# Let $a,b,c>0$ and $a+b+c=3$. Find the minimum of $P$.

Let $a,b,c>0$ and $a+b+c=3$. Prove that: $$P=\frac{{a}^{2}}{\sqrt{{b}^{3}+1}}+ \frac { { b }^{ 2 } }{ \sqrt{ { c }^{ 3 }+1 } }+\frac{{c}^{2}}{\sqrt{{a}^{3}+1}}\geq \frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}$$

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This is going to be long so let's start

First, divide both sides by $\sqrt{2}$ and notice that by AM-GM $$\sqrt{2(a^3+1)}\leq \frac{a^3+3}{2}.$$ Similarly we proceed for the other variables and we find that $$P\geq 2\left(\frac{a^2}{b^3+3}+\frac{b^2}{c^3+3}+\frac{c^2}{a^3+3}\right)=2\left(\frac{a^4}{a^2b^3+3a^2}+\frac{b^4}{b^2c^3+3b^2}+\frac{c^4}{c^2a^3+3a^2}\right).\tag{1}$$

It is therefore sufficient to prove $$\left(\frac{a^4}{a^2b^3+3a^2}+\frac{b^4}{b^2c^3+3b^2}+\frac{c^4}{c^2a^3+3a^2}\right)\geq\frac34.\tag{2}$$

Use Cauchy Schwarz on the LHS of $(2)$ to find that $$\left(\frac{a^4}{a^2b^3+3a^2}+\frac{b^4}{b^2c^3+3b^2}+\frac{c^4}{c^2a^3+3a^2}\right)\geq\frac{(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2}{a^2b^3+b^2c^3+c^2a^3+3(a^2+b^2+c^2)}.\tag{3}$$

Again, it is sufficient to prove

$$4(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2\geq 3(a^2b^3+b^2c^3+c^2a^3)+9(a^2+b^2+c^2).\tag{4}$$

Now, since we may assume without loss of generality that $(b-a)(b-c)\leq 0$, the following is true

$$\begin{split}a^{3}c^{2}+b^{3}a^{2}+c^{3}b^{2}&=a^{3}b^{2}+bc^{2}a^{2}+c^{3}b^{2}+a^{2}(b^{2}-c^{2})(b-a)\\&\leq a^{3}b^{2}+bc^{2}a^{2}+c^{3}b^{2}= ba^{2}\left(ab+\frac{1}{2}c^{2}\right)+bc^{2}\left(bc+\frac{1}{2}a^{2}\right)\\&\leq\frac{ba^{2}(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})}{2}+\frac{bc^{2}(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})}{2}\\&=\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{2\sqrt{2}}\sqrt{2b^{2}(a^{2}+c^{2})(a^{2}+c^{2})}\\&\leq\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{2\sqrt{2}}\sqrt{\left(\frac{2(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})}{3}\right)^{3}}=3\sqrt{\left(\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{3}\right)^{5}},\end{split}\tag{5}$$ it suffices to prove

$$4(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})^{2}\geq 9\sqrt{\left(\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{3}\right)^{5}}+9(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2})\tag{6}.$$

Set $$w:=\sqrt{\frac{a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}}{3}}\tag{7}.$$ By AM-QM, it immediately follows that $$w\geq \frac{a+b+c}{3}=1,$$ moreover, since $$(a+b+c)^2>a^2+b^2+c^2,$$ we also have $$\sqrt 3>w.$$ Rewrite $(6)$ using the parameter $w$ to obtain that our claim is equivalent to prove that $$4w^{4}\geq w^{5}+3w^{2}\Leftrightarrow w^{2}(w-1)(3+3w-w^{2})\geq 0\tag{8}.$$ This last assertion follows using our bounds on $w$, and therefore the proof is complete.

The equality case occurs when $a=b=c=1.$

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