Let $0<α<1$. Show that if x and y are positive real numbers, then $|x^α-y^α|≤|x-y|^α$.











up vote
0
down vote

favorite












I'm having a hard time proving this statement. I do know that d(x,y)=$|x-y|^α$ defines a metric on R. Any help would be greatly appreciated.










share|cite|improve this question




























    up vote
    0
    down vote

    favorite












    I'm having a hard time proving this statement. I do know that d(x,y)=$|x-y|^α$ defines a metric on R. Any help would be greatly appreciated.










    share|cite|improve this question


























      up vote
      0
      down vote

      favorite









      up vote
      0
      down vote

      favorite











      I'm having a hard time proving this statement. I do know that d(x,y)=$|x-y|^α$ defines a metric on R. Any help would be greatly appreciated.










      share|cite|improve this question















      I'm having a hard time proving this statement. I do know that d(x,y)=$|x-y|^α$ defines a metric on R. Any help would be greatly appreciated.







      real-analysis






      share|cite|improve this question















      share|cite|improve this question













      share|cite|improve this question




      share|cite|improve this question








      edited Nov 21 at 17:30

























      asked Nov 21 at 17:10









      Amanda Varvak

      13




      13






















          1 Answer
          1






          active

          oldest

          votes

















          up vote
          2
          down vote













          Observe the inequality is symmetric in $x,y$ and satisfied with equality for $x=y$. Thus we may restrict to $0<x< y$. Define
          $$t=x/yin (0,1)$$
          then the inequality is
          $$ 1-t^alpha le (1-t)^alpha iff 1 le (1-t)^alpha + t^alpha$$
          this is true because for $tin (0,1)$ and $alpha in (0,1)$, $t^alpha ge t$ and $(1-t)^alpha ge (1-t)$.



          Alternatively $|d(x,0) - d(y,0)| le d(x,y) $ purely from triangle inequality (follow the proof for the usual euclidean norm).






          share|cite|improve this answer





















            Your Answer





            StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
            return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
            StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
            StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
            });
            });
            }, "mathjax-editing");

            StackExchange.ready(function() {
            var channelOptions = {
            tags: "".split(" "),
            id: "69"
            };
            initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);

            StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
            // Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
            if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
            StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
            createEditor();
            });
            }
            else {
            createEditor();
            }
            });

            function createEditor() {
            StackExchange.prepareEditor({
            heartbeatType: 'answer',
            convertImagesToLinks: true,
            noModals: true,
            showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
            reputationToPostImages: 10,
            bindNavPrevention: true,
            postfix: "",
            imageUploader: {
            brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
            contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
            allowUrls: true
            },
            noCode: true, onDemand: true,
            discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
            ,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
            });


            }
            });














             

            draft saved


            draft discarded


















            StackExchange.ready(
            function () {
            StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3008034%2flet-0%25ce%25b11-show-that-if-x-and-y-are-positive-real-numbers-then-x%25ce%25b1-y%25ce%25b1%25e2%2589%25a4x%23new-answer', 'question_page');
            }
            );

            Post as a guest















            Required, but never shown

























            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes








            1 Answer
            1






            active

            oldest

            votes









            active

            oldest

            votes






            active

            oldest

            votes








            up vote
            2
            down vote













            Observe the inequality is symmetric in $x,y$ and satisfied with equality for $x=y$. Thus we may restrict to $0<x< y$. Define
            $$t=x/yin (0,1)$$
            then the inequality is
            $$ 1-t^alpha le (1-t)^alpha iff 1 le (1-t)^alpha + t^alpha$$
            this is true because for $tin (0,1)$ and $alpha in (0,1)$, $t^alpha ge t$ and $(1-t)^alpha ge (1-t)$.



            Alternatively $|d(x,0) - d(y,0)| le d(x,y) $ purely from triangle inequality (follow the proof for the usual euclidean norm).






            share|cite|improve this answer

























              up vote
              2
              down vote













              Observe the inequality is symmetric in $x,y$ and satisfied with equality for $x=y$. Thus we may restrict to $0<x< y$. Define
              $$t=x/yin (0,1)$$
              then the inequality is
              $$ 1-t^alpha le (1-t)^alpha iff 1 le (1-t)^alpha + t^alpha$$
              this is true because for $tin (0,1)$ and $alpha in (0,1)$, $t^alpha ge t$ and $(1-t)^alpha ge (1-t)$.



              Alternatively $|d(x,0) - d(y,0)| le d(x,y) $ purely from triangle inequality (follow the proof for the usual euclidean norm).






              share|cite|improve this answer























                up vote
                2
                down vote










                up vote
                2
                down vote









                Observe the inequality is symmetric in $x,y$ and satisfied with equality for $x=y$. Thus we may restrict to $0<x< y$. Define
                $$t=x/yin (0,1)$$
                then the inequality is
                $$ 1-t^alpha le (1-t)^alpha iff 1 le (1-t)^alpha + t^alpha$$
                this is true because for $tin (0,1)$ and $alpha in (0,1)$, $t^alpha ge t$ and $(1-t)^alpha ge (1-t)$.



                Alternatively $|d(x,0) - d(y,0)| le d(x,y) $ purely from triangle inequality (follow the proof for the usual euclidean norm).






                share|cite|improve this answer












                Observe the inequality is symmetric in $x,y$ and satisfied with equality for $x=y$. Thus we may restrict to $0<x< y$. Define
                $$t=x/yin (0,1)$$
                then the inequality is
                $$ 1-t^alpha le (1-t)^alpha iff 1 le (1-t)^alpha + t^alpha$$
                this is true because for $tin (0,1)$ and $alpha in (0,1)$, $t^alpha ge t$ and $(1-t)^alpha ge (1-t)$.



                Alternatively $|d(x,0) - d(y,0)| le d(x,y) $ purely from triangle inequality (follow the proof for the usual euclidean norm).







                share|cite|improve this answer












                share|cite|improve this answer



                share|cite|improve this answer










                answered Nov 21 at 17:40









                Calvin Khor

                10.7k21436




                10.7k21436






























                     

                    draft saved


                    draft discarded



















































                     


                    draft saved


                    draft discarded














                    StackExchange.ready(
                    function () {
                    StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2fmath.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f3008034%2flet-0%25ce%25b11-show-that-if-x-and-y-are-positive-real-numbers-then-x%25ce%25b1-y%25ce%25b1%25e2%2589%25a4x%23new-answer', 'question_page');
                    }
                    );

                    Post as a guest















                    Required, but never shown





















































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown

































                    Required, but never shown














                    Required, but never shown












                    Required, but never shown







                    Required, but never shown







                    Popular posts from this blog

                    Berounka

                    Sphinx de Gizeh

                    Different font size/position of beamer's navigation symbols template's content depending on regular/plain...