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Spanish Sines Inradius Circumradius Inequality

Source: IMO LongList 1988, Spain 1, Problem 70 of ILL

November 9, 2005
trigonometrygeometryinradiuscircumcircleinequalitiesfunctiongeometry unsolved

Problem Statement

ABCABC is a triangle, with inradius rr and circumradius R.R. Show that: sin(A2)sin(B2)+sin(B2)sin(C2)+sin(C2)sin(A2)58+r4R. \sin \left( \frac{A}{2} \right) \cdot \sin \left( \frac{B}{2} \right) + \sin \left( \frac{B}{2} \right) \cdot \sin \left( \frac{C}{2} \right) + \sin \left( \frac{C}{2} \right) \cdot \sin \left( \frac{A}{2} \right) \leq \frac{5}{8} + \frac{r}{4 \cdot R}.