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FINAL ROUND

Belarus algebra

Problem

Find all real such that the inequality holds for all , where .
Solution
If satisfies the problem condition, then setting in the given inequality: we obtain the inequality , which yields . We prove, by induction on , that for inequality (1) holds for all and all . For inequality (1) has the form: which is equivalent to: The last inequality holds for all and all . Indeed, The base of induction is proved. If we suppose that inequality (1) holds for some , then from (1) and (2) it follows that: as required.
Final answer
x ∈ [-1, 1]

Techniques

Linear and quadratic inequalitiesInduction / smoothing