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Shapiro's Cyclic Sum ConstantN.B. A detailed on-line essay by S. Finchwas the starting point for this entry.
Consider the sum
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where the s are Nonnegative and the Denominators are Positive. Shapiro (1954) asked if
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for all . It turns out (Mitrinovic et al. 1993) that this Inequality is true for all Even and Odd . Ranikin (1958) proved that for
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can be computed by letting be the Convex Hull of the functions
Then
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(Drinfeljd 1971).
A modified sum was considered by Elbert (1973):
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Consider
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where
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and let be the Convex Hull of
Then
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See also Convex Hull References
Drinfeljd, V. G. ``A Cyclic Inequality.'' Math. Notes. Acad. Sci. USSR 9, 68-71, 1971.Elbert, A. ``On a Cyclic Inequality.'' Period. Math. Hungar. 4, 163-168, 1973. Finch, S. ``Favorite Mathematical Constants.'' http://www.mathsoft.com/asolve/constant/shapiro/shapiro.html Mitrinovic, D. S.; Pecaric, J. E.; and Fink, A. M. Classical and New Inequalities in Analysis. New York: Kluwer, 1993.
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