On some functional inequalities related to the logarithmic mean (Q532087)

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On some functional inequalities related to the logarithmic mean
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    On some functional inequalities related to the logarithmic mean (English)
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    26 April 2011
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    Denote the geometric, logarithmic and arithmetic mean by \(G\), \(L\) and \(A\), respectively. Then, according to a known result, the double inequality \(G^{2/3}A^{1/3}\leq L\leq\frac{2}{3}G+\frac{1}{3}A\) holds. Motivated by this result, the author investigates the functional inequalities \[ \left[f\Bigl(\frac{x+y}{2}\Bigr)\right]^2\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}\leq \left[\frac{f(y)-f(x)}{y-x}\right]^3 \] and \[ 6\frac{f(y)-f(x)}{y-x}\leq 4\frac{f(x)+f(y)}{2}+f(x)+f(y), \] where \(x\) and \(y\) are distinct elements of a real interval \(I\). The main novelty of the nice paper is that, under some mild regularity assumptions, the solutions of the inequalities above can be represented as the product of a nondecreasing/nonincreasing mapping and the exponential function.
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    inequalities between means
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    arithmetic, geometric and logarithmic mean
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    exponential function
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    functional inequality
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