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Geometry problem for enthusiasts
Raul_S_Baz   1
N Yesterday at 5:45 PM by Raul_S_Baz
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Raul_S_Baz
Yesterday at 4:51 PM
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Yesterday at 5:45 PM
Inequalities
sqing   3
N Yesterday at 4:24 PM by DAVROS
Let $a,b,c\ge \frac{1}{2}$ and $\left(\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}-\frac{1}{c}\right)\left(\frac{1}{a}-\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\le 1. $ Prove that
$$a+b+c\geq 2$$Let $a,b,c\ge \frac{1}{2}$ and $ \left(a+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{b}-\frac{1}{c}\right)\left(a+\frac{1}{a}-\frac{1}{b}+\frac{1}{c}\right)\le \frac{9}{2}. $ Prove that
$$a^2+b^2+c^2\geq 1$$Let $a,b\ge \frac{1}{2}$ and $ \left( \frac{1}{a}-\frac{1}{b}+2\right)\left( \frac{1}{b}-\frac{1}{a}+2\right) \le   \frac{20}{9}. $ Prove that
$$ a+b\geq 2$$Let $a,b\ge \frac{1}{2}$ and $a^2+b^2=1. $ Prove that
$$\left(\frac{2}{a}+\frac{1}{b}-1\right)\left(\frac{2}{a}-\frac{1}{b}+1\right)\ge \frac{13}{3}$$
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sqing
Mar 15, 2025
DAVROS
Yesterday at 4:24 PM
Classic geometry problem
Raul_S_Baz   2
N Yesterday at 4:10 PM by Raul_S_Baz
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Raul_S_Baz
Mar 4, 2025
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Yesterday at 4:10 PM
complement counting but less rigorous
dotscom26   1
N Yesterday at 3:47 PM by dotscom26
A set of teams held a round-robin tournament in which every team played every other team exactly once. Every team won $10$ games and lost $10$ games; there were no ties. How many sets of three teams $\{A, B, C, D\}$ were there in which $A$ beat $B$, $B$ beat $C$, $C$ beat $D$ and $D$ beat $A?$
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dotscom26
Yesterday at 3:29 PM
dotscom26
Yesterday at 3:47 PM
Trig Multiplication
szhang7   2
N Yesterday at 3:46 PM by szhang7
Find the exact value of $(2-\sin^2(\frac{\pi}{7}))(2-\sin^2(\frac{2\pi}{7}))(2-\sin^2(\frac{3\pi}{7}))$.
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szhang7
Sunday at 3:50 PM
szhang7
Yesterday at 3:46 PM
Inequalites
Mario16   17
N Yesterday at 3:21 PM by sqing
If a+b+c=3 ;a,b,c>=0 prove that 1/(5+a^2)+1/(5+b^2)+1/(5+c^2)<=1/2
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Mario16
Feb 1, 2021
sqing
Yesterday at 3:21 PM
inequalities
LuvThoConBoiRoi   8
N Yesterday at 2:18 PM by sqing
With $a,b,c$ are all real positive number that: $abc=a+b+c+2$. Prove that:
$\frac{1}{a+b} + \frac{1}{b+c} + \frac{1}{c+a} \leq \frac{3}{4}$
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LuvThoConBoiRoi
Aug 1, 2019
sqing
Yesterday at 2:18 PM
Inequality with integers and indices
Michael Niland   4
N Yesterday at 1:44 PM by krish6_9
Without using a calculator, show that $2^{\frac{1}{2}}$ $< 3^{\frac{1}{3}}$, and for a positive integer $n\geq3$, prove that

$n^{\frac{1}{n}}$ $>(n+1)^{\frac{1}{n+1}}$.
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Michael Niland
Yesterday at 6:52 AM
krish6_9
Yesterday at 1:44 PM
Complex + Radical Evaluation
Saucepan_man02   1
N Yesterday at 1:30 PM by MathRook7817
Evaluate: (without calculators)
$$ (\sqrt{6 - 2 \sqrt{5}} + i \sqrt{2 \sqrt{5} + 10})^5 + (\sqrt{6 - 2 \sqrt{5}} - i \sqrt{2 \sqrt{5} + 10})^5$$
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Saucepan_man02
Yesterday at 1:08 PM
MathRook7817
Yesterday at 1:30 PM
Inequalities
sqing   6
N Yesterday at 9:22 AM by sqing
Let $ a, b\geq 0 $ and $ \frac {a^2+a+1}{b^2-b+1}+\frac {b^2+b+1}{a^2-a+1} \geq 3  $. Prove that
$$ a+b+a^2+b^2 \geq 28-6\sqrt{21}$$Let $ a, b\geq 0 $ and $ \frac {a^2+a+1}{b^2-b+1}+\frac {b^2+b+1}{a^2-a+1} \geq 4  $. Prove that
$$ a+b+a^2+b^2 \geq 10-4\sqrt 5$$Let $ a, b\geq 0 $ and $ \frac {a^2+a+1}{b^2-b+1}+\frac {b^2+b+1}{a^2-a+1} \geq 5  $. Prove that
$$ a+b+a^2+b^2 \geq \frac {2(26-5\sqrt{13})}{9} $$Let $ a, b\geq 0 $ and $\frac {a^2+a+1}{b^2-b+1}+\frac {b^2+b+1}{a^2-a+1}\geq 3+ \sqrt {5}   $. Prove that
$$ a+b+a^2+b^2 \geq 2$$
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sqing
Mar 14, 2025
sqing
Yesterday at 9:22 AM
an inequality
BuiBaAnh   11
N Jun 2, 2020 by BestChoice123
Let $a,b,c \geq 0$. Prove that:
$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+2bc}+\frac{b(c+a)}{b^2+2ac}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+2ab} \geq 1+\frac{ab+ac+bc}{a^2+b^2+c^2}$



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BuiBaAnh
May 4, 2015
BestChoice123
Jun 2, 2020
an inequality
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Let $a,b,c \geq 0$. Prove that:
$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+2bc}+\frac{b(c+a)}{b^2+2ac}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+2ab} \geq 1+\frac{ab+ac+bc}{a^2+b^2+c^2}$



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Wangzu
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We have the ineq for all non-negative:

$\frac{1}{a^2+2bc}+\frac{1}{b^2+2ac}+\frac{1}{c^2+2ab}\geq \frac{2}{ab+bc+ac}+\frac{1}{a^2+b^2+c^2}$
$\Leftrightarrow (ab+bc+ac)(\sum \frac{1}{a^2+2bc})\geq 2+\frac{ab+bc+ac}{a^2+b^2+c^2}$
$\Leftrightarrow \sum \frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+2bc}+\frac{bc}{a^2+2bc}\geq 2+\frac{ab+bc+ac}{a^2+b^2+c^2} $

And then we have to prove the ineq:
$\sum \frac{bc}{a^2+2bc}\leq 1\Leftrightarrow \sum \frac{a^2}{a^2+2bc}\geq 1$ which just by C-S
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Wangzu
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I have another idea by S.O.S, our inequality equivalent to:

$S_{a}(b-c)^2+S_{b}(a-c)^2+S_{c}(a-b)^2\geq 0$

And $S_{a}=\frac{3}{2(a^2+b^2+c^2)}-\frac{4ab+4ac-4a^2-bc}{(b^2+2ac)(c^2+2ab)}$
$S_{b}=\frac{3}{2(a^2+b^2+c^2)}-\frac{4bc+4ab-4b^2-ac}{(a^2+2bc)(c^2+2ab)}$
$S_{c}=\frac{3}{2(a^2+b^2+c^2)}-\frac{4ac+4bc-4c^2-ab}{(a^2+2bc)(b^2+2ac)}$

Can someone prove this(by this idea)?
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BuiBaAnh wrote:
Let $a,b,c \geq 0$. Prove that:
$F=\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+2bc}+\frac{b(c+a)}{b^2+2ac}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+2ab}-1-\frac{ab+ac+bc}{a^2+b^2+c^2}\geq 0$



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a SOS is:

$f={\frac {Q}{ \left( {c}^{2}+2\,ab \right)  \left( {b}^{2}+2\,ac
 \right)  \left( {a}^{2}+2\,bc \right)  \left( {a}^{2}+{b}^{2}+{c}^{2}
 \right) }}$

$Q= \left( 2\,a-b-c \right) ^{2}a{b}^{2}{c}^{3}+ \left( 2\,b-a-c
 \right) ^{2}b{c}^{2}{a}^{3}+ \left( 2\,c-a-b \right) ^{2}c{a}^{2}{b}^
{3}+1/2\, \left( -a{b}^{2}+{c}^{2}a-abc+{b}^{2}c \right) ^{2}{a}^{2}+1
/2\, \left( {a}^{2}b-b{c}^{2}-abc+{c}^{2}a \right) ^{2}{b}^{2}+1/2\,
 \left( {a}^{2}b-abc-{a}^{2}c+{b}^{2}c \right) ^{2}{c}^{2}+ \left( c-b
 \right) ^{2} \left( a-b \right) ^{2}{c}^{2}ab+ \left( b-a \right) ^{2
} \left( c-a \right) ^{2}{b}^{2}ca+ \left( a-c \right) ^{2} \left( b-c
 \right) ^{2}{a}^{2}bc+1/2\, \left( a-b \right) ^{2} \left( a+b-2\,c
 \right) ^{2}{c}^{4}+1/2\, \left( b-c \right) ^{2} \left( b-2\,a+c
 \right) ^{2}{a}^{4}+1/2\, \left( c-a \right) ^{2} \left( a-2\,b+c
 \right) ^{2}{b}^{4}$

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Wangzu
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I have found this following inequality(may be easy):

For all positive real numbers,we have:

$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}\geq 1+\frac{16abc}{(a+b)(b+c)(a+c)}$
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For #5
We have
$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}- [1+\frac{16abc}{(a+b)(b+c)(a+c)}]=$
$\sum{\frac{(a-c)^2(b-c)^2}{(c^2+ab)(b+c)(c+a)}}\ge{0}$
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Wangzu wrote:
I have found this following inequality(may be easy):

For all positive real numbers,we have:

$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}\geq 1+\frac{16abc}{(a+b)(b+c)(a+c)}$
hello, I know it has a solution by using Am-Gm in a book of VQBCan and TQAnh :)
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Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers. Prove that:
$$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}\geq 2+\frac{3abc(a+b+c)}{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2}$$
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Wangzu wrote:
For all positive real numbers,we have:
$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}\geq 1+\frac{16abc}{(a+b)(b+c)(a+c)}$
$\sum_{cyc}\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}-1-\frac{16abc}{(a+b)(b+c)(a+c)}=2-\frac{16abc}{(a+b)(b+c)(a+c)}-\sum_{cyc}\left(1-\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}\right)=$
$=\frac{2\sum\limits_{cyc}(a^2b+a^2c-2abc)}{(a+b)(a+c)(b+c)}-\sum_{cyc}\frac{(a-b)(a-c)}{a^2+bc}=$
$=\frac{2\sum\limits_{cyc}(b+c)(a-b)(a-c)}{(a+b)(a+c)(b+c)}-\sum_{cyc}\frac{(a-b)(a-c)}{a^2+bc}=\sum_{cyc}\frac{(a-b)^2(a-c)^2}{(a+b)(a+c)(a^2+bc)}\geq0$.
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For #8
We have
\[[\sum{\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}}-2][\sum{a^2}]^2-3abc\sum{a}=\sum{\frac{ab(2a^2+ab+2b^2)(ab+c^2)(a-b)^2}{2(a^2+bc)(ac+b^2)}}\]
\[+\frac{(a-b)^2(b-c)^2(c-a)^2}{2(a^2+bc)(ac+b^2)(ab+c^2)}\sum{(a^2-ab+b^2)^2}\ge{0}\]
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arqady wrote:
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers. Prove that:
$$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}\geq 2+\frac{3abc(a+b+c)}{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2}$$

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arqady wrote:
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers. Prove that:
$$\frac{a(b+c)}{a^2+bc}+\frac{b(a+c)}{b^2+ca}+\frac{c(a+b)}{c^2+ab}\geq 2+\frac{3abc(a+b+c)}{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2}$$

$$LHS-RHS=\frac{(a-b)^2(b-c)^2(c-a)^2}{(a^2+bc)(b^2+ca)(c^2+ab)}+\frac{abc[\sum ab(a+b)-abc]\sum (a^2-b^2)^2}{2(a^2+bc)(b^2+ca)(c^2+ab)(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2}\ge 0$$
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