G.9 CAUCHY–SCHWARZ INEQUALITY

The Cauchy–Schwarz inequality for vectors of the same size is

(G.63) Numbered Display Equation

with equality if and only if x = cy for some nonzero . An equivalent inequality is

(G.64) Numbered Display Equation

The Cauchy–Schwarz inequality for expectations of random variables is given in Appendix F.

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