Prove that if in a triangle $ABC$ we have the following equality that holds
$2\cos A \cos B \cos C + \cos A \cos B + \cos B \cos C + \cos C \cos A = 1$
then the triangle will be an equilateral triangle.
In any triangle $ABC$, we have the following equality that holds:
$1-2\cos A \cos B \cos C=\cos^2 A+\cos^2 B+\cos^2 C$
This turns the given equality to become
$ \cos^2 A+\cos^2 B+\cos^2 C=1-2\cos A \cos B \cos C=\cos A \cos B + \cos B \cos C + \cos C \cos A$
For
any angle where $0\lt A,\,B,\,C\lt 180^\circ$, the relation $\cos A \gt
\cos B \gt \cos C$ must hold, Now, by applying the rearrangement
inequality on $\cos^2 A+\cos^2 B+\cos^2 C$ leads to:
$\cos^2
A+\cos^2 B+\cos^2 C\ge \cos A \cos B + \cos B \cos C + \cos C \cos A$,
equality occurs iff $\cos A=\cos B=\cos C$, i.e. $A=B=C$, when that
triangle is equilateral, and we're hence done with the proof.
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