We shall use the following inequality due to Radon.
LEMMA. If x1,x2,…,xn and y1,y2,…,yn are positive real numbers, and p is a non-negative real number, then the following inequality holds
y1px1p+1+y2px2p+1+⋯+ynpxnp+1≥(y1+y2+⋯+yn)p(x1+x2+⋯+xn)p+1.
Proof. We can rewrite the inequality as
i=1∑nyi(yixi)p+1≥(j=1∑nyj)(∑i=1nyi∑i=1nxi)p+1
or equivalently
i=1∑n∑j=1nyjyi(yixi)p+1≥(∑i=1nyi∑i=1nxi)p+1.
Let us consider the convex function f:[0,∞)→R defined by f(x)=xp+1. The last inequality follows from Jensen's inequality
λ1f(α1)+λ2f(α2)+⋯+λnf(αn)≥f(λ1α1+⋯+λnαn),
where λi=y1+y2+⋯+ynyi>0,∑i=1nλi=1 and αi=yixi. □
Now, returning to our problem, by applying the LEMMA and the hypothesis of the problem, we obtain
i=1∑nyipxi=i=1∑n(xiyi)pxip+1≥(∑i=1nxiyi)p(∑i=1nxi)p+1≥i=1∑nxi.