Exercises on Inequality

Problem 1.
Let a, b and c be positive real numbers such that abc = 1.
1 1 1 3
Prove that 3 + 3 + 3 ≥ .
a (b + c) b (c + a ) c (a + b) 2

Problem 2.
Let n be a positive integer.
2
Prove that the average of the numbers ✓1, ✓2, ✓3 ,", ✓n exceeds -✓n.
3

Problem 3.
Let a1 , a 2 ," , a n be positive real numbers such that a1 + a2 + " + an < 1 . Prove that
a1a 2 " a n [1 − (a1 + a 2 + " + an )] 1
≤ n +1 .
(a1 + a 2 + " + a n )(1 − a1 )(1 − a 2 )"(1 − an ) n

Problem 4.

Let x, y and z be positive real numbers such that x + y + z ≥ 3 . Prove that

x3 y3 z3 3
+ + ≥ .
(1 + y )(1 + z ) (1 + z )(1 + x) (1 + x)(1 + y ) 4

Problem 5.
Let a, b, c be positive real numbers. Prove that
 a  b  c   a + b + c 
1 + 1 + 1 +  ≥ 21 + 3  .
 b  c  a   abc 

Problem 6.
Let n be a fixed integer, with n ≥ 2 .
(a) Determine the least constant C such that the inequality
∑ xi x j ( xi2 + x 2j ) ≤ C ( ∑ x i ) 4
1≤ i < j ≤ n 1≤ i ≤ n

holds for all real numbers x1 , " , x n ≥ 0 .

(b) For this constant C, determine when equality holds.