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The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality states $|\langle x,y \rangle |\leq ||x||\cdot ||y||.$ Use this tag for questions related to the CS inequality and its applications.

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Cauchy-Schwarz and pigeonhole

My own interpretation (which I guess is pretty similar to the one above): Suppose you have $r$ pigeons and $n$ holes, and want to minimize the number of pairs of pigeons in the same hole. This can ea …
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