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Triangle Inequality
The triangle inequality states that the length of any side of a triangle is less than or equal to the sum of the lengths of the other two sides, with equality occurring only when the triangle degenerates to a line. In
, this becomes
We can show this quickly using the Schwarz Inequality.
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