Prove the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality,
∣x⋅y∣⩽∣x∣∣y∣
for two vectors x,y∈Rn. Under what condition does equality hold?
Consider a pyramid in Rn with vertices at the origin O and at e1,e2,…,en, where e1=(1,0,0,…),e2=(0,1,0,…), and so on. The "base" of the pyramid is the (n−1) dimensional object B specified by (e1+e2+⋯+en)⋅x=1,ei⋅x⩾0 for i=1,…,n.
Find the point C in B equidistant from each vertex of B and find the length of OC.(C is the centroid of B.)
Show, using the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, that this is the closest point in B to the origin O.
Calculate the angle between OC and any edge of the pyramid connected to O. What happens to this angle and to the length of OC as n tends to infinity?