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CMO 1996

Chinese Mathematical Olympiad 1996.

Day 1

Problem 2

  • Day 1

Let nn be a natural number. Suppose that x0=0x_0=0 and that xi>0x_i>0 for all i∈{1,2,…,n}i\in\{1,2,\ldots ,n\} . If ∑i=1nxi=1\sum_{i=1}^nx_i=1 , prove that 1≤∑i=1nxi1+x0+x1+…+xi−1xi+…+xn<π21\leq\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{x_i}{\sqrt{1+x_0+x_1+\ldots +x_{i-1}}\sqrt{x_i+\ldots+x_n}} < \frac{\pi}{2}

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Day 2