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Problems of Ukrainian Authors

Ukraine algebra

Problem

Let , be polynomials with real coefficients such that and all coefficients of the polynomial are non-negative. Prove that for any positive the following inequality holds:
Solution
If , then , and the inequality is evident. Suppose now that is not identically zero. Then . If for some , then the polynomial , and so the polynomial , have roots on the interval , which is impossible. So, and are positive for . Rewrite our inequality in the following way: Denote , , . Then the last inequality becomes: Estimate both sides of this inequality: If , then (the Cauchy-Schwartz inequality), which implies the required inequality.

Techniques

PolynomialsCauchy-SchwarzQM-AM-GM-HM / Power Mean