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Algebra Difficulty 6.2 National Olympiad Prove it Romania

Determine all real numbers x,y,z(0,1)x, y, z \in (0,1) that satisfy simultaneously the conditions:
{(x2+y2)1z2z(y2+z2)1x2x(z2+x2)1y2y \begin{cases} (x^2 + y^2)\sqrt{1-z^2} \geq z \\ (y^2 + z^2)\sqrt{1-x^2} \geq x \\ (z^2 + x^2)\sqrt{1-y^2} \geq y \end{cases}

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

The first inequality is equivalent to
z2x2+y2z1z2. \frac{z^2}{x^2 + y^2} \leq z\sqrt{1-z^2}.
Since
z1z2=z2(1z2)z2+1z22=12, z\sqrt{1-z^2} = \sqrt{z^2(1-z^2)} \leq \frac{z^2 + 1 - z^2}{2} = \frac{1}{2},
it follows that z2x2+y22\frac{z^2}{x^2 + y^2} \leq 2, and therefore x2+y22z2x^2 + y^2 \geq 2z^2. Writing the other two similar inequalities and adding them together yields 2(x2+y2+z2)2(x2+y2+z2)2(x^2 + y^2 + z^2) \geq 2(x^2 + y^2 + z^2). Consequently, equality must hold in all the inequalities above, hence x=y=z=22x = y = z = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}. Clearly this triple satisfies all the requirements.

Solution 2

As x,y,z(0,1)x, y, z \in (0,1), we can write x=sinαx = \sin \alpha, y=sinβy = \sin \beta, z=sinγz = \sin \gamma, with α,β,γ(0,π/2)\alpha, \beta, \gamma \in (0, \pi/2). The first inequality becomes
sin2α+sin2βtanγ2sin2γ, \sin^2 \alpha + \sin^2 \beta \geq \tan \gamma \geq 2 \sin^2 \gamma,
because it reduces to sinγ(2sinγcosγ1)=sinγ(sin2γ1)0\sin \gamma(2 \sin \gamma \cos \gamma - 1) = \sin \gamma(\sin 2\gamma - 1) \leq 0. Adding this inequality with the two similar ones obtained from the second and third condition, we get 2sin2α2sin2α2 \sum \sin^2 \alpha \geq 2 \sum \sin^2 \alpha. Consequently, equality must hold in all the preceding inequalities, therefore α=β=γ=π/4\alpha = \beta = \gamma = \pi/4, which translates into x=y=z=2/2x = y = z = \sqrt{2}/2.

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