[Math] Prove that $\frac 1 {x+y}+\frac 1 {y+z}+\frac 1 {z+x}\geq \frac 5 2$.

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Given:

  1. $x,y,z\geq0$

  2. $xy+yz+zx=1$

Prove that $\displaystyle \frac 1 {x+y}+\frac 1 {y+z}+\frac 1 {z+x}\geq \frac 5 2$.

I tried using Cauchy's inequality LHS $\geq\frac 9 {2a+2b+2c}$, but failed. Please give me some ideas. Thank you.

Best Answer

Well,I think you can use the famouse Iran 96 inequality as a result to solve this problem. the Iran 96 inequality

Let $x,y,z\geq 0$ we have

$$ \frac{1}{(x+y)^{2}}+\frac{1}{(y+z)^{2}}+\frac{1}{(x+z)^{2}}\geq \frac{9}{4(xy+yz+zx)} $$ square both side,we can rewrite the inequality into $$ \sum_{cyc}{\frac{1}{(x+y)^{2}}}+2\sum_{cyc}{\frac{1}{(x+y)(x+z)}}\geq \frac{25}{4}$$ Now,Using this inequality as a known result,it's suffice to prove $$ \sum_{cyc}{\frac{1}{(x+y)(x+z)}}\geq 2 $$ after simple homogenous,it's $$ (xy+yz+xz)(x+y+z)\geq (x+y)(y+z)(z+x) $$ Or $$ xyz\geq 0 $$ Which is obviously true,Equality occurs if and only if $x=y=1, z=0 $ or it's permutation. The proof is complete