Toolkit 105

Inequality Properties and Transformations

Basic Properties of Inequalities

a,b,cRa,b,c\in\mathbb{R}

a<ba+c<b+ca<b\Longrightarrow a+c<b+c
a<bac<bca<b\Longrightarrow a-c<b-c
c>0, a<bac<bcc>0,\ a<b\Longrightarrow ac<bc
c<0, a<bac>bcc<0,\ a<b\Longrightarrow ac>bc

Powers of Inequalities

nZ+{0}, a<ba2n+1<b2n+1n\in\mathbb{Z}^+\cup\{0\},\ a<b\Longrightarrow a^{2n+1}<b^{2n+1}