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China Southeastern Mathematical Olympiad

China algebra

Problem

Let be integer. Suppose that and satisfy , and . Find the minimum of such that .
Solution
Let , , , . We see that all conditions are satisfied. So, we must have that is,
Final answer
alphabetagamma / ((1+alpha)(1+beta)(1+gamma) - alphabetagamma)

Techniques

Combinatorial optimizationLinear and quadratic inequalities