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Algebra Difficulty 6.2 National olympiad Prove it

15. Given that a,b,ca, b, c are positive numbers, and a2+b2+c2=1a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=1, prove: a1a+b1b+c1c33+32.(2004\frac{a}{1-a}+\frac{b}{1-b}+\frac{c}{1-c} \geqslant \frac{3 \sqrt{3}+3}{2} .(2004 Polish Mathematical Olympiad problem)

Solution

15. Proof one: Let S=a+bc,f(x)=11x,x(0, F)S=a+b-c, f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x}, x \in(0, \mathrm{~F}). The original inequality is equivalent to
aSf(a)+bSf(b)+cSf(c)33+32S\frac{a}{S} f(a)+\frac{b}{S} f(b)+\frac{c}{S} f(c) \geqslant \frac{3 \sqrt{3}+3}{2 S}

By Jensen's inequality, we have
aSf(a)+bSf(b)+cSf(c)f(a2+b2+c2S)=f(1S)\frac{a}{S} f(a)+\frac{b}{S} f(b)+\frac{c}{S} f(c) \geqslant f\left(\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{S}\right)=f\left(\frac{1}{S}\right)

By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we get 3(a2+b2+c2)(a+b+c)23\left(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}\right) \geqslant(a+b+c)^{2}, hence S3S \leqslant \sqrt{3}, so
f(1S)f(33)=33+32f\left(\frac{1}{S}\right) \geqslant f\left(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}\right)=\frac{3 \sqrt{3}+3}{2}

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