0.1 Practice Problems
Below are some practice problems with a subjective rating on difficulties. The solutions are included at the end of Math Olympiad part of LibreNotebook.
0.1.1. 2004 USAMO Problem 5
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Show that the following holds for \(a, b, c > 0\). \[ (a^5 - a^2 + 3)(b^5 - b^2 + 3)(c^5 - c^2 + 3)
\geq (a + b + c)^3 \]
0.1.2. 2001 IMO Shortlist A3
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Show that the following inequality holds for
arbitrary reals \(x_1, x_2, \cdots ,
x_n\). \[ \frac {x_1}{1 + x_1^2}
+ \frac {x_2}{1 + x_1^2 + x_2^2} + \cdots + \frac {x_n}{1+ x_1^2 +
\cdots + x_n^2} < \sqrt {n} \]
0.1.3. 2025 KMO Problem 6
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For arbitrary reals \(x_1, x_2, \dots , x_{99}\) that satisfy
\(0 < x_1 < x_2 < \cdots <
x_{99}\), determine the minimum value of \(c > 0\) such that the following
inequality always holds. \begin{align*} &3\sqrt {x_1} + 4
\left ( \sqrt {x_2 - x_1} + \sqrt {x_3 - x_2} + \cdots + \sqrt
{x_{99} - x_{98}} \right ) \\ &\qquad \qquad \qquad \qquad
\qquad \leq c \left ( \sqrt {x_2} + \sqrt {x_3} + \cdots + \sqrt
{x_{98}} \right ) + 5\sqrt {x_{99}} \end{align*}
0.1.4. 2023 IMO Problem 4
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Let \(x_1, x_2,
\cdots , x_{2023} > 0\) be pairwise different numbers
such that \(a_n\) defined as
the following is an integer for all \(n = 1, 2, \cdots , 2023\). \[ a_n = \sqrt { \left ( x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n
\right ) \left ( \frac {1}{x_1} + \frac {1}{x_2} + \cdots + \frac
{1}{x_n} \right ) } \] Show that \(a_{2023} \geq 3034\).