Problem

Source: Mediterranean Mathematical Olympiad 2019 P2 MMC

Tags: inequalities, algebra, Sequence



Let $m_1<m_2<\cdots<m_s$ be a sequence of $s\ge2$ positive integers, none of which can be written as the sum of (two or more) distinct other numbers in the sequence. For every integer $r$ with $1\le r<s$, prove that \[ r\cdot m_r+m_s ~\ge~ (r+1)(s-1). \] (Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Austria)