The exponent-range conjecture for the four classical means

Let xx and yy be positive real numbers, and let

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}}.

For a real number nn, consider the inequality

An+GnQn+Hn.A^n+G^n\le Q^n+H^n.

Exponent-range conjecture for the four classical means. The inequality holds for every negative real number nn and every real number n12n\geq\frac12. Moreover, for every real number n(0,12)n\in(0,\frac12), neither this inequality nor its converse holds universally for all positive real numbers xx and yy. The conjecture asks for the complete real-exponent range of validity of the inequality; the source provides computational and graphical evidence but no resolution.

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Primary source

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

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