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Comparison of Arithmetic, Geometric, and Harmonic Means

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The main purpose of the paper is to strengthen the results of P. R. Mercer (2003) concerning the comparison of arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic weighted means.

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Translated from Matematicheskie Zametki, 2021, Vol. 110, pp. 110-118 https://doi.org/10.4213/mzm13045.

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Rozovsky, L.V. Comparison of Arithmetic, Geometric, and Harmonic Means. Math Notes 110, 118–125 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001434621070129

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