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A result of Vietoris states that if the real numbers \(a_1,\ldots ,a_n\) satisfy
then, for \(x_1,\ldots ,x_m>0\) with \(x_1+\cdots +x_m <\pi \),
We prove that \((**)\) (with “\(\ge \)” instead of “>”) holds under weaker conditions. It suffices to assume, instead of \((*)\), that
and, moreover, \((**)\) is valid for a larger region, namely, \(x_1,\ldots ,x_m\in (0,\pi )\).
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Alzer, H., Kwong, M.K. Inequalities for sine sums with more variables. Ramanujan J 57, 401–416 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-021-00433-8
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