SOLUTION: Which is the greatest/largest number x so that {{{ (a^2+a+1)(b^2+b+1)(c^2+c+1) >= xabc }}}

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Question 1019866: Which is the greatest/largest number x so that

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, robertb:
Answer by ikleyn(53763)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Which is the greatest/largest number x so that

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I think this problem should/must be reformulated in this way:

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  Find the greatest/largest number x so that 
      (1)
  for all real positive a, b and c.
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Solution

By completing the square you get

 = .

So   is always >= 3a for positive a, and the equality is achieved at a=1.

Similarly,   is always >= 3b  for positive b, and the equality is achieved at b=1;

             is always >= 3c for positive c, and the equality is achieved at c=1.


Therefore, x=13*3*3 = 27 in (1) provides that (1) is always true, and you can not use greater x.

Thus the answer is: x=27.


Answer by robertb(5830)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The AM-GM inequality for three variables states that for non-negative , , and .
Hence , or (assuming a is non-negative).
Making the similar arguments for the variables b and c,
we get
and .
Thus, after multiplying corresponding sides of the three inequalities, we get
, and the greatest number x is 27.

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