Given a positive integer greater than . Find all real numbers such that there exist nonnegative real numbers satisfying
Solution
Suppose satisfies the conditions of the problem, then
由歌西不等式得 By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we get
Therefore equality must hold in the above inequality. Hence we should have:
(1) If none of the is , then
Since the value of is not fixed, this is clearly impossible.
(2) If among there is a , without loss of generality assume . Then
For the above conditions, applying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality again, we obtain: among there is a .
Repeating the above steps, we obtain the following conclusion:
Among at most one is nonzero, let it be can take the value ), then
thus, . From this we know: all possible values of are: .
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