harmonic mean
If are positive numbers, we define their harmonic mean as the inverse number of the arithmetic mean of their inverse numbers:
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It follows easily the estimation
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If you travel from city to city at miles per hour, and then you travel back at miles per hour. What was the average velocity for the whole trip?
The harmonic mean of and . That is, the average velocity is - •
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In the harmonic series
every following it.
Title | harmonic mean |
Canonical name | HarmonicMean |
Date of creation | 2013-03-22 11:50:50 |
Last modified on | 2013-03-22 11:50:50 |
Owner | drini (3) |
Last modified by | drini (3) |
Numerical id | 15 |
Author | drini (3) |
Entry type | Definition |
Classification | msc 11-00 |
Related topic | ArithmeticMean |
Related topic | GeneralMeansInequality |
Related topic | WeightedPowerMean |
Related topic | PowerMean |
Related topic | ArithmeticGeometricMeansInequality |
Related topic | RootMeanSquare3 |
Related topic | ProofOfGeneralMeansInequality |
Related topic | ProofOfArithmeticGeometricHarmonicMeansInequality |
Related topic | HarmonicMeanInTrapezoid |
Related topic | ContraharmonicMean |
Related topic | Contr |