On the intersection of two-parameter mean value families

Alzer, Horst; Ruscheweyh, Stephan

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-01-06050-6

On the intersection of two-parameter mean value families
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Abstract:

We determine all means which are in the intersection of two multivariable two-parameter mean value families. These families were introduced by C. Gini (1938) and K.B. Stolarsky (1975).

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