Problem

Source: Thailand 2023 TSTST1/3

Tags: inequalities



Let $n>3$ be an integer. If $x_1<x_2<\ldots<x_{n+2}$ are reals with $x_1=0$, $x_2=1$ and $x_3>2$, what is the maximal value of $$(\frac{x_{n+1}+x_{n+2}-1}{x_{n+1}(x_{n+2}-1)})\cdot (\sum_{i=1}^{n}\frac{(x_{i+2}-x_{i+1})(x_{i+1}-x_i)}{x_{i+2}-x_i})?$$