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Most math olympiad solutions you see aren't intuitive and informative. In this blog, I post intuitive and detailed solutions to math olympiad problems, which helps the reader understand where the solution came from and how to think of it themselves. Because after all, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. It will show 10 posts per page. To view more, click "More Posts" at the bottom of the page.

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1995 IMO #2

- July 03, 2022

Let $ a$, $ b$, $ c$ be positive real numbers such that $ abc = 1$. Prove that \[ \frac {1}{a^{3}\left(b + c\right)} + \frac {1}{b^{3}\left(c + a\right)} + \frac {1}{c^{3}\left(a + b\right)}\geq \frac {3}{2}. \]

2014 IMO SL #C2

- December 06, 2022

Problem : We have $2^m$ sheets of paper, with the number $1$ written on each of them. We perform the following operation. In every step we choose two distinct sheets; if the numbers on the two sheets are $a$ and $b$, then we erase these numbers and write the number $a + b$ on both sheets. Prove that after $m2^{m -1}$ steps, the sum of the numbers on all the sheets is at least $4^m$ .

2015 IMO SL #A1

- July 07, 2022

Suppose that a sequence $a_1,a_2,\ldots$ of positive real numbers satisfies\[a_{k+1}\geq\frac{ka_k}{a_k^2+(k-1)}\]for every positive integer $k$. Prove that $a_1+a_2+\ldots+a_n\geq n$ for every $n\geq2$.