Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A theorem which states that the absolute value of the dot product between two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors.

Word forms

Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

Etymology

Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Hermann Amandus Schwarz.

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