If , and are positive numbers such that , find the minimum value of the sum above.
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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 , then the expression is c y c ∑ 1 − a 2 4 a 3 Now consider this function f ( t ) = 1 − t 2 4 t 3 f ′ ( t ) = 4 4 t ( t 2 − 1 ) 2 5 t 2 + 3 > 0 ; ∀ x ∈ R So f ( t ) increase in the interval ( 0 ; 1 ) , making it a convex function. Now by Jensen's inequality , we have f ( a ) + f ( b ) + f ( c ) ≥ 3 f ( 3 a + b + c ) = 3 f ( 3 1 ) ∴ c y c ∑ 1 − x 8 x 3 ≥ 1 − ( 3 1 ) 2 3 4 ( 3 1 ) 3 = 8 9 4 3 ≈ 1 . 4 8 0 The equality holds when x = y = z = 4 3 1