The discussion focuses on proving the Triangle Inequality for triangle ABC with side lengths a, b, and c. The inequalities to be proven are: \( \sqrt{ab} + \sqrt{bc} + \sqrt{ca} \leq a + b + c \) and \( a + b + c < 2\sqrt{ab} + 2\sqrt{bc} + 2\sqrt{ca} \). The proof for the left side involves demonstrating that the sum of the square roots of the products of the sides is less than or equal to the sum of the sides. The proof for the right side establishes that the sum of the sides is less than twice the sum of the square roots of the products of the sides.
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proof of left side:Albert said:Triangle ABC with side lengths a,b,c please prove :
$ \sqrt {ab}+\sqrt {bc}+\sqrt {ca}\leq a+b+c<2\sqrt {ab}+2\sqrt {bc}+2\sqrt {ca}$
proof of right side:Albert said:proof of left side:
$2\sqrt {ab}\leq a+b----(1)$
$2\sqrt {bc}\leq b+c----(2)$
$2\sqrt {ca}\leq c+a----(3)$
(1)+(2)+(3):$2(\sqrt {ab}+\sqrt {bc}+\sqrt {ca})\leq 2(a+b+c)$
$\therefore \sqrt {ab}+\sqrt {bc}+\sqrt {ca}\leq a+b+c$