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#1 2015-09-08 22:58:40

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Strange Ineq

a, b, c are positive.

a, b, c are real.

a*b*c = 1

Prove or find counterexamples:

a/b + b/c + c/a >= (a+b+c)/3


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#2 2015-09-09 16:35:37

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Re: Strange Ineq

Hi;

There are no counterexamples.


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#3 2015-09-09 21:36:39

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Re: Strange Ineq

Are there any proofs?


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#4 2015-09-10 00:11:51

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Re: Strange Ineq

Yes, there are a number of them.


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#5 2015-09-10 00:36:49

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Re: Strange Ineq

Video solution.

Last edited by zetafunc (2015-09-12 06:27:39)

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#6 2015-09-10 13:23:40

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Re: Strange Ineq

Thanks.

Wasn't it a bit tough?


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#7 2015-09-10 17:28:59

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Re: Strange Ineq

Search for the book: old_and_new_inequality.pdf

Problem 14 has solutions on p33.


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#8 2015-09-11 03:20:58

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Re: Strange Ineq

bobbym wrote:

Search for the book: old_and_new_inequality.pdf

Problem 14 has solutions on p33.

The problem there is posed with slightly different constraints on a, b, c, but the solutions look similar.

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#9 2015-09-11 04:27:09

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Re: Strange Ineq

Hi;

If you have the proof for a + b + c then of course you have the proof for (a + b + c ) / 3


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#10 2015-09-11 04:33:09

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Re: Strange Ineq

Yes, but the problem in that PDF says that abc ≤ 1, whereas Agnishom's problem says that abc = 1.

However, it's true that this doesn't make any difference to the proof, apart from:

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#11 2015-09-11 06:12:47

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Re: Strange Ineq

Hi;

I agree.


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