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Algebra Difficulty 6.0 National olympiad Prove it

9・150 Let 0x,y,z10 \leqslant x, y, z \leqslant 1, prove:
2(x3+y3+z3)(x2y+y2z+z2x)32\left(x^{3}+y^{3}+z^{3}\right)-\left(x^{2} y+y^{2} z+z^{2} x\right) \leqslant 3

Solution

[Proof] Since x2ymin{x3,y3}x^{2} y \geqslant \min \left\{x^{3}, y^{3}\right\}, we have
x3+y3x2ymax{x3,y3}1x^{3}+y^{3}-x^{2} y \leqslant \max \left\{x^{3}, y^{3}\right\} \leqslant 1

Similarly, we get y3+z3y2zmax{y3,z3}1\quad y^{3}+z^{3}-y^{2} z \leqslant \max \left\{y^{3}, z^{3}\right\} \leqslant 1,
z3+x3z2xmax{z3,x3}1z^{3}+x^{3}-z^{2} x \leqslant \max \left\{z^{3}, x^{3}\right\} \leqslant 1

Thus, 2(x3+y3+z3)(x2y+y2z+z2x)3\quad 2\left(x^{3}+y^{3}+z^{3}\right)-\left(x^{2} y+y^{2} z+z^{2} x\right) \leqslant 3.

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