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domingo, 19 de junio de 2022

\sum_{cyc}\tan\frac\alpha2\tan\frac\beta2\geq4 for a cyclic quadrilateral

 Let ABCD be a cyclic quadrilateral with sides a, b, c and d. Denote s the semiperimeter and let \angle{DAB}=\alpha, \angle{ABC}=\beta, \angle{BCD}=\gamma and \angle{CDA}=\delta. Then the following inequality holds

\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\geq4.\tag{1}

Proof. Substituting from the half-angle formula for the tangent we have that
\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}=\sqrt{\frac{(s-a)(s-d)}{(s-b)(s-c)}}\cdot{\sqrt{\frac{(s-a)(s-b)}{(s-c)(s-d)}}}=\frac{s-a}{s-c}.
Similarly, 
\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}=\frac{s-b}{s-d}\qquad\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}=\frac{s-c}{s-a}\qquad\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}=\frac{s-d}{s-b}
Thus, the left-hand side of (1) can be rewritten as follows
\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}=\frac{s-a}{s-c}+\frac{s-b}{s-d}+\frac{s-c}{s-a}+\frac{s-d}{s-b}.
But, 
\frac{s-a}{s-c}+\frac{s-b}{s-d}+\frac{s-c}{s-a}+\frac{s-d}{s-b}=\frac{a-c}{s-a}+\frac{b-d}{s-b}+\frac{c-a}{s-c}+\frac{d-b}{s-d}+4.\tag{2}
Since \frac{a-c}{s-a}+\frac{c-a}{s-c}=\frac{4(a-c)^2}{(-a+b+c+d)(a+b-c+d)}, and similarly for \frac{b-d}{s-b}+\frac{d-b}{s-d}, then \frac{a-c}{s-a}+\frac{b-d}{s-b}+\frac{c-a}{s-c}+\frac{d-b}{s-d} is positive. Hence,
\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\geq4.
\square
Notice equality holds when ABCD is rectangular. 

From (2) it also follows that

\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\beta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\gamma}{2}}\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}+\tan{\frac{\delta}{2}}\tan{\frac{\alpha}{2}}>\frac{a-c}{s-a}-\frac{a-c}{s-c}+\frac{b-d}{s-b}-\frac{ b-d}{s-d}.

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