Example 4.1.3 Let , prove:
Solution
Proof: Although this problem has been solved using Hölder's inequality, the proof given by Jensen's inequality is still very elegant. Without loss of generality, we assume . Since is a convex function, by Jensen's inequality we get:
Here . Therefore, we only need to prove or or
The last inequality is obvious. Equality holds when .
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