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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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Can the fact that the square of an integer is a natural number be categorified?

If $a$ and $b$ are natural numbers, then $a-b$ is an integer and so the square $(a-b)^2$ is a natural number. In particular $$ (a-b)^2 \geq 0. \qquad (1)$$ Combining this fact with the identity $$ …
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