Notice that
(a+b+c)(ap−1+bp−1+cp−1)−2(ap+bp+cp)=(b+c)ap−1+(c+a)bp−1+(a+b)cp−1−ap−bp−cp=(b+c−a)ap−1+(c+a−b)bp−1+(a+b−c)cp−1>0,
by the triangle inequality, since a, b, c are positive. Hence the left inequality holds.
Clearly, the right inequality holds if p=1. So, suppose p>1 and apply Hölder's inequality to a+b+c, with exponents p, q, where q=p/(p−1), to get
a+b+c≤(ap+bp+cp)1/p⋅31/q.
Next, apply Hölder's inequality to ap−1+bp−1+cp−1, with exponents q, p, to get
ap−1+bp−1+cp−1≤(aq(p−1)+bq(p−1)+cq(p−1))1/q31/p=(ap+bp+cp)1/q31/p.
Combining these inequalities, the right inequality follows.
Here is an alternative proof of the second inequality. Observe that
3(ap+bp+cp)−(a+b+c)(ap−1+bp−1+cp−1)=2(ap+bp+cp)−(b+c)ap−1−(c+a)bp−1−(a+b)cp−1=(ap−ap−1b−abp−1+bp)+(bp−bp−1c−bcp−1+cp)+(cp−cp−1a−cap−1+ap)=(ap−1−bp−1)(a−b)+(bp−1−cp−1)(b−c)+(cp−1−ap−1)(c−a)≥0,
since a, b, c are positive, and, for r≥0, the function t↦tr is increasing on (0,∞), so that (xp−1−yp−1)(x−y)≥0 for all positive x, y.