TY - BOOK AU - Steele, J. Michael TI - The Cauchy-Schwarz master class : an introduction to the art of mathematical inequalities SN - 9780521546775 AV - QA295 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Inequalities (Mathematics) N1 - 1. Starting with Cauchy; 2. The AM-GM inequality; 3. Lagrange's identity and Minkowski's conjecture; 4. On geometry and sums of squares; 5. Consequences of order; 6. Convexity; the third pillar; 7. Integral intermezzo; 8. The ladder of power means; 9. Holder's inequality; 10. Hilbert's inequality; 11. Hardy's inequality; 12. Symmetric sums; 13. Majorization and Schur convexity; 14. Cancellation and aggregation; Solutions to the exercises N2 - Using the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality as the initial guide, this text explains the concepts of mathematical inequalities by presenting a sequence of problems as they might have been discovered, the solutions to which can either be found with one of history's great mathematicians or by the reader themselves ER -