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<cmath> (x + y + y + z + x + z) (\frac{x^2}{y+z} + \frac{y^2}{z+x} + \frac{z^2}{x+y}) \ge (x + y + z)^2 </cmath> | <cmath> (x + y + y + z + x + z) (\frac{x^2}{y+z} + \frac{y^2}{z+x} + \frac{z^2}{x+y}) \ge (x + y + z)^2 </cmath> | ||
by Cauchy-Schwarz, and so dividing by <math>2(x + y + z)</math> gives | by Cauchy-Schwarz, and so dividing by <math>2(x + y + z)</math> gives | ||
− | <cmath> \begin{align*}\frac{x^2}{y+z} + \frac{y^2}{z+x} + \frac{z^2}{x+y} | + | <cmath> |
as desired. | as desired. | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 21 April 2014
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[hide]Problem
(Nazar Agakhanov, Russia)
Let be positive real numbers such that
. Prove that
Solution
Solution 1
We make the substitution ,
,
. Then
Since
and
are similarly sorted sequences, it follows from the Rearrangement Inequality that
By the Power Mean Inequality,
Symmetric application of this argument yields
Finally, AM-GM gives us
as desired.
Solution 2
We make the same substitution as in the first solution. We note that in general,
It follows that
and
are similarly sorted sequences. Then by Chebyshev's Inequality,
By AM-GM,
, and by Nesbitt's Inequality,
The desired conclusion follows.
Solution 3
Without clever substitutions:
By Cauchy-Schwarz, Dividing by
gives
by AM-GM.
Solution 4
Proceed as in Solution 1, to arrive at the equivalent inequality
But we know that
by AM-GM. Furthermore,
by Cauchy-Schwarz, and so dividing by
gives
as desired.
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