Regarding Schwartz inequality and integration bounds

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Based on Schwartz inequality, I am trying to figure out why there
should/can be the "s" variable which is the lower bound of the
integration in the RHS of the following inequality:
## \left \|\int_{-s}^{0} A(t+r)Z(t+r) dr \right \|^{2} \leq s\int_{-s}^{0}\left \| A(t+r)Z(t+r) \right \|^{2} dr, ##
instead of:
## \left \|\int_{-s}^{0} A(t+r)Z(t+r) dr \right \|^{2} \leq \int_{-s}^{0}\left \| A(t+r)Z(t+r) \right \|^{2} dr. ##
 
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p4wp4w said:
Based on Schwartz inequality, I am trying to figure out why there
should/can be the "s" variable which is the lower bound of the
integration in the RHS of the following inequality:
## \left \|\int_{-s}^{0} A(t+r)Z(t+r) dr \right \|^{2} \leq s\int_{-s}^{0}\left \| A(t+r)Z(t+r) \right \|^{2} dr, ##
instead of:
## \left \|\int_{-s}^{0} A(t+r)Z(t+r) dr \right \|^{2} \leq \int_{-s}^{0}\left \| A(t+r)Z(t+r) \right \|^{2} dr. ##
Apply the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to the functions##f,\ g## defined by ##f(r)=A(t+r)Z(t+r)## and ##g(r)=1##.
 
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Samy_A said:
Apply the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to the functions##f,\ g## defined by ##f(r)=A(t+r)Z(t+r)## and ##g(r)=1##.
Sure. My confusion was because of the example in my mind that s can be a very small value which then the upper bound will be also very small and as a result, physically conservatism but again mathematically correct. Thank you very much.