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IMO 1971 Problem 1

  • Day 1

Let En=(a1−a2)(a1−a3)…(a1−an)+(a2−a1)(a2−a3)…(a2−an)+…+(an−a1)(an−a2)…(an−an−1).E_n=(a_1-a_2)(a_1-a_3)\ldots(a_1-a_n)+(a_2-a_1)(a_2-a_3)\ldots(a_2-a_n)+\ldots+(a_n-a_1)(a_n-a_2)\ldots(a_n-a_{n-1}). Let SnS_n be the proposition that En≥0E_n\ge0 for all real aia_i . Prove that SnS_n is true for n=3n=3 and 55 , but for no other n>2n>2 .

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