G.9 CAUCHY–SCHWARZ INEQUALITY
The Cauchy–Schwarz inequality for vectors of the same size is
(G.63)
with equality if and only if x = cy for some nonzero . An equivalent inequality is
(G.64)
The Cauchy–Schwarz inequality for expectations of random variables is given in Appendix F.
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