Algebraic and topological structures on the set of mean functions and generalization of the AGM mean

DOI10.4064/CM132-1-11zbMATH Open1282.26047arXiv1002.4757OpenAlexW2003190374MaRDI QIDQ2848710FDOQ2848710

Authors: Bakir Farhi 

Publication date: 26 September 2013

Published in: Colloquium Mathematicum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper, we present new structures and results on the set $M_D$ of mean functions on a given symmetric domain $D$ of $mathbb{R}^2$. First, we construct on $M_D$ a structure of abelian group in which the neutral element is simply the {it Arithmetic} mean; then we study some symmetries in that group. Next, we construct on $M_D$ a structure of metric space under which $M_D$ is nothing else the closed ball with center the {it Arithmetic} mean and radius 1/2. We show in particular that the {it Geometric} and {it Harmonic} means lie in the border of $M_D$. Finally, we give two important theorems generalizing the construction of the $AGM$ mean. Roughly speaking, those theorems show that for any two given means $M_1$ and $M_2$, which satisfy some regular conditions, there exists a unique mean $M$ satisfying the functional equation: $M(M_1,M_2)=M$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.4757

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zbMATH Keywords

metric spacessymmetriesmeansabelian groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Means (26E60) Functional equations for real functions (39B22) Metric spaces, metrizability (54E35)

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