Exercise 1731Algebra › InequalitiesL1Added 3 Nov 2026
The weighted AM-GM inequality
#weighted AM-GM#inequality#convexity
Statement
Let and with . Prove that
Hint
Use the concavity of and Jensen's inequality.
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Solution
Logarithm. Since is concave, Jensen's inequality gives
Exponentiation. Since is increasing:
Equality case. Equality holds iff all are equal (the concavity is strict).
Check. With , we recover the classical AM-GM.