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Belorusija 2012

Belarus 2012 algebra

Problem

Given prove that
Solution
Lemma. Let and . Then .

Proof. Consider the function . It takes the value for and . We have also , hence is convex. It follows that for . The lemma is proved.

Now use the lemma for , , , and thus obtaining the inequality needed.

Techniques

Jensen / smoothingMuirhead / majorization