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Inequalities

My favorite topic, saved for last.

Trivial Inequality

For any real $x$ , $x^2\ge 0$ , with equality iff $x=0$ .

Arithmetic Mean/Geometric Mean Inequality

For any set of real numbers $S$ , $\frac{S_1+S_2+S_3....+S_{k-1}+S_k}{k}\ge \sqrt[k]{S_1\cdot S_2 \cdot S_3....\cdot S_{k-1}\cdot S_k}$ with equality iff $S_1=S_2=S_3...=S_{k-1}=S_k$ .

Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality

For any real numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ and $b_1,b_2,...,b_n$ , the following holds:

$(\sum a_i^2)(\sum b_i^2) \ge (\sum a_ib_i)^2$

Cauchy-Schwarz Variation

For any real numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ and positive real numbers $b_1,b_2,...,b_n$ , the following holds:

$\sum\left({{a_i^2}\over{b_i}}\right) \ge {{\sum a_i^2}\over{\sum b_i}}$ .

Power Mean Inequality

Take a set of functions $m_j(a) = \left({\frac{\sum a_i^j}{n}}\right)^{1/j}$ .

Note that $m_0$ does not exist. The geometric mean is $m_0 = \lim_{k \to 0} m_k$ . For non-negative real numbers $a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n$ , the following holds:

$m_x \le m_y$ for reals $x<y$ .

, if $m_2$ is the quadratic mean, $m_1$ is the arithmetic mean, $m_0$ the geometric mean, and $m_{-1}$ the harmonic mean.

Chebyshev's Inequality

Given real numbers $a_1 \ge a_2 \ge ... \ge a_n \ge 0$ and $b_1 \ge b_2 \ge ... \ge b_n$ , we have

${\frac{\sum a_ib_i}{n}} \ge {\frac{\sum a_i}{n}}{\frac{\sum b_i}{n}}$ .

Minkowski's Inequality

Given real numbers $a_1,a_2,...,a_n$ and $b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_n$ , the following holds:

$\sqrt{\sum a_i^2} + \sqrt{\sum b_i^2} \ge \sqrt{\sum (a_i+b_i)^2}$

Nesbitt's Inequality

For all positive real numbers $a$ , $b$ and $c$ , the following holds:

${\frac{a}{b+c}} + {\frac{b}{c+a}} + {\frac{c}{a+b}} \ge {\frac{3}{2}}$ .

Schur's inequality

Given positive real numbers $a,b,c$ and real $r$ , the following holds:

$a^r(a-b)(a-c)+b^r(b-a)(b-c)+c^r(c-a)(c-b)\ge 0$ .

Jensen's Inequality

For a convex function $f(x)$ and real numbers $a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4\ldots,a_n$ and $x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4\ldots,x_n$ , the following holds:

$\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_i\cdot f(x_i)\ge f(\sum_{i=1}^{n}a_i\cdot x_i)$

Holder's Inequality

For positive real numbers $a_{i_{j}}, 1\le i\le m, 1\le j\le n$ , the following holds:

$\prod_{i=1}^{m}\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}a_{i_{j}}\right)\ge\left(\sum_{j=1}^{n}\sqrt[m]{\prod_{i=1}^{m}a_{i_{j}}}\right)^{m}$

Muirhead's Inequality

For a sequence $A$ that majorizes a sequence $B$ , then given a set of positive integers $x_1,x_2,\ldots,x_n$ , the following holds:

$\sum_{sym} {x_1}^{a_1}{x_2}^{a_2}\ldots {x_n}^{a_n}\geq \sum_{sym} {x_1}^{b_1}{x_2}^{b_2}\cdots {x_n}^{b_n}$

Rearrangement Inequality

For any multi sets ${a_1,a_2,a_3\ldots,a_n}$ and ${b_1,b_2,b_3\ldots,b_n}$ , $a_1b_1+a_2b_2+\ldots+a_nb_n$ is maximized when $a_k$ is greater than or equal to exactly $i$ of the other members of $A$ , then $b_k$ is also greater than or equal to exactly $i$ of the other members of $B$ .

Newton's Inequality

For non-negative real numbers $x_1,x_2,x_3\ldots,x_n$ and $0 < k < n$ the following holds:

$d_k^2 \ge d_{k-1}d_{k+1}$ ,

with equality exactly iff all $x_i$ are equivalent.

MacLaurin's Inequality

For non-negative real numbers $x_1,x_2,x_3 \ldots, x_n$ , and $d_1,d_2,d_3 \ldots, d_n$ such that $d_k = \frac{\sum_{ 1\leq i_1 < i_2 < \cdots < i_k \leq n}x_{i_1} x_{i_2} \cdots x_{i_k}}{{n \choose k}}$ , for $k\subset [1,n]$ the following holds:

$d_1 \ge \sqrt[2]{d_2} \ge \sqrt[3]{d_3}\ldots \ge \sqrt[n]{d_n}$

with equality iff all $x_i$ are equivalent.

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-==<span style="font-size:20px; color: blue;">Advanced Number Theory</span>==
+==<span style="font-size:20px; color: blue;">Inequalities</span>==
-These are Olympiad-level theorems and properties of numbers that are routinely used on the IMO and other such competitions.
+My favorite topic, saved for last.
+===Trivial Inequality===
+For any real <math>x</math>, <math>x^2\ge 0</math>, with equality iff <math>x=0</math>.
+===Arithmetic Mean/Geometric Mean Inequality===
+For any set of real numbers <math>S</math>, <math>\frac{S_1+S_2+S_3....+S_{k-1}+S_k}{k}\ge \sqrt[k]{S_1\cdot S_2 \cdot S_3....\cdot S_{k-1}\cdot S_k}</math> with equality iff <math>S_1=S_2=S_3...=S_{k-1}=S_k</math>.
+===Cauchy-Schwarz Inequality===
+For any real numbers <math>a_1,a_2,...,a_n</math> and <math>b_1,b_2,...,b_n</math>, the following holds:
+<math>(\sum a_i^2)(\sum b_i^2) \ge (\sum a_ib_i)^2</math>
+====Cauchy-Schwarz Variation====
+For any real numbers <math>a_1,a_2,...,a_n</math> and positive real numbers <math>b_1,b_2,...,b_n</math>, the following holds:
+<math>\sum\left({{a_i^2}\over{b_i}}\right) \ge {{\sum a_i^2}\over{\sum b_i}}</math>.
+===Power Mean Inequality===
+Take a set of functions <math>m_j(a) = \left({\frac{\sum a_i^j}{n}}\right)^{1/j}</math>.
+Note that <math>m_0</math> does not exist. The geometric mean is <math>m_0 = \lim_{k \to 0} m_k</math>.
+For non-negative real numbers <math>a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_n</math>, the following holds:
+<math>m_x \le m_y</math> for reals <math>x<y</math>.
+, if <math>m_2</math> is the quadratic mean, <math>m_1</math> is the arithmetic mean, <math>m_0</math> the geometric mean, and <math>m_{-1}</math> the harmonic mean.
+===Chebyshev's Inequality===
+Given real numbers <math>a_1 \ge a_2 \ge ... \ge a_n \ge 0</math> and <math>b_1 \ge b_2 \ge ... \ge b_n</math>, we have
+<math>{\frac{\sum a_ib_i}{n}} \ge {\frac{\sum a_i}{n}}{\frac{\sum b_i}{n}}</math>.
+===Minkowski's Inequality===
+Given real numbers <math>a_1,a_2,...,a_n</math> and <math>b_1,b_2,\ldots,b_n</math>, the following holds:
+<math>\sqrt{\sum a_i^2} + \sqrt{\sum b_i^2} \ge \sqrt{\sum (a_i+b_i)^2}</math>
+===Nesbitt's Inequality===
+For all positive real numbers <math>a</math>, <math>b</math> and <math>c</math>, the following holds:
+<math>{\frac{a}{b+c}} + {\frac{b}{c+a}} + {\frac{c}{a+b}} \ge {\frac{3}{2}}</math>.
+===Schur's inequality===
+Given positive real numbers <math>a,b,c</math> and real <math>r</math>, the following holds:
+<math>a^r(a-b)(a-c)+b^r(b-a)(b-c)+c^r(c-a)(c-b)\ge 0</math>.
 ===Jensen's Inequality===
 For a convex function <math>f(x)</math> and real numbers <math>a_1,a_2,a_3,a_4\ldots,a_n</math> and <math>x_1,x_2,x_3,x_4\ldots,x_n</math>, the following holds:

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