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Young's inequality (Theorem)

Let $ \phi : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be a continuous , strictly increasing function such that $ \phi(0)=0$ . Then the following inequality holds:

$\displaystyle ab \leq \int_{0}^a \phi(x) dx + \int_{0}^b \phi^{-1}(y) dy $
This inequality can be demonstrated by drawing the graph of $ \phi(x)$ and by observing that the sum of the two areas represented by the integrals above is greater than the area of a rectangle of sides $ a$ and $ b$ .



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AMS MSC26D15 (Real functions :: Inequalities :: Inequalities for sums, series and integrals)

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