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Volume 5, Issue 3, Article 65 |
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Extending Means of Two Variables to Several Variables
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Authors: |
Jorma K. Merikoski, |
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Keywords:
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Means, Logarithmic mean, Divided differences, Series expansions, Symmetric polynomials. |
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Date Received:
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22/01/04 |
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Date Accepted:
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10/06/04 |
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Subject Codes: |
26E60, 26D15.
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Editors: |
Simo Puntanen, |
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Abstract: |
We present a method, based on series expansions and symmetric polynomials, by which a mean of two variables can be extended to several variables. We apply it mainly to the logarithmic mean.
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