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Quasi-arithmetic means ad libitum

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2023-08-11 v1

Abstract

Let α1,,αm\alpha_1, \ldots, \alpha_m be two or more positive reals with sum 11, let CRkC\subseteq \mathbb{R}^k be an open convex set, and f:CRkf: C\to \mathbb{R}^k be a continuous injection with convex image. For each nonempty set SCS\subseteq C, let M(S)\mathscr{M}(S) be the family of quasi-arithmetic means of all mm-tuples of vectors in CC with respect to ff and the weights α1,,αm\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_m, that is, the family M(S)={f1(α1f(x1)++αmf(xm)):x1,,xmS}. \mathscr{M}(S)= \left\{ f^{-1}\left(\alpha_1f(x_1)+\cdots+\alpha_mf(x_m)\right): x_1,\ldots,x_m \in S \right\}. We provide a simple necessary and sufficient condition on SS for which the infinite iteration nMn(S)\bigcup_{n}\mathscr{M}^n(S) is relatively dense in the convex hull of SS.

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@article{arxiv.2308.05516,
  title  = {Quasi-arithmetic means ad libitum},
  author = {Paolo Leonetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.05516},
  year   = {2023}
}
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