Cauchy–Schwarz inequality

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The Cauchy–Schwarz inequality is a fundamental result in linear algebra and analysis that bounds the inner product of two vectors by the product of their magnitudes, underpinning many concepts in geometry, probability, and functional analysis.

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instanceOf mathematical inequality ⓘ
result in analysis ⓘ
result in linear algebra ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cauchy inequality ⓘ
Cauchy–Bunyakovsky inequality ⓘ
Cauchy–Bunyakovsky–Schwarz inequality ⓘ
Schwarz inequality ⓘ
appliesTo Euclidean spaces ⓘ
linked to: Euclidean space

Hilbert spaces ⓘ
inner product spaces ⓘ
category inequalities in probability theory ⓘ
inequalities in vector spaces ⓘ
coreStatement For any vectors u and v in an inner product space, |⟨u,v⟩| ≤ ∥u∥ ∥v∥ ⓘ
equalityCondition equality holds if and only if the two vectors are linearly dependent ⓘ
equality holds if one vector is a scalar multiple of the other ⓘ
expressedIn complex inner product spaces ⓘ
real inner product spaces ⓘ
field functional analysis ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
linear algebra ⓘ
probability theory ⓘ
real analysis ⓘ
generalizationOf Cauchy inequality for integrals ⓘ
Cauchy inequality for sums ⓘ
hasFormulation For functions f and g in L^2, |∫ f g| ≤ (∫ |f|^2)^{1/2} (∫ |g|^2)^{1/2} ⓘ
For sequences (a_i) and (b_i), (∑ a_i b_i)^2 ≤ (∑ a_i^2)(∑ b_i^2) ⓘ
implies non-negativity of inner product norms ⓘ
triangle inequality in inner product spaces ⓘ
namedAfter Augustin-Louis Cauchy ⓘ
Hermann Amandus Schwarz ⓘ
relatedTo Bessel inequality ⓘ
Hölder inequality ⓘ
Jensen inequality ⓘ
Minkowski inequality ⓘ
Parseval theorem ⓘ
linked to: Parseval's theorem
underpins concept of correlation in statistics ⓘ
definition of angle between vectors in inner product spaces ⓘ
geometry of Hilbert spaces ⓘ
usedFor bounding covariances in probability theory ⓘ
bounding integrals in functional analysis ⓘ
deriving correlation coefficient bounds ⓘ
error estimation in numerical analysis ⓘ
establishing orthogonality properties ⓘ
proving Bessel inequality ⓘ
proving Hölder inequality ⓘ
proving Minkowski inequality ⓘ
proving Parseval identity ⓘ
proving convergence of series and integrals ⓘ
proving the triangle inequality for norms induced by inner products ⓘ

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