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On a Sine Polynomial of Turan

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2016-10-19 v1

Abstract

In 1935, P. Tur\'an proved that Sn,a(x)=j=1n(n+ajnj)sin(jx)>0(n,aN;0<x<π). S_{n,a}(x)= \sum_{j=1}^n{n+a-j\choose n-j} \sin(jx)>0 \quad{(n,a\in\mathbf{N}; 0<x<\pi).} We present various related inequalities. Among others, we show that the refinements S2n1,a(x)sin(x)\mboxandS2n,a(x)2sin(x)(1+cos(x)) S_{2n-1,a}(x)\geq \sin(x) \quad\mbox{and} \quad{S_{2n,a}(x)\geq 2\sin(x)(1+\cos(x))} are valid for all integers n1n\geq 1 and real numbers a1a\geq 1 and x(0,π)x\in(0,\pi). Moreover, we apply our theorems on sine sums to obtain inequalities for the Chebyshev polynomials of the second kind.

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@article{arxiv.1610.05495,
  title  = {On a Sine Polynomial of Turan},
  author = {Horst Alzer and Man Kam Kwong},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.05495},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Accepted, to appear in Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics