THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS

THE TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS
Some classical inequalities and their application to olympiad problems
Zoran Kadelburg

Abstract

The technique introduced by M. Marjanović in [10] is used to prove several classical inequalities. Examples of application are given which can be used for preparing students for mathematical competitions.

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Keywords: Chebyshev's inequality; Karamata's inequality; Steffensen's inequality; Jensen's inequality.

Pages:  97$-$106     

Volume  XIV ,  Issue  2 ,  2011