Minimize a function of $n$ variables for a given product

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I have $n$ variables denoted by $x_1,x_2,\ldots x_n$ all of which take values in $(0,1)$.

I am trying to minimize $f(\vec{x})=1-\prod_{i=1}^{n}(1-x_i)$ for a given $\prod_{i=1}^{n}(x_i)=k $, where $k$ is a constant.

My intuition is that the point of minimum will have $x_i=x_j$ $\forall i,j \in \{1,2,\ldots n\}$. Can someone help me verify this mathematically.