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Example 6 Solve the system of equations {x+y+z=3,x2+y2+z2=3,(Example 4 in [1])x5+y5+z5=3.\left\{\begin{array}{l}x+y+z=3, \\ x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}=3,(\text{Example 4 in [1]}) \\ x^{5}+y^{5}+z^{5}=3 .\end{array}\right.

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Solution

Solve: By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we have (12+12+12)(x2+y2+\left(1^{2}+1^{2}+1^{2}\right)\left(x^{2}+y^{2}+\right. z2)(x+y+z)2\left.z^{2}\right) \geqslant(x+y+z)^{2}, and x+y+z=3,x2+y2+z2=x+y+z=3, x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}= 3, so the equality of the above inequality holds, thus x=y=z=1x=y=z=1, which also satisfies x5+y5+z5=3x^{5}+y^{5}+z^{5}=3, hence the solution to the original system of equations is x=y=x=y=

Reference [1] gives the following inequality:
Given x,y,zR+x, y, z \in \mathbf{R}^{+}, and x+y+z=1x+y+z=1, then
(1xx)(1yy)(1zz)(83)3\left(\frac{1}{x}-x\right)\left(\frac{1}{y}-y\right)\left(\frac{1}{z}-z\right) \geqslant\left(\frac{8}{3}\right)^{3}

The original text proves inequality (1) using advanced methods, but the process is rather complex. Below, the author provides a simple elementary proof of the inequality.

Proof 1xx=1x2x=(1+x)(1x)x=(y\frac{1}{x}-x=\frac{1-x^{2}}{x}=\frac{(1+x)(1-x)}{x}=(y +z)1+xx+z) \cdot \frac{1+x}{x}, similarly, 1yy=(x+z)1+yy,1zz\frac{1}{y}-y=(x+z) \cdot \frac{1+y}{y}, \frac{1}{z}-z =(x+y)1+zz=(x+y) \cdot \frac{1+z}{z}

Multiplying the three equations, we get: (1xx)(1yy)(1zz)=(x+\left(\frac{1}{x}-x\right)\left(\frac{1}{y}-y\right)\left(\frac{1}{z}-z\right)=(x+ y)(y+z)(z+x)(1+x)(1+y)(1+z)xyzy)(y+z)(z+x) \cdot \frac{(1+x)(1+y)(1+z)}{x y z}, using the identity (x+y)(y+z)(z+x)=(x+y+z)(xy+yz(x+y)(y+z)(z+x)=(x+y+z)(x y+y z +zx)xyz+z x)-x y z, hence (1xx)(1yy)(1zz)=[(xy\left(\frac{1}{x}-x\right)\left(\frac{1}{y}-y\right)\left(\frac{1}{z}-z\right)=[(x y +yz+zx)xyz](xy+yz+zx)+xyz+2xyz+y z+z x)-x y z] \cdot \frac{(x y+y z+z x)+x y z+2}{x y z} == (xy+yz+zx)2(xyz)2+2(xy+yz+zx)2xyzxyz\frac{(x y+y z+z x)^{2}-(x y z)^{2}+2(x y+y z+z x)-2 x y z}{x y z} =[x2y2+y2z2+z2x2+2xyz(x+y+z)(xyz)2=\left[x^{2} y^{2}+y^{2} z^{2}+z^{2} x^{2}+2 x y z(x+y+z)-(x y z)^{2}\right. +2(xy+yz+zx)2xyz]/xyz+2(x y+y z+z x)-2 x y z] / x y z xyz(x+y+z)+2(xy+yz+zx)(xyz)2xyz\geqslant \frac{x y z(x+y+z)+2(x y+y z+z x)-(x y z)^{2}}{x y z} =1+2(1x+1y+1z)xyz=1+2\left(\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}\right)-x y z 1+2×9127=19127=51227=(83)3\geqslant 1+2 \times 9-\frac{1}{27}=19-\frac{1}{27}=\frac{512}{27}=\left(\frac{8}{3}\right)^{3}.

Equality holds if and only if x=y=z=13x=y=z=\frac{1}{3}.

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