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Algebra Difficulty 6.2 National olympiad Prove it

19. (1) Given x,yR+x, y \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, and x+y=2x+y=2, prove: x3y3(x3+y3)2x^{3} y^{3}\left(x^{3}+y^{3}\right) \leqslant 2. (2002 Indian Mathematical Olympiad Problem)

Solution

19. (1) Since x,yR+x, y \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, we have 2=x+y2xy2=x+y \geqslant 2 \sqrt{x y}, which means xy1x y \leqslant 1.
x3y3(x3+y3)=(xy)3[(x+y)33xy(x+y)]=(xy)3(86xy)=2(xy)3(43xy)=2[(xy)(xy)(xy)(43xy)]2[xy+xy+xy+(43xy)4]4=2\begin{array}{l} x^{3} y^{3}\left(x^{3}+y^{3}\right)=(x y)^{3}\left[(x+y)^{3}-3 x y(x+y)\right]= \\ (x y)^{3}(8-6 x y)=2(x y)^{3}(4-3 x y)= \\ 2[(x y)(x y)(x y)(4-3 x y)-] \leqslant 2\left[\frac{x y+x y+x y+(4-3 x y)}{4}\right]^{4}=2 \end{array}

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