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2021/98/1-2 (12) — DOI: 10.5486/PMD.2021.8865 — pp. 231-242

A sharp trigonometric double inequality

Authors: Yongbeom Kim, Tuo Yeong Lee, Vengat S., Hui Xiang Sim and Jay Kin Heng Tai

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