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$\boxed{\text{A1}}$Let $a,b,c$ be positive reals numbers such that $a+b+c=1$.Prove that $2(a^2+b^2+c^2)\ge \frac{1}{9}+15abc$
[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 $x$, \[ \sqrt[N]{\frac{x^{2 N}+1}{2}} \leqslant b_{N}(x-1)^{2}+x . \]
Let $ a$, $ b$ and $ c$ be the lengths of the sides of a triangle. Prove that \[ a^{2}b(a \minus{} b) \plus{} b^{2}c(b \minus{} c) \plus{} c^{2}a(c \minus{} a)\ge 0. \] Determine when equality occurs.
Let $a, b, c$ be positive real numbers such that $abc = 1$. Prove that $$(a + b + c)(ab + bc + ca) + 3\ge 4(a + b + c).$$
Let $a=x_1\leq x_2\leq ...\leq x_n=b$. Prove the following inequality: $(x_1+x_2+...+x_n )(\frac{1}{x_1} +\frac{1}{x_2} +...+\frac{1}{x_n} )\leq \frac{(a+b)}{4ab} n^2$.
Real numbers $a,b,c$ with $0\le a,b,c\le 1$ satisfy the condition $$a+b+c=1+\sqrt{2(1-a)(1-b)(1-c)}.$$ Prove that $$\sqrt{1-a^2}+\sqrt{1-b^2}+\sqrt{1-c^2}\le \frac{3\sqrt 3}{2}.$$ [i] (Nora Gavrea)[/i]
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers. Prove that: $\left (a+b+c \right )\left ( \frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c} \right ) \geq 9+3\sqrt[3]{\frac{(a-b)^2(b-c)^2(c-a)^2}{a^2b^2c^2}}$
Let $a,b,c$ be positive real numbers satisfying $a+b+c=3$.Prove that $\sum_{sym} \frac{a^{2}}{(b+c)^{3}}\geq \frac{3}{8}$
Find the smallest real number $M$ such that $$\sum_{k = 1}^{99}\frac{a_{k+1}}{a_k+a_{k+1}+a_{k+2}} < M$$ for all positive real numbers $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_{99}$. ($a_{100} = a_1, a_{101} = a_2$)
Let x; y; z be real numbers, satisfying the relations $x \ge 20$ $y \ge 40$ $z \ge 1675$ x + y + z = 2015 Find the greatest value of the product P = $xy z$
Are there any real numbers $a,b,c$ such that $a+b+c=6$, $ab+bc+ca=9$ and $a^4+b^4+c^4=260$? What about if we let $a^4+b^4+c^4=210$? [i] (Andrei Bâra)[/i]
Consider positive real numbers $x,y,z$. Prove the inequality $$\frac 1x+\frac 1y+\frac 1z+\frac{9}{x+y+z}\ge 3\left (\left (\frac{1}{2x+y}+\frac{1}{x+2y}\right )+\left (\frac{1}{2y+z}+\frac{1}{y+2z}\right )+\left (\frac{1}{2z+x}+\frac{1}{x+2z}\right )\right ).$$ [i] (Vlad Robu \& Sergiu Novac)[/i]
Let $c$ be a real number. If the inequality $$f(c)\cdot f(-c)\ge f(a)$$ holds for all $f(x)=x^2-2ax+b$ where $a$ and $b$ are arbitrary real numbers, find all possible values of $c$.
Prove that \[\frac{1}{3}n^2 + \frac{1}{2}n + \frac{1}{6} \geq (n!)^{\frac{2}{n}},\] and let $n \geq 1$ be an integer. Prove that this inequality is only possible in the case $n = 1.$
Let $a, b, c $ be positive real numbers such that $abc = \frac {2} {3}. $ Prove that: $$\frac {ab}{a + b} + \frac {bc} {b + c} + \frac {ca} {c + a} \geqslant \frac {a+b+c} {a^3+b ^ 3 + c ^ 3}.$$
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]
Prove that \[\frac{1}{3}n^2 + \frac{1}{2}n + \frac{1}{6} \geq (n!)^{\frac{2}{n}},\] and let $n \geq 1$ be an integer. Prove that this inequality is only possible in the case $n = 1.$
Let $x_1,x_2, ... , x_n$ be positive integers,Asumme that in their decimal representations no $x_i$ "prolongs" $x_j$.For instance , $123$ prolongs $12$ , $459$ prolongs $4$ , but $124$ does not prolog $123$. Prove that : $\frac {1}{x_1}+\frac {1}{x_2}+...+\frac {1}{x_n} < 3$.
If positive reals $ x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n $ satisfy $\sum_{i=1}^{n}x_i=1.$ Prove that$$\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{1+\sum_{j=1}^{i}x_j}<\sqrt{\frac{2}{3}\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{1}{x_i}} $$
Let $ABC$ an acute triangle with $\angle BAC\geq 60^\circ$ and $\Gamma$ it´s circumcircule. Let $P$ the intersection of the tangents to $\Gamma$ from $B$ and $C$. Let $\Omega$ the circumcircle of the triangle $BPC$. The bisector of $\angle BAC$ intersect $\Gamma$ again in $E$ and $\Omega$ in $D$, in the way that $E$ is between $A$ and $D$. Prove that $\frac{AE}{ED}\leq 2$ and determine when equality holds.
Let $n$ be a positive integer and let $a_1, a_2, \ldots, a_n$ be positive reals. Show that $$\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{1}{2^i}(\frac{2}{1+a_i})^{2^i} \geq \frac{2}{1+a_1a_2\ldots a_n}-\frac{1}{2^n}.$$
The matrix \[A=\begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & \ldots & a_{1n} \\ \vdots & \ldots & \vdots \\ a_{n1} & \ldots & a_{nn} \end{pmatrix}\] satisfies the inequality $\sum_{j=1}^n |a_{j1}x_1 + \cdots+ a_{jn}x_n| \leq M$ for each choice of numbers $x_i$ equal to $\pm 1$. Show that \[|a_{11} + a_{22} + \cdots+ a_{nn}| \leq M.\]
Let \(a,b,c\) be positive real numbers such that \(a+b+c=4\sqrt[3]{abc}\). Prove that \[2(ab+bc+ca)+4\min(a^2,b^2,c^2)\ge a^2+b^2+c^2.\]
Let $n \geqslant 2$ be an integer and let $1<a_1 \le a_2 \le \dots \le a_n$ be $n$ real numbers such that $a_1+a_2+\dots+a_n=2n$. Prove that$$a_1a_2\dots a_{n-1}+a_1a_2\dots a_{n-2}+\dots+a_1a_2+a_1+2 \leqslant a_1a_2\dots a_n.$$ [i]Proposed by Kapil Pause[/i]
Find the largest real $m$, such that for all positive real $a, b, c$ with sum $1$, the inequality $\sqrt{\frac{ab} {ab+c}}+\sqrt{\frac{bc} {bc+a}}+\sqrt{\frac{ca} {ca+b}} \geq m$ is satisfied.