If and are positive reals satisfying , find the minimum value of the expression above
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I call the expression is A
Without losing generality we assume that a ≥ b ≥ c
Therefore a 2 ≥ b 2 ≥ c 2 and b + 2 c 1 ≥ c + 2 a 1 ≥ a + 2 b 1
Applying Chebyshev's Inequality we get 3 A ≥ 1 6 ( a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ) ( a + 2 b 1 + b + 2 c 1 + c + 2 a 1 ) ⇔ A ≥ 1 6 ( a + b + c 3 ) Since a + b + c ≤ 3 ( a 2 + b 2 + c 2 ) = 3 , the minimum value of A's 16
*Note: You can also apply Holder's Inequality to get the answer