Có: \(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}+3\ge4\left(\frac{a}{a+b}+\frac{b}{b+c}+\frac{c}{c+a}\right)\)
<=> \(\left(\frac{a}{b}+1\right)+\left(\frac{b}{c}+1\right)+\left(\frac{c}{a}+1\right)\ge\frac{4a}{a+b}+\frac{4b}{b+c}+\frac{4c}{c+a}\)
<=> \(\frac{a+b}{b}+\frac{b+c}{c}+\frac{c+a}{a}\ge\frac{4a}{a+b}+\frac{4b}{b+c}+\frac{4c}{c+a}\)
<=> \(\frac{a+b}{b}+\frac{b+c}{c}+\frac{c+a}{a}+\frac{4b}{a+b}+\frac{4c}{b+c}+\frac{4a}{c+a}\)
\(\ge\frac{4a}{a+b}+\frac{4b}{b+c}+\frac{4c}{c+a}+\frac{4b}{a+b}+\frac{4c}{b+c}+\frac{4a}{c+a}\)
<=> \(\left(\frac{a+b}{b}+\frac{4b}{a+b}\right)+\left(\frac{b+c}{c}+\frac{4c}{b+c}\right)+\left(\frac{c+a}{a}+\frac{4a}{c+a}\right)\)
\(\ge\left(\frac{4a}{a+b}+\frac{4b}{a+b}\right)+\left(\frac{4b}{b+c}+\frac{4c}{b+c}\right)+\left(\frac{4c}{c+a}+\frac{4a}{c+a}\right)\)
<=> \(\left(\frac{a+b}{b}+\frac{4b}{a+b}\right)+\left(\frac{b+c}{c}+\frac{4c}{b+c}\right)+\left(\frac{c+a}{a}+\frac{4a}{c+a}\right)\ge4+4+4\)
<=> \(\left(\frac{a+b}{b}+\frac{4b}{a+b}\right)+\left(\frac{b+c}{c}+\frac{4c}{b+c}\right)+\left(\frac{c+a}{a}+\frac{4a}{c+a}\right)\ge12\)(1)
Áp dụng Cô-si: (1) đúng.
Vậy Bất đẳng thức ban đầu đúng.
"=" <=> a = b = c.
\(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}+3\ge4\left(\frac{a}{a+b}+\frac{b}{b+c}+\frac{c}{a+c}\right)\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\left(\frac{a}{b}+1\right)+\left(\frac{b}{c}+1\right)+\left(\frac{c}{a}+1\right)\ge4\left(\frac{a}{a+b}+\frac{b}{b+c}+\frac{c}{c+a}\right)\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\frac{a+b}{b}-\frac{4a}{a+b}+\frac{b+c}{c}-\frac{4b}{b+c}+\frac{c+a}{a}-\frac{4c}{c+a}\ge0\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\frac{\left(a-b\right)^2}{b\left(a+b\right)}+\frac{\left(b-c\right)^2}{c\left(b+c\right)}+\frac{\left(c-a\right)^2}{a\left(a+c\right)}\ge0\)
Luôn đúng vì a,b,c là các số dương
Dấu "=" xảy ra <=> a=b=c