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On limit problems associated with some inequalities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

P. H. Diananda
P. H. Diananda
Affiliation:
University of Singapore
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Let {an} be a sequence of non-negative real numbers. Suppose that

Then M1,n is the arithmetic mean, MO,n the geometric mean, and Mr,n the generalized mean of order r, of a1, a2, …, an. By a result of Everitt [1] and McLaughlin and Metcalf [5], {n(Mr,n–Ms,n)}, where r ≧ l ≧ s, is a monotonic increasing sequence. It follows that this sequence tends to a finite or an infinite limit as n → ∞. Everitt [2, 3] found a necessary and sufficient condition for the finiteness of this limit in the cases r, s = 1, 0 and r ≧ 1 > s > 0. His results are included in the following theorem.

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Research Article
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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , September 1973 , pp. 123 - 127
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1973

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