On Huygens Inequality for a proof.

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I have a proof of a complicated inequality in my book, which first does a little manipulation and after this step- $$ (1+3x) \left(1+{8y\over x} \right) \left( 1+{9z\over y}\right) \left(1+{6\over z} \right) \geq 7^4 $$ It mentions the proof is finished by Huygens Inequality.
My question is that what is Huygens Inequality? I found documents related to trigonometry while searching for this inequality online, but unfit for the proof of this step.

Please explain me what this inequality is. Thanks!

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The Huygens's inequality it's just privet case of the Holder's inequality for $n$ sequences of the length two.

I think, it's better to use Holder in any case:

By Holder $$(1+3x) \left(1+{8y\over x} \right) \left( 1+{9z\over y}\right) \left(1+{6\over z} \right)\geq\left(1+\sqrt[4]{3x\cdot\frac{8y}{x}\cdot\frac{9z}{y}\cdot\frac{6}{z}} \right)^4=2401.$$