The Meaning of the Cauchy-Schwarz-Buniakovsky Inequality

Eduardo H. Zarantonello
1976 Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society  
It is proved that a mapping 7": X -* X* from a topological real vector space into its dual satisfies the inequality (Ty,x~) < (Tx,x}' ■ (Ty,yy if and only if it is the restriction of a positively homogeneous subdifferential operator. Received by the editors June 5, 1975. A MS (MOS) subject classifications (1970). Primary 47H05; Secondary 52A40, 26A86.
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