Inequalities for pseudo arithmetic and geometric means (Q4026419)

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0746.00079.] The author calls \[ a_ n(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)=x_ 1+\sum^ n_{k=2}(x_ 1-x_ k)p_ k/p_ 1\quad\text{and } g_ n(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)=x_ 1\prod^ n_{k=2}(x_ 1/x_ k)^{p_ k/p_ 1} \] \((x_ k>0\), \(p_ k>0\); \(k=1,2,\dots,n)\) the pseudo arithmetic or pseudo geometric mean of \(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n\), respectively. Note that \(a_ n\) need not be positive. Some typical results offered by the author are: \[ g_ n(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)/a_ n(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)>g_ n g_{n-1}(x_ 1,\dots,x_{n-1})/a_{n-1}(x_ 1, \dots,x_{n-1}) \] if the denominators are positive (equality iff \(x_ 1=x_ n)\). Also, if \(x_ 1\leq x_ k\leq 1/2\) \((k=2,\dots,n)\) then \[ a_ n(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)/a_ n(1-x_ 1,\dots,1-x_ n)\leq g_ n(x_ 1,\dots,x_ n)/g_ n(1-x_ 1,\dots,1-x_ n) \] and the denominators are positive (equality iff \(x_ 1=x_ 2=\cdots=x_ n)\).