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IMO Team Selection Contest I

Estonia counting and probability

Problem

Find the smallest real constant such that for any positive real numbers and (not necessarily distinct), one can always choose distinct subscripts and such that .
Solution
See IMO 2016 shortlist, problem A2.
Final answer
1/2

Techniques

Pigeonhole principleCombinatorial optimization