Can the Triangle Inequality Be Applied to Functions?

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Last edited: Apr 17, 2014

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jbunniii

Use the triangle inequality in this form:
$$||u|-|v|| \leq |u-v|$$
with ##u = f(x) - x## and ##v = f(y) - y##.

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