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Landau's inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

M. K. Kwong
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois 60115, U.S.A.
A. Zettl
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois 60115, U.S.A.

Synopsis

Landau's inequality ∥y′∥2≦4∥y∥∥y″∥ is extended to ∥y′∥2K(a)∥y∥1−a ∥y″ ∣y∣a∥, K(a) = 4/(l−a), 0≦ a<1. The proof is elementary and new even in the case a = 0 considered by Landau.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1984

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