Exercise 6.A.20

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Proof. We have

||u + v||2 ||u v||2 + ||u + iv||2i ||u iv||2i = u + v,u + vu v,u v + (u + iv,u + ivu iv,u iv)i = 2u,v + 2v,u + (2u,vi + 2iv,u)i = 2u,v + 2v,u + (2iu,v + 2iv,u)i = 4u,v

Dividing by 4 yields the desired result. □

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