An inequality.
From: Bill Taylor (w.taylor_at_math.canterbury.ac.nz)
Date: 11/14/04
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Date: 13 Nov 2004 22:38:50 -0800
Has anyone ever come across this one before? It's a bit of a Quettism.
Is it an example or special case of some well-known inequaility, perhaps?
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For any probability sequences, p_k and q_k , (finite or infinite),
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\ (p_k)(q_k)
> ---------- <= 1/2 .
/_____ p_k + q_k
all k
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