Problem: Prove that if x, y and a are real numbers from the interval (0,1), then 1−xy∣x−y∣≤1−xaya∣xa−ya∣
Solution
Solution: We have to prove that 1−(uv)quq−vq≤1−(uv)pup−vp for v≤u and p<q. To do this we shall show that 1−(uv)p+1up+1−vp+1≤1−(uv)pup−vp which implies by induction the above inequality. It is easy to check that the latter inequality can be written as up(1−u)1−u2p+1≤vp(1−v)1−v2p+1 i.e. j=1∑p(uj+u−j)≤j=1∑p(vj+v−j) which follows by the inequality t+t1≤z+z1, where 0<z≤t≤1.
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