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A quartic inequality in two variables

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WorkbookSource.problem_3247

by wamlart · Sep 12, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

lean-workbooksource-checked

Expanding and simplifying we get:

(yz−2y−2z)2≥2yz(2−y−z)  ⟺  y2z2+4y2+4z2≥4yz+2yz+2yz2(yz-2y-2z)^2\geq 2yz(2-y-z)\iff y^2z^2 +4y^2+4z^2 \geq 4yz +2y^z+2yz^2(yz−2y−2z)2≥2yz(2−y−z)⟺y2z2+4y2+4z2≥4yz+2yz+2yz2

Now by AM-GM:

y2z22+2y2≥2y4z2=2y2z{\frac{y^2z^2}{2}+2y^2} \geq 2\sqrt{y^4z^2}=2y^2z2y2z2​+2y2≥2y4z2​=2y2z

Similarly y2z22+2z2≥2yz2\frac{y^2z^2}{2} +2z^2 \geq 2yz^22y2z2​+2z2≥2yz2 Also, 2y2+2z2≥4yz2y^2+2z^2\geq 4yz2y2+2z2≥4yz by sums of squares Summing the three inequalities yields the result

Source: InternLM Lean-Workbook, record lean_workbook_3247 (Apache-2.0). The complete source proposition and explicit variable declarations are preserved.

Preamble
import Mathlib
open Real Nat
Formal statement
theorem WorkbookSource.problem_3247  (y z : ℝ) :
  (y * z - 2 * y - 2 * z)^2 ≥ 2 * y * z * (2 - y - z)  :=  by sorry
Source
https://huggingface.co/datasets/internlm/Lean-Workbook/blob/main/lean_workbook.json, record lean_workbook_3247; Apache-2.0

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