23. By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality,
x(1+y)(1+z)x4+y(1+z)(1+x)y4+z(1+x)(1+y)z4⩾x(1+y)(1+z)+y(1+z)(1+x)+z(1+x)(1+y)(x2+y2+z2)2
By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have 3(x2+y2+z2)⩾(x+y+z)2, and by the AM-GM inequality,
x2+y2+z2⩾xy+yz+zxx+y+z⩾33xyz=3
Therefore,
3(x2+y2+z2)⩾(x+y+z)2=(x+y+z)(x+y+z)⩾3(x+y+z)
That is,
x2+y2+z2⩾x+y+z
So,
x(1+y)(1+z)+y(1+z)(1+x)+z(1+x)(1+y)=(x+y+z)+2(xy+yz+zx)+3xyz=3+(x+y+z)+2(xy+yz+zx)
Since
4(x2+y2+z2)=(x2+y2+z2)+2(x2+y2+z2)+(x2+y2+z2)⩾33(xyz)2+2(xy+yz+zx)+(x+y+z)=3+(x+y+z)+2(xy+yz+zx)
Therefore,
x(1+y)(1+z)+y(1+z)(1+x)+z(1+x)(1+y)(x2+y2+z2)2⩾4x2+y2+z2⩾433(xyz)2=43