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Algebra Difficulty 6.2 National olympiad Prove it

Example 14.8 (Vasile) a,b,cRa, b, c \in \mathbf{R}, satisfying a2+b2+c2=1a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=1, prove that
13+a22bc+13+b22ca+13+c22ab98 \frac{1}{3+a^{2}-2 b c}+\frac{1}{3+b^{2}-2 c a}+\frac{1}{3+c^{2}-2 a b} \leqslant \frac{9}{8}

Solution

Proof
14(b+c)298(b+c)24(b+c)232\Leftrightarrow \sum \frac{1}{4-(b+c)^{2}} \leqslant \frac{9}{8} \Leftrightarrow \sum \frac{(b+c)^{2}}{4-(b+c)^{2}} \leqslant \frac{3}{2}

By Cauchy inequality, we have
(b+c)24(b+c)2(b+c)242(b2+c2)=12(b+c)2(a2+b2)+(a2+c2)12(b2a2+b2+c2a2+c2)=32\begin{array}{l} \sum \frac{(b+c)^{2}}{4-(b+c)^{2}} \leqslant \sum \frac{(b+c)^{2}}{4-2\left(b^{2}+c^{2}\right)}= \\ \frac{1}{2} \sum \frac{(b+c)^{2}}{\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)+\left(a^{2}+c^{2}\right)} \leqslant \\ \frac{1}{2} \sum\left(\frac{b^{2}}{a^{2}+b^{2}}+\frac{c^{2}}{a^{2}+c^{2}}\right)=\frac{3}{2} \end{array}

Hence, it is proved!

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