On a new generalization of Alzer's inequality

Abstract

Let {an}n=1∞ be an increasing sequence of positive real numbers. Under certain conditions of this sequence we use the mathematical induction and the Cauchy mean-value theorem to prove the following inequality: anan+m≤((1/n)∑i=1nair(1/(n+m))∑i=1n+mair)1/r, where n and m are natural numbers and r is a positive number. The lower bound is best possible. This inequality generalizes the Alzer's inequality (1993) in a new direction. It is shown that the above inequality holds for a large class of positive, increasing and logarithmically concave sequences.