Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 105 3 a Solution 2026-09-28
Let and satisfy the hypotheses of the Lax-Milgram theorem. By the Riesz representation theorem, there are a bounded linear operator and such thatCoercivity and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality implyso . Thus is injective and its range is closed. If is orthogonal to its range, then for every ; taking and using coercivity gives . The range is therefore dense as well as closed, hence all of . There is a unique , and it satisfies for all . The lower bound also gives .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 117 3 c Solution 2026-09-28
LetApplying the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality in givesTake absolute values and apply Cauchy-Schwarz to . Since , expanding the remaining square givesTaking fourth roots proves the claimed bilinear quadratic exponential sum fourth-moment bound.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 129 4 ii Solution 2026-09-28
WriteApply the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality first in the variable carrying and then in the variable carrying . After the invertible linear changes of variables permitted by , apply the assumed three-function estimate to the resulting multiplicative derivatives. The standard calculation givesBy the Derivative identity for the Gowers U3 norm, the last two factors are and . Taking eighth roots proves
If has density , write . Expanding , the constant term is , and the displayed inequality bounds every nonconstant term after translation of one factor by a norm of the balanced function . Thus sufficiently small makes the normalized number of four-term arithmetic progressions close to .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 154 1 1 Solution 2026-09-28
Choose a test function that equals one on the unit ball and vanishes outside the ball of radius two. Sinceintegration by parts givesThe first term on the right is supported where , where . The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and Young inequality bound the second term byAfter absorbing the first integral,
This estimate also proves completeness. Indeed, a Cauchy sequence in is Cauchy in locally, while its gradients and the functions converge in . The limits agree locally with a function , so and in the energy norm. Thus is a Hilbert space; it is the confining-potential energy space for .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 202 5 a 2 Solution Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
For a partition of , apply the first inequality to each increment of the covariation and then the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality:Taking the supremum over partitions proves the Kunita-Watanabe inequality
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 205 3 Solution 2026-09-28
Under , conditional independence givesMultiplication by the measurable sign and the law of total expectation prove the first identity.
WriteThenConditional orthogonality under and the variance bounds in (ii) giveand similarly for the term containing . The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality bounds the last term bywhich is by .
The leading summands are independent, centered, and have variance because . The central limit theorem and consistency of therefore give, by the Slutsky theorem,This is the generalized covariance measure statistic.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 205 4 Solution Created 2026-09-28 Updated 2026-10-03
Put . Comparing the objective at and givesOn , the preceding duality inequality givesThe triangle inequality then yields
When and ,Writing , the exponential Markov inequality and the supplied chi-square moment-generating-function bound giveThe prescribed equation makes this . A union bound over the groups therefore gives
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 210 4 Solution 2026-09-28
The pushforward measure of under isThe Lebesgue decomposition theorem says that for sigma-finite measures there are unique measures and such that
For a convex lower-semicontinuous function with , choose any measure dominating probability measures , put and , and define the f-divergenceusing the lower-semicontinuous perspective value when . This definition includes the singular part and is independent of .
To prove the data processing inequality for f-divergences, let and use . The densities of and , pulled back to , are and . Since the perspectiveis jointly convex, conditional Jensen inequality givesIntegration proves
Fix a probability measure . Let be uniform on and, conditionally on , draw from . Compare this joint law with the reference law under which is uniform and independent of . Forthe target expectation is , while its reference expectation isbecause the form a partition. Its reference variance is . The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality applied to the likelihood ratio givesThe last divergence separates over :Taking the infimum over all probability measures proves the required inequality.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 325 3 Solution 2026-09-28
Take and . Initially the two masses are in the product stateThe branch-dependent Newtonian gravitational potential energy is . Under the stated approximation, only the branch acquires an appreciable relative phase, so after time ,The determinant of its two-by-two coefficient matrix is , which is nonzero unless is a multiple of . Thus the state generally has Schmidt rank two: the branch-dependent gravitational phase creates gravitationally induced entanglement.
An entanglement witness has a bound obeyed by every separable quantum state and violated by at least one entangled state. For a product state with Bloch vectors and ,by the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. Convexity gives the same bound for every separable mixed state. Consequently certifies entanglement; in conventional operator form, one of has negative expectation whenever the absolute-value criterion is violated.
For the state above, direct use of the Pauli matrices givesWith the supplied values,which is close to . Hence , and to the nearest integerThis is the operating principle of the Bose--Marletto--Vedral experiment.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 iii Paper 326 2 b i Solution 2026-09-28
Let . For every ,Thus is a coercive operator. If it is invertible and , the lower bound and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality giveand therefore . Hence
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 2 17F a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
The extremal number is the maximum number of edges in an -vertex graph containing no subgraph isomorphic to .
Let be triangle-free with edges. For every edge , the neighbourhoods of and are disjoint apart from their endpoints, so
. Summing over edges and applying Cauchy-Schwarz inequality giveswhileThus , proving the required Mantel theorem bound.
. Summing over edges and applying Cauchy-Schwarz inequality giveswhileThus , proving the required Mantel theorem bound.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 2 22G c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
For , Cauchy-Schwarz inequality givesThus every is bounded and
. The truncationshave finite rank and satisfyHence every such Hilbert-Schmidt operator is compact.
. The truncationshave finite rank and satisfyHence every such Hilbert-Schmidt operator is compact.
DefineThis is an inner product inducing . If is Cauchy in this norm, then each converges to some , and the usual Fatou/tail argument gives
and
. Defining
produces a bounded operator by the preceding estimate and gives
in . Thus is a Hilbert space.
and
. Defining
produces a bounded operator by the preceding estimate and gives
in . Thus is a Hilbert space.
The norms are not equivalent in infinite dimension. The rank- orthogonal projection hasAlthough , no uniform reverse inequality can hold.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 3 17F a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Colour every vertex of a graph independently and uniformly with three colours, and retain precisely the edges whose endpoints have different colours. Each edge is retained with probability , so linearity of expectation gives expected retained edge countSome colouring therefore retains at least edges. Its retained subgraph is three-colourable, and deleting edges if necessary leaves exactlyedges without increasing its chromatic number. This is the three-colourable two-thirds subgraph lemma.
To prove sharpness, take . If is three-colourable and its colour classes have sizes , then they are independent sets, sowhere the final inequality follows from Cauchy-Schwarz inequality. Since ,Given , choose with . Then every three-colourable subgraph has at most edges.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2022 ii Paper 4 25I a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
The periodic Wirtinger inequality says that if is continuously differentiable, -periodic, and has mean zero, thenEquality holds exactly for a linear combination of and .
First suppose is one positively oriented simple closed curve, parametrized by arc length as for . Translating the origin, which changes neither length nor area, makes both and have mean zero. Green theorem and the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality giveApplying Wirtinger's inequality to both coordinate functions and using the unit-speed identity yieldsand therefore the planar isoperimetric inequalityFor several boundary components, apply the simple-curve result to the relevant enclosed regions and use ; holes only decrease the area.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 4 17H c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
PutIndependence and givewhereas givesThe Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, applied to and , yieldsConsequentlyEquality holds exactly when all positive exposures are equal. This is the variance comparison for Poisson exposure estimators.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 105 2 b Solution 2026-09-28
The functionalis bounded on by the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and the Poincare inequality:The Riesz representation theorem therefore supplies a unique satisfyingfor every test function. This is exactly the weak identity from part (a). Uniqueness also follows by testing the homogeneous difference with itself.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 107 1 b i Solution 2026-09-28
Choose a cutoff function supported in , equal to one on , and satisfying . Use as a test function in the weak formulation:The Cauchy-Schwarz inequality followed by Young inequality givesand henceThis is the Caccioppoli inequality. The numerical constant is convention-dependent and is normally absorbed into the displayed estimate; replacing the radii by fixed intermediate radii gives the stated form with one universal constant.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 107 3 a i Solution 2026-09-28
First replace by and later let . In the weak subsolution inequality use the admissible truncations approximating . Uniform ellipticity, the coefficient bound, Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, and Young inequality giveand thereforeApply the Sobolev embedding theorem to . The preceding estimate yields, for concentric balls ,Starting with , taking , and choosing radii decreasing to , the product of constants converges because . Letting provesThis exponent-raising argument is Moser iteration.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 109 2 ii Solution 2026-09-28
Use the four families from the hint. Put , , and . The families are up-sets, while their complements are down-sets. Applying the Harris-Kleitman inequality to the up-sets, and equivalently to the down-sets after taking complements of the ground set, givesThe cross-incomparability assumption givesConsequentlyThe Cauchy-Schwarz inequality now yieldsThis is the sharp two-family Cross-Sperner inequality.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 iii Paper 201 3 c Solution 2026-09-28
For , the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality and part a giveThus is uniformly integrable. Combining this with the weak convergence of random variables from part b yields convergence of the first moments:By symmetry of the standard normal density,