Prove that for all real and the inequality
holds. For what does there exist such that ?
Solution
For all real we have and . So,
Assume that the equality holds. Then the equality case occurs in all three inequalities (1) and so , and . We get or . If and , then
|x + y| + |x + 1| + |y + 1| = 2.
We can conclude that only for all real there exists , such that the equality holds.
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