Let and then:
has a maximum value of , where and are coprime positive integers. What is ?
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First Solution:
Set a = x 1 , b = y 1 , c = z 1 ⟹ x y + y z + z x = 1 and the inequality: ∑ x 2 + 1 x ≤ 2 3 ,
But ∑ x 2 + 1 x = ∑ x 2 + x y + x z + z y x = ∑ x + y x x + z x ,
Also, ∑ x + y x x + z x ≤ 2 x + y x + x + z x ,
Thus, ∑ x + y x x + z x ≤ 2 x + y x + x + z x + x + y y + y + z y + z + y z + z + x z = 2 3 ,
Second Solution:
Subsitute a = tan x , b = tan y , c = tan z where x + y + z = π ,
then cos x + cos y + cos z ≤ 2 3
Third Solution:
By AM-GM we have a + b + c ≥ 3 3 a b c and since a + b + c = a b c ⟹ ( a b c ) 2 ≥ 2 7 ,
We can rewrite the inequality as: 3 1 ( a 2 + 1 1 + b 2 + 1 1 + c 2 + 1 1 ) ≤ 2 1 ,
since f ( a ) = a 2 + 1 1 is concave, we apply Jensen's inequality:
3 1 f ( a ) + 3 1 f ( b ) + 3 1 f ( c ) ≤ f ( 3 a + b + c ) = f ( 3 a b c ) = 3 2 ( a b c ) 2 + 1 1 ≤ 2 1 ⟺ ( a b c ) 2 ≥ 2 7 .