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Geometry Difficulty 7.3 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it Saudi Arabia

On the Cartesian coordinate system OxyOxy, consider a sequence of points An(xn,yn)A_{n}(x_{n}, y_{n}) in which (xn)n=1,(yn)n=1(x_{n})_{n=1}^{\infty}, (y_{n})_{n=1}^{\infty} are two sequences of positive numbers satisfying the following conditions:
xn+1=xn2+xn+222,yn+1=(yn+yn+22)2n1 x_{n+1} = \sqrt{\frac{x_{n}^{2} + x_{n+2}^{2}}{2}}, \quad y_{n+1} = \left(\frac{\sqrt{y_{n}} + \sqrt{y_{n+2}}}{2}\right)^{2} \quad \forall n \geq 1
Suppose that O,A1,A2016O, A_{1}, A_{2016} belong to a line dd and A1,A2016A_{1}, A_{2016} are distinct. Prove that all the points A2,A3,,A2015A_{2}, A_{3}, \ldots, A_{2015} lie on one side of dd.

Solution

From O,A1,A2016O, A_{1}, A_{2016} are collinear, there exists some positive number kk such that
x1y1=x2016y2016=k>0. \frac{x_{1}}{y_{1}} = \frac{x_{2016}}{y_{2016}} = k > 0.
We shall prove that for all i=2,2015i = \overline{2,2015}, xiyi>k\frac{x_{i}}{y_{i}} > k. Indeed,
Notice that
xn+1=xn2+xn+222xn+12=xn2+xn+222, x_{n+1} = \sqrt{\frac{x_{n}^{2} + x_{n+2}^{2}}{2}} \Leftrightarrow x_{n+1}^{2} = \frac{x_{n}^{2} + x_{n+2}^{2}}{2},
which implies that (xn2)(x_{n}^{2}) forms an arithmetic sequence.
Hence, for all i=2,2015i = \overline{2,2015}, let
αi=2016i2015,βi=i12015 \alpha_{i} = \frac{2016 - i}{2015}, \quad \beta_{i} = \frac{i - 1}{2015}
then αi+βi=1\alpha_{i} + \beta_{i} = 1, 2i20152 \leq i \leq 2015 and
xi2=αix12+βix20162xi=αix12+βix20162. x_{i}^{2} = \alpha_{i} x_{1}^{2} + \beta_{i} x_{2016}^{2} \Leftrightarrow x_{i} = \sqrt{\alpha_{i} x_{1}^{2} + \beta_{i} x_{2016}^{2}}.
Similarly, we also have
yi=(αiy1+βiy2016)2 and kyi=(αix1+βix2016)2. y_{i} = \left(\alpha_{i} \sqrt{y_{1}} + \beta_{i} \sqrt{y_{2016}}\right)^{2} \text{ and } k y_{i} = \left(\alpha_{i} \sqrt{x_{1}} + \beta_{i} \sqrt{x_{2016}}\right)^{2}.
We need to prove
αix12+βix20162>(αix1+βix2016)2 \sqrt{\alpha_{i} x_{1}^{2} + \beta_{i} x_{2016}^{2}} > \left(\alpha_{i} \sqrt{x_{1}} + \beta_{i} \sqrt{x_{2016}}\right)^{2}
for all 2i20152 \leq i \leq 2015 ()(*).
By applying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
(αi+βi)(αix12+βix20162)(αix1+βix2016)2=((αi+βi)(αix1+βix2016))2(αix1+βix2016)4 \begin{aligned} (\alpha_{i} + \beta_{i}) (\alpha_{i} x_{1}^{2} + \beta_{i} x_{2016}^{2}) & \geq (\alpha_{i} x_{1} + \beta_{i} x_{2016})^{2} \\ & = \left((\alpha_{i} + \beta_{i})(\alpha_{i} x_{1} + \beta_{i} x_{2016})\right)^{2} \\ & \geq \left(\alpha_{i} \sqrt{x_{1}} + \beta_{i} \sqrt{x_{2016}}\right)^{4} \end{aligned}
So the inequality ()(*) is true for each 2i20152 \leq i \leq 2015. Since all points are distinct, then A1A2016x1x2016A_{1} \neq A_{2016} \Leftrightarrow x_{1} \neq x_{2016}, so equality does not occur in ()(*).
So all the points A2,A3,,A2015A_{2}, A_{3}, \ldots, A_{2015} belong to the same side with respect to dd.

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