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New Zealand Mathematical Olympiad Committee 2010 Squad Assignment Two
New Zealand Mathematical Olympiad Committee 2010 Squad Assignment Two
(x + y 3 )(x3 + y) ≥ 4x2 y 2 .
(For the purposes of this problem we will consider N to be the set {1,2,3,. . . }, i.e., 0 is
not considered to be a natural number.)
3. Consider two ordered sequences of real numbers a1 < a2 < · · · < an and b1 < b2 < · · · <
bm , where n, m ∈ N, n, m ≥ 2. Prove that the set
{ai + bj |1 ≤ i ≤ n, 1 ≤ j ≤ m}
contains exactly n + m − 1 elements if and only if both sequences are arithmetic, with
the same increment.
also holds for all a, b, c, d ∈ M . (Note that R+ denotes the set of all positive real numbers.)
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6. Find all functions f : Z → Z satisfying
for all m, n ∈ Z.
7. Let (an )∞
n=1 be a sequence of positive integers such that an < an+1 for all n ≥ 1. Suppose
that for all 4-tuples of indices (i, j, k, l) such that 1 ≤ i < j ≤ k < l and i + l = j + k, the
inequality ai + al > aj + ak is satisfied. Determined the least possible value of a2010 .
8. Find the least positive number x with the following property: if a, b, c, d are arbitrary
positive numbers whose product is 1, then
1 1 1 1
ax + b x + c x + d x ≥ + + + .
a b c d