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Determine all pairs of positive real numbers $(a, b)$ with $a > b$ that satisfy the following equations: $a\sqrt{a}+ b\sqrt{b} = 134$ and $a\sqrt{b}+ b\sqrt{a} = 126$.
Solve the equation $$ \sqrt{\sqrt{2x^2+x-3}+2x^2-3}=x.$$
Prove that for natural numbers $p$ and $q$, there exists a natural number $x$ such that $$(\sqrt{p}+\sqrt{p-1})^q=\sqrt{x}+\sqrt{x-1}$$ (As an example, if $p = 3, q = 2$, then $x$ can be taken to be $25$.)
Represent the number $\sqrt[3]{1342\sqrt{167}+2005}$ in the form where it contains only addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and square roots.
Find all real roots $x$ of the equation $$\sqrt{x^2-2x-1}+\sqrt{x^2+2x-1}=p,$$ where $p$ is a real parameter.
Solve the equation $\sqrt{x^2 - 4x + 13} + 1 = 2x$
Let $a, b, c$ be nonnegative real numbers with arithmetic mean $m =\frac{a+b+c}{3}$ . Provethat $$\sqrt{a+\sqrt{b + \sqrt{c}}} +\sqrt{b+\sqrt{c + \sqrt{a}}} +\sqrt{c +\sqrt{a + \sqrt{b}}}\le 3\sqrt{m+\sqrt{m + \sqrt{m}}}.$$
Find a polynomial with integer coefficients which has $\sqrt2 + \sqrt3$ and $\sqrt2 + \sqrt[3]{3}$ as roots.
Prove that for all natural numbers $n$ greater than $1$ : $$[\sqrt{n}] + [\sqrt[3]{n}] +...+[ \sqrt[n]{n}] = [\log_2 n] + [\log_3 n] + ... + [\log_n n]$$ (VV Kisil)
Without using a calculator (especially a computer), find out what is more: $$\sqrt[3]{5\sqrt{13}+18}- \sqrt[3]{2\sqrt{13}+5} \,\,\, or \,\,\, 1 $$
Find all real solutions $x$ to the equation $$x =\sqrt{x -\frac{1}{x}} +\sqrt{1 -\frac{1}{x}}$$
Evaluate $\sqrt{1+2\sqrt{1+3\sqrt{1+4\sqrt{1+...}}}}$.
* What is the radius of the largest possible circle inscribed into a cube with side $a$?
Find all real $x$ such that $ \sqrt{x - \frac{1}{x}} + \sqrt{1 - \frac{1}{x}}> \frac{x - 1}{x}$
Prove that the sum $\sqrt[3]{\frac{a+1}{2}+\frac{a+3}{6}\sqrt{ \frac{4a+3}{3}}} +\sqrt[3]{\frac{a+1}{2}-\frac{a+3}{6}\sqrt{ \frac{4a+3}{3}}}$ is independent of $a$ for $ a \ge - \frac{3}{4}$ and evaluate it.
Prove that if for natural numbers $ a, b $ the number $ \sqrt[3]{a} + \sqrt[3]{b} $ is rational, then $ a, b $ are cubes of natural numbers.
Reduce $$\frac{2}{\sqrt{4-3\sqrt[4]{5} + 2\sqrt[4]{25}-\sqrt[4]{125}}}$$ to its lowest form. Then generalize this result and show that it holds for any positive $n$.
Prove that if $$\sqrt{x + a} +\sqrt{y+b}+\sqrt{z + c} =\sqrt{y + a} +\sqrt{z + b} +\sqrt{x + c} =\sqrt{z + a} +\sqrt{x+b}+\sqrt{y+c}$$ for some $a, b, c, x, y, z$, then $x = y = z$ or $a = b = c$.
Calculate the sum $\sum_{n=1}^{1.000.000}[ \sqrt{n} ]$ . You may use the formula $\sum_{i=1}^{k} i^2=\frac{k(k +1)(2k +1)}{6}$ without a proof.
For any natural $n$ prove the inequality $$\sqrt{2\sqrt{2}{\sqrt{3}\sqrt{4 ...\sqrt{n-1\sqrt{n}}}}} <3$$
Let $a, b$ and $c$ be positive real numbers such that $a + b + c = 1$. Prove that $$\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{a}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{b}+\frac{c}{a}+\frac{a}{c} \ge 2\sqrt2 \left( \sqrt{\frac{1-a}{a}}+\sqrt{\frac{1-b}{b}}+\sqrt{\frac{1-c}{c}}\right)$$
Let $a$ and $b$ be two fixed positive real numbers. Find all real numbers $x$, such that inequality holds $$\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{a+b-x}} < \frac{1}{\sqrt{a}} + \frac{1}{\sqrt{b}}$$
For every integer $n > 1$, the sequence $\left( {{S}_{n}} \right)$ is defined by ${{S}_{n}}=\left\lfloor {{2}^{n}}\underbrace{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+...+\sqrt{2}}}}_{n\ radicals} \right\rfloor $ where $\left\lfloor x \right\rfloor$ denotes the floor function of $x$. Prove that ${{S}_{2001}}=2\,{{S}_{2000}}+1$. .
Find all triples of real numbers $(a,b,c)$ for which the set of solutions $x$ of $\sqrt{2x^2 +ax+b} > x-c$ is the set $(-\infty,0]\cup(1,\infty)$.
Determine all pairs $(x, y)$ of integers for which satisfy the equality $\sqrt{x-\sqrt{y}}+ \sqrt{x+\sqrt{y}}= \sqrt{xy}$