Solving Simple Inequality: Tips/Suggestions Needed

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Is there a way to do this without differentiation?

[itex]\left(a+b\right)^{p}[/itex] [itex]\leq a^{p}+b^{p}[/itex]


0<p<1 and a,b[itex]\geq[/itex] 0

pulling the a out of the the first part and dividing by it to get

[itex]\left(1+\frac{b}{a}\right)^{p}[/itex][itex]\leq 1+\frac{b}{a}^{p}[/itex]

This seems like the way to go but am stuck. Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
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autobot.d said:
Is there a way to do this without differentiation?

[itex]\left(a+b\right)^{p}[/itex] [itex]\leq a^{p}+b^{p}[/itex]


0<p<1 and a,b[itex]\geq[/itex] 0

pulling the a out of the the first part and dividing by it to get

[itex]\left(1+\frac{b}{a}\right)^{p}[/itex][itex]\leq 1+\frac{b}{a}^{p}[/itex]

This seems like the way to go but am stuck. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Use the binomial theorem?
 
p is not an integer though. Not sure binomial thm would work.

0 < p < 1
 
autobot.d said:
p is not an integer though. Not sure binomial thm would work.

0 < p < 1

It works.
 
Did not know that, will do some research.
 
autobot.d said:
Did not know that, will do some research.

It is Newton's generalisation that works. It is there on wikipedia.