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Algebra Difficulty 6.7 National olympiad Prove it

Example 32 (Self-created, 2006.07.01) For any real numbers a1,a2,a3,b1,b2,b3a_{1}, a_{2}, a_{3}, b_{1}, b_{2}, b_{3}, we have
(b12+a22+a32)(a12+b22+a32)(a12+a22+b32)(a12+a22+a32)(a1b1+a2b2+a3b3)2\begin{array}{l} \left(b_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+b_{3}^{2}\right) \geqslant \\ \left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1} b_{1}+a_{2} b_{2}+a_{3} b_{3}\right)^{2} \end{array}

Equality in (43) holds if and only if a1=b1,a2=b2,a3=b3a_{1}=b_{1}, a_{2}=b_{2}, a_{3}=b_{3}.

Solution

Prove that among b12a12,b22a22,b32a32b_{1}^{2}-a_{1}^{2}, b_{2}^{2}-a_{2}^{2}, b_{3}^{2}-a_{3}^{2}, there must be two that are both not greater than zero or both not less than zero, i.e., (b22a22)(b32a32)0,(b12a12)(b32a32)0,(b12a12)(b22a22)0\left(b_{2}^{2}-a_{2}^{2}\right)\left(b_{3}^{2}-a_{3}^{2}\right) \geqslant 0,\left(b_{1}^{2}-a_{1}^{2}\right)\left(b_{3}^{2}-a_{3}^{2}\right) \geqslant 0,\left(b_{1}^{2}-a_{1}^{2}\right)\left(b_{2}^{2}-a_{2}^{2}\right) \geqslant 0 must have one that holds.

Without loss of generality, assume (b22a22)(b32a32)0\left(b_{2}^{2}-a_{2}^{2}\right)\left(b_{3}^{2}-a_{3}^{2}\right) \geqslant 0, i.e., b22b32a32b22+a22b32a22a32b_{2}^{2} b_{3}^{2} \geqslant a_{3}^{2} b_{2}^{2}+a_{2}^{2} b_{3}^{2}-a_{2}^{2} a_{3}^{2}, then
(b22+a12+a32)(b32+a12+a22)(a32b22+a22b32a22a32)+(a12+a32)b32+(a12+a22)b22+(a12+a32)(a12+a22)=(a12+a22+a32)(a12+b22+b32)\begin{aligned} \left(b_{2}^{2}+a_{1}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(b_{3}^{2}+a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}\right) \geqslant & \left(a_{3}^{2} b_{2}^{2}+a_{2}^{2} b_{3}^{2}-a_{2}^{2} a_{3}^{2}\right)+\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right) b_{3}^{2}+ \\ & \left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}\right) b_{2}^{2}+\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}\right)= \\ & \left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+b_{3}^{2}\right) \end{aligned}

Therefore,
(b12+a22+a32)(a12+b22+a32)(a12+a22+b32)(a12+a22+a32)(b12+a22+a32)(a12+b22+b32)(a12+a22+a32)(a1b1+a2b2+a3b3)2\begin{array}{l} \left(b_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+b_{3}^{2}\right) \geqslant \\ \left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(b_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1}^{2}+b_{2}^{2}+b_{3}^{2}\right) \geqslant \\ \left(a_{1}^{2}+a_{2}^{2}+a_{3}^{2}\right)\left(a_{1} b_{1}+a_{2} b_{2}+a_{3} b_{3}\right)^{2} \end{array}

From the above proof, it is easy to see that equality in (43) holds if and only if a1=b1,a2=b2,a3=b3a_{1}=b_{1}, a_{2}=b_{2}, a_{3}=b_{3}.

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