Found problems: 592
1991 All Soviet Union Mathematical Olympiad, 543
Show that $\frac{(x + y + z)^2}{3} \ge x\sqrt{yz} + y\sqrt{zx} + z\sqrt{xy}$ for all non-negative reals $x, y, z$.
2003 Junior Tuymaada Olympiad, 5
Prove that for any real $ x $ and $ y $ the inequality $x^2 \sqrt {1+2y^2} + y^2 \sqrt {1+2x^2} \geq xy (x+y+\sqrt{2})$ .
2019 Balkan MO Shortlist, A3
Let $a,b,c$ be real numbers such that $0 \leq a \leq b \leq c$ and $a+b+c=ab+bc+ca >0.$
Prove that $\sqrt{bc}(a+1) \geq 2$ and determine the equality cases.
(Edit: Proposed by sir Leonard Giugiuc, Romania)
2017 China National Olympiad, 6
Given an integer $n \geq2$ and real numbers $a,b$ such that $0<a<b$. Let $x_1,x_2,\ldots, x_n\in [a,b]$ be real numbers. Find the maximum value of $$\frac{\frac{x^2_1}{x_2}+\frac{x^2_2}{x_3}+\cdots+\frac{x^2_{n-1}}{x_n}+\frac{x^2_n}{x_1}}{x_1+x_2+\cdots +x_{n-1}+x_n}.$$
2022 Indonesia TST, A
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc = 1$. Prove that
$$(a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) + 3\ge 4(a + b + c).$$
2013 Baltic Way, 4
Prove that the following inequality holds for all positive real numbers $x,y,z$:
\[\dfrac{x^3}{y^2+z^2}+\dfrac{y^3}{z^2+x^2}+\dfrac{z^3}{x^2+y^2}\ge \dfrac{x+y+z}{2}.\]
2015 China Girls Math Olympiad, 7
Let $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n \in(0,1)$ , $n\geq2$. Prove that$$\frac{\sqrt{1-x_1}}{x_1}+\frac{\sqrt{1-x_2}}{x_2}+\cdots+\frac{\sqrt{1-x_n}}{x_n}<\frac{\sqrt{n-1}}{x_1 x_2 \cdots x_n}.$$
2018 JBMO Shortlist, A1
Let $x,y,z$ be positive real numbers . Prove:
$\frac{x}{\sqrt{\sqrt[4]{y}+\sqrt[4]{z}}}+\frac{y}{\sqrt{\sqrt[4]{z}+\sqrt[4]{x}}}+\frac{z}{\sqrt{\sqrt[4]{x}+\sqrt[4]{y}}}\geq \frac{\sqrt[4]{(\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{y}+\sqrt{z})^7}}{\sqrt{2\sqrt{27}}}$
1996 French Mathematical Olympiad, Problem 4
(a) A function $f$ is defined by $f(x)=x^x$ for all $x>0$. Find the minimum value of $f$.
(b) If $x$ and $y$ are two positive real numbers, show that $x^y+y^x>1$.
1967 IMO Shortlist, 5
A linear binomial $l(z) = Az + B$ with complex coefficients $A$ and $B$ is given. It is known that the maximal value of $|l(z)|$ on the segment $-1 \leq x \leq 1$ $(y = 0)$ of the real line in the complex plane $z = x + iy$ is equal to $M.$ Prove that for every $z$
\[|l(z)| \leq M \rho,\]
where $\rho$ is the sum of distances from the point $P=z$ to the points $Q_1: z = 1$ and $Q_3: z = -1.$
2020 Stars of Mathematics, 1
Let $a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4$ be positive real numbers satisfying \[\sum_{i<j}a_ia_j=1.\]Prove that \[\sum_{\text{sym}}\frac{a_1a_2}{1+a_3a_4}\geq\frac{6}{7}.\][i]* * *[/i]
1965 Vietnam National Olympiad, 3
1) Two nonnegative real numbers $x, y$ have constant sum $a$. Find the minimum value of $x^m + y^m$, where m is a given positive integer.
2) Let $m, n$ be positive integers and $k$ a positive real number. Consider nonnegative real numbers $x_1, x_2, . . . , x_n$ having constant sum $k$. Prove that the minimum value of the quantity $x^m_1+ ... + x^m_n$ occurs when $x_1 = x_2 = ... = x_n$.
2020 Macedonia Additional BMO TST, 1
Let $a_1,a_2,...,a_{2020}$ be positive real numbers. Prove that:
$$\max{(a^2_1-a_2,a^2_2-a_3,...,a^2_{2020}-a_1)}\ge\max{(a^2_1-a_1,a^2_2-a_2,...,a^2_{2020}-a_{2020})}$$
2012 Korea Junior Math Olympiad, 1
Prove the following inequality where positive reals $a$, $b$, $c$ satisfies $ab+bc+ca=1$.
\[
\frac{a+b}{\sqrt{ab(1-ab)}} + \frac{b+c}{\sqrt{bc(1-bc)}} + \frac{c+a}{\sqrt{ca(1-ca)}} \le \frac{\sqrt{2}}{abc}
\]
2010 BAMO, 5
Let $a$, $b$, $c$, $d$ be positive real numbers such that $abcd=1$. Prove that
$1/[(1/2 +a+ab+abc)^{1/2}]+ 1/[(1/2+b+bc+bcd)^{1/2}] + 1/[(1/2+c+cd+cda)^{1/2}] + 1/[1(1/2+d+da+dab)^{1/2}]$ is greater than or equal to $2^{1/2}$.
1998 IMO Shortlist, 5
In a contest, there are $m$ candidates and $n$ judges, where $n\geq 3$ is an odd integer. Each candidate is evaluated by each judge as either pass or fail. Suppose that each pair of judges agrees on at most $k$ candidates. Prove that \[{\frac{k}{m}} \geq {\frac{n-1}{2n}}. \]
2024 Belarusian National Olympiad, 11.7
Positive real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots, a_n$ satisfy the equation $$2a_1+a_2+\ldots+a_{n-1}=a_n+\frac{n^2-3n+2}{2}$$
For every positive integer $n \geq 3$ find the smallest possible value of the sum $$\frac{(a_1+1)^2}{a_2}+\ldots+\frac{(a_{n-1}+1)^2}{a_n}$$
[i]M. Zorka[/i]
2007 Junior Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad, 3
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be real numbers such that $0 < a \le b \le c$. Prove that
$(a + 3b)(b + 4c)(c + 2a) \ge 60abc$.
When does equality hold?
2017 Bulgaria EGMO TST, 3
Let $a$, $b$, $c$ and $d$ be positive real numbers with $a+b+c+d = 4$. Prove that $\frac{a}{b^2 + 1} + \frac{b}{c^2+1} + \frac{c}{d^2+1} + \frac{d}{a^2+1} \geq 2$.
2023 Thailand Online MO, 7
Let $a_0,a_1,\dots$ be a sequence of positive reals such that
$$ a_{n+2} \leq \frac{2023a_n}{a_na_{n+1}+2023}$$ for all integers $n\geq 0$. Prove that either $a_{2023}<1$ or $a_{2024}<1$.
1969 IMO Shortlist, 69
$(YUG 1)$ Suppose that positive real numbers $x_1, x_2, x_3$ satisfy
$x_1x_2x_3 > 1, x_1 + x_2 + x_3 <\frac{1}{x_1}+\frac{1}{x_2}+\frac{1}{x_3}$
Prove that:
$(a)$ None of $x_1, x_2, x_3$ equals $1$.
$(b)$ Exactly one of these numbers is less than $1.$
2007 Balkan MO Shortlist, N5
Let $p \geq 5$ be a prime and let
\begin{align*} (p-1)^p +1 = \prod _{i=1}^n q_i^{\beta_i} \end{align*}
where $q_i$ are primes. Prove,
\begin{align*} \sum_{i=1}^n q_i \beta_i >p^2 \end{align*}
2020 JBMO Shortlist, 3
Find all triples of positive real numbers $(a, b, c)$ so that the expression
$M = \frac{(a + b)(b + c)(a + b + c)}{abc}$
gets its least value.
2021 Alibaba Global Math Competition, 6
When a company releases a new social media software, the marketing development of the company researches and analyses the characteristics of the customer group apart from paying attention to the active customer depending on the change of the time. We use $n(t, x)$ to express the customer density (which will be abbreviated as density). Here $t$ is the time and $x$ is the time of the customer spent on the social media software. In the instant time $t$, for $0<x_1<x_2$, the number of customers of spending time between $x_1$ and $x_2$ is $\int_{x_1}^{x_2}n(t,x)dx$. We assume the density $n(t,x)$ depends on the time and the following factors:
Assumption 1. When the customer keeps using that social media software, their time spent on social media increases linearly.
Assumption 2. During the time that the customer uses the social media software, they may stop using it. We assumption the speed of stopping using it $d(x)>0$ only depends on $x$.
Assumption 3. There are two sources of new customer.
(i) The promotion from the company: A function of time that expresses the increase of number of people in a time unit, expressed by $c(t)$.
(ii) The promotion from previous customer: Previous customer actively promotes this social media software to their colleagues and friends actively. The speed of promoting sucessfully depends on $x$, denoted as $b(x)$.
Assume if in an instant time, denoted as $t=0$, the density function is known and $n(0,x)=n_0(x)$. We can derive. The change of time $n(t,x)$ can satisfy the equation:
$\begin{cases}
\frac{\partial}{\partial t}n(t,x)+\frac{\partial}{\partial x}n(t,x)+d(x)n(t,x)=0, t\ge 0, x\ge 0
\\
N(t):=n(t,x=0)=c(t)+\int_{0}^{\infty}b(y)n(t,y)dy
\end{cases}\,$
where $N(t)$ iis the speed of the increase of new customers. We assume $b, d \in L^\infty_-(0, \infty)$. $b(x)$ and $d(x)$ is bounded in essence. The following, we first make a simplified assumption: $c(t)\equiv 0$, i.e. the increase of new customer depends only on the promotion of previous customer.
(a) According to assumption 1 and 2, formally derive the PDE that $n(t, x)$ satisfies in the two simtaneous equation above. You are required to show the assumption of model and the relationship between the Maths expression. Furthermore, according to assumption 3, explain the definition and meaning of $N(t)$ in the simtaneous equation above.
(b) We want to research the relationship of the speed of the increase of the new customers $N(t)$ and the speed of promoting sucessfully $b(x)$. Derive an equation that $N(t)$ satisfies in terms of $N(t), n_0(x), b(x), d(x)$ only and does not include $n(t, x)$. Prove that $N(t)$ satifies the estimation $|N(t)|\le ||b||_\infty e^{||b||_\infty t}\int_{0}^{\infty}|n_0(x)|dx$, where $||\cdot||_\infty$ is the norm of $L^\infty$.
(c) Finally, we want to research, after sufficiently long time, what trend of number density function $n(t, x) $\frac{d} has. As the total number of customers may keep increasing so it is not comfortable for us to research the number density function $n(t, x)$. We should try to find a density function which is renormalized. Hence, we first assume there is one only solution $(\lambda_0,\varphi(x))$ of the following eigenvalue problem:
$\begin{cases}
\varphi'(x)+(\lambda_0+d(x))\varphi(x)=0, x\ge 0
\\
\varphi(x)>0,\varphi(0)=\int_{0}^{\infty}b(x)\varphi(x)dx=1
\end{cases}\,
$
and its dual problem has only solution $\psi(x)$:
$\begin{cases}
-\varphi'(x)+(\lambda_0+d(x))\psi(x)=\psi(0)b(x), x\ge 0
\\
\psi(x)>0,\int_{0}^{\infty}\psi(x)\varphi(x)dx=1
\end{cases}\,$
Prove that for any convex function $H:\mathbb{R}^+\to \mathbb{R}^+$ which satisfies $H(0)=0$. We have
$\frac{d}{dx}\int_{0}^{\infty}\psi(x)\varphi(x)H(\frac{\tilde{n}(t,x)}{\varphi(x)})dx\le 0, \forall t\ge 0$.
Furthermore, prove that $\int_{0}^{\infty}\psi(x)n(t,x)dx=e^{\lambda_0t}\int_{0}^{\infty}\psi(x)n_0(x)dx$
To simplify the proof, the contribution of boundary terms in $\infty$ is negligible.
2019 India Regional Mathematical Olympiad, 3
Find all triples of non-negative real numbers $(a,b,c)$ which satisfy the following set of equations
$$a^2+ab=c$$
$$b^2+bc=a$$
$$c^2+ca=b$$