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Inequalities involving the mean and the standard deviation of nonnegative real numbers
Journal of Inequalities and Applications volume 2006, Article number: 43465 (2006)
Abstract
Let
and
be the mean and the standard deviation of the components of the vector
, where
with
a positive integer. Here, we prove that if
, then
for
. The equality holds if and only if the
largest components of
are equal. It follows that
is a strictly increasing sequence converging to
, the largest component of
, except if the
largest components of
are equal. In this case,
for all
.
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Rojo, O. Inequalities involving the mean and the standard deviation of nonnegative real numbers. J Inequal Appl 2006, 43465 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/JIA/2006/43465
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Keywords
- Standard Deviation
- Positive Integer
- Real Number
- Large Component
- Nonnegative Real Number