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Algebra Difficulty 7.3 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Example 5 (1984 Balkan Mathematical Olympiad) Let aia_{i} \in R+,i=1,2,,n,n2,nN\mathbf{R}^{+}, i=1,2, \cdots, n, n \geqslant 2, n \in \mathbf{N}, and i=1nai=1\sum_{i=1}^{n} a_{i}=1, prove that:
i=1nai2ain2n1\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{a_{i}}{2-a_{i}} \geqslant \frac{n}{2 n-1}

Solution

Prove that because aiR+,i=1,2,,n,n2,na_{i} \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, i=1,2, \cdots, n, n \geqslant 2, n \in N, and i=1nai=1\sum_{i=1}^{n} a_{i}=1, so
i=1nai2ai=a122a1a12+a222a2a22++an22anan2(a1+a2++an)22(a1+a2++an)(a12+a22++an2)=12(a12+a22++an2)\begin{array}{l} \sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{a_{i}}{2-a_{i}} \\ =\frac{a_{1}^{2}}{2 a_{1}-a_{1}^{2}}+\frac{a_{2}^{2}}{2 a_{2}-a_{2}^{2}}+\cdots+\frac{a_{n}^{2}}{2 a_{n}-a_{n}^{2}} \\ \geqslant \frac{\left(a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n}\right)^{2}}{2\left(a_{1}+a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n}\right)-\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+\cdots+a_{n}^{2}\right)} \\ =\frac{1}{2-\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+\cdots+a_{n}^{2}\right)} \end{array}

By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have n(a12+a22++an2)(a1+n\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+\cdots+a_{n}^{2}\right) \geqslant\left(a_{1}+\right.
a2++an)2=1\left.a_{2}+\cdots+a_{n}\right)^{2}=1

Thus, a12+a22++an21na_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+\cdots+a_{n}^{2} \geqslant \frac{1}{n}. Therefore, from (1) we get
i=1nai2ai121n=n2n1.\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac{a_{i}}{2-a_{i}} \geqslant \frac{1}{2-\frac{1}{n}}=\frac{n}{2 n-1} .

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