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Algebra Difficulty 6.3 National olympiad Prove it

5 positive real numbers x,y,zx, y, z satisfy xyz=1xyz=1. Prove: x3+y3x2+xy+y2+y3+z3y2+yz+z2+\frac{x^{3}+y^{3}}{x^{2}+xy+y^{2}}+\frac{y^{3}+z^{3}}{y^{2}+yz+z^{2}}+ z3+x3z2+zx+x22\frac{z^{3}+x^{3}}{z^{2}+zx+x^{2}} \geqslant 2.

Solution

5. Notice that x2xy+y2x2+xy+y2133(x2xy+y2)x2+xy+y22(x\frac{x^{2}-x y+y^{2}}{x^{2}+x y+y^{2}} \geqslant \frac{1}{3} \Leftrightarrow 3\left(x^{2}-x y+y^{2}\right) \geqslant x^{2}+x y+y^{2} \Leftrightarrow 2(x- y)20y)^{2} \geqslant 0. Then x3+y3x2+xy+y2=x2xy+y2x2+xy+y2(x+y)x+y3\frac{x^{3}+y^{3}}{x^{2}+x y+y^{2}}=\frac{x^{2}-x y+y^{2}}{x^{2}+x y+y^{2}}(x+y) \geqslant \frac{x+y}{3}. Therefore, x3+y3x2+xy+y2+\frac{x^{3}+y^{3}}{x^{2}+x y+y^{2}}+
y3+z3y2+yz+z2+z3+x3z2+zx+x213(x+y)+13(y+z)+13(z+x)=23(x+y+z)2xyz3=2\begin{array}{l} \frac{y^{3}+z^{3}}{y^{2}+y z+z^{2}}+\frac{z^{3}+x^{3}}{z^{2}+z x+x^{2}} \geqslant \frac{1}{3}(x+y)+\frac{1}{3}(y+z)+\frac{1}{3}(z+x)=\frac{2}{3}(x+ \\ y+z) \geqslant 2 \sqrt[3]{x y z}=2 \end{array}

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