NO-ABEL 2008

Let $s(n) = \frac16 n^3 - \frac12 n^2 + \frac13 n$ . (a) Show that $s(n)$ is an integer whenever $n$ is an integer. (b) How many integers $n$ with $0 < n \le 2008$ are such that $s(n)$ is divisible by $4$ ?

a) Let $x$ and $y$ be positive numbers such that $x + y = 2$ . Show that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} \le \frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{y^2}$ b) Let $x,y$ and $z$ be positive numbers such that $x + y +z= 2$ . Show that $\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} +\frac{1}{z} +\frac{9}{4} \le \frac{1}{x^2}+\frac{1}{y^2}+\frac{1}{z^2}$ .