Given positive real numbers , , . Find the greatest real number such that there exist positive real numbers , , () with .
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Solution
Answer: .
We can consider . Multiplying three inequalities , , , we obtain .
It remains to show that the number satisfies the problem condition. It suffices to verify that the system of the equations (with unknown )
has a positive solution . From the first two equations we present and as the functions of and then replace and by these presentations in the third equation. So we find the positive solution
as required.
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