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Algebra Difficulty 6.6 National olympiad Prove it

Example 9.2abc=1,a,b,c>09.2 a b c=1, a, b, c>0, prove that
(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)4(a+b+c1)(a+b)(b+c)(c+a) \geqslant 4(a+b+c-1)

Solution

Prove that since abc=1abc=1, at least one of a,b,ca, b, c is not less than 1. Without loss of generality, assume a1a \geqslant 1. Since
(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)=(b+c)(a2+ab+bc+ca)(b+c)(a2+3(abc)23)=(b+c)(a2+3)\begin{aligned} (a+b)(b+c)(c+a)= & (b+c)\left(a^{2}+a b+b c+c a\right) \geq \\ & (b+c)\left(a^{2}+3 \sqrt[3]{(a b c)^{2}}\right)= \\ & (b+c)\left(a^{2}+3\right) \end{aligned}

It suffices to prove that
(b+c)(a2+3)4(a+b+c1)(b+c)(a21)4(a1)(a1)((b+c)(a+1)4)0\begin{array}{l} (b+c)\left(a^{2}+3\right) \geqslant 4(a+b+c-1) \Leftrightarrow \\ (b+c)\left(a^{2}-1\right) \geqslant 4(a-1) \Leftrightarrow \\ (a-1)((b+c)(a+1)-4) \geqslant 0 \end{array}

Given a1a \geqslant 1, it suffices to prove
(b+c)(a+1)40(b+c)(a+1)-4 \geqslant 0

And
(b+c)(a+1)=ab+ca+b+c=(1b+b)+(1c+c)4(b+c)(a+1)=a b+c a+b+c=\left(\frac{1}{b}+b\right)+\left(\frac{1}{c}+c\right) \geqslant 4

Therefore, the original inequality holds.

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