TITLE: Why is $ \frac{a^2}{a+b}+\frac{d^2}{a+d}+\frac{b^2}{b+c}+\frac{c^2}{c+d} \geq 0.5 $ with $a+b+c+d = 1$?
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: For positive real numbers $a,b,c,d>0$ it seems to be true that:
if $$a+b+c+d = 1$$
then 
$$  \frac{a^2}{a+b}+\frac{d^2}{a+d}+\frac{b^2}{b+c}+\frac{c^2}{c+d} \geq 0.5  $$
I can't think of a way to prove this statement.
Any help will be appreciated!

REPLY [3 votes]: Another approach using $4ab\le(a+b)^2$:
\begin{align*}\frac{a^2}{a+b}+\frac{b^2}{b+c}+\frac{c^2}{c+d}+\frac{d^2}{d+a}&=\left(a-\frac{ab}{a+b}\right)+\left(b-\frac{bc}{b+c}\right)+\left(c-\frac{cd}{c+d}\right)+\left(d-\frac{da}{d+a}\right)\\
&=1-\left(\frac{ab}{a+b}+\frac{bc}{b+c}+\frac{cd}{c+d}+\frac{da}{d+a}\right)\\
&\ge1-\frac14\Bigl((a+b)+(b+c)+(c+d)+(d+a)\Bigr)=\frac12\end{align*}