A nested reciprocal sum bounded by the quadratic mean

Proved

WorkbookSource.base_9655

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

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Let $a,b,c > 0$ , prove that $\frac{a}{\frac{1}{a} + \frac{1}{b + c} + \frac{1}{a + b + c}} + \frac{b}{\frac{1}{b} + \frac{1}{c + a} + \frac{1}{a + b + c}} + \frac{c}{\frac{1}{c} + \frac{1}{a + b} + \frac{1}{a + b + c}} \le\frac{6}{11}\cdot(a^2+b^2+c^2)$

Source: InternLM Lean-Workbook, record lean_workbook_9655 (Apache-2.0). Complete source proposition preserved; proof developed independently.

Preamble

import Mathlib
open Real Nat

Formal statement

theorem WorkbookSource.base_9655 (a b c : ℝ) (ha : 0 < a) (hb : 0 < b) (hc : 0 < c) : a / (1 / a + 1 / (b + c) + 1 / (a + b + c)) + b / (1 / b + 1 / (c + a) + 1 / (a + b + c)) + c / (1 / c + 1 / (a + b) + 1 / (a + b + c)) ≤ 6 / 11 * (a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 + c ^ 2)  :=  by sorry

Source

https://huggingface.co/datasets/internlm/Lean-Workbook/blob/main/lean_workbook.json, record lean_workbook_9655; Apache-2.0

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