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IMC 2016 · Day 1 · P3

easy

Let nn be a positive integer. Also let a1,a2,,ana_1, a_2, \dots, a_n and b1,b2,,bnb_1, b_2, \dots, b_n be real numbers such that ai+bi>0a_i + b_i > 0 for i=1,2,,ni = 1, 2, \dots, n. Prove that i=1naibibi2ai+bii=1naii=1nbi(i=1nbi)2i=1n(ai+bi).\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{a_i b_i - b_i^2}{a_i + b_i} \le \frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} a_i \cdot \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i - \left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i \right)^2} {\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} (a_i + b_i)}. (Proposed by Daniel Strzelecki, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland)

Solution (official)

By applying the identity XYY2X+Y=Y2Y2X+Y\frac{XY - Y^2}{X + Y} = Y - \frac{2Y^2}{X + Y} with X=aiX = a_i and Y=biY = b_i to the terms in the LHS and X=i=1naiX = \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} a_i and Y=i=1nbiY = \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i to the RHS, LHS=i=1naibibi2ai+bi=i=1n(bi2bi2ai+bi)=i=1nbi2i=1nbi2ai+bi,\mathrm{LHS} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{a_i b_i - b_i^2}{a_i + b_i} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} \left( b_i - \frac{2 b_i^2}{a_i + b_i} \right) = \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_i - 2 \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{b_i^2}{a_i + b_i}, RHS=i=1naii=1nbi(i=1nbi)2i=1nai+i=1nbi=i=1nbi2(i=1nbi)2i=1n(ai+bi).\mathrm{RHS} = \frac{\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} a_i \cdot \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i - \left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i \right)^2} {\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} a_i + \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i} = \sum_{i=1}^{n} b_i - 2 \frac{\left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i \right)^2} {\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} (a_i + b_i)}. Therefore, the statement is equivalent with i=1nbi2ai+bi(i=1nbi)2i=1n(ai+bi),\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{b_i^2}{a_i + b_i} \ge \frac{\left( \sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} b_i \right)^2} {\sum\limits_{i=1}^{n} (a_i + b_i)}, which is the same as the well-known variant of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, i=1nXi2Yi(X1++Xn)2Y1++Yn(Y1,,Yn>0)\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{X_i^2}{Y_i} \ge \frac{(X_1 + \dots + X_n)^2}{Y_1 + \dots + Y_n} \qquad (Y_1, \dots, Y_n > 0) with Xi=biX_i = b_i and Yi=ai+biY_i = a_i + b_i.

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314
average (of 10)
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solved (≥ 80%)
55.7%
near-0 (≤ 10%)
35.4%
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