Note on an inequality (Q850168)

The author proves the case of three masses, of an inequality of discrete type, which is conjectered by A. Bahri and Y. Xu. This inequality arises in a natural way when one tries to establish a Morse lemma at infinity for the Yamabe changing-sign problem on \(S^3\). After providing a proof for \(p=3\), the author presents a heuristic argument which shows why such an inequality should hold for any \(p\) points in \(\mathbb R^3\).