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A SHARP VERSION OF BONSALL’S INEQUALITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2015

T. C. PEACHEY*
Affiliation:
Research Computing Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia email tcp.free@gmail.com
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Abstract

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The best possible constant in a classical inequality due to Bonsall is established by relating that inequality to Young’s. Further, this extends the range of Bonsall’s inequality and yields a reverse inequality. It also provides a better constant in an inequality of Hardy, Littlewood and Pólya.

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