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Algebra Level 5

cyc x 3 1 x 8 \large \sum_{\text{cyc}} \frac {x^3}{1 - x^8}

If x x , y y and z z are positive numbers such that x 4 + y 4 + z 4 = 1 x^4 + y^4 + z^4 = 1 , find the minimum value of the sum above.


The answer is 1.480.

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P C
Sep 26, 2016

Relevant wiki: Jensen's Inequality

Here's my approach. First, we set x 4 = a , y 4 = b , z 4 = c a + b + c = 1 x^4=a, y^4=b, z^4=c\Rightarrow a+b+c=1 , then the expression is c y c a 3 4 1 a 2 \sum_{cyc}\frac{\sqrt[4]{a^3}}{1-a^2} Now consider this function f ( t ) = t 3 4 1 t 2 f(t)=\frac{\sqrt[4]{t^3}}{1-t^2} f ( t ) = 5 t 2 + 3 4 t 4 ( t 2 1 ) 2 > 0 ; x R f'(t)=\frac{5t^2+3}{4\sqrt[4]{t}(t^2-1)^2}>0; \forall x\in\mathbb{R} So f ( t ) f(t) increase in the interval ( 0 ; 1 ) (0;1) , making it a convex function. Now by Jensen's inequality , we have f ( a ) + f ( b ) + f ( c ) 3 f ( a + b + c 3 ) = 3 f ( 1 3 ) f(a)+f(b)+f(c)\geq 3f\bigg(\frac{a+b+c}{3}\bigg)=3f\big(\frac{1}{3}\big) c y c x 3 1 x 8 3 ( 1 3 ) 3 4 1 ( 1 3 ) 2 = 9 3 4 8 1.480 \therefore\sum_{cyc} \frac {x^3}{1 - x^8}\geq\frac{3\sqrt[4]{(\frac{1}{3})^3}}{1-(\frac{1}{3})^2}=\frac{9\sqrt[4]{3}}{8}\approx 1.480 The equality holds when x = y = z = 1 3 4 x=y=z=\sqrt[4]{\frac{1}{3}}

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