The quadratic-harmonic versus Seiffert mean conjecture

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Let xx and yy be positive real numbers. Define the harmonic, geometric, arithmetic, and quadratic means by

H=2xyx+y,G=xy,A=x+y2,Q=x2+y22,H=\frac{2xy}{x+y},\qquad G=\sqrt{xy},\qquad A=\frac{x+y}{2},\qquad Q=\sqrt{\frac{x^2+y^2}{2}},

and define the Seiffert mean by

P=x−y2arcsin⁡x−yx+yif x≠y,P(x,x)=x.P=\frac{x-y}{2\arcsin\frac{x-y}{x+y}}\quad\text{if }x\ne y,\qquad P(x,x)=x.

Quadratic-harmonic versus Seiffert mean conjecture. For all positive real numbers xx and yy,

Q+H≤2P,Q+H\le 2P,

with equality if and only if x=yx=y. This would strengthen the known inequality A+G≤2PA+G\le 2P in view of the proved inequality A+G≤Q+HA+G\le Q+H; its status is left unresolved by the source.

References

Primary source

Romeo Meštrović and Miomir Andjić, “Two curious inequalities involving different means of two arguments”, arXiv:1804.00542 (2018).

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