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Two inequalities for the complete symmetric functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

V. J. Baston
V. J. Baston
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University of Southampton
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In (l) Hunter proved that the complete symmetric functions of even order are positive definite by obtaining the inequality

where ht denotes the complete symmetric function of order t. In this note we show that the inequality can be strengthened, which, in turn, enables theorem 2 of (l) to be sharpened. We also obtain a special case of an inequality conjectured by McLeod(2).

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , July 1978 , pp. 1 - 3
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1978

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