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Algebra Difficulty 7.5 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Example 15 (Self-created, 2003.09.25) In ABC\triangle A B C, the lengths of the three sides are BC=a,CA=b,AB=cB C=a, C A=b, A B=c, and the angle bisector of A\angle A is waw_{a}, then
wa33abc(a+b+c)2(a+b+c)w_{a} \geqslant \frac{3 \sqrt{3 a b c(-a+b+c)}}{2(a+b+c)}

Equality in (31) holds if and only if b+c=2ab+c=2 a.

Solution

 Equation (31) a+b+cb+c33a2(a+b+c)4(a+b+c)327a(b+c)2\begin{array}{r} \text { Equation (31) } \Leftrightarrow \frac{\sqrt{a+b+c}}{b+c} \geqslant \frac{3 \sqrt{3 a}}{2(a+b+c)} \\ 4(a+b+c)^{3} \geqslant 27 a(b+c)^{2} \end{array}

Since
4(a+b+c)3=4(b+c2+b+c2+a)3427b+c2b+c2a=27a(b+c)2\begin{aligned} 4(a+b+c)^{3}= & 4\left(\frac{b+c}{2}+\frac{b+c}{2}+a\right)^{3} \geqslant \\ & 4 \cdot 27 \cdot \frac{b+c}{2} \cdot \frac{b+c}{2} \cdot a= \\ & 27 a(b+c)^{2} \end{aligned}

We obtain equation ( ).

Note: From equation (31), we can derive
wa2272Rr( Liu Jian’s Conjecture )a(b+c)wa2162(Rr)2(a+b+cwa)33abc2\begin{array}{c} \sum w_{a}^{2} \geqslant \frac{27}{2} R r \quad(\text { Liu Jian's Conjecture }) \\ \sum a(b+c) w_{a}^{2} \geqslant 162(R r)^{2} \\ \sum\left(\sqrt{-a+b+c} \cdot w_{a}\right) \geqslant \frac{3 \sqrt{3 a b c}}{2} \end{array}

Here, wa,wb,wcw_{a}, w_{b}, w_{c} are the angle bisectors of ABC\triangle A B C at A,B,C\angle A, \angle B, \angle C, respectively, and RR and rr are the circumradius and inradius of ABC\triangle A B C, respectively. The equalities in (32), (33), and (34) hold if and only if ABC\triangle A B C is an equilateral triangle.

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