A cyclic pairwise ratio upper bound by symmetric quadratic sums

Proved

WorkbookSource.base_52148

by wamlart · Sep 13, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

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Let $a,b,c>0$ . Prove $\frac{a+b}{b+c}+\frac{b+c}{c+a}+\frac{c+a}{a+b}\le \frac{9(a^2+b^2+c^2)}{8(ab+bc+ca)}+\frac{15}{8}$

Source: InternLM Lean-Workbook, record lean_workbook_52148 (Apache-2.0). Complete source proposition preserved; proof developed independently.

Preamble

import Mathlib
open Real Nat

Formal statement

theorem WorkbookSource.base_52148 (a b c : ℝ) (ha : 0 < a) (hb : 0 < b) (hc : 0 < c) : (a + b) / (b + c) + (b + c) / (c + a) + (c + a) / (a + b) ≤ 9 * (a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 + c ^ 2) / (8 * (a * b + b * c + c * a)) + 15 / 8  :=  by sorry

Source

https://huggingface.co/datasets/internlm/Lean-Workbook/blob/main/lean_workbook.json, record lean_workbook_52148; Apache-2.0

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