If a,b,c are positive numbers satisfying a+b+c=1, then a+b1+b+c1+c+a1⩾30.
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Official solution
According to the extreme principle, the condition for the inequality to hold with equality is a=b=c=31. Therefore, multiplying each term on the left side of the inequality by the constant 31+3 and combining with the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, we get: 31+3⋅a+b1⩾3a+b331+3⋅b+c1⩾3b+c331+3⋅c+a1⩾3c+a3
Adding the three inequalities, we get: 31+3(a+b1+b+c1+c+a1)⩾3a+3b+3c+a3+b3+c3, and 3a+3b+3c+a3+b3+c3⩾3⋅627abc+3⋅6abc27, then a+b1+b+c1+c+a1⩾103(6abc+3⋅6abc1),
Let t=6abc. Since the positive numbers a,b,c satisfy a+b+c=1, we have 0<3abc⩽31, so 0<t⩽31.
It is easy to see that the function f(t)=t+t3 is monotonically decreasing in the interval 0<t⩽31, so t+t3⩾31+33=3103, with equality holding when t=31.
Therefore, a+b1+b+c1+c+a1⩾103⋅3103=30
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