OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
The corresponding Landau-Kolmogorov inequality for the first and third derivative is ||f'|| <= C(3,1) ||f||^(2/3) ||f'''||^(1/3) [see S. Finch ref. for C(n,k) and the general derivative inequalities], where the real-valued function f is defined on (-infinity, infinity), the involved norm being the supremum norm, defined by ||f|| = sup |f(x)|.
Hadamard proved that if f is twice differentiable and both f and f'' are bounded, then ||f'|| <= sqrt(2) ||f||^(1/2) ||f''||^(1/2), and the constant C(2,1) = sqrt(2) is the best possible.
Kolmogorov determined best constants C(n,k), 1 <= k <= n, for the inequality between derivatives in terms of Favard constants (A050970/A050971). These formulas giving C(n,k) include special cases discovered by G. E. Shilov for small values of n and k.
[All comments made after Steven R. Finch].
REFERENCES
Steven R. Finch, Mathematical Constants, Cambridge University Press, 2003, Section 3.3 Landau-Kolmogorov constants, p. 213.
LINKS
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Landau-Kolmogorov Constants
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld, Favard Constants
FORMULA
EXAMPLE
1.0400419115259520572650284121789426931689026701866310548487955401...
MATHEMATICA
a[n_] := (4/Pi)*Sum[((-1)^j/(2*j+1))^(n+1), {j, 0, Infinity}]; c[n_, k_] := a[n-k]*a[n]^(-1+k/n); RealDigits[c[3, 1], 10, 104] // First
(* or, directly: *) RealDigits[3^(2/3)/2, 10, 104] // First
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Jul 17 2014
STATUS
approved