(1)柯西不等式取等号的条件实质上是:a1b1=a2b2=…=anbn
这里某一个bi为零时,规定相应的ai为零.(2)利用柯西不等式证明的关键是构造两个适当的数组.(3)可以利用向量中的|α||β|≥|α·β|的几何意义来帮助理解柯西不等式的几何意义.[例1]若n是不小于2的正整数,求证:47<1-12+13-14+…+12n-1-12n<22
[证明]1-12+13-14+…+12n-1-12n=1+12+13+…+12n-212+14+…+12n=1n+1+1n+2+…+12n,所以求证式等价于47<1n+1+1n+2+…+12n<22
由柯西不等式,有1n+1+1n+2+…+12n[(n+1)+(n+2)+…+2n]≥n2,于是1n+1+1n+2+…+12n≥n2n+1+n+2+…+2n=2n3n+1=23+1n≥23+12=47,又由柯西不等式,有1n+1+1n+2+…+12n<12+12+…+121n+12+1n+22+…+12n2<n1n-12n=22
[例2]设a,b,c,d为不全相等的正数.求证:1a+b+c+1b+c+d+1c+d+a+1d+a+b>163a+b+c+d
[证明]记s=a+b+c+d,则原不等式等价于ss-d+ss-a+ss-b+ss-c>163
构造两组数s-d,s-a,s-b,s-c;1s-d,1s-a,1s-b,1s-c,由柯西不等式得[(s-d)2+(s-a)2+(s-b)2+(s-c)2]·[1s-d2+1s-a2+1s-b2+1s-c2]≥(1+1+1+1)2
即[4s-(a+b+c+d)]·(1s-d+1s-a+1s-b+1s-c)≥16,于是ss-d+ss-a+ss-b+ss-c≥163,等号成立⇔s-d=s-a