For the positive real numbers x,y and z that satisfy 1x+1y+1z=3, prove that
1√x3+1+1√y3+1+1√z3+1≤3√2.
My solution:
By AM-GM, we have x3+1≥2x√x so 1√x3+1≤1√2√x4√x. By the same token we also have 1√y3+1≤1√2√y4√y and 1√z3+1≤1√2√z4√z.
Adding the three inequalities we get:
1√x3+1+1√y3+1+1√z3+1≤1√2(1√x4√x+1√y4√y+1√z4√z)
Note that the following can be obtained by Cauchy–Schwarz inequality:
1√x+1√y+1√z≤√1+1+1√1x+1y+1z=√3√1x+1y+1z
1√x4√x+1√y4√y+1√z4√z≤√1x+1y+1z√1√x+1√y+1√z=√3√(√3√1x+1y+1z)
Putting these pieces together, and since we're told that 1x+1y+1z=3 we see that we have proved:
1√x3+1+1√y3+1+1√z3+1≤1√2(1√x4√x+1√y4√y+1√z4√z)≤1√2√3√(√3√1x+1y+1z)≤3√2
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