On some functional inequalities related to the logarithmic mean (Q532087): Difference between revisions

Denote the geometric, logarithmic and arithmetic mean by \(G\), \(L\) and \(A\), respectively. Then, according to a known result, the double inequality \(G^{2/3}A^{1/3}\leq L\leq\frac{2}{3}G+\frac{1}{3}A\) holds. Motivated by this result, the author investigates the functional inequalities \[ \left[f\Bigl(\frac{x+y}{2}\Bigr)\right]^2\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}\leq \left[\frac{f(y)-f(x)}{y-x}\right]^3 \] and \[ 6\frac{f(y)-f(x)}{y-x}\leq 4\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}+f(x)+f(y), \] where \(x\) and \(y\) are distinct elements of a real interval \(I\). The main novelty of the nice paper is that, under some mild regularity assumptions, the solutions of the inequalities above can be represented as the product of a nondecreasing/nonincreasing mapping and the exponential function.