TITLE: How i show this beautiful inequality :$\frac{x^n}{x^m+y^m}+\frac{y^n}{y^m+z^m}+\frac{z^n}{z^m+x^m}\geq \frac{3} {2}(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}})^{n-m}$?
QUESTION [14 upvotes]: let $m,n$ be integers, show that if $ n>m\geq 0 $ :
$$\frac{x^n}{x^m+y^m}+\frac{y^n}{y^m+z^m}+\frac{z^n}{z^m+x^m}\geq \frac{3}
{2}\left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\right)^{n-m}$$
where real $x,y,z > 0 $ and $xy + yz + zx = 1$
Thank you for your help .

REPLY [5 votes]: Despite the attempts in the other answers and comments, and the two ``proofs'' given there, the inequality does not hold in general. We give two proofs for its failure:
First Proof (involving huge numbers): Set $x=3/7$, $y=4/7$, $z=37/49$. Then $xy+yz+zx=1$. For $m=7$, $n=8$ set $A=\frac{x^n}{x^m+y^m}+\frac{y^n}{y^m+z^m}+\frac{z^n}{z^m+x^m}$ and $B=\frac{3}{2}(\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}})^{n-m}$. Then
\begin{equation}
A^2-B^2=-\frac{5464419604082977128654242570410694589510448147711713}{929486260504473222256638487813651283882185173994428050}<0.
\end{equation}
Second proof (more conceptual): Suppose that $0<x<y<z$. Then, with $n=m+1$,
\begin{equation}
\lim_{m\to\infty}
(\frac{x^n}{x^m+y^m}+\frac{y^n}{y^m+z^m}+\frac{z^n}{z^m+x^m})
=
\lim_{m\to\infty}
(\frac{x}{1+(y/x)^m}+\frac{y}{1+(z/y)^m}+\frac{z}{1+(x/z)^m})=z
\end{equation}
Now set $x=\frac{1}{3}$, $y=\frac{2}{3}$, $z=\frac{7}{9}$. Then $xy+yz+zx=1$, but $z<\frac{3}{2}\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$. So the stated inequality does not hold for all sufficiently large $m$.
Remark: The same question was asked here at MathOverflow, and I gave a similar counterexample there.