Inequalities for the Hurwitz zeta function (Q2708151)

Let us denote the Hurwitz zeta-function by \(\zeta_p (x)=\sum_{k=0}^\infty 1/(x+k)^p\), where \(\Re p>1\) and \(x>0\). \textit{S. Y. Trimble, J. Wells} and \textit{F. T. Wright} [SIAM J. Math. Anal. 20, 1255-1259 (1989; Zbl 0688.44002)] showed that for all real numbers \(p\geq 2\) the function \(x\to 1/\zeta_p(x)\) is strictly superadditive on \((0, \infty)\); that is, \(1/\zeta_p(x)+1/\zeta_p(y)<1/\zeta_p(x+y)\). Let \(p>1\) and \(\alpha\neq 0\) be real numbers and \(n\geq 2\) be an integer. In the paper under review the author determines the best possible constants \(a(p,\alpha, n)\), \(A(p,\alpha, n)\), \(b(p, n)\) and \(B(p, n)\) such that the inequalities NEWLINE\[NEWLINEa(p,\alpha, n)<\left(\zeta_p\left(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k\right)\right)^\alpha\bigg/ \sum_{k=1}^n\left(\zeta_p\left( x_k\right)\right)^\alpha<A(p,\alpha, n)NEWLINE\]NEWLINE and NEWLINE\[NEWLINEb(p, n)<\zeta_p\left(\sum_{k=1}^n x_k\right)\bigg/ \sum_{k=1}^n\zeta_p\left( x_k\right)<B(p, n)NEWLINE\]NEWLINE hold for all positive numbers \(x_1,\dots,x_n\). Using these inequalities he considers subadditive and submultiplicative properties of the Hurwitz zeta-function.