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In mathematics, an inequality is a relation which makes a non-equal comparison between two numbers or other mathematical expressions. [1] It is used most often to compare two numbers on the number line by their size. The main types of inequality are less than (<) and greater than (>).
The triangle inequality is a defining property of norms and measures of distance. This property must be established as a theorem for any function proposed for such purposes for each particular space: for example, spaces such as the real numbers, Euclidean spaces, the L p spaces (p ≥ 1), and inner product spaces.
Inequation. Mathematical statement that two values are not equal. In mathematics, an inequation is a statement that an inequality holds between two values. [1][2] It is usually written in the form of a pair of expressions denoting the values in question, with a relational sign between them indicating the specific inequality relation.
Linear inequality. In mathematics a linear inequality is an inequality which involves a linear function. A linear inequality contains one of the symbols of inequality: [1] < less than. > greater than. ≤ less than or equal to. ≥ greater than or equal to. ≠ not equal to.
Bernoulli's inequality. An illustration of Bernoulli's inequality, with the graphs of and shown in red and blue respectively. Here, In mathematics, Bernoulli's inequality (named after Jacob Bernoulli) is an inequality that approximates exponentiations of . It is often employed in real analysis. It has several useful variants: [1]
In mathematics, the QM-AM-GM-HM inequalities, also known as the mean inequality chain, state the relationship between the harmonic mean, geometric mean, arithmetic mean, and quadratic mean (also known as root mean square). Suppose that are positive real numbers. Then.
In mathematics, Nesbitt's inequality, named after Alfred Nesbitt, states that for positive real numbers a, b and c, with equality only when (i. e. in an equilateral triangle). There is no corresponding upper bound as any of the 3 fractions in the inequality can be made arbitrarily large.
In mathematics, the Newton inequalities are named after Isaac Newton. Suppose a1, a2, ..., an are non-negative real numbers and let denote the k th elementary symmetric polynomial in a1, a2, ..., an. Then the elementary symmetric means, given by. satisfy the inequality. Equality holds if and only if all the numbers ai are equal.