Problem:
The real positive numbers satisfy the relations , , . Prove that .
Problem:
The real positive numbers satisfy the relations , , . Prove that .
Solution:
For , and the equality holds.
After the substitutions , with , , we obtain that and the required inequality becomes
We shall need the following lemma.
Lemma. If real numbers and satisfy the relations , then for every real number the inequality
holds.
Proof of the lemma. The inequality (2) is equivalent to
The last inequality is true, because and .
The equality in (2) holds if . The lemma is proved.
By using the lemma we can write the following inequalities:
By multiplying the inequalities (3), (4) and (5) we obtain:
By virtue of lemma, the equality holds if and only if .
Solution:
Alternative solution. With the same substitutions write the inequality as
As the first product on the left-hand side is , it is enough to prove that the second product is nonpositive. This comes easily from , and , which implies .