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20th Turkish Mathematical Olympiad

Turkey algebra

Problem

Show that for all positive real numbers , and the following inequality is held:
Solution
The first term . The similar transformation of two other terms yields: By Cauchy-Schwarz inequality for positive Therefore, Therefore, (in the last inequality we applied AM-GM inequality). Done.

Techniques

Cauchy-SchwarzQM-AM-GM-HM / Power Mean