Prove that there exists no maximum for the following?

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Let xyz = 1 for positive x, y, z. Show that min [x+y, x+z, y+z] has no maximum value.

The question comes from Mandelbrot #1, I have tried applying certain classical inequalities and have not gotten anywhere.

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Let $x=y\rightarrow+\infty$. Thus, $$\min\{x+y,x+z,y+z\}=y+z\rightarrow+\infty.$$

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You could make two of them as large as you want and make the constraint satisfied by using the remaining variable.