Proof I Set u=ay1+by2, v=cy3+dy4, u1=ax4+bx3 and v1=cx2+dx1. Then
u2≤(ay1+by2)2+(ax1−bx2)2=a2+b2+2ab(y1y2−x1x2),
that is
x1x2−y1y2≤2aba2+b2−u2.①
v12≤(cx2+dx1)2+(cy2−dy1)2=c2+d2+2cd(x1x2−y1y2),
that is
y1y2−x1x2≤2cdc2+d2−v12.②
① + ②, we get
0≤2aba2+b2−u2+2cdc2+d2−v12,
that is
abu2+cdv12≤aba2+b2+cdc2+d2.
Similarly
cdv12+abu12≤cdc2+d2+aba2+b2.
By Cauchy's inequality, we have
(u+v)2+(u1+v1)2≤(ab+cd)(abu2+cdv2)+(ab+cd)[abu12+cdv12]=abu2+cdv2+abu12+cdv12≤2[aba2+b2+cdc2+d2].
Proof II By Cauchy's inequality, we can show
(ay1+by2+cy3+dy4)2
≤(ab+cd)[ab(ay1+by2)2+cd(cy3+dy4)2]
=bay12+aby22+dcy32+cdy42+2(y1y2+y3y4).
Similarly,
(ax4+bx3+cx2+dx1)2
≤bax42+abx32+dcx22+cdx12+2(x1x2+x3x4).
So we subtract the right-hand side (RHS) from the left-hand side (LHS) in the original inequality and get
LHS−RHS≤bay12+aby22+dcy32+cdy42+2y1y2+2y3y4+bax42+abx32+dcx22+cdx12+2x1x2+2x3x4−2(ba+ab+dc+cd)=−bax12−abx12−dcx32−cdx42−bay42−aby32−dcy22−cdy12+2(x1x2+x3x4+y1y2+y3y4)≤−2x1x2−2x3x4−2y1y2−2y3y4+2(x1x2+x3x4+y1y2+y3y4)=0.
The proposition is proved.