The exponent-range conjecture for the four classical means

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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+Gn≤Qn+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 n≥12n\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.

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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