Harmonic mean
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
of numbers
The number reciprocal to the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of the given numbers, i.e. the number
Thus, is the harmonic mean of the fractions and , . The harmonic mean of given numbers is never greater than their arithmetic mean.
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Harmonic mean. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Harmonic_mean&oldid=31436
Harmonic mean. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Harmonic_mean&oldid=31436
This article was adapted from an original article by L.D. Kudryavtsev (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article