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Austria 2014

Austria 2014 algebra

Problem

Let , , and be real numbers with . Sort the numbers , and in ascending order and prove the correctness of your result.
Solution
By the rearrangement inequality we have (writing for the scalar product of two vectors)
Final answer
y < z < x

Techniques

Equations and InequalitiesMuirhead / majorization