Minkowski’s inequality

1) Minkowski’s inequality: Let , ,…, ; , ,…, be positive real numbers. Prove that:
( + )( + )…( + )≥ … + …
Proof
From Van Khea’s inequality we have:
… … … + …
+ = + ≥
… … ( + )( + )…( + )

⇔( + )( + )…( + )≥ … + …

⇒ ( + )( + )…( + )≥ … + …

So the proof is completed.

2) Minkowski’s inequality: Let , ,…, ; , ,…, be positive real numbers and
≥ 2 . Prove that:

(a + b ) ≤ a +

Proof
From Van Khea’s inequality we have:
(a (a + b ) ) (a (a + b ) )
(a + b ) + ⋯ + a (a + b ) = + ⋯+
a (( + ) ) a (( + ) )
(a (a + b ) + ⋯+ a (a +b ) )
≥
a + ⋯+ a (( + ) + ⋯+ ( + ) )

⇒ a + ⋯+ a (( + ) + ⋯+ ( + ) ) ≥ (a + b ) + ⋯ + a (a + b ) ; (1)

⇒ b + ⋯+ b (( + ) +⋯+( + ) ) ≥ (a + b ) + ⋯ + b (a + b ) ; (2)
Adding (1) and (2) we get:

a + ⋯+ a + +⋯+ (( + ) + ⋯+ ( + ) ) ≥ (( + ) +⋯+ ( + ) )

⇒ a + ⋯+ a + + ⋯+ ≥ (( + ) + ⋯+ ( + ) )