Some properties of a class of symmetric functions

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2007.02.064MaRDI QIDQ2644000zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 27 August 2007

Published in Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.02.064

geometric Schur convexity Ky Fan inequality Schur convexity Shapiro inequality

Convexity of real functions in one variable, generalizations (26A51) Inequalities for sums, series and integrals (26D15)

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This paper considers the Schur convexity of the functions \[ {\mathcal F}_n^k(x) = \sum_{1\leq i_1\leq \cdots \leq i_k\leq n}\prod_{j=1}^k{x_{i_j}\over (1-x_{i_j})} \] where the \((x_1, \dots x_n)\) lie in some subset of \(D=[0,1[^n\). The main results are: (i) \({\mathcal F}_n^1, n\geq2\), is strictly Schur convex on \(D\); (ii) \({\mathcal F}_n^2, n\geq 3\), is strictly Schur convex on \(B\) the subset of \(D\), where \(\sum_{i=1}^n x_i\leq 1\); (iii) \({\mathcal F}_n^{n-1}, n\geq 4\), is strictly Schur concave on the subset of \(C\) of \(B\) where \(x_i>0, 1\leq i\leq n\); (iv) \({\mathcal F}_n^n, n\geq 3\), is strictly Schur concave on \(]0, 1/2]^n\) and also on \(C\). Using a recent definition of \textit{X. M. Zhang} [ Anhui Univ. Press (2004)], analogous to the definition of geometrical convexity, the author also proves that all the functions \({\mathcal F}_n^k\) are Schur geometrically convex on \(]0,1[^n\). Once these properties have been proved, using the differential criteria for Schur convexity and geometric Schur convexity, it is possible to give very simple proofs of the Shapiro and Ky Fan inequalities. Several other applications are also given.

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