Optimal bounds for Neuman mean using arithmetic and centroidal means (Q5964436)

Summary: We present the best possible parameters \(\alpha_1, \alpha_2, \beta_1, \beta_2 \in \mathbb{R}\) and \(\alpha_3, \beta_3 \in(1 / 2,1)\) such that the double inequalities \(\alpha_1 A(a, b) +(1 - \alpha_1) C(a, b) < N_{Q A}(a, b) < \beta_1 A(a, b) +(1 - \beta_1) C(a, b),\)\(A^{\alpha_2}(a, b) C^{1 - \alpha_2}(a, b) < N_{Q A}(a, b) < A^{\beta_2}(a, b) C^{1 - \beta_2}(a, b),\) and \(C [\alpha_3 a +(1 - \alpha_3) b, \alpha_3 b +(1 - \alpha_3) a] < N_{Q A}(a, b) < C [\beta_3 a +(1 - \beta_3) b, \beta_3 b +(1 - \beta_3) a]\) hold for all \(a, b > 0\) with \(a \neq b\) and give several sharp inequalities involving the hyperbolic and inverse hyperbolic functions. Here, \(N(a, b)\), \(A(a, b)\), \(Q(a, b)\), and \(C(a, b)\) are, respectively, the Neuman, arithmetic, quadratic, and centroidal means of \(a\) and \(b\), and \(N_{Q A}(a, b) = N [Q(a, b), A(a, b)]\).