Từ gt \(\Rightarrow\frac{1}{a+b+1}=2-\frac{1}{b+c+1}-\frac{1}{c+a+1}=\frac{b+c}{b+c+1}+\frac{c+a}{c+a+1}\)
\(\ge2\sqrt{\frac{\left(b+c\right)\left(c+a\right)}{\left(b+c+1\right)\left(c+a+1\right)}}\text{ }\left(1\right)\) (bđt Cauchy)
Tương tự \(\hept{\begin{cases}\frac{1}{b+c+1}\ge2\sqrt{\frac{\left(a+b\right)\left(a+c\right)}{\left(a+b+1\right)\left(a+c+1\right)}}\text{ }\left(2\right)\\\frac{1}{c+a+1}\ge2\sqrt{\frac{\left(a+b\right)\left(b+c\right)}{\left(a+b+1\right)\left(b+c+1\right)}}\text{ }\left(3\right)\end{cases}}\)
Từ (1);(2);(3) \(\Rightarrow\frac{1}{a+b+1}.\frac{1}{b+c+1}.\frac{1}{c+a+1}\ge8\sqrt{\frac{\left(a+b\right)^2\left(a+c\right)^2\left(b+c\right)^2}{\left(a+b+1\right)^2\left(b+c+1\right)^2\left(c+a+1\right)^2}}\)
\(\Leftrightarrow\frac{1}{\left(a+b+1\right)\left(b+c+1\right)\left(c+a+1\right)}\ge8.\frac{\left(a+b\right)\left(b+c\right)\left(c+a\right)}{\left(a+b+1\right)\left(b+c+1\right)\left(c+a+1\right)}\)
\(\Leftrightarrow1\ge8\left(a+b\right)\left(b+c\right)\left(c+a\right)\Rightarrow\left(a+b\right)\left(b+c\right)\left(c+a\right)\le\frac{1}{8}\)Hay \(M\le\frac{1}{8}\)
Dấu "=" xảy ra \(\Leftrightarrow a=b=c=\frac{1}{4}\)