IMC 2022 · Problem 1

Day 129th IMC · Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Statement

Let f ⁣:[0,1]→(0,∞)f \colon [0, 1] \to (0, \infty) be an integrable function such that f(x)⋅f(1−x)=1f(x) \cdot f(1 - x) = 1 for all x∈[0,1]x \in [0, 1]. Prove that

∫01f(x) dx≥1.\int_0^1 f(x)\,\mathrm{d}x \ge 1.

Official solution

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Proposed by Mike Daas, Universiteit Leiden.