If the maximum of can be represented as , where , and are angles of an acute-angle triangle, and irreducible and square-free , compute .
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Using C a u c h y − S c h w a r z I n e q u a l i t y we can easily show that r . m . s . v a l u e of n positve numbers is greater than or equal to their a r i t h m e t i c m e a n
i.e. n a 1 2 + a 2 2 + a 3 2 . . . a n 2 ≥ n a 1 + a 2 + a 3 . . . a n
Now taking n = 3 and a 1 = sin α sin β cos γ , a 2 = sin β sin γ cos α , a 3 = sin γ sin α cos β We have
3 S ≤ 3 sin α sin β cos γ + sin β sin γ cos α + sin γ sin α cos β ⋯ Eq 1
Now to find maximum value of S we have to find maximum value of RHS . Let A denote sin α sin β cos γ + sin β sin γ cos α + sin γ sin α cos β
Using properties of sin and cos and taking α + β + γ = 1 8 0 ∘ , we can reduce A to
A = 1 + cos α cos β cos γ
Let y = 2 cos α cos β cos γ ⋯ Eq 2 ⇒ y = [ cos ( α − β ) + cos ( α + β ) ] cos γ = [ cos ( α − β ) − cos γ ] cos γ ⇒ cos 2 γ − cos ( α − β ) cos γ + y = 0 This is quadratic equation in cos γ . For cos γ to be real , discriminant should be greater than or equal to 0 i . e . cos 2 ( α − β ) − 4 y ≥ 0 ⇒ y ≤ 4 cos 2 ( α − β ) ≤ 4 1
Now from Eq 2 we have 2 ( A − 1 ) ≤ 4 1 ⇒ A ≤ 8 9
From Eq 1 we have ,
3 S ≤ 3 A ≤ 3 9 / 8 = 4 6 ⇒ S ≤ 4 3 6
So maximum value of S is 4 3 6 . Comparing with c a b we get
a = 3 , b = 6 , c = 4
So a + b + c = 1 3