Determine the greatest value of , where are non-negative integers satisfying .
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We use a method called Mixing Variables.
Let f ( x , y , z ) = 1 1 x y + 3 x z + 2 0 1 7 y z . We have
f ( 0 , 2 x + y , 2 x + z ) = 2 0 1 7 ( 2 x + y ) ( 2 x + z )
≥ 2 2 0 1 7 x y + 2 2 0 1 7 x z + 2 0 1 7 y z ≥ f ( x , y , z ) .
What this means is that it is always best to take x = 0 for maximising f ( x , y , z ) .
Also, f ( 0 , 2 x + y , 2 x + z ) = 2 0 1 7 ( 2 x + y ) ( 2 x + z )
≤ 2 0 1 7 ( 2 ( 2 x + y ) + ( 2 x + z ) ) 2 = 2 0 1 7 ( 2 1 0 0 0 ) 2
= 2 0 1 7 × ( 5 0 0 ) 2
Therefore f ( x , y , z ) ≤ 5 0 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 .
Equality holds iff x = 0 , y = z = 5 0 0 .