Optimal inequalities between harmonic, geometric, logarithmic, and arithmetic-geometric means (Q410807)

Summary: We find the least values \(p, q\), and \(s\) in \((0, 1/2)\) such that the inequalities \(H(pa + (1 - p)b, pb + (1 - p)a) > AG(a, b), G(qa + (1 - q)b, qb + (1 - q)a) > AG(a, b)\), and \(L(sa + (1 - s)b, sb + (1 - s)a) > AG(a, b)\) hold for all \(a, b > 0\) with \(a \neq b\), respectively. Here \(AG(a, b), H(a, b), G(a, b)\), and \(L(a, b)\) denote the arithmetic-geometric, harmonic, geometric, and logarithmic means of two positive numbers \(a\) and \(b\), respectively.