2021/98/1-2 (12)
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DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2021.8865
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pp. 231-242
A sharp trigonometric double inequality
Abstract:
We prove that
$$
\left(\frac{5-\sqrt{5}}{8}\right)^\frac{3}{2}+\frac{1}{2}\sin^3\frac{8\pi}{5}\leqslant\sum_{k=1}^{n}\frac{\sin^3 k\theta}{k}\leqslant 1\qquad\hbox{for all integers }n\geqslant 1\hbox{ and }\theta\in(0,\pi),
$$
where both bounds are sharp. This gives an affirmative answer to a conjecture of Alzer and Koumandos.
Keywords: trigonometric polynomials, inequalities
Mathematics Subject Classification: 42A05, 26D05, 26D15
