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Algebra Difficulty 6.7 National olympiad Prove it China

Suppose aa, bb, cc and dd are positive real numbers satisfying ab+cd=1ab + cd = 1 and Pi(xi,yi)P_i(x_i, y_i) (i=1,2,3,4i = 1, 2, 3, 4) are four points on the unit circle which has the origin as its center. Prove that:

(ay1+by2+cy3+dy4)2+(ax4+bx3+cx2+dx1)22(a2+b2ab+c2+d2cd).(ay_1 + by_2 + cy_3 + dy_4)^2 + (ax_4 + bx_3 + cx_2 + dx_1)^2 \le 2\left(\frac{a^2+b^2}{ab}+\frac{c^2+d^2}{cd}\right).

Solution

Proof I Set u=ay1+by2u = ay_1 + by_2, v=cy3+dy4v = cy_3 + dy_4, u1=ax4+bx3u_1 = ax_4 + bx_3 and v1=cx2+dx1v_1 = cx_2 + dx_1. Then
u2(ay1+by2)2+(ax1bx2)2=a2+b2+2ab(y1y2x1x2), u^2 \le (ay_1 + by_2)^2 + (ax_1 - bx_2)^2 \\ = a^2 + b^2 + 2ab(y_1 y_2 - x_1 x_2),
that is
x1x2y1y2a2+b2u22ab.x_1 x_2 - y_1 y_2 \le \frac{a^2 + b^2 - u^2}{2ab}. \qquad ①
v12(cx2+dx1)2+(cy2dy1)2=c2+d2+2cd(x1x2y1y2),v_1^2 \le (cx_2 + dx_1)^2 + (cy_2 - dy_1)^2 \\ = c^2 + d^2 + 2cd(x_1 x_2 - y_1 y_2),
that is
y1y2x1x2c2+d2v122cd.y_1 y_2 - x_1 x_2 \le \frac{c^2 + d^2 - v_1^2}{2cd}. \qquad ②
① + ②, we get
0a2+b2u22ab+c2+d2v122cd,0 \le \frac{a^2 + b^2 - u^2}{2ab} + \frac{c^2 + d^2 - v_1^2}{2cd},
that is
u2ab+v12cda2+b2ab+c2+d2cd.\frac{u^2}{ab} + \frac{v_1^2}{cd} \le \frac{a^2 + b^2}{ab} + \frac{c^2 + d^2}{cd}.
Similarly
v12cd+u12abc2+d2cd+a2+b2ab.\frac{v_1^2}{cd} + \frac{u_1^2}{ab} \le \frac{c^2 + d^2}{cd} + \frac{a^2 + b^2}{ab}.
By Cauchy's inequality, we have
(u+v)2+(u1+v1)2(ab+cd)(u2ab+v2cd)+(ab+cd)[u12ab+v12cd]=u2ab+v2cd+u12ab+v12cd2[a2+b2ab+c2+d2cd]. (u+v)^2 + (u_1+v_1)^2 \\ \le (ab+cd)\left(\frac{u^2}{ab}+\frac{v^2}{cd}\right) + (ab+cd)\left[\frac{u_1^2}{ab}+\frac{v_1^2}{cd}\right] \\ = \frac{u^2}{ab}+\frac{v^2}{cd}+\frac{u_1^2}{ab}+\frac{v_1^2}{cd} \le 2\left[\frac{a^2+b^2}{ab}+\frac{c^2+d^2}{cd}\right].

Proof II By Cauchy's inequality, we can show
(ay1+by2+cy3+dy4)2 (ay_1 + by_2 + cy_3 + dy_4)^2
(ab+cd)[(ay1+by2)2ab+(cy3+dy4)2cd] \le (ab + cd) \left[ \frac{(ay_1 + by_2)^2}{ab} + \frac{(cy_3 + dy_4)^2}{cd} \right]
=aby12+bay22+cdy32+dcy42+2(y1y2+y3y4). = \frac{a}{b}y_1^2 + \frac{b}{a}y_2^2 + \frac{c}{d}y_3^2 + \frac{d}{c}y_4^2 + 2(y_1 y_2 + y_3 y_4).
Similarly,
(ax4+bx3+cx2+dx1)2 (ax_4 + bx_3 + cx_2 + dx_1)^2
abx42+bax32+cdx22+dcx12+2(x1x2+x3x4). \le \frac{a}{b}x_4^2 + \frac{b}{a}x_3^2 + \frac{c}{d}x_2^2 + \frac{d}{c}x_1^2 + 2(x_1 x_2 + x_3 x_4).
So we subtract the right-hand side (RHS) from the left-hand side (LHS) in the original inequality and get
LHSRHSaby12+bay22+cdy32+dcy42+2y1y2+2y3y4+abx42+bax32+cdx22+dcx12+2x1x2+2x3x42(ab+ba+cd+dc)=abx12bax12cdx32dcx42aby42bay32cdy22dcy12+2(x1x2+x3x4+y1y2+y3y4)2x1x22x3x42y1y22y3y4+2(x1x2+x3x4+y1y2+y3y4)=0. \begin{align*} \text{LHS} - \text{RHS} &\le \frac{a}{b}y_1^2 + \frac{b}{a}y_2^2 + \frac{c}{d}y_3^2 + \frac{d}{c}y_4^2 + 2y_1 y_2 + 2y_3 y_4 + \\ &\qquad \frac{a}{b}x_4^2 + \frac{b}{a}x_3^2 + \frac{c}{d}x_2^2 + \frac{d}{c}x_1^2 + 2x_1 x_2 + 2x_3 x_4 - \\ &\qquad 2\left(\frac{a}{b} + \frac{b}{a} + \frac{c}{d} + \frac{d}{c}\right) \\ &= -\frac{a}{b}x_1^2 - \frac{b}{a}x_1^2 - \frac{c}{d}x_3^2 - \frac{d}{c}x_4^2 - \frac{a}{b}y_4^2 - \frac{b}{a}y_3^2 - \\ &\qquad \frac{c}{d}y_2^2 - \frac{d}{c}y_1^2 + 2(x_1 x_2 + x_3 x_4 + y_1 y_2 + y_3 y_4) \\ &\le -2x_1 x_2 - 2x_3 x_4 - 2y_1 y_2 - 2y_3 y_4 + \\ &\qquad 2(x_1 x_2 + x_3 x_4 + y_1 y_2 + y_3 y_4) \\ &= 0. \end{align*}
The proposition is proved.

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