TITLE: Find minimum of $\frac x {x^2+1} + \frac y{y^2+1} + \frac z{z^2+1}$
QUESTION [11 upvotes]: Find minimum of $$M=\frac x {x^2+1} + \frac y{y^2+1} +  \frac z{z^2+1}$$
where $x,y,z \in \mathbb R\wedge x+y+z=xy+yz+xz$

I tried:
$$M=\sum \frac 1{x+\frac {1}{x}}\ge \frac 9{\sum{x+\frac 1x}}.$$
$$\text{So, we need to find maximum of } \sum x+ \frac 1x=x+y+z+\frac {x+y+z}{xyz}$$
but how ?

REPLY [2 votes]: If $x=y=-1$ and $z=1$ we get a value $-\frac{1}{2}$ and it remains to prove that
$$\sum_{cyc}\frac{x}{x^2+1}\geq-\frac{1}{2}$$ or
$$(x+y+z+xyz)^2+(x+y+z+1)^2+\sum_{cyc}(x-yz)^2\geq0$$
and we are done!