OFFSET
0,1
COMMENTS
As AGM(x1,x2) is the well-known arithmetic-geometric mean of a pair of numbers x1 and x2, we can also define the AGHM(x1,x2,x3) as the arithmetic-geometric-harmonic mean of a triple of numbers x1, x2 and x3.
These three means were chosen because the arithmetic mean is the power mean with power = 1, the geometric mean is the power mean with power = 0 (lim_{power -> 0}) and the harmonic mean is the power mean with power = -1.
Definition of AGHM(x1,x2,x3), for arbitrary triple x1,x2,x3:
x1(0) = x1, x2(0) = x2, x3(0) = x3,
x1(n) = (x1(n-1) + x2(n-1) + x3(n-1))/3,
x2(n) = (x1(n-1) * x2(n-1) * x3(n-1))^(1/3),
x3(n) = 3/(1/x1(n-1) + 1/x2(n-1) + 1/x3(n-1)),
lim_{n -> inf} x1(n) = lim_{n -> inf} x2(n) = lim_{n -> inf} x3(n) = AGHM(x1,x2,x3).
EXAMPLE
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CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
A.H.M. Smeets, Sep 13 2018
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Jon E. Schoenfield, May 26 2019
STATUS
approved