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On the Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Pal Fischer
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In this article, we are concerned with the following inequality

(1)

where 0<pi<1, 0<q<1, (i=l, 2,…,n), n is a fixed positive integer, n≥2 and f(p)≠0 for <p<l.

This inequality was first considered by A. Renyi, who gave the general differentiate solution of (1) for n≥3, [1]. With the help of this inequality one can characterize Renyi’s entropy [2].

We shall state later the Renyi’s result, which will be a special case of the Theorem 3.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , 01 June 1974 , pp. 193 - 199
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1974

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