Problem

Source: 2021 Dutch IMO TST 2.4

Tags: triangle inequality, geometry



Determine all positive integers $n$ with the following property: for each triple $(a, b, c)$ of positive real numbers there is a triple $(k, \ell, m)$ of non-negative integer numbers so that $an^k$, $bn^{\ell}$ and $cn^m$ are the lengths of the sides of a (non-degenerate) triangle shapes.