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Algebra Difficulty 7.0 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Example 5 Let a,b,ca, b, c be positive real numbers. Prove that (2a+b+c)22a2+(b+c)2\frac{(2 a+b+c)^{2}}{2 a^{2}+(b+c)^{2}} +(a+2b+c)22b2+(a+c)2+(a+b+2c)22c2+(b+a)28+\frac{(a+2 b+c)^{2}}{2 b^{2}+(a+c)^{2}}+\frac{(a+b+2 c)^{2}}{2 c^{2}+(b+a)^{2}} \leqslant 8. (2003 USA Mathematical Olympiad Problem)

Solution

To prove this problem, we notice the following fact: replacing a,b,ca, b, c with aa+b+c,ba+b+c,ca+b+c\frac{a}{a+b+c}, \frac{b}{a+b+c}, \frac{c}{a+b+c} does not change the inequality, so we can assume 0<a,b,c<1,a+b+c=10<a, b, c<1, a+b+c=1. Then, (2a+b+c)22a2+(b+c)2=(a+1)22a2+(1a)2=(a+1)23a22a+1\frac{(2 a+b+c)^{2}}{2 a^{2}+(b+c)^{2}}=\frac{(a+1)^{2}}{2 a^{2}+(1-a)^{2}}=\frac{(a+1)^{2}}{3 a^{2}-2 a+1}. Let f(x)=(x+1)23x22x+1,0<x<1f(x)=\frac{(x+1)^{2}}{3 x^{2}-2 x+1}, 0<x<1, the tangent line at x=13x=\frac{1}{3} is g(x)=12x+43g(x)=\frac{12 x+4}{3}. Therefore, f(x)g(x)=f(x)-g(x)= 36x3+15x2+2x13(3x22x+1)=(3x1)2(4x+1)3(3x22x+1)\frac{-36 x^{3}+15 x^{2}+2 x-1}{3\left(3 x^{2}-2 x+1\right)}=\frac{-(3 x-1)^{2}(4 x+1)}{3\left(3 x^{2}-2 x+1\right)} \leqslant 0. So, (2a+b+c)22a2+(b+c)212a+43\frac{(2 a+b+c)^{2}}{2 a^{2}+(b+c)^{2}} \leqslant \frac{12 a+4}{3}. Similarly, (a+2b+c)22b2+(a+c)212b+43,(a+b+2c)22c2+(b+a)2\frac{(a+2 b+c)^{2}}{2 b^{2}+(a+c)^{2}} \leqslant \frac{12 b+4}{3}, \frac{(a+b+2 c)^{2}}{2 c^{2}+(b+a)^{2}} 12c+43\frac{12 c+4}{3}. Adding these inequalities yields the desired result.

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