On the invariance equation for two-variable weighted nonsymmetric Bajraktarević means (Q1731427)

Along with the arithmetic and geometric means of two numbers, many other means are considered in analysis. In this paper, the following terminology is used. Let \(I\) be a nonempty open real interval. A function \(M: I^2\to I\) is called a two-variable mean on \(I\) if the following mean value property \[ \min(x,y) \leq M(x,y) \leq \max(x,y)\qquad (x,y\in I) \] holds. If both of the inequalities are strict whenever \(x\neq y\), then \(M\) is called a strict mean on \(I\). Further, let \(M,N,K: I^2\to I\) be three strict means and assume that the invariance equation \[ K(M(x,y),N(x,y)) = K(x,y)\qquad (x,y\in I) \] holds. Then \(K\) is called invariant with respect to the mean-type mapping \((M,N)\). Given two continuous functions \(f,g: I\to \mathbb{R}\) such that \(g\) is nowhere zero on \(I\) and the ratio function \(f/g\) is strictly monotone on \(I\), the weighted two-variable Bajraktarević mean \(B_{f,g}: I^2\times\mathbb{R}_+^2\to I\) is defined by \[ B_{f,g}(x,y;t,s) = \left( \frac{f}{g}\right)^{-1}\left( \frac{tf(x)+sf(y)}{tg(x)+sg(y)}\right)\qquad (x,y\in I; t,s\in\mathbb{R}_+). \] The purpose of this paper is to investigate the invariance of the arithmetic mean with respect to two weighted Bajraktarević means, i.e., to solve the functional equation \[ B_{f,g}(x,y;ts) + B_{h,k}(x,y;s,t) = x+y\qquad (x,y\in I), \] where \(f,g,h,k\) are unknown functions and \(t,s\in\mathbb{R}_+\) are distinct constants.