Variants of the Damascus inequality
arXiv:2601.00916 · doi:10.1007/s11139-026-01345-1
Abstract
In 2016, Dannan and Sitnik established the notable Damascus inequality, which features a symmetric structure under a multiplicative constraint. In this study, we consider the natural generalisation of this inequality by characterising all positive integers and such that the inequality \[\sum_{j=1}^m\frac{x_j^n-1}{x_{j}^{n+1}+1}\leqslant 0\] holds for any positive real numbers with . Our approach relies on the theories of GA-convexity and Sturm's sequence. For the cases where the inequality fails, we also investigate the topological properties of the set of non-solutions.
arXiv comment20 pages; corrected typos