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Problem 1174

National olympiad, first round
Algebra Difficulty 6.3 Prove it

Three, (50 points) Given that aa, bb, and cc are positive real numbers, prove:
(b+ca)2(b+c)2+a2+(c+ab)2(c+a)2+b2+(a+bc)2(a+b)2+c235. \frac{(b+c-a)^{2}}{(b+c)^{2}+a^{2}}+\frac{(c+a-b)^{2}}{(c+a)^{2}+b^{2}}+\frac{(a+b-c)^{2}}{(a+b)^{2}+c^{2}} \geqslant \frac{3}{5} .

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Official solution

Three, Proof: Without loss of generality, let a+b+c=1a+b+c=1, then a,b,c(0,1)a, b, c \in(0,1).
So (b+ca)2(b+c)2+a2=(12a)2(1a)2+a2\frac{(b+c-a)^{2}}{(b+c)^{2}+a^{2}}=\frac{(1-2 a)^{2}}{(1-a)^{2}+a^{2}}. We need to prove (12a)2(1a)2+a22354a25\frac{(1-2 a)^{2}}{(1-a)^{2}+a^{2}} \geqslant \frac{23-54 a}{25}.
(12a)2(1a)2+a22354a2525(12a)2(2354a)(12a+2a2)108a354a2+20() \begin{array}{l} \frac{(1-2 a)^{2}}{(1-a)^{2}+a^{2}} \geqslant \frac{23-54 a}{25} \Leftrightarrow 25(1-2 a)^{2} \geqslant(23-54 a)\left(1-2 a+2 a^{2}\right) \\ \Leftrightarrow 108 a^{3}-54 a^{2}+2 \geqslant 0(*) \end{array}

Let f(x)=108x354x2+2(x(0,1))f(x)=108 x^{3}-54 x^{2}+2(x \in(0,1)), then f(x)=108x(3x1)f^{\prime}(x)=108 x(3 x-1).
It is known that when x=13x=\frac{1}{3}, f(x)f(x) reaches its minimum value, and f(13)=0f\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)=0.
Therefore, (*) holds, and thus (12a)2(1a)2+a22354a25\frac{(1-2 a)^{2}}{(1-a)^{2}+a^{2}} \geqslant \frac{23-54 a}{25}. Therefore,
(b+ca)2(b+c)2+a2+(c+ab)2(c+a)2+b2+(a+bc)2(a+b)2+c2=(12a)2(1a)2+a2+(12b)2(1b)2+b2+(12c)2(1c)2+c22354a25+2354b25+2354c25=35. \begin{array}{l} \quad \frac{(b+c-a)^{2}}{(b+c)^{2}+a^{2}}+\frac{(c+a-b)^{2}}{(c+a)^{2}+b^{2}}+\frac{(a+b-c)^{2}}{(a+b)^{2}+c^{2}}=\frac{(1-2 a)^{2}}{(1-a)^{2}+a^{2}}+\frac{(1-2 b)^{2}}{(1-b)^{2}+b^{2}}+\frac{(1-2 c)^{2}}{(1-c)^{2}+c^{2}} \geqslant \\ \frac{23-54 a}{25}+\frac{23-54 b}{25}+\frac{23-54 c}{25}=\frac{3}{5} . \end{array}

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