Problem

Source: 1999 National Contests

Tags: inequalities, function, algebra proposed, algebra



The product of the positive real numbers $x, y, z$ is 1. Show that if \[ \frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z} \geq x+y+z \]then \[ \frac{1}{x^{k}}+\frac{1}{y^{k}} + \frac{1}{z^{k}} \geq x^{k}+y^{k}+z^{k} \] for all positive integers $k$.