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Algebra Difficulty 7.4 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

Proposition 2 Positive real numbers x,y,zx, y, z satisfy xyz1x y z \geqslant 1, real numbers a,ba, b satisfy 3ba>b03 b \geqslant a > b \geqslant 0 Prove:
xbxa+yb+zb+ybya+zb+xb+zbza+xb+yb1\frac{x^{b}}{x^{a}+y^{b}+z^{b}}+\frac{y^{b}}{y^{a}+z^{b}+x^{b}}+\frac{z^{b}}{z^{a}+x^{b}+y^{b}} \leqslant 1

Solution

Proof: It is known that 03ba<2h0 \leqslant 3 b-a<2 h. By the lemma, we have x3ba+y3a+z3bax2b+y2b+z2bx^{3 b-a}+y^{3-a}+z^{3 b-a} \leqslant x^{2 b}+y^{2 b}+z^{2 b}.
By the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have
(xa+yb+zb)(x2ba+yb+zb)(xb+yb+zb)2. Then xbxa+yb+zb=xb(x2ba+yb+zb)(xa+yb+zb)(x2ba+yb+zb)x3ba+xbyb+xbzb(xb+yb+zb)2.\begin{array}{l} \left(x^{a}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)\left(x^{2 b-a}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right) \geqslant\left(x^{b}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)^{2} . \\ \text { Then } \frac{x^{b}}{x^{a}+y^{b}+z^{b}}=\frac{x^{b}\left(x^{2 b-a}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)}{\left(x^{a}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)\left(x^{2 b-a}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)} \\ \leqslant \frac{x^{3 b-a}+x^{b} y^{b}+x^{b} z^{b}}{\left(x^{b}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)^{2}} . \end{array}

Similarly, ybya+zb+xby3a+ybzb+ybxb(xb+yb+zb)2\frac{y^{b}}{y^{a}+z^{b}+x^{b}} \leqslant \frac{y^{3-a}+y^{b} z^{b}+y^{b} x^{b}}{\left(x^{b}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)^{2}},
zbza+xb+ybz3ba+zbxb+zbyb(xb+yb+zb)2\frac{z^{b}}{z^{a}+x^{b}+y^{b}} \leqslant \frac{z^{3 b-a}+z^{b} x^{b}+z^{b} y^{b}}{\left(x^{b}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)^{2}}

Therefore, xbxa+yb+zb+ybya+zb+xb+zbza+xb+yb\frac{x^{b}}{x^{a}+y^{b}+z^{b}}+\frac{y^{b}}{y^{a}+z^{b}+x^{b}}+\frac{z^{b}}{z^{a}+x^{b}+y^{b}} (x3ba+y3a+z3ba)+2(xbyb+ybzb+zbxb)(xb+yb+zb)2\leqslant \frac{\left(x^{3 b-a}+y^{3-a}+z^{3 b-a}\right)+2\left(x^{b} y^{b}+y^{b} z^{b}+z^{b} x^{b}\right)}{\left(x^{b}+y^{b}+z^{b}\right)^{2}}
=(x3ba+y3a+z3ba)+2(xbyb+ybzb+zbxb)(x2b+y2b+z3b)+2(xbyb+ybzb+zbxb)=\frac{\left(x^{3 b-a}+y^{3-a}+z^{3 b-a}\right)+2\left(x^{b} y^{b}+y^{b} z^{b}+z^{b} x^{b}\right)}{\left(x^{2 b}+y^{2 b}+z^{3 b}\right)+2\left(x^{b} y^{b}+y^{b} z^{b}+z^{b} x^{b}\right)}
1\leqslant 1

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