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Finally: An Analogy (that works) I’ve often found it hard to explain what is Olympiad type Maths to people. Not anymore; I think the analogy below explains it well: Olympiad Maths can be likened to Magic. Its questions are like magical tricks. And, solving it is like decoding a magician’s trick. For example, a...

Question The polynomial a8x8 +a7x7 + … + a0 has a8 = 1, a7 = -4, a6 = 7 and all its roots positive and real. Find the possible values for a0. Answer Let the roots be xi. We have Sum xi2 = 42 – 2·7 = 2. By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have (x1·1...