Inequality $2(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2 + 5(a^2+b^2+c^2) +30 abc \ge 3$ for $a+b+c=1$ Let $a,b,c$ be positive numbers with $a+b+c=1$. Show that
$$
2(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2 + 5(a^2+b^2+c^2) +30 abc  \ge 3
$$
Equality holds for $a=b=c=\frac13$.  One could try homogenizing:
$$
2(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2 + 5(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a+b+c)^2 +30 abc (a+b+c) - 3 (a+b+c)^4 \ge 0
$$
Expanding gives
$$
2 \sum_{cyc} a^4  -  \sum_{cyc} a^3(b+c) - 2  \sum_{cyc} a^2 b^2 + 2 a b c \sum_{cyc} a \ge 0
$$
but I didn't manage to advance further.

Method 1let $p=a+b+c,q=ab+bc+ca,r=abc$
Now by schur $$a^2(a-b)(a-c)+b^2(b-c)(b-a)+c^2(c-a)(c-b)\ge 0$$ $$\iff p^4-5p^2q+4q^2+6pr\ge 0$$ Now we have to prove $$4 p^4 - 18 p^2 q + 8 q^2 + 30 p r\ge 0$$ or $$4(p^4-5p^2q+4q^2+6pr)+2(p^2q+3pr-4q^2)\ge 0$$ whcih is true because  $$p^2q+3pr-4q^2=a^3(b+c)+b^3(a+c)+c^3(a+b)-2a^2b^2-2b^2c^2-2c^2a^2\ge 0$$
Method 2 I see that i have clashed with an existing answer  so here is a different way
let $3u=a+b+c,3v^2=ab+bc+ca,w^3=abc$ then without even exanding we see that its lenear in $w^3$ Hence by uvw method it suffices to check when

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*$c=0$
The inequality achieves the equality

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*$a=b$ also let $t=\frac{c}{a}$ The inequality is $$ 2(2t^2+1)^2+5(2t^2+1)(2t+1)^2+30t^2(2t+1)-3(2t+1)^4\ge 0$$ which is nothing but$$4{(t-1)}^2(t+1)\ge 0$$
Method 3 This method is ugly  although it can be got by hand ,i used wolfram alpha to speed up my calculation
WLOG $a\ge b\ge c$ let $$f(a,b,c)=
2(a^2+b^2+c^2)^2 + 5(a^2+b^2+c^2)(a+b+c)^2 +30 abc (a+b+c) - 3 (a+b+c)^4 
$$ $$f(a,b,c)-f(\frac{a+b}{2},\frac{a+b}{2},c)=1/2 (a - b)^2 (8 a^2 + 12 a b + 8 b^2 - 5 a c - 5 b c - 6 c^2)\ge 0$$
As inequality is homogenous WLOG   $c=1$  and $t=\frac{a+b}{2}$ we then have to prove $$f(t,t,1)\ge 0$$ $$\iff  2(2t^2+1)^2+5(2t^2+1)(2t+1)^2+30t^2(2t+1)-3(2t+1)^4\ge 0$$ which is nothing but $$4{(t-1)}^2(t+1)\ge 0$$
