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Algebra Difficulty 7.3 National olympiad, round 2 Prove it

139-Let x,y,zx, y, z be positive numbers. And x+y+z=3x+y+z=3, prove: x2x+y2+y2y+z2+z2z+x232\frac{x^{2}}{x+y^{2}}+\frac{y^{2}}{y+z^{2}}+\frac{z^{2}}{z+x^{2}} \geqslant \frac{3}{2}. (2010 Croatian Mathematical Olympiad problem)

Solution

139. x2x+y2=x(x+y2)xy2x+y2=xxy2x+y2xxy22xy2=xyx2\frac{x^{2}}{x+y^{2}}=\frac{x\left(x+y^{2}\right)-x y^{2}}{x+y^{2}}=x-\frac{x y^{2}}{x+y^{2}} \geqslant x-\frac{x y^{2}}{2 \sqrt{x y^{2}}}=x-\frac{y \sqrt{x}}{2}

Similarly, we get
y2y+z2yzy2z2z+x2zxz2\begin{array}{l} \frac{y^{2}}{y+z^{2}} \geqslant y-\frac{z \sqrt{y}}{2} \\ \frac{z^{2}}{z+x^{2}} \geqslant z-\frac{x \sqrt{z}}{2} \end{array}

Since x+y+z=3x+y+z=3, we only need to prove yx+zy+xz3y \sqrt{x}+z \sqrt{y}+x \sqrt{z} \leqslant 3. By the AM-GM inequality, we have
yx+zy+xzyx+12+zy+12+xz+12x+z+y+zx+y22\begin{array}{r} y \sqrt{x}+z \sqrt{y}+x \sqrt{z} \leqslant y \frac{x+1}{2}+z \frac{y+1}{2}+x \frac{z+1}{2} \leqslant \\ \frac{x+z+y+z x+y}{2} \leqslant \\ 2 \end{array}

Or by the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality,
(yx+zy+xz)2(xy+yz+zx)(y+z+x)1((x+y+z)2(y+z+x)=13(x+y+z)3yx+zy+xz3\begin{array}{l} (y \sqrt{x}+z \sqrt{y}+x \sqrt{z})^{2} \leqslant(x y+y z+z x)(y+z+x) \\ \frac{1}{(}(x+y+z)^{2}(y+z+x)=\frac{1}{3}(x+y+z)^{3} \\ y \sqrt{x}+z \sqrt{y}+x \sqrt{z} \leqslant 3 \end{array}
Thus, we have proved the required inequality.

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