Further terms of Taylor expansion for improved inequalities?
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Background: We know the classical exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x le e^x qquad text{or} qquad x le e^{x - 1}
end{align*}
Taking $x_i = y_i/overline{y}$, where $y_i ge 0$ and $overline{y}$ is the arithmetic mean, and multiplying out the second form, we yield
begin{align*}
frac{prod_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}^n} le expleft(frac{sum_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}} - nright) = 1
end{align*}
And this yields a proof of the arithmetic-means and geometric-means (AM-GM) inequality.
An improved exponential inequality: We also have the exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6} le e^x
end{align*}
If we substitute $y = 1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6}$, we get the equivalent form
begin{align*}
y le e^{g(y)}
end{align*}
where
begin{align*}
g(y) = left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^frac{1}{3} - left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1
end{align*}
is the inverse function expressing $x$ in terms of $y$.
Can we derive other inequalities? From here, there are many directions we may take with our given inequality, but due to the non-linear nature of $g(y)$, a direct trick of normalization as in the AM-GM proof will yield no immediate discoveries.
This post is meant to be very open to discuss possible inequality sharpenings from the cubic-Taylor expansion inequality above. Some observations:
- $(g(y) + 1)^3 = -3(g(y) + 1)$
$[6y-2]_+^frac{1}{3} - [6y-2]_+^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1 < g(y) le ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^frac{1}{3} - ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1$, where $[x]_+ = max(x, 0)$.
Have fun!
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Background: We know the classical exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x le e^x qquad text{or} qquad x le e^{x - 1}
end{align*}
Taking $x_i = y_i/overline{y}$, where $y_i ge 0$ and $overline{y}$ is the arithmetic mean, and multiplying out the second form, we yield
begin{align*}
frac{prod_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}^n} le expleft(frac{sum_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}} - nright) = 1
end{align*}
And this yields a proof of the arithmetic-means and geometric-means (AM-GM) inequality.
An improved exponential inequality: We also have the exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6} le e^x
end{align*}
If we substitute $y = 1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6}$, we get the equivalent form
begin{align*}
y le e^{g(y)}
end{align*}
where
begin{align*}
g(y) = left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^frac{1}{3} - left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1
end{align*}
is the inverse function expressing $x$ in terms of $y$.
Can we derive other inequalities? From here, there are many directions we may take with our given inequality, but due to the non-linear nature of $g(y)$, a direct trick of normalization as in the AM-GM proof will yield no immediate discoveries.
This post is meant to be very open to discuss possible inequality sharpenings from the cubic-Taylor expansion inequality above. Some observations:
- $(g(y) + 1)^3 = -3(g(y) + 1)$
$[6y-2]_+^frac{1}{3} - [6y-2]_+^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1 < g(y) le ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^frac{1}{3} - ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1$, where $[x]_+ = max(x, 0)$.
Have fun!
algebra-precalculus inequality recreational-mathematics a.m.-g.m.-inequality
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Background: We know the classical exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x le e^x qquad text{or} qquad x le e^{x - 1}
end{align*}
Taking $x_i = y_i/overline{y}$, where $y_i ge 0$ and $overline{y}$ is the arithmetic mean, and multiplying out the second form, we yield
begin{align*}
frac{prod_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}^n} le expleft(frac{sum_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}} - nright) = 1
end{align*}
And this yields a proof of the arithmetic-means and geometric-means (AM-GM) inequality.
An improved exponential inequality: We also have the exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6} le e^x
end{align*}
If we substitute $y = 1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6}$, we get the equivalent form
begin{align*}
y le e^{g(y)}
end{align*}
where
begin{align*}
g(y) = left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^frac{1}{3} - left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1
end{align*}
is the inverse function expressing $x$ in terms of $y$.
Can we derive other inequalities? From here, there are many directions we may take with our given inequality, but due to the non-linear nature of $g(y)$, a direct trick of normalization as in the AM-GM proof will yield no immediate discoveries.
This post is meant to be very open to discuss possible inequality sharpenings from the cubic-Taylor expansion inequality above. Some observations:
- $(g(y) + 1)^3 = -3(g(y) + 1)$
$[6y-2]_+^frac{1}{3} - [6y-2]_+^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1 < g(y) le ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^frac{1}{3} - ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1$, where $[x]_+ = max(x, 0)$.
Have fun!
algebra-precalculus inequality recreational-mathematics a.m.-g.m.-inequality
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Background: We know the classical exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x le e^x qquad text{or} qquad x le e^{x - 1}
end{align*}
Taking $x_i = y_i/overline{y}$, where $y_i ge 0$ and $overline{y}$ is the arithmetic mean, and multiplying out the second form, we yield
begin{align*}
frac{prod_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}^n} le expleft(frac{sum_{i=1}^{n}y_i}{overline{y}} - nright) = 1
end{align*}
And this yields a proof of the arithmetic-means and geometric-means (AM-GM) inequality.
An improved exponential inequality: We also have the exponential inequality
begin{align*}
1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6} le e^x
end{align*}
If we substitute $y = 1 + x + frac{x^2}{2} + frac{x^3}{6}$, we get the equivalent form
begin{align*}
y le e^{g(y)}
end{align*}
where
begin{align*}
g(y) = left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^frac{1}{3} - left(sqrt{9y^2 - 6y + 2} + 3y - 1right)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1
end{align*}
is the inverse function expressing $x$ in terms of $y$.
Can we derive other inequalities? From here, there are many directions we may take with our given inequality, but due to the non-linear nature of $g(y)$, a direct trick of normalization as in the AM-GM proof will yield no immediate discoveries.
This post is meant to be very open to discuss possible inequality sharpenings from the cubic-Taylor expansion inequality above. Some observations:
- $(g(y) + 1)^3 = -3(g(y) + 1)$
$[6y-2]_+^frac{1}{3} - [6y-2]_+^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1 < g(y) le ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^frac{1}{3} - ([6y-2]_+ + 1)^{-frac{1}{3}} - 1$, where $[x]_+ = max(x, 0)$.
Have fun!
algebra-precalculus inequality recreational-mathematics a.m.-g.m.-inequality
algebra-precalculus inequality recreational-mathematics a.m.-g.m.-inequality
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By your idea we can get for example the following inequality.
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers such that $abc=1$.
Prove that:
$$(a+b)^{a+b}+(b+c)^{b+c}+(c+a)^{c+a}geq4(a+b+c).$$
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By your idea we can get for example the following inequality.
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers such that $abc=1$.
Prove that:
$$(a+b)^{a+b}+(b+c)^{b+c}+(c+a)^{c+a}geq4(a+b+c).$$
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By your idea we can get for example the following inequality.
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers such that $abc=1$.
Prove that:
$$(a+b)^{a+b}+(b+c)^{b+c}+(c+a)^{c+a}geq4(a+b+c).$$
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By your idea we can get for example the following inequality.
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers such that $abc=1$.
Prove that:
$$(a+b)^{a+b}+(b+c)^{b+c}+(c+a)^{c+a}geq4(a+b+c).$$
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By your idea we can get for example the following inequality.
Let $a$, $b$ and $c$ be positive numbers such that $abc=1$.
Prove that:
$$(a+b)^{a+b}+(b+c)^{b+c}+(c+a)^{c+a}geq4(a+b+c).$$
edited Dec 25 '18 at 8:50
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