Found problems: 426
2005 China Team Selection Test, 2
Let $n$ be a positive integer, and $x$ be a positive real number. Prove that $$\sum_{k=1}^{n} \left( x \left[\frac{k}{x}\right] - (x+1)\left[\frac{k}{x+1}\right]\right) \leq n,$$ where $[x]$ denotes the largest integer not exceeding $x$.
2007 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, Part 1, 2
For every positive integer $ n$ determine the highest value $ C(n)$, such that for every $ n$-tuple $ (a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n)$ of pairwise distinct integers
$ (n \plus{} 1)\sum_{j \equal{} 1}^n a_j^2 \minus{} \left(\sum_{j \equal{} 1}^n a_j\right)^2\geq C(n)$
1985 Federal Competition For Advanced Students, P2, 2
For $ n \in \mathbb{N}$, let $ f(n)\equal{}1^n\plus{}2^{n\minus{}1}\plus{}3^{n\minus{}2}\plus{}...\plus{}n^1$. Determine the minimum value of: $ \frac{f(n\plus{}1)}{f(n)}.$
1992 China National Olympiad, 2
Given nonnegative real numbers $x_1,x_2,\dots ,x_n$, let $a=min\{x_1, x_2,\dots ,x_n\}$. Prove that the following inequality holds:
\[ \sum^{n}_{i=1}\dfrac{1+x_i}{1+x_{i+1}}\le n+\dfrac{1}{(1+a)^2}\sum^{n}_{i=1}(x_i-a)^2 \quad\quad (x_{n+1}=x_1),\]
and equality occurs if and only if $x_1=x_2=\dots =x_n$.
2015 Iran Team Selection Test, 1
$a,b,c,d$ are positive numbers such that $\sum_{cyc} \frac{1}{ab} =1$. Prove that :
$abcd+16 \geq 8 \sqrt{(a+c)(\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{c})}+8\sqrt{(b+d)(\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{d})}$
2012 Baltic Way, 2
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be real numbers. Prove that
\[ab + bc + ca + \max\{|a - b|, |b - c|, |c - a|\} \le 1 + \frac{1}{3} (a + b + c)^2.\]
2006 China Team Selection Test, 3
Given $n$ real numbers $a_1$, $a_2$ $\ldots$ $a_n$. ($n\geq 1$). Prove that there exists real numbers $b_1$, $b_2$ $\ldots$ $b_n$ satisfying:
(a) For any $1 \leq i \leq n$, $a_i - b_i$ is a positive integer.
(b)$\sum_{1 \leq i < j \leq n} (b_i - b_j)^2 \leq \frac{n^2-1}{12}$
2011 Morocco National Olympiad, 3
Let $a$ and $b$ be two real numbers and let$M(a,b)=\max\left \{ 3a^{2}+2b; 3b^{2}+2a\right \}$. Find the values of $a$ and $b$ for which $M(a,b)$ is minimal.
2011 Korea National Olympiad, 3
Let $a,b,c,d$ real numbers such that $a+b+c+d=19$ and $a^2+b^2+c^2+d^2=91$. Find the maximum value of
\[ \frac{1}{a} +\frac{1}{b} +\frac{1}{c} +\frac{1}{d} \]
1996 Vietnam Team Selection Test, 3
Find the minimum value of the expression:
\[f(a,b,c)= (a+b)^4+(b+c)^4+(c+a)^4 - \frac{4}{7} \cdot (a^4+b^4+c^4).\]
1998 China National Olympiad, 2
Given a positive integer $n>1$, determine with proof if there exist $2n$ pairwise different positive integers $a_1,\ldots ,a_n,b_1,\ldots b_n$ such that $a_1+\ldots +a_n=b_1+\ldots +b_n$ and
\[n-1>\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{a_i-b_i}{a_i+b_i}>n-1-\frac{1}{1998}.\]
2005 Moldova Team Selection Test, 4
Find the largest positive $p$ ($p>1$) such, that $\forall a,b,c\in[\frac1p,p]$ the following inequality takes place
\[9(ab+bc+ca)(a^2+b^2+c^2)\geq(a+b+c)^4\]
1994 Hong Kong TST, 1
Suppose, $x, y, z \in \mathbb{R}_+$ such that $xy+yz+zx=1$. Prove that, \[x(1-y^2)(1-z^2)+y(1-z^2)(1-x^2)+z(1-x^2)(1-y^2)\leq \frac{4\sqrt{3}}{9}\]
2010 IMC, 2
Let $a_0,a_1,\dots,a_n$ be positive real numbers such that $a_{k+1}-a_k \geq 1$ for all $k=0,1,\dots,n-1.$ Prove that
\[1+\frac{1}{a_0} \left( 1+\frac1{a_1-a_0}\right)\cdots\left(1+\frac1{a_n-a_0}\right)\leq \left(1+\frac1{a_0}\right) \left(1+\frac1{a_1}\right)\cdots \left(1+\frac1{a_n}\right).\]
2011 Postal Coaching, 5
Let $<a_n>$ be a sequence of non-negative real numbers such that $a_{m+n} \le a_m +a_n$ for all $m,n \in \mathbb{N}$.
Prove that
\[\sum_{k=1}^{N} \frac{a_k}{k^2}\ge \frac{a_N}{4N}\ln N\]
for any $N \in \mathbb{N}$, where $\ln$ denotes the natural logarithm.
2003 Regional Competition For Advanced Students, 1
Find the minimum value of the expression $ \frac{a\plus{}1}{a(a\plus{}2)}\plus{}\frac{b\plus{}1}{b(b\plus{}2)}\plus{}\frac{c\plus{}1}{c(c\plus{}2)}$, where $ a,b,c$ are positive real numbers with $ a\plus{}b\plus{}c \le 3$.
1987 IMO Longlists, 27
Find, with proof, the smallest real number $C$ with the following property:
For every infinite sequence $\{x_i\}$ of positive real numbers such that $x_1 + x_2 +\cdots + x_n \leq x_{n+1}$ for $n = 1, 2, 3, \cdots$, we have
\[\sqrt{x_1}+\sqrt{x_2}+\cdots+\sqrt{x_n} \leq C \sqrt{x_1+x_2+\cdots+x_n} \qquad \forall n \in \mathbb N.\]
1990 IMO Longlists, 8
Let $a, b, c$ be the side lengths and $P$ be area of a triangle, respectively. Prove that
\[(a^2+b^2+c^2-4\sqrt 3 P) (a^2+b^2+c^2) \geq 2 \left(a^2(b - c)^2 + b^2(c - a)^2 + c^2(a - b)^2\right).\]
2000 France Team Selection Test, 3
$a,b,c,d$ are positive reals with sum $1$. Show that $\frac{a^2}{a+b}+\frac{b^2}{b+c}+\frac{c^2}{c+d}+\frac{d^2}{d+a} \ge \frac{1}{2}$ with equality iff $a=b=c=d=\frac{1}{4}$.
2002 China Team Selection Test, 1
Given $ n \geq 3$, $ n$ is a integer. Prove that:
\[ (2^n \minus{} 2) \cdot \sqrt{2i\minus{}1} \geq \left( \sum_{j\equal{}0}^{i\minus{}1}C_n^j \plus{} C_{n\minus{}1}^{i\minus{}1} \right) \cdot \sqrt{n}\]
where if $ n$ is even, then $ \displaystyle 1 \leq i \leq \frac{n}{2}$; if $ n$ is odd, then $ \displaystyle 1 \leq i \leq \frac{n\minus{}1}{2}$.
2012 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 3
Let $a$ and $b$ be positive real numbers such that $a+b=1$. Prove that $a^ab^b+a^bb^a\le 1$.
2003 China Team Selection Test, 3
Suppose $A\subset \{(a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n)\mid a_i\in \mathbb{R},i=1,2\dots,n\}$. For any $\alpha=(a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n)\in A$ and $\beta=(b_1,b_2,\dots,b_n)\in A$, we define
\[ \gamma(\alpha,\beta)=(|a_1-b_1|,|a_2-b_2|,\dots,|a_n-b_n|), \] \[ D(A)=\{\gamma(\alpha,\beta)\mid\alpha,\beta\in A\}. \] Please show that $|D(A)|\geq |A|$.
2008 Germany Team Selection Test, 1
Show that there is a digit unequal to 2 in the decimal represesentation of $ \sqrt [3]{3}$ between the $ 1000000$-th und $ 3141592$-th position after decimal point.
2004 Poland - First Round, 4
4.Given is $n \in \mathbb Z$ and positive reals a,b. Find possible maximal value of the sum: $x_1y_1 + x_2y_2 + ... + x_ny_n$ when $x_1,x_2,...,x_n$ and $y_1,y_2,...,y_n$ are in $<0;1>$ and satisfies: $x_1 + x_2 + ... + x_n \leq a$ and $y_1 + y_2 + ... + y_n \leq b$
2010 India IMO Training Camp, 4
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $ab+bc+ca\le 3abc$. Prove that
\[\sqrt{\frac{a^2+b^2}{a+b}}+\sqrt{\frac{b^2+c^2}{b+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{c^2+a^2}{c+a}}+3\le \sqrt{2} (\sqrt{a+b}+\sqrt{b+c}+\sqrt{c+a})\]