AlgebraDifficulty 7.5National olympiad, round 2Prove it
34. Let a,b,c be positive real numbers, and satisfy a+b+c=1. Prove: b1−1a+c1−1b+a1−1c≤433⋅(1−a)(1−b)(1−c) (Do Hoang Giang)
Solution
Prove that the inequality is equivalent to P=cyc∑(a+c)(a+b)a⋅(b+c)(c+a)ab≤433
Without loss of generality, assume a=min(a,b,c), and consider the following cases: ( i ) If a≤b≤c, then we have (b+c)(c+a)ab≤(a+b)(b+c)ca≤(c+a)(a+b)bc(a+c)(a+b)a≤(a+b)(b+c)b≤(b+c)(c+a)c
Therefore, by the rearrangement inequality, we have P≤(a+b)(a+c)2(b+c)a2b+(a+b)2(b+c)2abc+(c+a)2(a+b)(b+c)bc2=(a+b)2(b+c)2abc+(a+b)(b+c)b(a+ca+c+ac) ≤3[(a+b)2(b+c)2abc+2⋅41⋅(a+b)(b+c)b] (since x+(a+b)2(b+c)2abc+21⋅(a+b)(b+c)b≥169⇔(3ac−b)2≥0 i) If a≤c≤b, we have
Thus, it suffices to prove (a+b)(b+c)ca≤(b+c)(c+a)ab≤(c+a)(a+b)bc(a+c)(a+b)a≤(b+c)(c+a)c≤(a+b)(b+c)b
Therefore, by the rearrangement inequality, we have P≤(a+c)(a+b)2(b+c)a2c+(a+c)2(b+c)2abc+(a+c)(a+b)2(b+c)b2c≤3[(a+c)2(b+c)2abc+2⋅41⋅(b+c)(c+a)c]
Thus, it suffices to prove (a+c)2(b+c)2abc+21⋅(b+c)(c+a)c≤169⇔(3ab−c)2≥0
Equality holds when a=b=c=31
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