x + y z x 3 + y + x z y 3 + z + x y z 3 If x , y , z are positive reals satisfy x + y + z ≥ 3 , find the minimum value of the expression above
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@Gurīdo Cuong can you please explain how did you arrive at those 4 inequalities in the third step?
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The first inequality can be written as 3 x y z ( y + x + z ) ≤ x y + y x + x z + 2 x y z ( x + y + z ) x y . x z + x z . y z + y z + x y ≤ x y + y z + x z Just applying Cauchy - Schwarz and you'll get this right The next inequality is just basically applying Cauchy - Schwarz for ( x , y , z ) and ( y , z , x ). With the third one, you apply the inequality for ( x , y , z ) and ( 1 , 1 , 1 )
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Call the expression Q, it can be written as Q = x 2 + x y z x 4 + y 2 + y x z y 4 + z 2 + z x y z 4 Now applying Titu's Lemma we get Q ≥ x 2 + y 2 + z 2 + x y z ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) 2 We have this row of inequalities (by Cauchy-Schwarz): 3 x y z ( x + y + z ) ≤ ( x y + y z + z x ) 2 ≤ ( x + y + z ) 2 ≤ 3 ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) ∴ Q ≥ x 2 + y 2 + z 2 + x y z ( x + y + z ) ( x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ) 2 ≥ 2 x 2 + y 2 + z 2 ≥ 6 ( x + y + z ) 2 ≥ 2 3 The equality holds when x = y = z = 1
∗ N o t e : this problem can also be solved by AM-GM