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Probl. Anal. Issues Anal. Vol. 6(24), No. 1, 2017, pp. 46-57
DOI: 10.15393/j3.art.2017.3770
UDC 517.51
E. Neuman
WILKER AND HUYGENS-TYPE INEQUALITIES INVOLVING GUDERMANNIAN AND THE INVERSE GUDERMANNIAN FUNCTIONS
Abstract. Five Wilker Huygens-type inequalities involving Gu-dermannian and the inverse Gudermannian functions are obtained. The Schwab-Borchardt mean plays a crucial role in the proofs. Also, an analytical inequality for the sums of powers, established earlier by this author, is an indispensable tool in the the proofs of the main results of this paper.
Key words: Gudermannian function, inverse Gudermannian function, Wilker inequality, Schwab-Borchardt mean, Huygens inequality, inequalities
2010 Mathematical Subject Classification: 26D07, 26E60
1. Introduction. In recent years a significant progress has been made in the area of inequalities involving circular and hyperbolic functions. In particular, the following results
(sin x\ 2 tan x , , 2 < - +- (1)
xx
and
sin x tan x 3 < 2—— + —— (2)
(0 < |x| < 2) have attracted attention of several researchers. Inequalities (1) and (2) have been obtained by J. B. Wilker [23] and C. Huygens [5], respectively. Several proofs of these results can be found in mathematical literature (see, e.g., [4, 8, 9, 17, 20, 22, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 30, 34, 35, 36] and the references therein).
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Counterparts of (1) and (2) for the hyperbolic functions have also been obtained. They read as follows
(sinh x\ tanh x , ,
2 < - +--(3)
xx
and
sinh x tanh x
3 < 2~;r~ + (4)
(x = 0). For the proofs of these results the interested reader is referred to [35] and [17], respectively.
Generalizations of inequalities (1) - (4) are known. See [8, 9, 26, 27, 28, 29] and the references therein. Wilker and Huygens- type inequalities have also been established for the lemniscate functions, generalized Jacobian elliptic, generalized trigonometric and generalized hyperbolic functions and also for the theta functions. The interested reader is referred to [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18].
The goal of this paper is to obtain some inequalities which bear resemblance of inequalities (1)-(4) for the Gudermannian and the inverse Gudermannian functions. Definitions of these functions are given in Section 2. Also, some preliminary results are included in this section. The Wilker-Huygens inequalities involving functions under discussion are obtained in Section 4.
2. Definitions and preliminaries. We begin this section with definitions of the Gudermann function and its inverse function. Throughout the sequel they will be denoted by gd and gd-1, respectively. Following [19, 4.23 (viii)]
x
gd(x) = / —— dt, x e R (5)
J cosh t 0
and
x
gd-1 (x) = i —1— dt, |x| < n/2. (6)
cos t
0
It is known (see, e.g., [19, 4.23 (viii)]) that
1
gd(x) = sin (tanh x) = tan (sinh x) = 2 tan (tanh -x) (7)
and
gd-1 (x) = sinh -1(tan x) = tanh -1(sin x). (8)
In the proofs presented in this section we will utilize the following four theorems. The first result reads as follows [18, 21]:
Theorem 1. Let f be a positive and strictly monotonic function defined on the subset I of the positive semiaxis. Assume that f-1 is strictly increasing and also that f (x) > x (f (x) < x) for all x E I. If the function g(x) = f (x)/x is increasing (decreasing) on I, then
M> _x__(9)
x " f-1 (x). (9)
Inequality(9) is reversed if the function g(x) is decreasing (increasing) on I.
We shall employ the following theorem (see [1]):
Theorem 2. Let the functions f and g be continuous on [c, d], diffe-rentiable on (c,d) and such that g' (t) = 0 on (c,d). If g-jty is (strictly)
increasing (decreasing) on (c, d), then the functions g^j-f^Q and g (¿j-f (?) are also (strictly) increasing (decreasing) on (c, d).
Theorem 3. Let u, v, a, fl, y and 5 be positive numbers which satisfy the following conditions
(i) min(u,v) < 1 < max(u,v),
(ii) 1 < uY vs. Then the inequality
a + fl <aup + flvq (10)
is satisfied provided u < 1 < v and
q > 0 and pa5 < qflY. (11)
If in addition the positive numbers u, v, y and 5 are such that 11
(in) y + 5 < y—+ 5 — , uv
then the inequality (10) is satisfied if
p < q <-1 and flY < a5 (12)
(see [9], Theorem 3.1).
Conditions of validity of (10) when v < 1 < u are also obtained in [9]. The counterpart of (11) is
p > 0 and qj7 < paS (13)
while the conditions (12) are replaced now by
q < p <-1 and aS < 3l- (14)
Also, we shall employ the following result [9]:
Theorem 4. Let u, v, 7 and S be positive numbers which satisfy conditions (i)-(iii) of Theorem 3. Then the inequality
f 1 \1V f 1 \Sp
2 < - + " <uYP + vSp (15)
uj \v J
holds true provided 7 > 1, 5 > 1, and p > 1. Second inequality in (15) is valid if p > 0.
3. Schwab-Borchardt mean. In what follows the letters a and b will always stand for positive and unequal numbers.
The important mean utilized in this paper is called the Schwab-Borchardt mean and is defined as follows:
r Vb^—a ,
if a < b,
SB(a, b) = SB = <
cos 1(a/b)
,_ (16)
Va2 - b2
, cosh 1(a/b)
if b < a
(see, e.g., [2], [3]). It is well known that the mean SB is strict, nonsym-metric and homogeneous of degree one in its variables.
For the reader's convenience we will record now some inequalities satisfied by the Schwab-Borchardt mean. They are obtained in [15, 16]. See also [13]. They read as follows
(ab2)1/3 < (bSB(b, a))1/2 < SB(a, b), (17)
3(b + SB(b, a)) < 2(a + 2b), (18)
and
SB (a, b) < SB (b, a) (19)
provided a > b. If the last inequality is satisfied then more inequalities involving mean SB is known. We record below one of them
2SB(a, b) < b + SB(b, a) (20)
(see e.g^ [7]).
4. Main Results. Our first result reads as follows:
Theorem 5. Let a, ^ > 0. Then the inequality
a + ^<a( ^ J + (g^-M J (0 < |x| < n/2) (21) holds true provided
q > 0 and pa < q^. (22)
Proof. We shall establish the assertion using Theorem 3 with
gd(x) gd"1 (x) u =- and v =-. (23)
Firstly we shall prove that u and v satisfy the separation condition
u < 1 < v. (24)
For the proof of the left inequality in (24) we introduce function h(x) = = x — gd(x). Differentiation, with use of (5), yields
h (x) = 1 —.
cosh x
Clearly h/(x) > 0 for all 0 < |x| < n/2. This in conjunction with h(0) = 0 implies that h(x)/x > 0 or what is the same that u < 1. The second inequality in (24) can be established in a similar way using the function h(x) = gd-1(x) — x. We omit further details. We shall prove now that u and v satisfy condition (ii) of Theorem 3 with 7 = 5 = 1. To this aim we will utilize Theorem A with f (x) = gd(x). Clearly function f-1 is strictly increasing on its domain. Also, the inequality u < 1 implies f (x) < x. In
order to apply inequality (9) we have to prove that the function
f (x) = gd(x)
is decreasing. Using Theorem 2 we get easily
gd'(x) 1
x' cosh (x)
This implies that f (x)/x is a decreasing function. With the notation introduced above we see that the inequality (9) can be written as
1 < uv.
This shows that the condition (ii) of Theorem 3 is satisfied provided y = = 5 =1. Conditions (22) of validity Theorem 5 follow immediately from (11). The proof is complete. □
We shall now prove the next result.
Theorem 6. The inequality
( sinx \v tanx \q ,, .
a+fl<a{-gdnx)) + igdW)) (ix<n/2) (25)
is valid if either the numbers p, q and the positive numbers a and fl satisfy the conditions
q > 0 and 2pa < qfl (26)
or if
p < q < -1 and fl < 2a. (27)
Proof. Let the numbers a and b be such that a < b. This yields
a < SB(b, a) < b.
Letting
SB(b, a) SB(b, a)
u =-and v =-. (28)
ba
This yields
u < 1 < v.
With u and v as defined in (28) we see that the inequality (17) implies
1 < uv2.
Thus u and v satisfy condition (ii) of Theorem 3 with
Y = 1 and 5 = 2.
Finally with u and v as defined above we see that the condition (18) can be written as follows
3 < 1 + 21.
uv
To complete the proof we let a = cos x and b =1. Utilizing the formula
CRM A sin x
SB(1, cos x) = —, , . ,
gd-1 (x)
(see [6]) and applying Theorem 3 we obtain the asserted result. This completes the proof. □
Our next result reads as follows:
Theorem 7. The inequality
(sinh x\p ^ / tanh x\q , ^
a+im) + H tm) (x e r) (29)
is valid if either the numbers p, q and the positive numbers a and ft satisfy the conditions
p > 0 and qft < 2pa (30)
or if
q < p < —1 and 2a < ft. (31)
Proof. Assume that the positive numbers a and b are such that b < a. This implies
b < SB(b, a) < a. With u and v as defined in (28) we see that now
v < 1 < u.
To verify that u and v satisfy conditions (ii) and (iii), with
Y = 1 and 5 = 2,
of Theorem 3 we proceed exactly in the same way as in the proof of Theorem 6. To complete the proof we let a = cosh x (x g r) and b = 1. Making use of the formula
SB(1, cosh x) = s' x gd(x)
(see [6]) we obtain easily the assertion using inequalities (13) and (14) of Theorem 6. □
We shall now prove the following result.
Theorem 8. The inequality
x
p
tanx \q
a++ 'UR(x)J (|x|<n/2) (32)
is valid if either the numbers p, q and the positive numbers a and fl satisfy the conditions
q > 0 and pa < qfl (33)
or if
p < q <-1 and fl < a. (34)
Proof. Let a > b > 0. Then (19) yields
b < SB (a, b) < SB(b, a).
We define now
SB(a, b) SB(a, b)
u = SB(M and v =
Clearly
u < 1 < v.
Using the second inequality in (17) we get easily
1 < uv.
Thus the condition (ii) of Theorem 3 is satisfied with
Y = 5 = 1.
Inequality (20) together with the definitions of u and v yield
2 <U + 1.
uv
We now let a = 1/cosx (|x| < n/2) and b =1. Taking into account that
SB(, 0 = tanx \cos x J gd_1 (x)
(see [6]) we obtain the asserted result employing Theorem C again. □
We close this section with the following:
Theorem 9. The two-sided inequality (15) holds true if y = 5 =1 and if either
, \ (gd(x) gd-1 (x)
u,v = -^
xx
or if
( \ ( x tan x ' Vgd-1(x)' gd-1(x) Also, the two-sided inequality (15) holds true if y = 1,5 = 2 and if either
sin x tan x
gd 1(x)1 gd 1(x) or if
, x (sinh x tanh x u,v =
gd(x) gd(x)
Proof. Apply Theorem 4 to Theorems 5, 8, 6, and 7, respectively. We omit further details. □
The Wilker Huygens-type inequalities for the following pairs of functions
, \ (gd(x) sinh x"
u,v = ,-
xx
and
u, v =
gd-1 (x) sin x
are established in [6] by means different than those used in this paper.
Acknowledgment. This author is deeply indebted to an anonymous referee for constructive remarks which have been used to improve a first version of this work.
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Received April 11, 2017. In revised form, June 6, 2017. Accepted June 6, 2017. Published online June 20, 2017.
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