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Ireland algebra

Problem

Suppose a, b, c are positive real numbers. Prove that with equality iff .
Solution
By the Arithmetic mean-Geometric mean inequality with equality iff . Thus with equality iff . Also, two applications of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality tell us that again with equality iff , i.e., with equality iff . Combining these results we see that with equality iff . This is the desired result.

Techniques

QM-AM-GM-HM / Power MeanCauchy-Schwarz