Find the smallest real number such that
for all real numbers and .
Solution
First, choose , with then . Substituting into the given inequality, we have
Here, for we have . Next, we will prove the inequality with : for all and . Indeed, we have
This inequality is true. Therefore, the minimum value we need to find is .
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