Etymology

Cauchy-Schwarz inequality

Today it means: A theorem which states that the absolute value of the dot product between two vectors is less than or equal to the product of the magnitudes of the two vectors. Full definition →

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Named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy and Hermann Amandus Schwarz.

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