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SIMON-MARAIS 2018 B1

  • Paper B

For all positive integers nn and real numbers x1,x2,…,xnx_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n, prove that

∑i=1n∑j=1nmin⁡(i,j)xixj≥0.\sum_{i=1}^{n} \sum_{j=1}^{n} \min(i, j) x_i x_j \geq 0.

(We define min⁡(a,b)=a\min(a, b) = a if a≤ba \leq b and min⁡(a,b)=b\min(a, b) = b if a>ba > b.)

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