19. Own proposed problems in CRUX Mathematicorum - Canada.

by Virgil Nicula, Apr 21, 2010, 1:35 AM

$1\blacktriangleright\ \boxed{\ \{a,b,c\}\subset\mathbb R\ \mathrm{and}\ a^2\ +\ b^2\ +\ c^2\ =\ 9\ \Longrightarrow\ 3\ \min\ \{\ a\ ,\ b\ ,\ c\ \}\ \le\  1\ +\ abc\ }$ (3241/4/2007). See here my proof.


$2\blacktriangleright$ Let $A\subset\mathbb C^*$ so that $(\forall )\ z\in A\ ,\ \left|\ z\ +\ \frac 1z\ \right|\ \le\ 2$ . Prove that $(\forall )\ n\in\mathbb{N}^*\ ,\ \alpha^n\in A\ \Longrightarrow\ \alpha\in A$ (3242/4/2007). See here my proof.


$3\blacktriangleright$ Prove that $(\forall )$ positive $a\ne b\ ,\ (a-1)(b-1)>0\ \implies\ \boxed{\ a^b\ +\ b^a\ \ge\ 1\ +\ ab\ +\ (1-a)\ (1-b)\ \min\ \{\ 1\ ,\ ab\ \}\ }$ (3260/5/2007). See here my proof.


$4\blacktriangleright$ Let $\triangle\ ABC$ with $\left\|\ \begin{array}{c}
M\in (BC)\ ,\ MB=MC\\\\
 D\in (BC)\ ,\ \widehat {DAB}\equiv\widehat {DAC}\end{array}\ \right\|$ . Prove that $\boxed{\ A=90^{\circ}+m(\angle MAD)\ \Longleftrightarrow\ \frac bc=1-2\cos A\ }$(3264/6/2007).


$5\blacktriangleright$ Let a trapezoid $ABCD$ , $AB\parallel CD$ so that $DA=DC$ , $CA=CB$ . Denote $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
m(\widehat{ABC})=x\\\\
m(\widehat{BDC})=y\\\\
m(\widehat{AED})=z\end{array}\right\|$ . Prove that $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
y\ <\ 30^{\circ}\\\\
\tan y=\frac {2\tan x}{3+\tan^2x}\\\\
\tan z=\frac {2\sin x+\sin 3x}{2\cos x+\cos 3x}\end{array}\right\|$ (3265/6/2007).

$6\blacktriangleright$ Let two lines $k\ ,\ l$ (parallelly or concurrently) and two points $M\in k\ ,\ N\in l$ . For a mobile point $P$ so that $\delta_k(P)=\delta_l(P)$ denote

$\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}
 A\in k & ; & PA\perp k\\\\
 B\in l & ; & PB\perp l\end{array}\right\|$ . Prove that $BM\perp PN\Longleftrightarrow AN\perp PM\Longleftrightarrow MN^2=AM^2+BN^2$ (3270/6/2007). See here some proofs.


$7\blacktriangleright\ \ |a+b|+|b+c|+|c+a|\ \le\ 2\ \Longleftrightarrow$ $|a|\le 1\ \wedge\ |b|\le 1\ \wedge\ |c|\le 1\ \wedge\ |a+b+c|\le 1$ (3271/6/2007).


$8\blacktriangleright$ Outside of $\triangle ABC$ construct isosceles triangles $\left\{\begin{array}{ccc}
 BMC & : & MB=MC\ ,\ m(\widehat {MBC})=m(\widehat {MCB})=\alpha\\\\
 CNA & : & NC=NA\ ,\ m(\widehat {NAC})=m(\widehat {NCA})=\beta\\\\
 APB & : & PA=PB\ ,\ m(\widehat {PAB})=m(\widehat {PBA})=\gamma\end{array}\right\|$

so that $\alpha +\beta +\gamma=90^{\circ}$ . Prove that the angles of $\triangle\ MNP$ have the values $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
 M=\beta +\gamma\\\\
 N=\gamma+\alpha \\\\
 P=\alpha +\beta\end{array}\right\|$ (3273/6/2007).


$9\blacktriangleright$ Let $\triangle ABC$ and $P$ for which $PC=PB$ si $PA=AB$ . Denote $x=m(\widehat {PBC})$ . Prove that $\sin (B-C)=2\sin C\cos (B+2x)$ (3278/7/2007).


$10\blacktriangleright$ Let $\triangle ABC$ with the circumcircle $w=C(O,R)$ . Let $[AT]$ be a diameter of $w$ and $E\in AB\ ,\ F\in AC$ for which

$\left\{\begin{array}{c}
O\in EF\ ;\ OE=OF\\\\
P\in EF\ ;\ TP\perp EF\end{array}\right\|$ . Prove that $BC$ , $EF\ ,$ the tangent line at $T$ to $w$ are concurrently and $\widehat {TPB}\equiv\widehat {TPC}$ (3280/7/2007).


$11\blacktriangleright$ Let $x$ , $y$ , $z$ so that $xy+yz+zx+xyz=4$ . Prove that exists $\triangle ABC$ for which $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
 a=(y+2)(z+2)\\\\
 b=(z+2)(x+2)\\\\
 c=(x+2)(y+2)\end{array}\right\|$

and show that $\boxed{\ 1\ +\ x\ +\ y\ +\ z\ \le\  xyz\ +\ \frac 1x\ +\ \frac 1y\ +\ \frac 1z\ }$ (3287/7/2007).


$12\blacktriangleright$ Let $\triangle ABC$ with the circumcircle $C(O,R)$ , the incircle $C(I,r)$ and $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
 M\in OI\cap AB\\\\
N\in OI\cap AC\end{array}\right\|$ . Prove that

$BMNC$ is cyclically $\Longleftrightarrow\ h_a=R+r$ and in this case $\frac {1}{MN}=\frac 1a+\frac {1}{b+c}$ (3279/8/2007).


$13\blacktriangleright$ Let $\triangle ABC$ and for its interior $D$ so that $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
 \widehat {ACD}\equiv\widehat {BAD}\\\\
 \widehat {CAD}\equiv\widehat {ABD}\end{array}\right\|$ let $\left\{\begin{array}{ccccc}
 E\in AB & , & B\in (AE) & , &  AB=BE\\\\
 F\in CA & , & A\in (CF) & , & AC=CF\end{array}\right\|$ . Prove that $ADEF$ is cyclic (3289/8/2007).


$14\blacktriangleright$ Let a trapezoid $ABCD$ , $a=BC\ \parallel\ AD=b$ . Denote $\left\{\begin{array}{c}
M\in (CD)\ ,\ MC=MD\\\\
P\in (AM)\ ,\ PA=PM\\\\
Q\in (BM)\ ,\ QB=QM\end{array}\right\|$ and $N\in CQ\cap DP$ .

Prove that $N$ belongs to the interior of $\triangle\ ABM\ \Longleftrightarrow\ \frac 13\ \le\ \frac ab\ \le\ 3$ (3290/8/2007).


$15\blacktriangleright$ Ascertain all points $P$ from the plane of $A$-isosceles $\triangle ABC$ so that for any line $d\ ,\ P\in d$ the sum $\delta^2_d(A)+\delta^2_d(B)+\delta^2_d(C)$ is constant (3291/8/2007).



$\boxed{\ \mathrm{Let}\ A\subset\mathbb C^*\ \mathrm{so\ that}\  (\forall )\ z\in A\ ,\ \left|\ z\ +\ \frac 1z\ \right|\ \le\ 2\ .\ \mathrm{Prove\ that}\ (\forall )\ n\in\mathbb{N}^*\ ,\ \alpha^n\in A\ \Longrightarrow\ \alpha\in A\ }$
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