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Algebra Difficulty 7.3 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Example 27 Prove: For non-negative real numbers a,b,ca, b, c, we have
cyca3+3abccycab2(a2+b2)\sum_{\mathrm{cyc}} a^{3}+3 a b c \geqslant \sum_{\mathrm{cyc}} a b \sqrt{2\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)}

Solution

Proof:
cyc (a3+abc)cyc ab2(a2+b2)cyc (a6+2a8b3+6a4bc+3a2b2c22a4b22a4c2)4cyc a2bc(a2+b2)(a2+c2)\begin{aligned} & \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{3}+a b c\right) \geqslant \sum_{\text {cyc }} a b \sqrt{2\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)} \\ \Leftrightarrow & \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{6}+2 a^{8} b^{3}+6 a^{4} b c+3 a^{2} b^{2} c^{2}-2 a^{4} b^{2}-2 a^{4} c^{2}\right) \\ \geqslant & 4 \sum_{\text {cyc }} a^{2} b c \sqrt{\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)\left(a^{2}+c^{2}\right)} \end{aligned}

Since
2(a2+b2)(a2+c2)2a2+b2+c2,2 \sqrt{\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)\left(a^{2}+c^{2}\right)} \leqslant 2 a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2},

to prove the original inequality, it suffices to prove
cyc (a62a4b22a4c2+2a3b3+2a4bc2a3b2c2a3c2b+3a2b2c2)0.\begin{aligned} & \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{6}-2 a^{4} b^{2}-2 a^{4} c^{2}+2 a^{3} b^{3}\right. \\ + & \left.2 a^{4} b c-2 a^{3} b^{2} c-2 a^{3} c^{2} b+3 a^{2} b^{2} c^{2}\right) \geqslant 0 . \end{aligned}

Using the Sum of Squares (S. O. S.) method, it is easy to prove equation (14):
cyc (a62a4b22a4c2+2a3b3+2a4bc2a3b2c2a3c2b+3a2b2c2)0cyc (2a64a4b24a4c2+4a3b3+4a4bc4a3b2c4a3c2b+6a2b2c2)0cyc (a6a4b2a2b4+b6)3cyc (a4b22a3b3+a2b4)cyc (c3a3c3a2bc3ab2+c3b3)+2cyc (a4bca3b2cb3a2c+b4ac)3cyc (a3c2b2a2b2c2+b3c2a)0cyc (ab)2((a+b)2(a2+b2)3a2b2c3(a+b)+2abc(a+b)3abc2)0\begin{aligned} & \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{6}-2 a^{4} b^{2}-2 a^{4} c^{2}+2 a^{3} b^{3}+2 a^{4} b c-2 a^{3} b^{2} c-2 a^{3} c^{2} b\right. \\ & \left.+3 a^{2} b^{2} c^{2}\right) \geqslant 0 \\ \Leftrightarrow & \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(2 a^{6}-4 a^{4} b^{2}-4 a^{4} c^{2}+4 a^{3} b^{3}+4 a^{4} b c-4 a^{3} b^{2} c-4 a^{3} c^{2} b\right. \\ & \left.+6 a^{2} b^{2} c^{2}\right) \geqslant 0 \\ \Leftrightarrow & \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{6}-a^{4} b^{2}-a^{2} b^{4}+b^{6}\right)-3 \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{4} b^{2}-2 a^{3} b^{3}+a^{2} b^{4}\right) \\ & -\sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(c^{3} a^{3}-c^{3} a^{2} b-c^{3} a b^{2}+c^{3} b^{3}\right)+2 \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{4} b c-a^{3} b^{2} c\right. \\ & \left.-b^{3} a^{2} c+b^{4} a c\right)-3 \sum_{\text {cyc }}\left(a^{3} c^{2} b-2 a^{2} b^{2} c^{2}+b^{3} c^{2} a\right) \geqslant 0 \\ \Leftrightarrow & \sum_{\text {cyc }}(a-b)^{2}\left((a+b)^{2}\left(a^{2}+b^{2}\right)-3 a^{2} b^{2}-c^{3}(a+b)\right. \\ & \left.+2 a b c(a+b)-3 a b c^{2}\right) \geqslant 0 \end{aligned}

Assume without loss of generality that abca \geqslant b \geqslant c, then Sc0S_{c} \geqslant 0,
Sb=(a+c)2(a2+c2)3a2c2b3(a+c)+2abc(a+c)3ab2c0,Sb+Sa(ab)2(a2+b2c2+ab+ac+bc)0\begin{array}{l} S_{b}=(a+c)^{2}\left(a^{2}+c^{2}\right)-3 a^{2} c^{2}-b^{3}(a+c)+2 a b c(a+c)-3 a b^{2} c \geqslant 0, \\ S_{b}+S_{a} \geqslant(a-b)^{2}\left(a^{2}+b^{2}-c^{2}+a b+a c+b c\right) \geqslant 0 \end{array}

Therefore, the original inequality is
cyc(ab)2ScSa(bc)2+Sb(bc)20\sum_{c y c}(a-b)^{2} S_{c} \geqslant S_{a}(b-c)^{2}+S_{b}(b-c)^{2} \geqslant 0

In conclusion, the original inequality holds.

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