JBMO-SL 2007

Let $a$ be a real positive number such that $a^{3}=6(a+1)$. Prove that the equation $x^{2}+a x+a^{2}-6=0$ has no solution in the set of the real number.

Prove that $\frac{a^{2}-b c}{2 a^{2}+b c}+\frac{b^{2}-c a}{2 b^{2}+c a}+\frac{c^{2}-a b}{2 c^{2}+a b} \leq 0$ for any real positive numbers $a, b, c$.

Let $A$ be a set of positive integers containing the number 1 and at least one more element. Given that for any two different elements $m, n$ of $A$ the number $\frac{m+1}{(m+1, n+1)}$ is also an element of $A$, prove that $A$ coincides with the set of positive integers.

Let $a$ and $b$ be positive integers bigger than 2. Prove that there exists a positive integer $k$ and a sequence $n_{1}, n_{2}, \ldots, n_{k}$ consisting of positive integers, such that $n_{1}=a$, $n_{k}=b$, and $\left(n_{i}+n_{i+1}\right) \mid n_{i} n_{i+1}$ for all $i=1,2, \ldots, k-1$.

The real numbers $x, y, z, m, n$ are positive, such that $m+n \geq 2$. Prove that

$$\begin{gathered} x \sqrt{y z(x+m y)(x+n z)}+y \sqrt{x z(y+m x)(y+n z)}+z \sqrt{x y(z+m x)(x+n y)} \leq \\ \frac{3(m+n)}{8}(x+y)(y+z)(z+x) . \end{gathered}$$

We call a tiling of an $m \times n$ rectangle with corners (see figure below) "regular" if there is no sub-rectangle which is tiled with corners. Prove that if for some $m$ and $n$ there exists a "regular" tiling of the $m \times n$ rectangular then there exists a "regular" tiling also for the $2 m \times 2 n$ rectangle.

Consider 50 points in the plane, no three of them belonging to the same line. The points have been colored into four colors. Prove that there are at least 130 scalene triangles whose vertices are colored in the same color.

The nonnegative integer $n$ and $(2 n+1) \times(2 n+1)$ chessboard with squares colored alternatively black and white are given. For every natural number $m$ with $1<m<2 n+1$, an $m \times m$ square of the given chessboard that has more than half of its area colored in black, is called a $B$-square. If the given chessboard is a $B$-square, find in terms of $n$ the total number of $B$-squares of this chessboard.