If a,b,c are positive reals satisfy , find the minimum value of the expression above.
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Rewrite the expression ( 1 + a + b + c ) 2 − ( a b + b c + c a ) ⇔ 1 + 2 ( a + b + c ) + a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + a b + b c + a c Then just apply AM-GM to a + b + c ; a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ; a b + b c + a c and we get the answer 1 3