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5. Solutions to Advanced <strong>Problems</strong> 165<br />

by the power mean inequality. Summing the above identities from 1 to n yields<br />

n∑<br />

1<br />

n∑<br />

cot θ i ≤<br />

(n − 1) 3/2<br />

i=1<br />

∑<br />

i=1 j̸=i<br />

a i<br />

a j<br />

=<br />

1 ∑<br />

(n − 1) 3/2<br />

1≤i,j≤n<br />

i̸=j<br />

a i<br />

a j<br />

(∗∗)<br />

again, because each ratio a i<br />

a j<br />

(∗∗) gives<br />

√<br />

n∑<br />

n − 1 tan θ i ≥<br />

i=1<br />

∑<br />

1≤i,j≤n<br />

i̸=j<br />

appears once. Combining inequalities (∗) and<br />

a j<br />

a i<br />

=<br />

from which the desired result follows.<br />

∑<br />

1≤i,j≤n<br />

i̸=j<br />

a i<br />

a j<br />

≥ (n − 1) 3/2<br />

n∑<br />

cot θ i ,<br />

i=1<br />

39. [Weichao Wu] One of the two inequalities<br />

(sin x) sin x (cos x) cos x<br />

is always true for all real numbers x such that 0

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