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Algebra Difficulty 6.9 National olympiad Prove it

Example 5.15 (Tiks) a,b,c>0a, b, c>0, prove
a2(2a+b)(2a+c)+b2(2b+c)(2b+a)+c2(2c+a)(2c+b)13\frac{a^{2}}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)}+\frac{b^{2}}{(2 b+c)(2 b+a)}+\frac{c^{2}}{(2 c+a)(2 c+b)} \leqslant \frac{1}{3}

Solution

To prove the desired inequality, we can write it as:
13a2(2a+b)(2a+c)=(a3(a+b+c)a2(2a+b)(2a+c))=13(a+b+c)a(2a+b)(2a+c)(ab)(ac)=13(a+b+c)a(2a+b)(2a+c)(ab)(ac)\begin{array}{l} \frac{1}{3}-\sum \frac{a^{2}}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)}= \\ \sum\left(\frac{a}{3(a+b+c)}-\frac{a^{2}}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)}\right)= \\ \sum \frac{1}{3(a+b+c)} \cdot \frac{a}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)}(a-b)(a-c)= \\ \frac{1}{3(a+b+c)} \sum \frac{a}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)}(a-b)(a-c) \end{array}

Therefore, we only need to prove:
x(ab)(ac)+y(bc)(ba)+z(ca)(cb)0x(a-b)(a-c)+y(b-c)(b-a)+z(c-a)(c-b) \geqslant 0

where x=a(2a+b)(2a+c),y=b(2b+c)(2b+a),z=c(2c+a)(2c+b) x=\frac{a}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)}, y=\frac{b}{(2 b+c)(2 b+a)}, z=\frac{c}{(2 c+a)(2 c+b)} . Without loss of generality, assume abc a \geqslant b \geqslant c . We prove axby a x \geqslant b y \Leftrightarrow
aa(2a+b)(2a+c)bb(2a+c)(2b+a)a(2b+a)a(2b+c)b(2a+b)b(2a+c)\begin{array}{l} a \frac{a}{(2 a+b)(2 a+c)} \geqslant b \frac{b}{(2 a+c)(2 b+a)} \Leftrightarrow \\ a(2 b+a) a(2 b+c) \geqslant b(2 a+b) b(2 a+c) \end{array}

And we also have:
a(2b+a)b(2a+b),a(2b+c)b(2a+c)a(2 b+a) \geqslant b(2 a+b), a(2 b+c) \geqslant b(2 a+c)

Therefore, axby a x \geqslant b y holds, and by Theorem 5.1, the original inequality is proved.
The equality holds if and only if a=b=c a=b=c .

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