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Algebra Difficulty 5.9 AIME, harder Prove it

Example 3.2.2 Let a,b,c>0a, b, c>0, and satisfy a+b+c=3a+b+c=3, prove: 1c2+a+b+1a2+b+c+1c2+c+a1\frac{1}{c^{2}+a+b}+\frac{1}{a^{2}+b+c}+\frac{1}{c^{2}+c+a} \leq 1

Solution

Prove: The inequality is equivalent to
cyc(1c2c+313)0cyca(a1)a2a+30\sum_{c y c}\left(\frac{1}{c^{2}-c+3}-\frac{1}{3}\right) \geq 0 \Leftrightarrow \sum_{c y c} \frac{a(a-1)}{a^{2}-a+3} \geq 0

or
cyca1a1+3a0\sum_{c y c} \frac{a-1}{a-1+\frac{3}{a}} \geq 0

According to Chebyshev's inequality and the condition a+b+c=3a+b+c=3, it suffices to prove that if aba \geq b, then a1+3ab1+3ba-1+\frac{3}{a} \leq b-1+\frac{3}{b} or (ab)(ab3)0(a-b)(a b-3) \leq 0, which is obviously true. Because ab(a+b)2494<3a b \leq \frac{(a+b)^{2}}{4} \leq \frac{9}{4}<3. Equality holds when a=b=c=1a=b=c=1.

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