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An alternate proof, with minor restrictions, of the “Weyl-type” inequality of Redheffer is given using tools of chemists' quantum mechanics and Hilbert space instead of mathematicians' real analysis.
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Marmorino, M. Quantum-Mechanical Proof of a Redheffer Inequality. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 31, 131–133 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015442715723
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015442715723