AlgebraDifficulty 7.5National olympiad, round 2Prove it
Example 15 (Self-created, 2003.09.25) In △ABC, the lengths of the three sides are BC=a,CA=b,AB=c, and the angle bisector of ∠A is wa, then wa⩾2(a+b+c)33abc(−a+b+c)
Since 4(a+b+c)3=4(2b+c+2b+c+a)3⩾4⋅27⋅2b+c⋅2b+c⋅a=27a(b+c)2
We obtain equation ( ).
Note: From equation (31), we can derive ∑wa2⩾227Rr( Liu Jian’s Conjecture )∑a(b+c)wa2⩾162(Rr)2∑(−a+b+c⋅wa)⩾233abc
Here, wa,wb,wc are the angle bisectors of △ABC at ∠A,∠B,∠C, respectively, and R and r are the circumradius and inradius of △ABC, respectively. The equalities in (32), (33), and (34) hold if and only if △ABC is an equilateral triangle.
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