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Algebra Difficulty 6.1 National olympiad Prove it

6 Given that x,y,zx, y, z are positive real numbers. Prove:
1+xy+xz(1+y+z)2+1+yz+yx(1+z+x)2+1+zx+zy(1+x+y)21\frac{1+x y+x z}{(1+y+z)^{2}}+\frac{1+y z+y x}{(1+z+x)^{2}}+\frac{1+z x+z y}{(1+x+y)^{2}} \geqslant 1

Solution

6. By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, (1+yx+zx)(1+xy+xz)(1+y+z)2\left(1+\frac{y}{x}+\frac{z}{x}\right)(1+x y+x z) \geqslant(1+y+z)^{2} \Rightarrow 1+xy+xz(1+y+z)2xx+y+z\frac{1+x y+x z}{(1+y+z)^{2}} \geqslant \frac{x}{x+y+z}. Similarly, 1+yz+yx(1+z+x)2yx+y+z1+zx+zy(1+x+y)2\frac{1+y z+y x}{(1+z+x)^{2}} \geqslant \frac{y}{x+y+z} \cdot \frac{1+z x+z y}{(1+x+y)^{2}} \geqslant zx+y+z\frac{z}{x+y+z}. Adding the above three inequalities yields 1+xy+xz(1+y+z)2+1+yz+yx(1+z+x)2+\frac{1+x y+x z}{(1+y+z)^{2}}+\frac{1+y z+y x}{(1+z+x)^{2}}+ 1+zx+zy(1+x+y)21\frac{1+z x+z y}{(1+x+y)^{2}} \geqslant 1

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