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f<br />

x 1 ...x n<br />

n fx 1 ...fx n <br />

n .<br />

Choose x i |y i | ,wherei 1, 2, . . , n. <strong>The</strong>nby(*),wehave<br />

|y 1 | ...|y n| <br />

n<br />

1/<br />

<br />

|y 1 | ...|y n| <br />

n<br />

1/<br />

.<br />

(Corollary 3) Define<br />

M r y <br />

|y 1 | r ...|y n| r<br />

n<br />

1/r<br />

,wherer 0.<br />

<strong>The</strong>n M r y is a monotonic function of r on 0, . In particular, we have<br />

M 1 y M 2 y,<br />

that is,<br />

|y 1 | ...|y n|<br />

n<br />

<br />

|y 1 | 2 ...|y n| 2<br />

n<br />

Proof: It is clear by Corollary 2.<br />

(Corollary 4) By definition of M r y in Corollary 3, wehave<br />

lim M ry |y 1 | |y<br />

r0 n| 1/n : M 0 y<br />

<br />

and<br />

lim r<br />

M r y max|y 1 |,...,|y n| : M y<br />

Proof: 1. Since M r y <br />

<strong>The</strong>orem, wehave<br />

log<br />

So,<br />

2. As r 0, we have<br />

|y 1| r ...|y n| r<br />

n 0<br />

r 0<br />

|y 1 | r ...|y n| r<br />

n<br />

max|y 1 |,...,|y n| r<br />

n<br />

1/2<br />

.<br />

1/r<br />

, taking log and thus by Mean Value<br />

1 n<br />

n |yi i1<br />

| r log|y i |<br />

1 n<br />

, where 0 r r.<br />

n |yi i1<br />

| r<br />

log<br />

lim M ry lim e<br />

r0 r0<br />

<br />

1 n<br />

lim e<br />

r0<br />

<br />

i1<br />

e n<br />

1/r<br />

n<br />

y<br />

r<br />

1 ...|yn| r<br />

n<br />

r<br />

n<br />

i1<br />

1<br />

n<br />

log y i<br />

n<br />

i1<br />

|y 1 | |y n| 1/n .<br />

y i<br />

r log y i<br />

y i<br />

r <br />

M r y max|y 1 |,...,|y n| r 1/r<br />

which implies that, by Sandwich <strong>The</strong>orem,<br />

lim r<br />

M r y max|y 1 |,...,|y n|<br />

since lim r 1 n 1/r 1.<br />

(Inequality 1) Letf be convex on a, b, and let c a, b. Define

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