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An Inequality for Complete Symmetric Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Samuel A. Ilori*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Consider the identity

where aj, …, am are positive real numbers. Then for r = 1, 2, 3, … Tr =Tr(a1, …, am) is called the rth complete symmetric function in a1, …, am (T0=l).

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1978

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