Operator Theory, Operator Algebras and Applications pp 221-227 | Cite as

Inequalities Against Equations?

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First Online: 26 April 2014

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Part of the Operator Theory: Advances and Applications book series (OT, volume 242)

Abstract

The close connection between equations and inequalities will be illustrated on the example of the Hardy inequality.

Keywords

Friedrichs’ inequality Hardy’s inequality Sturm–Liouville problem spectral properties variational eigenvalues 

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• Alois Kufner
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1. 1.Math. Inst. Acad. Sci.Praha 1Czech Republic