Prove that $x^y+y^x>1$ for all $(x, y)\in \mathbb{R_+^2}$.
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1http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=riddles_medium;action=display;num=1213001311 – Ma Ming May 04 '13 at 11:31
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Your solution is wrong. – Ma Ming May 04 '13 at 11:33
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@Ma Ming: which one? why? – user72870 May 04 '13 at 11:37
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The first AG-GM step. – Ma Ming May 04 '13 at 11:42
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use This $(1+x)^a<1+ax,0<a<1,x>0$
then this problem we only prove $0<x<1,0<y<1 $
$$x^y=\dfrac{1}{(\dfrac{1}{x})^y}=\dfrac{1}{(1+\dfrac{1-x}{x})^y}>\dfrac{1}{1+\dfrac{(1-x)y}{x}}=\dfrac{x}{x+y-xy}>\dfrac{x}{x+y}$$
and $$y^x>\dfrac{y}{x+y}$$
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