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Is there a universal constant $C$ such that the following statement holds? For concreteness, you may assume $C=10000$. Let $a = (a_1, \ldots, a_n)$ be $n$ arbitrary real numbers. For an integer $k$, ...

Let $(x_i)_{i \ge 1}$ be a log-concave (resp. log-convex) sequence of non-negative real variables. In other words, for $i \ge 2$, we have $x_i^2 \ge x_{i-1}x_{i+1}$ (resp. $x_i^2 \le x_{i-1}x_{i+1}$). ...

Let $a_1,\ldots,a_n \in \mathbb{C}$ be complex numbers that are the zeros of a real polynomial (meaning that the non-real ones come in complex conjugate pairs). Suppose that these numbers are such ...

The general question For $1\leq k\leq n$, let $$e_k(a_1,\dots,a_n):=\sum_{j_1<\dots<j_k}a_{j_1}\cdots a_{j_k}$$ be the $k$-th elementary symmetric polynomial. Let $a_1,\dots,a_n<1$ and $e_1(...

How to prove the inequality $a^6+b^6 \geqslant ab^5+a^5b$ for all $a, b \in \mathbb R$?