用A,B,C,D>0,表4點(A,1/A),(-B,1/B),(-C,-1/C),(D,-1/D);用[a11,a12,a21,a22]表二皆行列式.
麵積=1/2([A,1/A,-B,1/B]+[-B,1/B,-C,-1/C]+[-C,-1/C,D,-1/D]+[D,-1/D,A,1/A])
=1/2(A/B+B/A+B/C+C/B+C/D+D/C+D/A+A/D)>=1/2(2+2+2+2)=4.
用幾何法也可,要證明矩形最小,繁,有趣的是所有的矩形麵計都是4.不嚴格的方法是取(1,1),...(1,-1)四點麵積為4.