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A Monotonicity Property of Power Means  
 
  Authors: A.McD. Mercer,  
  Keywords: Arithmetic mean, Geometric mean, Monotonicity, Power means.  
  Date Received: 21/02/02  
  Date Accepted: 24/03/02  
  Subject Codes:

26D15

 
  Editors: Peter S. Bullen,  
 
  Abstract:

If $ A$ and $ G$ are the arithmetic and geometric means of the numbers $ %% x_{j}in (a,b)$, a family of inequalities is derived of which $ a+b-A>ab/G$ is a special case. These inequalities demonstrate a new monotonicity property for power means.;



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