Newton's inequalities
In mathematics, the Newton inequalities refer to a set of mathematical inequalities related to mathematical series. These inequalities are named after Isaac Newton who proved the theorem in 1707.[1] Suppose a1, a2, ..., an are non-negative real numbers and let denote the kth elementary symmetric polynomial in a1, a2, ..., an. Then the elementary symmetric means, given by
satisfy the inequality
Equality holds if and only if all the numbers ai are equal.
It can be seen that S1 is the arithmetic mean, and Sn is the n-th power of the geometric mean.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Newton, Isaac (1707). Arithmetica universalis: sive de compositione et resolutione arithmetica liber.
Other
[edit]- Hardy, G. H.; Littlewood, J. E.; Pólya, G. (1952). Inequalities. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521358804.
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- Whiteley, J.N. (1969). "On Newton's Inequality for Real Polynomials". The American Mathematical Monthly. 76 (8). The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 76, No. 8: 905–909. doi:10.2307/2317943. JSTOR 2317943.
- Niculescu, Constantin (2000). "A New Look at Newton's Inequalities". Journal of Inequalities in Pure and Applied Mathematics. 1 (2). Article 17.