## A refinement of the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.(English)Zbl 0763.26012

Summary: We prove: If $$x_ k$$ and $$y_ k$$ $$(k=1,\dots,n)$$ are real numbers satisfying $$0=x_ 0<x_ 1\leq x_ 2/2\leq\cdots\leq x_ n/n$$ and $$0<y_ n\leq y_{n-1}\leq\cdots\leq y_ 1$$, then $\left(\sum^ n_{k=1}x_ ky_ k\right)^ 2\leq\sum^ n_{k=1}y_ k\sum^ n_{k=1}\left(x^ 2_ k-{1 \over 4}x_ kx_{k-1}\right)y_ k \tag{*}$ with equality holding if and only if $$x_ k=kx_ 1$$ $$(k=1,\dots,n)$$ and $$y_ 1=\cdots=y_ n$$. Inequality $$(*)$$ is valid, in particular, if the sequence $$(x_ k)$$ is positive and convex.

### MSC:

 26D15 Inequalities for sums, series and integrals

### Keywords:

Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
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