4s5s13+s24≥5s4s2s12.
Using the AM-GM inequality, 4s5s13+s24≥5[s5s112s24]1/5, so it suffices to prove that
s54s24s112≥s45s25s110,
and thus, using the positivity of sk, that s5s12≥s4s2.
Observe that s5s3≥s42, since, on expansion ∑i=1nai8 occurs on both sides, and each term (ai5aj3+ai3aj5)=(ai3aj3)(ai2+aj2)≥ai3aj3(2aiaj)=2ai4aj4 for all i<j.
Observe also that s5s1≥s32, since, on expansion, ∑i=1nai8 occurs on both sides, and each term (ai5aj+aiaj5)=aiaj(ai4+aj4)≥2aiaj(ai2aj2)=2ai3aj3, (i<j).
Observe further that s5s1≥s4s2, since
(ai5aj+aiaj5)−(ai4aj2+ai2aj4)=aiaj(ai−aj)2(ai2+aiaj+aj2)≥0.
Now s5s32s12≥s22s4s12≥s5s4s32s1≥s45s22s2, and the result follows.