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[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.27" text_font="Raleway||||||||" background_color="#f4f4f4" box_shadow_style="preset2" custom_margin="10px||10px" custom_padding="10px|20px|10px|20px" _i="1" _address="0.0.0.1"]If \(a,b\) are positive reals such that \(a+b<2\) ,then prove that $$ \displaystyle \frac {1}{1+a^2} + \frac {1}{1+b^2} \leq \frac {2}{1+ab} $$[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" _i="1" _address="0.1"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||" _i="0" _address="0.1.0"][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color="#0c71c3" _builder_version="3.27" toggle_font="||||||||" body_font="Raleway||||||||" text_orientation="center" custom_margin="10px||10px" _i="0" _address="0.1.0.0"][et_pb_accordion_item title="Source of the problem" open="on" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="0" _address="0.1.0.0.0"]Mathematical Circles[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Topic" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="1" _address="0.1.0.0.1" open="off"]Inequality involving AM-GM[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Difficulty Level" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="2" _address="0.1.0.0.2" open="off"]Medium[/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title="Suggested Book" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="3" _address="0.1.0.0.3" open="off"]Mathematical Circles[/et_pb_accordion_item][/et_pb_accordion][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.27" text_font="Raleway|300|||||||" text_text_color="#ffffff" header_font="Raleway|300|||||||" header_text_color="#e2e2e2" background_color="#0c71c3" border_radii="on|5px|5px|5px|5px" box_shadow_style="preset3" custom_margin="48px||48px" custom_padding="20px|20px|20px|20px" _i="1" _address="0.1.0.1"]Start with hints
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_tabs active_tab_background_color="#0c71c3" inactive_tab_background_color="#000000" _builder_version="3.27" tab_text_color="#ffffff" tab_font="||||||||" background_color="#ffffff" _i="2" _address="0.1.0.2"][et_pb_tab title="Hint 0" _builder_version="3.22.4" _i="0" _address="0.1.0.2.0"]Do you really need a hint? Try it first![/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 1" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="1" _address="0.1.0.2.1"]Assume that the given inequality is true for \( a>0 , b>0 \) and \( a+b<2 \) . Then proceed .[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 2" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="2" _address="0.1.0.2.2"]In order to simplyfy the given inequality multiply both the sides by \( (1+a^2)(1+b^2)(1+ab) \) (as its a positive quantity and it is directly coming from \( a>0 , b>0\) ) . [/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 3" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="3" _address="0.1.0.2.3"]Come up with the simplest form of inequality i.e. \( (a-b)^2 (1-ab) \geq 0 \) .[/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title="Hint 4" _builder_version="3.27" hover_enabled="0" _i="4" _address="0.1.0.2.4"]\( (a-b)^2 \geq 0 \) as \( a,b \in{R}\) .And to get \( (1-ab)>0 \) use the well known inequality for positive reals i.e. \( AM \geq GM \) and the still unused inequality i.e \( a+b <2 \) also .$$ \displaystyle a>0 , b>0 \Rightarrow \sqrt{ab}>0 \Rightarrow( 1+ \sqrt{ab})>0 \\ a>0 , b>0 , a+b <2 \Rightarrow 1 > \frac{a+b}{2} \geq \sqrt {ab} \\ \Rightarrow 1 > \sqrt{ab} \\ \Rightarrow ( 1 - \sqrt{ab}) >0 \\ \Rightarrow (1 - \sqrt{ab}) (1+ \sqrt{ab}) >0 \\ \Rightarrow (1 - ab)>0 $$[/et_pb_tab][/et_pb_tabs][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.22.4" text_font="Raleway|300|||||||" text_text_color="#ffffff" header_font="Raleway|300|||||||" header_text_color="#e2e2e2" background_color="#0c71c3" border_radii="on|5px|5px|5px|5px" box_shadow_style="preset3" min_height="12px" custom_margin="50px||50px" custom_padding="20px|20px|20px|20px" _i="7" _address="0.1.0.7"]Connected Program at Cheenta
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