Young's Inequality for Increasing Functions

 Title: Young's Inequality for Increasing Functions Author: Lawrence C Paulson Submission date: 2022-01-31 Abstract: Young's inequality states that $$ab \leq \int_0^a f(x)dx + \int_0^b f^{-1}(y) dy$$ where $a\geq 0$, $b\geq 0$ and $f$ is strictly increasing and continuous. Its proof is formalised following the development by Cunningham and Grossman. Their idea is to make the intuitive, geometric folklore proof rigorous by reasoning about step functions. The lack of the Riemann integral makes the development longer than one would like, but their argument is reproduced faithfully. BibTeX: @article{Youngs_Inequality-AFP, author = {Lawrence C Paulson}, title = {Young's Inequality for Increasing Functions}, journal = {Archive of Formal Proofs}, month = jan, year = 2022, note = {\url{https://isa-afp.org/entries/Youngs_Inequality.html}, Formal proof development}, ISSN = {2150-914x}, } License: BSD License Status: [ok] This is a development version of this entry. It might change over time and is not stable. Please refer to release versions for citations.