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Maximum value in permutations

Source: Korea National 2012 Problem 7

August 19, 2012
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Problem Statement

Let {a1,a2,,a10}={1,2,,10} \{ a_1 , a_2 , \cdots, a_{10} \} = \{ 1, 2, \cdots , 10 \} . Find the maximum value of n=110(nan2n2an) \sum_{n=1}^{10}(na_n ^2 - n^2 a_n )