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Analysis abounds with inequalities, as witnessed for example by the famous book “Inequalities” by Hardy, Littlewood and Pólya. Let us single out two of the most basic inequalities with two applications each, and let us listen in to George Pólya, who was himself a champion of the Book Proof, about what he considers the most appropriate proofs.
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Aigner, M., Ziegler, G.M. (2018). In praise of inequalities. In: Proofs from THE BOOK. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57265-8_20
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