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1–10First steps / middle schoolPremiers pas / collège
Yes, with equality exactly when a=b=c=91. Set x=a, y=b, z=c, so that x,y,z>0 and x+y+z=1. Since a+b+c=x2+y2+z2 and a3+b3+c3=x6+y6+z6, the claim reads (x2+y2+z2)5⩽x6+y6+z6.(∗)The constraint x+y+z=1 with x,y,z>0 says precisely that (x,y,z) is a probability distribution. Let X be the random variable taking the value x with probability x, the value y with probability y, and the value z with probability z. Then E[X]=x2+y2+z2,E[X5]=x6+y6+z6.The map u↦u5 is convex on R+, so Jensen’s inequality gives E[X]5⩽E[X5],which is exactly (∗). ■