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On the space of positive definite matrices, several operator means are popular and have been studied extensively. In this paper, we investigate the near order and the L\"owner order relations on the curves defined by the Wasserstein mean…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-07 Luyining Gan , Huajun Huang

In this short note, we study the properties of the weighted Frechet mean as a convex combination operator on an arbitrary metric space, (Y,d). We show that this binary operator is commutative, non-associative, idempotent, invariant to…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2012-06-13 Cedric E. Ginestet , Andrew Simmons , Eric D. Kolaczyk

It is general knowledge that the harmonic mean $H(x,y)=\frac2{\frac1x+\frac1y}$ and that the geometric mean $G(x,y)=\sqrt{xy}\,$, where $x$ and $y$ are two positive numbers. In the paper, the authors show by several approaches that the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-01-12 Feng Qi , Xiao-Jing Zhang , Wen-Hui Li

Spatial symmetries and invariances play an important role in the behaviour of materials and should be respected in the description and modelling of material properties. The focus here is the class of physically symmetric and positive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Sharana Kumar Shivanand , Bojana Rosić , Hermann G. Matthies

On the space of positive definite matrices we consider distance functions of the form $d(A,B)=\left[\tr\mathcal{A}(A,B)-\tr\mathcal{G}(A,B)\right]^{1/2},$ where $\mathcal{A}(A,B)$ is the arithmetic mean and $\mathcal{G}(A,B)$ is one of the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-04-09 Rajendra Bhatia , Stephane Gaubert , Tanvi Jain

Let $a=(a_1,a_2,...c,a_n)$ for $n\in\mathbb{N}$ be a given sequence of positive numbers. In the paper, the authors establish, by using Cauchy's integral formula in the theory of complex functions, an integral representation of the principal…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-03-07 Feng Qi , Xiao-Jing Zhang , Wen-Hui Li

We consider the hermitian random matrix model with external source and general polynomial potential, when the source has two distinct eigenvalues but is otherwise arbitrary. All such models studied so far have a common feature: an…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-12-11 Andrei Martínez-Finkelshtein , Guilherme L. F. Silva

Sturm's strong law of large numbers in $\mathrm{CAT}(0)$ spaces has been an influential tool to study the geometric mean or also called Karcher barycenter of positive definite matrices. It provides an easily computable stochastic…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-20 Yongdo Lim , Miklós Pálfia

We study the harmonic mean of non-zero complex-valued random variables (complex harmonic mean) and establish several geometric estimates and bounds. In contrast to the classical positive-valued case, complex harmonic means may lie outside…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2026-02-10 Atsushi Nakayasu

In this paper, we show that the $\nu$-weighted arithmetic mean is greater than the product of the $\nu$-weighted geometric mean and Specht's ratio. As a corollary, we also show that the $\nu$-weighted geometric mean is greater than the…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2011-03-10 Shigeru Furuichi

We endeavour to estimate numerous multi-dimensional means of various probability distributions on a common space based on independent samples. Our approach involves forming estimators through convex combinations of empirical means derived…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-03-11 Gilles Blanchard , Jean-Baptiste Fermanian , Hannah Marienwald

Spherical means are well-known useful tool in the theory of partial differential equations with applications to solving hyperbolic and ultrahyperbolic equations and problems of integral geometry, tomography and Radon transforms. We…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-10-17 E. L. Shishkina , S. M. Sitnik

In this paper, some inequalities of bounds for the Neuman-S\'{a}ndor mean in terms of weighted arithmetic means of two bivariate means are established. Bounds involving weighted arithmetic means are sharp.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-11-03 Tie-Hong Zhao , Yu-Ming Chu , Bao-Yu Liu

Inequalities for norms of different versions of the geometric mean of two positive definite matrices are presented.

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-02-17 Rajendra Bhatia , Priyanka Grover

We prove sharp Heron-type majorization inequalities for two quadratic matrix expressions associated with the spectral and Kubo-Ando geometric means. For the spectral geometric mean cross term, we show that \[…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Trung Dung Vuong , Anh Thi Nguyen , Trung Hoa Dinh

Let $\mathbb{P}$ be the complete metric space consisting of positive invertible operators on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space with the Thompson metric. We introduce the notion of operator means of probability measures on $\mathbb{P}$,…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-15 Fumio Hiai , Yongdo Lim

Recently, the so-called Hermite-Hadamard inequality for (operator) convex functions with one variable has known extensive several developments by virtue of its nice properties and various applications. The fundamental target of this paper…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-05-22 Mustapha Raissouli , Lahcen Tarik , Mohamed Chergui

In this paper we introduce the quadratic weighted geometric mean for invertible elements x, y in a Hermitian unital Banach star-algebra and provide some inequalities for this mean under various assumptions for the elements involved.

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-10 Silvestru Sever Dragomir

In this paper, we comparatively analyze the Bures-Wasserstein (BW) geometry with the popular Affine-Invariant (AI) geometry for Riemannian optimization on the symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrix manifold. Our study begins with an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Andi Han , Bamdev Mishra , Pratik Jawanpuria , Junbin Gao

Let $C$ be an open cone in a Banach space equipped with the Thompson metric with closure a normal cone. The main result gives sufficient conditions for Borel probability measures $\mu,\nu$ on $C$ with finite first moment for which $\mu\leq…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-13 Jimmie Lawson