Found problems: 592
2009 Korea Junior Math Olympiad, 3
For two arbitrary reals $x, y$ which are larger than $0$ and less than $1.$ Prove that$$\frac{x^2}{x+y}+\frac{y^2}{1-x}+\frac{(1-x-y)^2}{1-y}\geq\frac{1}{2}.$$
2024 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad, 1
Let $a, b$, and $c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that
\[\frac{a^4 + 3}{b} + \frac{b^4 + 3}{c} + \frac{c^4 + 3}{a} \ge 12.\]
When does equality hold?
[i]Proposed by Petar Filipovski[/i]
1969 IMO Longlists, 56
Let $a$ and $b$ be two natural numbers that have an equal number $n$ of digits in their decimal expansions. The first $m$ digits (from left to right) of the numbers $a$ and $b$ are equal. Prove that if $m >\frac{n}{2},$ then $a^{\frac{1}{n}} -b^{\frac{1}{n}} <\frac{1}{n}$
2022 Taiwan TST Round 2, A
Let $n\geqslant 1$ be an integer, and let $x_0,x_1,\ldots,x_{n+1}$ be $n+2$ non-negative real numbers that satisfy $x_ix_{i+1}-x_{i-1}^2\geqslant 1$ for all $i=1,2,\ldots,n.$ Show that \[x_0+x_1+\cdots+x_n+x_{n+1}>\bigg(\frac{2n}{3}\bigg)^{3/2}.\][i]Pakawut Jiradilok and Wijit Yangjit, Thailand[/i]
1992 IMO Longlists, 57
For positive numbers $a, b, c$ define $A = \frac{(a + b + c)}{3}$, $G = \sqrt[3]{abc}$, $H = \frac{3}{(a^{-1} + b^{-1} + c^{-1})}.$ Prove that
\[ \left( \frac AG \right)^3 \geq \frac 14 + \frac 34 \cdot \frac AH.\]
India EGMO 2021 TST, 2
Suppose that $a,b,c,d$ are positive real numbers satisfying $(a+c)(b+d)=ac+bd$. Find the smallest possible value of
$$\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{d}+\frac{d}{a}.$$
[i]Israel[/i]
1995 IMO Shortlist, 8
Let $ p$ be an odd prime. Determine positive integers $ x$ and $ y$ for which $ x \leq y$ and $ \sqrt{2p} \minus{} \sqrt{x} \minus{} \sqrt{y}$ is non-negative and as small as possible.
2022 Turkey Junior National Olympiad, 1
$x, y, z$ are positive reals such that $x \leq 1$. Prove that
$$xy+y+2z \geq 4 \sqrt{xyz}$$
2017 Azerbaijan Senior National Olympiad, A5
$a,b,c \in (0,1)$ and $x,y,z \in ( 0, \infty)$ reals satisfies the condition $a^x=bc,b^y=ca,c^z=ab$. Prove that \[ \dfrac{1}{2+x}+\dfrac{1}{2+y}+\dfrac{1}{2+z} \leq \dfrac{3}{4} \] \\
JOM 2015 Shortlist, A5
Let $ a, b, c $ be the side length of a triangle, with $ ab + bc + ca = 18 $ and $ a, b, c > 1 $. Prove that $$ \sum_{cyc}\frac{1}{(a - 1)^3} > \frac{1}{a + b + c - 3} $$
2009 India National Olympiad, 6
Let $ a,b,c$ be positive real numbers such that $ a^3 \plus{} b^3 \equal{} c^3$.Prove that:
$ a^2 \plus{} b^2 \minus{} c^2 > 6(c \minus{} a)(c \minus{} b)$.
2023 Malaysia IMONST 2, 5
Find the smallest positive $m$ such that if $a,b,c$ are three side lengths of a triangle with $a^2 +b^2 > mc^2$, then $c$ must be the length of shortest side.
1988 IMO Shortlist, 8
Let $ u_1, u_2, \ldots, u_m$ be $ m$ vectors in the plane, each of length $ \leq 1,$ with zero sum. Show that one can arrange $ u_1, u_2, \ldots, u_m$ as a sequence $ v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_m$ such that each partial sum $ v_1, v_1 \plus{} v_2, v_1 \plus{} v_2 \plus{} v_3, \ldots, v_1, v_2, \ldots, v_m$ has length less than or equal to $ \sqrt {5}.$
2012 Greece Team Selection Test, 3
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $a+b+c=3$.Prove that $\sum_{sym} \frac{a^{2}}{(b+c)^{3}}\geq \frac{3}{8}$
2013 Macedonian Team Selection Test, Problem 5
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with given sides $a,b,c$. Determine the minimal possible length of the diagonal of an inscribed rectangle in this triangle.
[i]Note: A rectangle is inscribed in the triangle if two of its consecutive vertices lie on one side of the triangle, while the other two vertices lie on the other two sides of the triangle. [/i]
2013 European Mathematical Cup, 4
Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals satisfying :
\[ \frac{a}{1+b+c}+\frac{b}{1+c+a}+\frac{c}{1+a+b}\ge \frac{ab}{1+a+b}+\frac{bc}{1+b+c}+\frac{ca}{1+c+a} \]
Then prove that :
\[ \frac{a^2+b^2+c^2}{ab+bc+ca}+a+b+c+2\ge 2(\sqrt{ab}+\sqrt{bc}+\sqrt{ca}) \]
[i]Proposed by Dimitar Trenevski[/i]
2024 Junior Balkan Team Selection Tests - Moldova, 10
Let $a \geq b \geq 1 \geq c \geq 0$ be real numbers such that $a+b+c=3$. Show that
$$3 \left( \frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{a} \right ) \geq 4c^2+\frac{a^2}{b}+\frac{b^2}{a}$$
2025 6th Memorial "Aleksandar Blazhevski-Cane", P4
Prove that for all real numbers $a, b, c > 1$ the inequality
\[a(b^2 + c) + b(c^2 + a) + c(a^2 + b) \ge a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 3abc\]
holds. When does equality hold?
Proposed by [i]Ilija Jovcevski[/i]
1977 IMO Shortlist, 7
Let $a,b,A,B$ be given reals. We consider the function defined by \[ f(x) = 1 - a \cdot \cos(x) - b \cdot \sin(x) - A \cdot \cos(2x) - B \cdot \sin(2x). \] Prove that if for any real number $x$ we have $f(x) \geq 0$ then $a^2 + b^2 \leq 2$ and $A^2 + B^2 \leq 1.$
1996 IMO Shortlist, 6
Let the sides of two rectangles be $ \{a,b\}$ and $ \{c,d\},$ respectively, with $ a < c \leq d < b$ and $ ab < cd.$ Prove that the first rectangle can be placed within the second one if and only if
\[ \left(b^2 \minus{} a^2\right)^2 \leq \left(bc \minus{} ad \right)^2 \plus{} \left(bd \minus{} ac \right)^2.\]
1999 Mongolian Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 5
Given $a;b;c$ satisfying $a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=2$ . Prove that:
a) $\left | a+b+c-abc \right |\leqslant 2$ .
b) $\left | a^{3}+b^{3}+c^{3}-3abc \right |\leqslant 2\sqrt{2}$
2020 IMO Shortlist, A1
[i]Version 1[/i]. Let $n$ be a positive integer, and set $N=2^{n}$. Determine the smallest real number $a_{n}$ such that, for all real $x$,
\[
\sqrt[N]{\frac{x^{2 N}+1}{2}} \leqslant a_{n}(x-1)^{2}+x .
\]
[i]Version 2[/i]. For every positive integer $N$, determine the smallest real number $b_{N}$ such that, for all real $x$,
\[
\sqrt[N]{\frac{x^{2 N}+1}{2}} \leqslant b_{N}(x-1)^{2}+x .
\]
2012 Kyiv Mathematical Festival, 2
Positive numbers $x, y, z$ satisfy $x^2+y^2+z^2+xy+yz+zy \le 1$.
Prove that $\big( \frac{1}{x}-1\big) \big( \frac{1}{y}-1\big)\big( \frac{1}{z}-1\big) \ge 9 \sqrt6 -19$.
2016 Junior Balkan Team Selection Test, 4
Let $a,b,c\in \mathbb{R}^+$, prove that: $$\frac{2a}{\sqrt{3a+b}}+\frac{2b}{\sqrt{3b+c}}+\frac{2c}{\sqrt{3c+a}}\leq \sqrt{3(a+b+c)}$$
2021 Alibaba Global Math Competition, 6
Let $M(t)$ be measurable and locally bounded function, that is,
\[M(t) \le C_{a,b}, \quad \forall 0 \le a \le t \le b<\infty\]
with some constant $C_{a,b}$, from $[0,\infty)$ to $[0,\infty)$ such that
\[M(t) \le 1+\int_0^t M(t-s)(1+t)^{-1}s^{-1/2} ds, \quad \forall t \ge 0.\]
Show that
\[M(t) \le 10+2\sqrt{5}, \quad \forall t \ge 0.\]