On the Generalizations of the Cauchy-Schwarz-Bunyakovsky Inequality with Applications to Elasticity

Abstract

In this article we present both the discrete and the integral form of Cauchy-Bunyakovsky-Schwarz (CBS) inequality, some important generalizations in the n-dimensional Euclidean space and in linear subspaces of it, as well as the strengthened CBS. The last CBS inequality plays an important role in elasticity problems. A geometrical interpretation and a collection of the most important proofs of it are, also, presented.