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I'm trying to show that $\lvert \lVert x \rVert – \lVert y \rVert \rvert \overset{\heartsuit}{\leq} \lVert x-y \rVert$. A hint would be nice.

Best Answer

Observe that

$\lVert x \rVert = \lVert (x -y) +y \rVert \leq \lVert (x -y) \rVert + \lVert y \rVert$

which gives

$\lVert x \rVert - \lVert y \rVert \leq \lVert x -y \rVert$ ... $(1)$

Further,

$-(\lVert x \rVert - \lVert y \rVert ) \leq \lVert (y -x) \rVert = \lVert (x -y) \rVert $... $(2)$

From $(1)$ and $(2)$ result follows.

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