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Example 11 Given that a,b,ea, b, e are positive numbers, then
1a(1+b)+1b(1+c)+1c(1+a)3abc3(1+abc3)\frac{1}{a(1+b)}+\frac{1}{b(1+c)}+\frac{1}{c(1+a)} \geqslant \frac{3}{\sqrt[3]{a b c}(1+\sqrt[3]{a b c})}

Solution

Proof: Let abc3=k(k>0)\sqrt[3]{a b c}=k(k>0), then abc=k3a b c=k^{3}, so we can set a=ka2a1,b=ka3a2,c=ka1a3a=k \frac{a_{2}}{a_{1}}, b=k \frac{a_{3}}{a_{2}}, c=k \frac{a_{1}}{a_{3}}, (a1,a2,a3>0)\left(a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}>0\right), substituting into (1), we only need to prove
1ka2a1+k2a3a1+1ka3a2+k2a1a2+1ka1a3+k2a2a33k(1+k)\frac{1}{k \frac{a_{2}}{a_{1}}+k^{2} \frac{a_{3}}{a_{1}}}+\frac{1}{k \frac{a_{3}}{a_{2}}+k^{2} \frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}}}+\frac{1}{k \frac{a_{1}}{a_{3}}+k^{2} \frac{a_{2}}{a_{3}}} \geqslant \frac{3}{k(1+k)}

which is
a1a2+ka3+a2a3+ka1+a3a1+ka231+k\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}+k a_{3}}+\frac{a_{2}}{a_{3}+k a_{1}}+\frac{a_{3}}{a_{1}+k a_{2}} \geqslant \frac{3}{1+k}

Below we prove inequality (2) (using the rearrangement inequality).
Proof 1: Let x=a2+ka3,y=a3+ka1,z=a+ka2x=a_{2}+k a_{3}, y=a_{3}+k a_{1}, z=a_{\llcorner}+k a_{2}, then x,y,zx, y, z are all positive numbers, solving we get.
a1=kx+k2y+z1+k3a2=ky+k2z+x1+k3a3=kz+k2x+y1+k3a_{1}=\frac{-k x+k^{2} y+z}{1+k^{3}} a_{2}=\frac{-k y+k^{2} z+x}{1+k^{3}} a_{3}=\frac{-k z+k^{2} x+y}{1+k^{3}}

So the left side of inequality (2) can be transformed into
3k1+k3+k21+k3(yx+zy+xz)+11+k3(zx+xy+yz)\frac{-3 k}{1+k^{3}}+\frac{k^{2}}{1+k^{3}}\left(\frac{y}{x}+\frac{z}{y}+\frac{x}{z}\right)+\frac{1}{1+k^{3}}\left(\frac{z}{x}+\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z}\right)

By the AM-GM inequality, yx+zy+xz3,zx+xy+yz3\frac{y}{x}+\frac{z}{y}+\frac{x}{z} \geqslant 3, \frac{z}{x}+\frac{x}{y}+\frac{y}{z} \geqslant 3, so
a1a2+ka3+a2a3+ka1+a3a1+ka23k1+k3+3k21+k3+31+k3=31+k\frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}+k a_{3}}+\frac{a_{2}}{a_{3}+k a_{1}}+\frac{a_{3}}{a_{1}+k a_{2}} \geqslant \frac{-3 k}{1+k^{3}}+\frac{3 k^{2}}{1+k^{3}}+\frac{3}{1+k^{3}}=\frac{3}{1+k}

Proof 2: By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
(x12y1+x22y2+x32y3)(y1+y2+y3)(x1+x2+x3)2\left(\frac{x_{1}^{2}}{y_{1}}+\frac{x_{2}^{2}}{y_{2}}+\frac{x_{3}^{2}}{y_{3}}\right)\left(y_{1}+y_{2}+y_{3}\right) \geqslant\left(x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}\right)^{2}

which is
x12y1+x22y2+x32y3(x1+x2+x3)2y1+y2+y3\frac{x_{1}^{2}}{y_{1}}+\frac{x_{2}^{2}}{y_{2}}+\frac{x_{3}^{2}}{y_{3}} \geqslant \frac{\left(x_{1}+x_{2}+x_{3}\right)^{2}}{y_{1}+y_{2}+y_{3}}
(Where y1,y2,y3y_{1}, y_{2}, y_{3} are positive numbers, and x1,x2,x3x_{1}, x_{2}, x_{3} are any real numbers)
Thus,
a1a2+ka3+a2a3+ka1+a3a1+ka2=a12a1(a2+ka3)+a22a2(a3+ka1)+a32a3(a1+ka2)(a1+a2+a3)2(1+k)(a1a2+a2a3+a3a1)31+k\begin{array}{l} \frac{a_{1}}{a_{2}+k a_{3}}+\frac{a_{2}}{a_{3}+k a_{1}}+\frac{a_{3}}{a_{1}+k a_{2}}= \\ \frac{a_{1}^{2}}{a_{1}\left(a_{2}+k a_{3}\right)}+\frac{a_{2}^{2}}{a_{2}\left(a_{3}+k a_{1}\right)}+\frac{a_{3}^{2}}{a_{3}\left(a_{1}+k a_{2}\right)} \geqslant \\ \frac{\left(a_{1}+a_{2}+a_{3}\right)^{2}}{(1+k)\left(a_{1} a_{2}+a_{2} a_{3}+a_{3} a_{1}\right)} \geqslant \frac{3}{1+k} \end{array}

where the last step uses the inequality (a1+a2+a3)23(a1a2+a2a3+a3a1)\left(a_{1}+a_{2}+a_{3}\right)^{2} \geqslant 3\left(a_{1} a_{2}+a_{2} a_{3}+a_{3} a_{1}\right), which is obvious.

Proof 3:
(1+abc)(1a(1+b)+1b(1+c)+1c(1+a))+3=(1+abca+ab+1)+(1+abcb+bc+1)+(1+abcc+ca+1)=(abc+ab)+(1+a)a+ab+(abc+bc)+(1+b)b+bc+(abc+ca)+(1+c)c+ca=a+1a(1+b)+b+1b(1+c)+c+1c(1+a)+b(c+1)1+b+c(a+1)1+c+a(b+1)1+a3(a+1a(1+b)b+1b(1+c)c+1c(1+a)3+b(c+1)1+bc(a+1)1+ca(b+1)1+a3)=3(abc3+1abc3)\begin{array}{l} (1+a b c)\left(\frac{1}{a(1+b)}+\frac{1}{b(1+c)}+\frac{1}{c(1+a)}\right)+3= \\ \left(\frac{1+a b c}{a+a b}+1\right)+\left(\frac{1+a b c}{b+b c}+1\right)+\left(\frac{1+a b c}{c+c a}+1\right)= \\ \frac{(a b c+a b)+(1+a)}{a+a b}+\frac{(a b c+b c)+(1+b)}{b+b c}+\frac{(a b c+c a)+(1+c)}{c+c a}= \\ \frac{a+1}{a(1+b)}+\frac{b+1}{b(1+c)}+\frac{c+1}{c(1+a)}+\frac{b(c+1)}{1+b}+\frac{c(a+1)}{1+c}+\frac{a(b+1)}{1+a} \geqslant \\ 3\left(\sqrt[3]{\frac{a+1}{a(1+b)} \cdot \frac{b+1}{b(1+c)} \cdot \frac{c+1}{c(1+a)}}+\sqrt[3]{\frac{b(c+1)}{1+b} \cdot \frac{c(a+1)}{1+c} \cdot \frac{a(b+1)}{1+a}}\right)= \\ 3\left(\sqrt[3]{a b c}+\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{a b c}}\right) \end{array}

Thus,
(1+abc)(1a(1+b)+1b(1+c)+1c(1+a))3(abc3+1abc31)abc3+1abc311+abc1abc3(1+abc3). This is an identity. \begin{array}{l} (1+a b c)\left(\frac{1}{a(1+b)}+\frac{1}{b(1+c)}+\frac{1}{c(1+a)}\right) \geqslant 3\left(\sqrt[3]{a b c}+\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{a b c}}-1\right) \\ \frac{\sqrt[3]{a b c}+\frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{a b c}}-1}{1+a b c} \geqslant \frac{1}{\sqrt[3]{a b c}(1+\sqrt[3]{a b c})} \text{. This is an identity. } \end{array}

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