Xét hiệu:
\(\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}-\frac{b}{a}-\frac{c}{b}-\frac{a}{c}=\frac{a-c}{b}+\frac{b-a}{c}+\frac{c-b}{a}\)
\(=\frac{ca.\left(a-c\right)}{abc}+\frac{ab.\left(b-a\right)}{abc}+\frac{bc.\left(c-b\right)}{abc}\)\(=\frac{a^2c-c^2a}{abc}+\frac{b^2a-a^2b}{abc}+\frac{c^2b-b^2c}{abc}\)
\(=\frac{a^2c-c^2a+b^2a-a^2b+c^2b-b^2c}{abc}\)\(=\frac{\left(a^2c-b^2c\right)+\left(-c^2a+c^2b\right)+\left(b^2a-a^2b\right)}{abc}\)
\(=\frac{c.\left(a-b\right)\left(a+b\right)-c^2.\left(a-b\right)-ab.\left(a-b\right)}{abc}\)\(=\frac{\left(a-b\right)\left[c.\left(a+b\right)-c^2-ab\right]}{abc}\)
\(=\frac{\left(a-b\right)\left(ac+bc-c^2-ab\right)}{abc}\)\(=\frac{\left(a-b\right)\left[\left(ac-c^2\right)+\left(bc-ab\right)\right]}{abc}\)
\(=\frac{\left(a-b\right)\left[c.\left(a-c\right)-b.\left(a-c\right)\right]}{abc}\)\(=\frac{\left(a-b\right)\left(a-c\right)\left(c-b\right)}{abc}\)
ta thấy \(a\ge b\ge c>0\Rightarrow abc>0\)
\(a-b\ge0\left(a\ge b\right);a-c\ge0\left(a\ge b\ge c\right);c-b\le0\left(b\ge c\right)\)\(\Rightarrow\left(a-b\right)\left(a-c\right)\left(c-b\right)\le0\)
\(\text{Suy ra: }\frac{\left(a-b\right)\left(a-c\right)\left(c-b\right)}{abc}\le0\)
\(\Rightarrow\frac{a}{b}+\frac{b}{c}+\frac{c}{a}\le\frac{b}{a}+\frac{c}{b}+\frac{a}{c}\)
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