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Superquadratic functions and refinements of inequalities between averages

Numerical Analysis 2011-10-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper upper bounds are given for the successive differences An+1AnA_{n+1}-A_{n} and BnBn1_{n}-B_{n-1} where An=1/(n1)\tsumr=1n1f(r/n)A_{n}=1/(n-1) \tsum_{r=1}^{n-1}f(r/n), Bn=1/(n+1)\tsumr=0nf(r/n)B_{n}=1/(n+1) \tsum_{r=0}^{n}f(r/n) and ff is superquadratic function. We obtain bounds for the successive differences of the more general sequence 1/cn\tsumr=1nf(ar/bn)1/c_{n}\tsum_{r=1}^{n}f(a_{r}/b_{n}) when ff is superquadratic, which refine known results for convex functions. We also obtain bounds for various successive differences when ff is an increasing subquadratic function.

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@article{arxiv.1110.5217,
  title  = {Superquadratic functions and refinements of inequalities between averages},
  author = {Shoshana Abramovich and Josipa Barić and Marko Matić and Josip Pečarić},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5217},
  year   = {2011}
}