Lời giải:
Áp dụng BĐT Cauchy ta có:
\(\frac{a^4}{b^3(c+a)}+\frac{c+a}{4a}+\frac{1}{2}\geq 3\sqrt[3]{\frac{a^3}{8b^3}}=\frac{3a}{2b}\)
\(\frac{b^4}{c^3(a+b)}+\frac{a+b}{4b}+\frac{1}{2}\geq 3\sqrt[3]{\frac{b^3}{8c^3}}=\frac{3b}{2c}\)
\(\frac{c^4}{a^3(b+c)}+\frac{b+c}{4c}+\frac{1}{2}\geq 3\sqrt[3]{\frac{c^3}{8a^3}}=\frac{3c}{2a}\)
Cộng theo vế và rút gọn:
\(\Rightarrow \frac{a^4}{b^3(c+a)}+\frac{b^4}{c^3(a+b)}+\frac{c^4}{a^3(b+c)}+\frac{1}{4}(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a})+\frac{9}{4}\geq \frac{3}{2}(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a})\)
\(\Rightarrow \frac{a^4}{b^3(c+a)}+\frac{b^4}{c^3(a+b)}+\frac{c^4}{a^3(b+c)}\geq \frac{5}{4}(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a})-\frac{9}{4}\geq \frac{5}{4}.3\sqrt[3]{\frac{a}{b}.\frac{b}{c}.\frac{c}{a}}-\frac{9}{4}\)
hay \( \frac{a^4}{b^3(c+a)}+\frac{b^4}{c^3(a+b)}+\frac{c^4}{a^3(b+c)}\geq \frac{5}{4}.3-\frac{9}{4}=\frac{3}{2}\)
Ta có đpcm
Dấu bằng xảy ra khi \(a=b=c\)
Cách khác:
Áp dụng BĐT Cauchy-Schwarz:
\(\text{VT}=\frac{(\frac{a^2}{b})^2}{b(c+a)}+\frac{(\frac{b^2}{c})^2}{c(a+b)}+\frac{(\frac{c^2}{a})^2}{a(b+c)}\geq \frac{\left(\frac{a^2}{b}+\frac{b^2}{c}+\frac{c^2}{a}\right)^2}{b(c+a)+c(a+b)+a(b+c)}\)
Tiếp tục áp dụng BĐT Cauchy-Schwarz:
\(\frac{a^2}{b}+\frac{b^2}{c}+\frac{c^2}{a}\geq \frac{(a+b+c)^2}{b+c+a}=a+b+c\)
\(\Rightarrow \left(\frac{a^2}{b}+\frac{b^2}{c}+\frac{c^2}{a}\right)^2\geq (a+b+c)^2\)
Do đó: \(\text{VT}\geq \frac{(a+b+c)^2}{2(ab+bc+ac)}\)
Theo hệ quả quen thuộc của BĐT Cauchy: \((a+b+c)^2\geq 3(ab+bc+ac)\)
Suy ra: \(\text{VT}\geq \frac{3(ab+bc+ac)}{2(ab+bc+ac)}=\frac{3}{2}\) (đpcm)