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Putnam 1966 A2

  • Session A

Let a,b,ca, b, c be the lengths of the sides of a triangle, let p=a+b+c2p = \frac{a+b+c}{2}, and rr be the radius of the inscribed circle. Find the upper bound of [ \frac{1}{(p-a)^2} + \frac{1}{(p-b)^2} + \frac{1}{(p-c)^2} ] in terms of the radius.

Dataset text Putnam-AXIOM. Quoted with source.

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