Is it true that a/(a+b)+b/(b+c)+c/(c+a)>= 3/2 if a+b+c=1?

Ignacio Casey

Ignacio Casey

Answered question

2022-09-25

Is it true that a a + b + b b + c + c c + a 3 2 if a + b + c = 1?

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Miya Swanson

Miya Swanson

Beginner2022-09-26Added 11 answers

I think it's wrong.
Try c 0 + .
We obtain
a a + b 1 2
or
a b
and you can get a counterexample with a < b
Also, we can see it for a 0 + : we obtain 0 1 2 .
By the way, your second problem is true.
Indeed, we need to prove that
c y c a 2 + b b + c 2
or
c y c ( a 2 + b ) ( a + b ) ( a + c ) 2 c y c ( a + b )
or
c y c ( a 2 + b ) ( a 2 + a b + a c + b c ) 2 c y c ( a + b )
or
c y c ( a 2 + b ) ( a + b c ) 2 c y c ( a + b )
or
c y c ( a 3 + 1 3 a b c + a b + a 2 b ) 2 c y c ( a 2 b + a 2 c + 2 3 a b c )
or
c y c ( a 3 + 1 3 a b c + a 2 b + a 2 c + a b c + a 2 b ) 2 c y c ( a 2 b + a 2 c + 2 3 a b c )
or
c y c ( a 3 a 2 c ) 0 ,
which is true by Rearrangement.
kjukks1234531

kjukks1234531

Beginner2022-09-27Added 2 answers

Computing the left hand side minus the right hand side we obtain
1 / 2 ( b c ) ( a c ) ( a b ) ( a + b ) ( b + c ) ( c + a ) 0

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