A strengthened Carleman's inequality (Q5917968)

Carleman's inequality states that \[ \sum^{\infty}_{n=1} (a_1a_2 \ldots a_n)^{1/n} < e \sum^{\infty}_{n=1} a_n \tag \(*\) \] provided that \(a_n \geq 0\), \(n\in\mathbb N\), and \(0< \sum^{\infty}_{n=1} a_n < \infty\). \textit{B. Yang} and \textit{L. Debnath} [J. Math. Anal. Appl. 223, No. 1, 347-353 (1998; Zbl 0910.26011)] have shown that in \((*)\) the term \(\sum^{\infty}_{n=1} a_n\) can be replaced by \(\sum^{\infty}_{n=1} (1-\frac 1{2(n+1)})a_n\). The authors of the paper under review have found another improvement. Namely, they have proved that in \((*)\) the term \(\sum^{\infty}_{n=1} a_n\) can be replaced by \(\sum^{\infty}_{n=1} (1+\frac{1}{n+1/5})^{-1/2}a_n\).