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On a lattice-like property of quasi-arithmetic means

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-01-20 v1

Abstract

We will prove that in a family of quasi-arithmetic means sattisfying certain smoothness assumption (embed with a naural pointwise ordering) every finite family has both supremum and infimum, which is also a quasi-arithmetic mean sattisfying the same smoothness assumptions. More precisely, if ff and gg are C2\mathcal{C}^2 functions with nowhere vanishing first derivative then there exists a function hh such that: (i) A[f]A[h]A^{[f]} \le A^{[h]}, (ii) A[g]A[h]A^{[g]} \le A^{[h]}, and (iii) for every continuous strictly monotone function s ⁣:IRs \colon I \to \mathbb{R} A[f]A[s] and A[g]A[s] implies A[h]A[s] A^{[f]} \le A^{[s]} \text{ and } A^{[g]} \le A^{[s]} \text{ implies } A^{[h]} \le A^{[s]} (A[f]A^{[f]} stands for a quasi-arithmetic mean generated by a function ff and so on). Moreover hC2h\in\mathcal{C}^2, h0h'\ne0, and it is a solution of the differential equation hh=max(ff,gg). \frac{h''}{h'}=\max\Big(\frac{f''}{f'},\,\frac{g''}{g'}\Big). We also provide some extension to a finite family of means. Obviously dual statements with inverses inequality sign as well as a multifuntion generalization will be also stated.

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@article{arxiv.1811.04865,
  title  = {On a lattice-like property of quasi-arithmetic means},
  author = {Paweł Pasteczka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.04865},
  year   = {2021}
}