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Algebra Difficulty 7.1 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Example 8 Prove that in an acute ABC\triangle A B C, abc2(a2+b2)(b2+c2)(c2+a2)r2R\frac{a b c}{\sqrt{2\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)\left(c^{2}+a^{2}\right)}} \geqslant \frac{r}{2 R}, where r,Rr, R represent the inradius and circumradius of ABC\triangle A B C, respectively. (2005 Jiangsu Mathematical Winter Camp)

Solution

To prove in ABC\triangle ABC, rR=4sinA2sinB2sinC2\frac{r}{R}=4 \sin \frac{A}{2} \sin \frac{B}{2} \sin \frac{C}{2}, to prove abc2(a2+b2)(b2+c2)(c2+a2)r2R\frac{a b c}{\sqrt{2\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)\left(c^{2}+a^{2}\right)}} \geqslant \frac{r}{2 R}, it suffices to prove
abc(a2+b2)(b2+c2)(c2+a2)22sinA2sinB2sinC2\frac{a b c}{\sqrt{\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)\left(c^{2}+a^{2}\right)}} \geqslant 2 \sqrt{2} \sin \frac{A}{2} \sin \frac{B}{2} \sin \frac{C}{2}

Considering the symmetry, it suffices to prove
ab2+c22sinA2\frac{a}{\sqrt{b^{2}+c^{2}}} \geqslant \sqrt{2} \sin \frac{A}{2}

It suffices to prove a2b2+c21cosA\frac{a^{2}}{b^{2}+c^{2}} \geqslant 1-\cos A, which is equivalent to proving
a2(b2+c2)(1cosA)0a^{2}-\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)(1-\cos A) \geqslant 0

By the cosine rule,
a2(b2+c2)(1+cosA)=b2+c22bccosA(b2+c2)(1cosA)=(b2+c22bc)cosA=(bc)2cosA\begin{aligned} a^{2}-\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)(1+\cos A)= & b^{2}+c^{2}-2 b c \cos A-\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)(1-\cos A)= \\ & \left(b^{2}+c^{2}-2 b c\right) \cos A= \\ & (b-c)^{2} \cos A \end{aligned}

Since (bc)20,cosA>0(b-c)^{2} \geqslant 0, \cos A>0, it follows that a2(b2+c2)(1cosA)0a^{2}-\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)(1-\cos A) \geqslant 0, thus a2b2+c21cosA\frac{a^{2}}{b^{2}+c^{2}} \geqslant 1-\cos A

That is, ab2+c22sinA2\frac{a}{\sqrt{b^{2}+c^{2}}} \geqslant \sqrt{2} \sin \frac{A}{2}, similarly,
bc2+a22sinB2cc2+a22sinC2\begin{array}{l} \frac{b}{\sqrt{c^{2}+a^{2}}} \geqslant \sqrt{2} \sin \frac{B}{2} \\ \frac{c}{\sqrt{c^{2}+a^{2}}} \geqslant \sqrt{2} \sin \frac{C}{2} \end{array}

Multiplying the above three inequalities, we get abc(a2+b2)(b2+c2)(c2+a2)22sinA2sinB2sinC2\frac{a b c}{\sqrt{\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)\left(c^{2}+a^{2}\right)}} \geqslant 2 \sqrt{2} \sin \frac{A}{2} \sin \frac{B}{2} \sin \frac{C}{2}, thus the original inequality holds.

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