Ungleichungen für \((e/a)^ a(b/e)^ b\). (Inequalities for \((e/a)^ a(b/e)^ b)\) (Q1078344)

Continuing previous work [Elem. Math. 40, 22-24 (1985; Zbl 0561.26011)] the author proves that \[ \frac{3}{2} \log \frac{a^{2/3}+b^{2/3}}{2}+1<\frac{b \log b-a \log a}{b- a}<\frac{1}{\log 2}\log (2^{\log a-1}+2^{\log b-1}) \] for all \(b>a>0\). This is equivalent to \[ c^{1/(c-1)}(2/(1+c^{-\log 2}))^{1/\log 2}<e<c^{c/(c-1)}(2/(1+\quad c^{2/3}))^{3/2} \] for all \(c>1\). The author proposes to use the latter inequality for approximating e, stating that already for \(c=2\) it gives a correct value up to two decimals.