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On the Arithmetic and Geometric Means Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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Let a and b be positive and unequal; and let x be their arithmetic mean. Then we have the following equality and inequality

The inequality is tantamount to the fact that the G.M. of a and b is less than the A.M.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1906