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Subject: Mathematics Olympiad Assignment 2
Subject: Mathematics Olympiad Assignment 2
Subject : Mathematics
Olympiad Assignment 2
Topic - Cauchy Schwartz Inequality
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Let a and b be positive real numbers. Prove that 8(a4 + b4) (a + b)4.
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Let x, y, z > 0. Prove that x y y z z x x y z
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Let a, b, x, y be positive real numbers. Prove that ay bx az bx ax by a b
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Let a, b, c be positive real numbers. Such that abc = 1 prove that a3 (b c) b3 (a c) c 3 (a b) 2
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Let x, y, z > 0 Prove that x 2y 3z y 2z 3x z 2x 3y 2
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Prove that
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bc c d de ea ab 2
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a2 bc 1 b 2 ca 1 c 2 ab 1 a b c
Hint:
Cauchy Schwartz Inequality
Let a1, b2, ....., an, b1, b2, ....... bn be nonzero real number. Then
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a22 ....... an2 b12 b22 ........ bn2 a1b1 a1b1 ....... a ab a
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a1 a2 a3
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b1 b2 b3
bn
Lemma. If a, b, x, y are real numbers and x, y > 0, then the following inequality holds :
a2 b2 (a b)2
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