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#1 2012-07-02 20:35:27

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Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

a^p/(1-a)+b^p/(1-b)+c^p/(1-c)≥3^(2-p)/2

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#2 2012-07-02 20:43:12

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi;

Welcome to the forum. Is this what the problem looks like?


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#3 2012-07-03 01:29:55

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

\frac{a^p}{1-a}+\frac{b^p}{1-b}+\frac{c^p}{1-c}\geq \frac{3^(2-p)}{2}

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#4 2012-07-03 01:41:06

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi;

You just copied what I wrote. Is post #2 what you want to prove?


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#5 2012-07-03 01:44:37

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi bobbym

They are not the same. Notice that the last 2 is in different places in your and her posts.


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#6 2012-07-03 01:46:25

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

When I latex the new one it does not make a whole lot of sense.

A linear function on the RHS?


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#7 2012-07-03 01:51:09

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi;
\frac{3^(2-p)}{2}
Not
3^{\frac{(2-p)}{2}}
thank you!

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#8 2012-07-03 01:53:55

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

This is what you have:

it does not make sense because it is incorrectly latexed.

Why not use this site here for all your latexing?

http://latex.codecogs.com/editor.php


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#9 2012-07-03 02:02:02

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

\frac{3^{(2-p)}}{2}

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#10 2012-07-03 02:04:15

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

So this is it?


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#11 2012-07-03 02:16:01

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

yes,thank you!

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#12 2012-07-03 02:17:01

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi hcj73jx;

Okay that is what I wrote.


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#13 2012-07-03 02:31:12

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

yes,thank you!

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#14 2012-07-03 02:37:53

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi;

Okay, I will work on it.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#15 2012-07-03 08:53:40

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

First show that

is minimal when a = b = c = 1/3.  From there:

Last edited by TheDude (2012-07-03 08:54:15)


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#16 2012-07-03 09:01:44

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

TheDude wrote:

First show that

is minimal when a = b = c = 1/3.

How do you do this, out of interest?

#17 2012-07-04 20:54:13

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

How do you do it?help me.

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#18 2012-07-04 22:39:06

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi hcj73jx;

No one has been able to just yet.


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#19 2012-07-06 04:46:15

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Here's what I've got so far.  Rewrite the LHS to read

The partial derivative with respect to a is

Setting this equal to 0 gives us

You can show from here that a = b = c = 1/3 is a critical point, but I haven't been able to show that it's the only critical point.


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#20 2012-07-06 08:39:47

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Unless I made a mistake somewhere I believe that the inequality is wrong.  If you let a be a very small number (like 10^-10), b = 0.5, and c = 1 - a - b, and p = 0.25 the inequality will fail.


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#21 2012-07-06 08:54:24

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi TheDude;

Yes, I agree. That is quite common.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#22 2012-07-09 01:25:07

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Thank you.

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#23 2012-07-09 01:27:46

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi hcj73jx;

That is what you wanted?!


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#24 2012-07-09 14:13:18

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi,Thank you,I have proved p=1/2 the inequality is right.
I want to know p=1/3 the inequality is right too? how prove? pln3/2>ln9/8 the inequality is right too?right?

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#25 2012-07-09 21:02:19

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Re: Help me!!!a>0,b>0,c>0,a+b+c=1,0<p<1,prove that:

Hi hcj73jx;

How did you prove it for p = 1 / 2 ?


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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