inequality problem 1.

by hemangsarkar, Sep 1, 2012, 5:55 PM

Q) if $a,b,c \geq 0$, then prove that

$\frac{\sum a^6 + 15}{12} - \frac{3}{\sum a^6 + 3} \geq abc$

my solution :
by arithmetic mean - geometric mean inequality, we have -
$a^6 + b^6 + c^6 \geq 3(abc)^2$

so we have $\frac{a^6 + b^6 + c^6 + 15}{12} \geq \frac{(abc)^2 + 5}{4}$ .. (1)

also,
$\frac{3}{3(abc)^2 + 3} \geq \frac{3}{a^6 + b^6 + c^6 + 3}$ ( by the same am - gm argument).

or,

$-\frac{3}{a^6 + b^6 + c^6 + 3} \geq -\frac{3}{3(abc)^2 + 3}$ ...(2)

adding (1) and (2), we get

$\frac{a^6 + b^6 + c^6 + 15}{12} -\frac{3}{a^6 + b^6 + c^6 + 3} \geq \frac{(abc)^2 + 5}{4} -\frac{3}{3(abc)^2 + 3}$

here we take $(abc) = x$.

then we have to prove that
$\frac{x^2 + 5}{4} - \frac{1}{1+x^2} \geq x$

which is equivalent to
$(x^2 + 1)(x^2 + 5 - 4x) \geq 4$
or, $x^4 - 4x^3 + 6x^2 - 4x + 1 \geq 0$
or, $(x-1)^4 \geq 0$


which is true.
hence proved.

check the equality case on your own. :)
This post has been edited 1 time. Last edited by hemangsarkar, Sep 1, 2012, 6:08 PM

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