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Algebra Difficulty 6.3 National olympiad Prove it

Example 32: Let a>0,b>0a>0, b>0, prove: a2+b22ab+2aba+b2\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{2 a b}+\frac{2 \sqrt{a b}}{a+b} \geq 2.

Solution

Prove: By the 2-variable mean inequality, we get
a2+b22ab+2aba+b2a2+b22ab2aba+b=2a2+b2a3b+ab3\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{2 a b}+\frac{2 \sqrt{a b}}{a+b} \geq 2 \sqrt{\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{2 a b} \cdot \frac{2 \sqrt{a b}}{a+b}}=2 \sqrt{\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{\sqrt{a^{3} b}+\sqrt{a b^{3}}}}

Therefore, it suffices to prove a2+b2a3b+ab31\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}}{\sqrt{a^{3} b}+\sqrt{a b^{3}}} \geq 1, which is equivalent to
a2+b2a3b+ab3a^{2}+b^{2} \geq \sqrt{a^{3} b}+\sqrt{a b^{3}}

By the 4-variable mean inequality, we get
a2+b2=a2+a2+a2+b24+a2+b2+b2+b24a2a2a2b24+a2b2b2b24=a3b+ab3, Q.E.D. \begin{aligned} a^{2}+b^{2} & =\frac{a^{2}+a^{2}+a^{2}+b^{2}}{4}+\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+b^{2}+b^{2}}{4} \\ & \geq \sqrt[4]{a^{2} \cdot a^{2} \cdot a^{2} \cdot b^{2}}+\sqrt[4]{a^{2} \cdot b^{2} \cdot b^{2} \cdot b^{2}} \\ & =\sqrt{a^{3} b}+\sqrt{a b^{3}}, \text { Q.E.D. } \end{aligned}

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