}\geq M$ for all $x,y,z>0$ with $xy+yz+zx=1$

2005 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Romania, 8

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed , highschoolmath

Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be three positive reals such that $(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)=1$. Prove that the following inequality holds: \[ ab+bc+ca \leq \frac 34 . \] [i]Cezar Lupu[/i]

2012 JBMO TST - Macedonia, 3

Tags: inequalities , inequalities proposed

Let $a$,$b$,$c$ be positive real numbers and $a+b+c+2=abc$. Prove that \[\frac{a}{b+1}+\frac{b}{c+1}+\frac{c}{a+1}\geq{2}. \]

1998 Balkan MO, 2

Tags: inequalities , induction , triangle inequality , inequalities proposed

Let $n\geq 2$ be an integer, and let $0 < a_1 < a_2 < \cdots < a_{2n+1}$ be real numbers. Prove the inequality \[ \sqrt[n]{a_1} - \sqrt[n]{a_2} + \sqrt[n]{a_3} - \cdots + \sqrt[n]{a_{2n+1}} < \sqrt[n]{a_1 - a_2 + a_3 - \cdots + a_{2n+1}}. \] [i]Bogdan Enescu, Romania[/i]