Abstract
In this paper, using the properties of Schur-convex function, Schur-geometrically convex function and Schur-harmonically convex function, we provide much simpler proofs of the Schur-convexity, Schur-geometric convexity and Schur-harmonic convexity for a composite function of the complete symmetric function.
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Background
Throughout the article, \(\ {\mathbb {R}}\) denotes the set of real numbers, \(\varvec{x} = (x_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n)\) denotes n-tuple (n-dimensional real vectors), the set of vectors can be written as
In particular, the notations \({\mathbb {R}}\) and \({\mathbb {R}}_{+}\) denote \({\mathbb {R}}^{1}\) and \({\mathbb {R}}^{1}_{+}\), respectively.
The following complete symmetric function is an important class of symmetric functions.
For \(\varvec{x}=(x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n) \in {\mathbb {R}}^n\), the complete symmetric function \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is defined as
where \(c_0(\varvec{x},r)=1, \,r\in \{1,2,\ldots , n \},\,\) \(i_1,i_2,\ldots , i_n\) are non-negative integers.
It has been investigated by many mathematicians and there are many interesting results in the literature.
Guan (2006) discussed the Schur-convexity of \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) and proved that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing and Schur-convex on \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\). Subsequently, Chu et al. (2011) proved that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-geometrically convex and harmonically convex on \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\).
Recently, Sun et al. (2014) studied the Schur-convexity, Schur-geometric convexity and Schur-harmonic convexity of the following composite function of \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\)
Using the Lemma 1, Lemma 2 and Lemma 3 in second section, they proved as follows: Theorem A, Theorem B and Theorem C, respectively.
Theorem A
For \(\varvec{x}=(x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n) \in [0,1)^n\cup (1,+\infty )^n\) and \(r \in {\mathbb {N}}\) ,
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(i) \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing in \(x_{i}\) for all i \(\in\) \(\{1, 2, \ldots , n\}\) and Schur-convex on \([0, 1)^n\) for each r fixed;
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(ii) if r is even integer (or odd integer, respectively), then \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-convex (or Schur-concave, respectively) on \((1,+\infty )^n\) , and it is decreasing (or increasing, respectively) in \(x_{i}\) for all \(i \in \{1,2,\ldots ,n\}\).
Theorem B
For \(\varvec{x}=(x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n) \in [0,1)^n\cup (1,+\infty )^n\) and \(r \in \mathbb {N}\) ,
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(i) \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-geometrically convex on \([0, 1)^n\) ;
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(ii) if r is even integer (or odd integer, respectively), then \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-geometrically convex (or Schur-geometrically concave, respectively) on \((1,+\infty )^n\).
Theorem C
For \(\varvec{x}=(x_1,x_2,\ldots ,x_n) \in [0,1)^n\cup (1,+\infty )^n\) and \(r \in \mathbb {N}\) ,
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(i) \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-harmonically convex on \([0, 1)^n\) ;
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(ii) if r is even integer (or odd integer, respectively), then \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-harmonically convex (or Schur-harmonically concave, respectively) on \((1,+\infty )^n\).
In this paper, using the properties of Schur-convex function, Schur-geometrically convex function and Schur-harmonically convex function, we will provide much simpler proofs of the above results.
Definitions and lemmas
For convenience, we recall some definitions as follows.
Definition 1
Let \(\varvec{x} = ( x_{1},x_{2},\ldots , x_{n })\) and \(\varvec{y} = ( y_{1},y_{2},\ldots , y_{n }) \in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\).
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(i) \(\varvec{x}\ge \varvec{y}\) means \(x_{i} \ge y_{i}\) for all \(i=1, 2, \ldots , n\).
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(ii) Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}} ^{n}\), \(\varphi\): \(\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) is said to be increasing if \(\varvec{x} \ge \varvec{y}\) implies \(\varphi {(\varvec{x})} \ge \varphi {(\varvec{y})}\). \(\varphi\) is said to be decreasing if and only if \(-\varphi\) is increasing.
Definition 2
Let \(\varvec{x} = ( x_{1},x_{2},\ldots , x_{n })\) and \(\varvec{y} = ( y_{1},y_{2},\ldots , y_{n }) \in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\).
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\(\varvec{x}\) is said to be majorized by \(\varvec{y}\) (in symbols \(\varvec{x} \prec \varvec{y}\)) if \(\sum _{i = 1}^k x_{[i]} \le \sum _{i = 1}^k y_{[i]}\) for \(k = 1,2,\ldots ,n - 1\) and \(\sum _{i = 1}^n x_i = \sum _{i = 1}^n y_i\), where \(x_{[1]}\ge x_{[2]}\ge \cdots \ge x_{[n]}\) and \(y_{[1]}\ge y_{[2]}\ge \cdots \ge y_{[n]}\) are rearrangements of \(\varvec{x}\) and \(\varvec{y}\) in a descending order.
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Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\), \(\varphi\): \(\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) is said to be a Schur-convex function on \(\Omega\) if \(\varvec{x} \prec \varvec{y}\) on \(\Omega\) implies \(\varphi \left( \varvec{x} \right) \le\) \(\varphi \left( \varvec{y} \right) .\) The function \(\varphi\) is said to be Schur-concave on \(\Omega\) if and only if \(- \varphi\) is a Schur-convex function on \(\Omega\).
Definition 3
Let \(\varvec{x} = ( x_{1},x_{2},\ldots , x_{n })\) and \(\varvec{y} = ( y_{1},y_{2},\ldots , y_{n }) \in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\).
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(i) \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\) is said to be a convex set if \(\varvec{x},\varvec{y}\in \Omega , 0 \le \alpha \le 1\), implies \(\alpha \varvec{x}+(1-\alpha )\varvec{y}=\left( \alpha x_1+(1-\alpha )y_1,\alpha x_2+(1-\alpha )y_2,\ldots ,\alpha x_n+(1-\alpha )y_n\right) \in \Omega\).
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(ii) Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\) be a convex set. A function \(\varphi\): \(\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) is said to be convex on \(\Omega\) if
$$\begin{aligned} \varphi \left( \alpha \varvec{x}+(1-\alpha )\varvec{y}\right) \le \alpha \varphi (\varvec{x})+(1-\alpha )\varphi (\varvec{y}) \end{aligned}$$for all \(\varvec{x},\varvec{y}\in \Omega\), and all \(\alpha \in [0,1]\). The function \(\varphi\) is said to be concave on \(\Omega\) if and only if \(- \varphi\) is a convex function on \(\Omega\).
Definition 4
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(i) A set \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}^{n}\) is called symmetric, if \(\varvec{x}\in \Omega\) implies \(\varvec{x}P \in \Omega\) for every \(n\times n\) permutation matrix P.
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(ii) A function \(\varphi : \Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) is called symmetric if for every permutation matrix P, \(\varphi (\varvec{x}P) = \varphi (\varvec{x})\) for all \(\varvec{x} \in \Omega\).
Lemma 1
(Schur-convex function decision theorem) (Marshall et al. 2011, p. 84) Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}} ^n\) be symmetric convex set with nonempty interior. \(\Omega ^0\) is the interior of \(\Omega\) . The function \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) is continuous on \(\Omega\) and continuously differentiable on \(\Omega ^0\) . Then \(\varphi\) is a \(Schur-convex\,(or\,Schur-concave,\,respectively)\,function\) if and only if \(\varphi\) is symmetric on \(\Omega\) and
holds for any \(\varvec{x} \in \Omega ^0\).
The first systematical study of the functions preserving the ordering of majorization was made by Issai Schur in 1923. In Schur’s honor, such functions are said to be “Schur-convex”. It has many important applications in analytic inequalities, combinatorial optimization, quantum physics, information theory, and other related fields. See Marshall et al. (2011), Rovenţa (2010), Čuljak et al. (2011), Zhang and Shi (2014).
Definition 5
Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}_{+}^{n}\), \(\varvec{x} = ( x_{1},x_{2},\ldots , x_{n })\) and \(\varvec{y} = ( y_{1},y_{2},\ldots , y_{n }) \in {\mathbb {R}}_{+}^{n}\).
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(Zhang 2004, p. 64) \(\Omega\) is called a geometrically convex set if \((x_{1}^{\alpha }y_{1}^{\beta },x_{2}^{\alpha }y_{2}^{\beta },\ldots ,x_{n}^{\alpha }y_{n}^{\beta }) \in \Omega\) for all \(\varvec{x}\), \(\varvec{y} \in \Omega\) and \(\alpha\), \(\beta \in [0, 1]\) such that \(\alpha +\beta =1\).
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(Zhang 2004, p. 107) The function \(\varphi\): \(\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) is said to be a Schur-geometrically convex function on \(\Omega\), for any \(\varvec{x}, \varvec{y} \in \Omega\), if
$$\begin{aligned} (\log x_{1},\log x_{2},\ldots ,\log x_{n}) \prec (\log y_{1},\log y_{2},\ldots , \log y_{n}) \end{aligned}$$implies \(\varphi \left( \varvec{x} \right) \le \varphi \left( \varvec{y} \right)\). The function \(\varphi\) is said to be a Schur-geometrically concave function on \(\Omega\) if and only if \(- \varphi\) is a Schur-geometrically convex function on \(\Omega\).
By Definition 5, the following is obvious.
Proposition 1
Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}_{+}^n\) , and let
Then \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) is a Schur-geometrically convex (or Schur-geometrically concave, respectively) function on \(\Omega\) if and only if \(\varphi (e^{x_1},e^{x_2},\ldots ,e^{x_n})\) is a Schur-convex (or Schur-concave, respectively) function on \(\log \Omega\).
Lemma 2
(Schur-geometrically convex function decision theorem) (Zhang 2004, p.108) Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}_ {+} ^n\) be a symmetric and geometrically convex set with a nonempty interior \(\Omega ^0\) . Let \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) be continuous on \(\Omega\) and differentiable in \(\Omega ^0\) . If \(\varphi\) is symmetric on \(\Omega\) and
holds for any \(\varvec{x} = \left( {x_1, x_2, \ldots ,x_n } \right) \in \Omega ^0\) , then \(\varphi\) is a Schur-geometrically convex (or Schur-geometrically concave, respectively) function.
The Schur-geometric convexity was proposed by Zhang (2004), and was investigated by Chu et al. (2008), Guan (2007), Sun et al. (2009), and so on. We also note that some authors use the term “Schur multiplicative convexity”.
In 2009, Chu (Chu et al. (2011), Chu and Sun (2010), Chu and Lv (2009)) introduced the notion of Schur-harmonically convex function.
Definition 6
Chu and Sun (2010) Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}_{+}^{n}\), \(\varvec{x} = ( x_{1},x_{2},\ldots , x_{n })\) and \(\varvec{y} = ( y_{1},y_{2},\ldots , y_{n }) \in {\mathbb {R}}_{+}^{n}\).
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(i) A set \(\Omega\) is said to be harmonically convex if \(( \frac{2 x_1 y_1}{x_1+y_1}, \frac{2 x_2 y_2}{x_2+y_2}, \ldots , \frac{2 x_n y_n}{x_n+y_n}) \in \Omega\) for every \({\varvec{x},\varvec{y}}\in \Omega\).
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(ii) A function \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) is said to be Schur-harmonically convex on \(\Omega\), for any \(\varvec{x}, \varvec{y} \in \Omega\), if \(( \frac{1}{x_{1}}, \frac{1}{x_{2}}, \ldots , \frac{1}{x_{n}}) \prec ( \frac{1}{y_{1}}, \frac{1}{y_{2}}, \ldots , \frac{1}{y_{n}})\) implies \(\varphi ({\varvec{x}}) \le \varphi ({\varvec{y}})\). A function \(\varphi\) is said to be a Schur-harmonically concave function on \(\Omega\) if and only if \(-\varphi\) is a Schur-harmonically convex function on \(\Omega\).
By Definition6, the following is obvious.
Proposition 2
Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}_{+}^n\) be a set, and let \(\frac{1}{\Omega } = \{( \frac{1}{x_1}, \frac{1}{x_2}, \ldots , \frac{1}{x_n}) :( x_{1},x_{2},\ldots , x_{n }) \in \Omega \}\) . Then \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) is a Schur-harmonically convex (or Schur-harmonically concave, respectively) function on \(\Omega\) if and only if \(\varphi \left ( \frac{1}{x_1}, \frac{1}{x_2},\ldots ,\frac{1}{x_n}\right)\) is a Schur-convex (or Schur-concave, respectively) function on \(\frac{1}{\Omega }\).
Lemma 3
(Schur-harmonically convex function decision theorem) (Chu and Sun 2010) Let \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}_+^n\) be a symmetric and harmonically convex set with inner points and let \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) be a continuous symmetric function which is differentiable on \(\Omega ^0\) . Then \(\varphi\) is Schur-harmonically convex (or Schur-harmonically concave, respectively) on \(\Omega\) if and only if
Lemma 4
If r is even integer (or odd integer, respectively), then \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is decreasing and Schur-convex (or increasing and Schur-concave, respectively) on \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\) .
Proof
Notice that
i.e.
If r is even integer, then \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)=c_n(-\varvec{x},r)\). For \(\varvec{x},\varvec{y}\in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\), if \(\varvec{x}\prec \varvec{y}\), then \(-\varvec{x}\prec -\varvec{y}\) and \(-\varvec{x},-\varvec{y} \in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{+}\), but \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-convex in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\), so that \(c_n(-\varvec{x},r)\le c_n(-\varvec{y},r)\), i.e. \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\le c_n(\varvec{y},r)\), this shows that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-convex in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\). If \(\varvec{x}\le \varvec{y}\), then \(-\varvec{x}\ge -\varvec{y}\), but \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\), so that \(c_n(-\varvec{x},r)\ge c_n(-\varvec{y},r)\), i.e. \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\ge c_n(\varvec{y},r)\), this shows that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is decreasing in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\).
If r is odd integer, then \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)=-c_n(-\varvec{x},r)\). For \(\varvec{x},\varvec{y}\in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\), if \(\varvec{x}\prec \varvec{y}\), then \(-\varvec{x}\prec -\varvec{y}\) and \(-\varvec{x},-\varvec{y} \in {\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{+}\), but \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-convex in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\), so that \(c_n(-\varvec{x},r)\le c_n(-\varvec{y},r)\), i.e. \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\ge c_n(\varvec{y},r)\), this shows that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is Schur-concave in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\). If \(\varvec{x}\le \varvec{y}\), then \(-\varvec{x}\ge -\varvec{y}\), but \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\), so that \(c_n(-\varvec{x},r)\ge c_n(-\varvec{y},r)\), i.e. \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\le c_n(\varvec{y},r)\), this shows that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing in \({\mathbb {R}}^{n}_{-}\). \(\square\)
Lemma 5
(Marshall et al. 2011, p. 91; Wang 1990, p. 64–65) Let the set \({\mathbb {A}}, {\mathbb {B}}\subset {\mathbb {R}}\) , \(\varphi :{\mathbb {B}}^n\rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) , \(f:{\mathbb {A}}\rightarrow {\mathbb {B}}\) and \(\psi (x_1, x_2, \ldots , x_n) = \varphi (f(x_1),f(x_2), \ldots , f(x_n)):{\mathbb {A}}^n\rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}\) .
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(i) If \(\varphi\) is increasing and Schur-convex and f is increasing and convex, then \(\psi\) is increasing and Schur-convex.
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(ii) If \(\varphi\) is decreasing and Schur-convex and f is increasing and concave, then \(\psi\) is decreasing and Schur-convex.
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(iii) If \(\varphi\) is increasing and Schur-concave and f is increasing and concave, then \(\psi\) is increasing and Schur-concave.
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(iv) If \(\varphi\) is decreasing and Schur-convex and f is decreasing and concave, then \(\psi\) is increasing and Schur-convex.
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(v) If \(\varphi\) is increasing and Schur-concave and f is decreasing and concave, then \(\psi\) is decreasing and Schur-concave.
Lemma 6
Let the set \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}^n_+\) . The function \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) is differentiable.
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(i) If \(\varphi\) is increasing and Schur-convex, then \(\varphi\) is Schur-geometrically convex.
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(ii) If \(\varphi\) is decreasing and Schur-concave, then \(\varphi\) is Schur-geometrically concave.
Proof
We only give the proof of Lemma 6 (i) in detail. Similar argument leads to the proof of Lemma 6 (ii).
For \(\varvec{x}\in I\subset {\mathbb {R}}_+\) and \(x_1 \ne x_2\), we have
Since \(\varphi\) is Schur-convex on \(\Omega\), by Lemma 1, we have
Notice that \(\varphi\) and \(y=\log x\) is increasing, we have \(\frac{\partial \varphi }{\partial x_2}\ge 0\), \(\frac{\log x_1 -\log x_2}{x_1 - x_2 }\ge 0\) and \(\left( x_1 - x_2 \right) \left( \log x_1 -\log x_2 \right) \ge 0\), so that \(\Delta \ge 0\), by Lemma 2, it follows that \(\varphi\) is Schur-geometrically convex on \(\Omega\). \(\square\)
Lemma 7
Let the set \(\Omega \subset {\mathbb {R}}^n_+\) . The function \(\varphi :\Omega \rightarrow {\mathbb {R}}_+\) is differentiable.
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(i) If \(\varphi\) is increasing and Schur-convex, then \(\varphi\) is Schur-harmonically convex.
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(ii) If \(\varphi\) is decreasing and Schur-concave, then \(\varphi\) is Schur-harmonically concave.
Proof
We only give the proof of Lemma 7 (ii) in detail. Similar argument leads to the proof of Lemma 7 (i).
For \(\varvec{x}\in I\subset {\mathbb {R}}_+\) and \(x_1 \ne x_2\), we have
Since \(\varphi\) is Schur-concave on \(\Omega\), by Lemma 1, we have
Notice that \(\varphi\) is decreasing and \(y=x^2(x>0)\) is increasing, we have \(\frac{\partial \varphi }{\partial x_2}\le 0\) and \(\left( x_1 - x_2 \right) \left( x^2_1 - x^2_2 \right) \ge 0\), so that \(\Lambda \le 0\), by Lemma 3, it follows that \(\varphi\) is Schur-harmonically concave on \(\Omega\).\(\square\)
Simple proof of theorems
Proof of Theorem A
Let \(g(t)= \frac{t}{1-t}\). Directly calculating yields \(g'(t)= \frac{1}{(1-t)^2}\) and \(g''(t)= \frac{2}{(1-t)^3}\), it is to see that g is increasing and convex on (0, 1) and g is increasing and concave on \((1,+\infty )\).
Since \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing and Schur-convex in \({\mathbb {R}}^n_+\), from Lemma 5 (i) it follows that \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing and Schur-convex in \((0, 1)^n\), and then by continuity of \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) on \([0, 1)^n\), it follows that \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing and Schur-convex on \([0, 1)^n\).
If r is even integer, then from Lemma 4, we known that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is decreasing and Schur-convex, moreover g is increasing and concave on \((1,+\infty )\). By Lemma 5 (ii), it follows that \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is decreasing and Schur-convex.
If r is odd integer, then from Lemma 4, we known that \(c_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing and Schur-concave, moreover g is increasing and concave on \((1,+\infty )\). By Lemma 5 (iii), it follows that \(F_n(\varvec{x},r)\) is increasing and Schur-concave.
The proof of Theorem A is completed. \(\square\)
Proof of Theorem B
From Theorem A (i) and Lemma 6 (i), it follows that Theorem B (i) holds.
Considing
Let \(h(t)= \frac{e^t}{1-e^t}\). Then \(h<0\) on \((0,+\infty )\). Directly calculating yields \(h'(t)= \frac{e^t}{(1-e^t)^2}\) and \(h''(t)= \frac{e^{t}(1+e^t)}{(1-e^t)^3}\), it is to see that h is increasing and concave on \((0,+\infty )\). From Lemma 4 and Lemma 5 (ii) (or (iii), respectively), it follows that if r is even integer (or odd integer, respectively), then \(F_n(e^{\varvec{x}},r)\) is Schur-convex (or Schur-concave, respectively) on \((0,+\infty )\). And then, by Proposition 1, Theorem B (ii) holds.
The proof of Theorem B is completed. \(\square\)
Proof of Theorem C
From Theorem A (i) and Lemma 7 (i), it follows that Theorem C (i) holds.
Considing
Let \(p(t)= \frac{1}{t-1}\). Then \(p<0\) on (0, 1). Directly calculating yields \(p'(t)= -\frac{1}{(t-1)^2}\) and \(p''(t)= \frac{2}{(t-1)^3}\), it is to see that p is decreasing and concave on (0, 1). From Lemma 4 and Lemma 5 (iv) (or (v), respectively), it follows that if r is even integer (or odd integer, respectively), then \(F_n\left( \frac{1}{\varvec{x}},r\right)\) is Schur-convex (or Schur-concave, respectively) on (0, 1). And then, by Proposition 2, Theorem C (ii) holds.
The proof of Theorem C is completed. \(\square\)
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The main idea of this paper was proposed by H-NS. This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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The work was supported by the Importation and Development of High-Caliber Talents Project of Beijing Municipal Institutions (Grant No. IDHT201304089) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11501030). The authors are indebted to the referees for their helpful suggestions.
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Shi, HN., Zhang, J. & Ma, QH. Schur-convexity, Schur-geometric and Schur-harmonic convexity for a composite function of complete symmetric function. SpringerPlus 5, 296 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-1940-z
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