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Algebra Difficulty 6.3 National olympiad Prove it

Example 3.1.2 Let a,b,c,d>0a, b, c, d>0, and a2+b2+c2+d2=4a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}=4, prove:
a2b+c+d+b2c+d+a+c2d+a+b+d2a+b+c43\frac{a^{2}}{b+c+d}+\frac{b^{2}}{c+d+a}+\frac{c^{2}}{d+a+b}+\frac{d^{2}}{a+b+c} \geq \frac{4}{3}

Solution

Proof: Note that, if (a,b,c,d)(a, b, c, d) is in increasing order, then
1b+c+d1c+d+a1d+a+b1a+b+c\frac{1}{b+c+d} \geq \frac{1}{c+d+a} \geq \frac{1}{d+a+b} \geq \frac{1}{a+b+c}

Therefore, by Chebyshev's inequality, we have
4LHS(cyc a2)(cyc1b+c+d)16(a2+b2+c2+d2)3(a+b+c+d)44(a2+b2+c2+d2)34 L H S \geq\left(\sum_{\text {cyc }} a^{2}\right)\left(\sum_{c y c} \frac{1}{b+c+d}\right) \geq \frac{16\left(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}\right)}{3(a+b+c+d)} \geq \frac{4 \sqrt{4\left(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}\right)}}{3}

That is \square
a2b+c+d+b2c+d+a+c2d+a+b+d2a+b+c43\frac{a^{2}}{b+c+d}+\frac{b^{2}}{c+d+a}+\frac{c^{2}}{d+a+b}+\frac{d^{2}}{a+b+c} \geq \frac{4}{3}

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