# Inequality proof.

• June 28th 2011, 04:03 AM
Also sprach Zarathustra
Inequality proof.
Prove that $(x+1)\ln(x+1)+e^y\geq (1+x)(1+y)$, where $x,y \in \mathbb{R}^+$
• June 28th 2011, 08:15 AM
girdav
Re: Inequality proof.
We fix $x\geq 0$. Let $f(y) := (x+1)\ln(x+1)+e^y-(1+x)(1+y)$. We have $f'(y) =e^y-(1+x)$ hence $f$ is decreasing on $\left[0,\ln(1+x)\right]$ and increasing on $\left[\ln(1+x),+\infty[$. We get that $f$ gets its minimum at $y =\ln (1+x)$.
Since \begin{align*}f(\ln(1+x)) &= (x+1)\ln(1+x)+1+x-(1+x)(1+\ln(1+x)) \\&= (1+x)(\ln(1+x)+1-(1+\ln(1+x)))\\& =0\end{align*}
the result is shown.
• June 28th 2011, 08:59 PM
Also sprach Zarathustra
Re: Inequality proof.
Quote:

Originally Posted by girdav
We fix $x\geq 0$. Let $f(y) := (x+1)\ln(x+1)+e^y-(1+x)(1+y)$. We have $f'(y) =e^y-(1+x)$ hence $f$ is decreasing on $\left[0,\ln(1+x)\right]$ and increasing on $\left[\ln(1+x),+\infty[$. We get that $f$ gets its minimum at $y =\ln (1+x)$.
Since \begin{align*}f(\ln(1+x)) &= (x+1)\ln(1+x)+1+x-(1+x)(1+\ln(1+x)) \\&= (1+x)(\ln(1+x)+1-(1+\ln(1+x)))\\& =0\end{align*}
the result is shown.

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Spoiler:
Take the function $f(t)=\ln(t+1)$ and use Young's inequality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia