What is the justification for this inequality?

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What is the justification for this inequality?

[tex]\int_0^1(|u(s)|+|v(s)|)(|u(s)|-|v(s)|)ds\leq \left(\int_0^1(|u(s)|^2+|v(s)|^2)ds\right)^{1/2}\left(\int_0^1(|u(s)-v(s)|^2)ds\right)^{1/2}[/tex]

where u and v are complex-valued square-integrable Riemann integrable functions on [0,1].

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This reminds me of Holder's inequality, and the right hand side of the inequality is the L^2 norm. Go to Wikipedia and given p and q, your p and q equal 2.