Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Show that [MATH]abc\le (ab+bc+ca)(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2[/MATH] for all positive real $a,\,b$ and $c$ such that $a+b+c=1.$

Show that [MATH]abc\le (ab+bc+ca)(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2[/MATH] for all positive real $a,\,b$ and $c$ such that $a+b+c=1.$

My solution:

[MATH](ab+bc+ca)(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2[/MATH]

[MATH]\ge \frac{(ab+bc+ca)(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a+b+c)^2}{3}[/MATH] since $3(a^2+b^2+c^2)\ge (a+b+c)^2$

[MATH]= \frac{(ab+bc+ca)(a^2+b^2+c^2)}{3}[/MATH] since $a+b+c=1$

[MATH]= \frac{a^3b+b^3c+ac^3+a^3c+ab^3+bc^3+a^2bc+ab^2c+abc^2}{3}[/MATH]

[MATH]= \frac{\left(\frac{a^2}{\frac{1}{ab}}+\frac{b^2}{\frac{1}{bc}}+\frac{c^2}{\frac{1}{ca}}\right)+\left(\frac{a^2}{\frac{1}{ac}}+\frac{b^2}{\frac{1}{ab}}+\frac{c^2}{\frac{1}{bc}}\right)+a^2bc+ab^2c+abc^2}{3}[/MATH]

[MATH]\ge \frac{\left(\frac{(a+b+c)^2}{\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ca}}\right)+\left(\frac{(a+b+c)^2}{\frac{1}{ac}+\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}}\right)+a^2bc+ab^2c+abc^2}{3}[/MATH] (By the Titu's Lemma)

[MATH]= \frac{\left(\frac{1}{\frac{a+b+c}{abc}}\right)+\left(\frac{1}{\frac{a+b+c}{abc}}\right)+a^2bc+ab^2c+abc^2}{3}[/MATH]

(since [MATH]a+b+c=1[/MATH] and [MATH]\frac{1}{ab}+\frac{1}{bc}+\frac{1}{ca}=\frac{c}{abc}+\frac{a}{abc}+\frac{b}{cab}=\frac{a+b+c}{abc})[/MATH]

[MATH]= \frac{\left(abc+abc\right)+abc(a+b+c)}{3}[/MATH]

[MATH]= \frac{3abc}{3}[/MATH]

[MATH]= abc[/MATH] (Q.E.D)

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