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On Some Inequalities with Fibonacci Numbers via Weighted Reverse Hölder Inequalities

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1.
Introduction and preliminaries

Hölder's inequality is a fundamental inequality in mathematical analysis that generalizes the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality to multiple sequences and different exponents. It plays a crucial role in various branches of modern mathematics, such as linear algebra, classical real and complex analysis, probability and statistics, and differential equations. Over the years, numerous research papers have been published on refinements, generalizations, and applications of Hölder inequality and in different areas of mathematics. For example, see [3], [5], [10] and the references therein.

For the reader's convenience, we first introduce the following notation. Let ℕ, ℝ, and +n {{\mathbb R}_+^n} be the sets of natural numbers, real numbers, and n-tuples of positive real numbers, respectively.

The classical Hölder's inequality states:

Theorem 1.1 ([5])

Let x = (x1, …, xn), y = (y1, …, yn) be n-tuples of positive real numbers.

  • (i)

    If p > 1 and q=pp1 q = {p \over {p - 1}} , then (1.1) i=1nxiyii=1nxip1pi=1nyiq1q. \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{x_i}{y_i}}\le {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {y_i^q}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}}.

  • (ii)

    If 0 < p < 1 and q=pp1 q = {p \over {p - 1}} , then the reverse inequality holds in (1.1).

If w = (w1, …, wn) is a positive n-tuple of real numbers, then Hölder's inequality can be stated in the following form (see [5]): (1.2) i=1nwixiyii=1nwixip1pi=1nwiyip1q. \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{x_i}{y_i}}\le {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}}. In 2012, Sulaiman introduced the following reverses of Hölder's integral inequality:

Theorem 1.2 ([10])

Let f and g be positive functions satisfying 0<mf(x)g(x),x[a,b]. \matrix{{0 < m \le f(x)g(x),} & {\forall x \in [a,b].}\cr} Let p > 1, 1p+1q=1 {1 \over p} + {1 \over q} = 1 . Then abfp(x)dxabgq(x)dxabfpq(x)dx1/qabgpq(x)dx1/p1mabf(x)g(x)dx. {{\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {f^p}(x)dx\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {g^q}(x)dx} \over {{{\left({\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {f^{pq}}(x)dx} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {g^{pq}}(x)dx} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over m}\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b f(x)g(x)dx.

Theorem 1.3 ([10])

Let f and g be positive functions satisfying 0<mf(x)g(x)M,x[a,b]. \matrix{{0 < m \le {{f(x)} \over {g(x)}} \le M,} & {\forall x \in [a,b].}\cr} Let p > 0, q > 0. Then abfp(x)dx1/pabgq(x)dx1/qMmabf(x)g(x)p/2dx1/pabf(x)g(x)q/2dx1/q. \matrix{{{{\left({\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {f^p}(x)dx} \right)}^{1/p}}{{\left({\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {g^q}(x)dx} \right)}^{1/q}}} \hfill\cr{\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \le {M \over m}{{\left({\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {{\left({f(x)g(x)} \right)}^{p/2}}dx} \right)}^{1/p}}{{\left({\mathop \smallint \nolimits_a^b {{\left({f(x)g(x)} \right)}^{q/2}}dx} \right)}^{1/q}}.} \hfill\cr}

In [8], discrete analogues of these results were given, leading to new inequalities for power sums, as stated in the following theorems. In these theorems, the author used the notation Sn[α](x)=i=1nxiα, S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}}) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {x_i^\alpha}, for α ∈ ℝ, n ∈ ℕ, and x=(x1, , xn)+n {\rm{x}} = ({x_1},\; \ldots,\;{x_n}) \in {{\mathbb R}_+^n} .

Theorem 1.4 ([8])

Let p > 1, q=pp1 q = {p \over {p - 1}} , x=(x1, , xn)+n {\rm{x}} = ({x_1},\; \ldots,\;{x_n}) \in {{\mathbb R}_+^n} and m=mini{xiα} m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \{x_i^\alpha \} .

  • (i)

    Let xi ≥ 1, i = 1, …, n. If u and v are real numbers such that α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} and 0 < α < β then Sn[u](x)Sn[v](x)Sn[uq](x)1/qSn[vp](x)1/p1mSn[α](x)1mnαβ1Sn[β](x)α/β1mSn[β](x)1mSn[α](x)β/α. \matrix{{{{S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}})S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}})} \over {{{\left({S_n^{[uq]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({S_n^{[vp]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{1/p}}}}} & {\le {1 \over m}S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}}) \le {1 \over {m \cdot {n^{{\alpha\over \beta} - 1}}}}{{\left({S_n^{[\beta ]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{\alpha /\beta}}}\cr{} & {\le {1 \over m}S_n^{[\beta ]}({\rm{x}}) \le {1 \over m}{{\left({S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{\beta /\alpha}}.}\cr}

  • (ii)

    If u and v are real numbers such that α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} and α > β > 0 then Sn[u](x)Snv(x)Sn[uq](x)1/qSn[vp](x)1/p1mSn[α](x)1mSn[β](x)α/β. {{S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}})S_n^{\left[ v \right]}({\rm{x}})} \over {{{\left({S_n^{[uq]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({S_n^{[vp]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over m}S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}}) \le {1 \over m}{\left({S_n^{[\beta ]}({\rm{x}})} \right)^{\alpha /\beta}}.

Theorem 1.5 ([8])

Let u and v be real numbers such that α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} . Let x=(x1, , xn)+n {\rm{x}} = ({x_1},\; \ldots,\;{x_n}) \in {{\mathbb R}_+^n} , and let m=minixiupvq m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \left\{{x_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} , M=maxixiupvq M = \mathop {\max}\limits_i \left\{{x_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} .

  • (i)

    If 0 < p, q < 1 then we have Sn[u](x)1pSn[v](x)1qMmSnαp/2(x)1pSnαq/2(x)1qMmn1p+1q1Sn[α](x). \matrix{{{{\left({S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p/2} \right]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q/2} \right]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}}\left({S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}})} \right).} \hfill\cr}

  • (ii)

    Let xi ≥ 1, i = 1, …, n. If p, q ≥ 1 and α ≥ 0 then we have Sn[u](x)1pSn[v](x)1qMmSnαp/2(x)1pSnαq/2(x)1qMn2mSnαp(x)Snαq(x). \matrix{{{{\left({S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p/2} \right]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q/2} \right]}({\rm{x}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{M{n^2}} \over m}S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p} \right]}({\rm{x}})S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q} \right]}({\rm{x}}).} \hfill\cr}

In this paper, we define the following notation for weighted sums of powers: Sn[α](x,w)=i=1nwixiα, S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}, where α ∈ ℝ, n ∈ ℕ, and x = (x1, …, xn), w = (w1, …, wn) are vectors in +n {{\mathbb R}_+^n} .

We also use the following result:

Proposition 1.1 ([5])

If α > β > 0 and wi ≥ 1 then (1.3) Sn[α](x,w)1αSn[β](x,w)1β. {\left({S_n^{[\alpha ]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)^{{1 \over \alpha}}} \le {\left({S_n^{[\beta ]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)^{{1 \over \beta}}}.

The aim of this paper is to further generalize the results presented in [8] by incorporating weights into the sums. The paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we obtain weighted reverse Hölder's inequalities and present series of inequalities for weighted sums of powers. Further, in Section 3, we apply obtained results to Fibonacci sums.

2.
Inequalities for weighted sums of powers

In this section, we generalize the inequalities presented in Theorems 1.4 and 1.5 by introducing positive weights. To achieve this, we first establish the discrete form of weighted reverse Hölder's inequalities as presented in Theorems 1.2 and 1.3.

Theorem 2.1

Let x =(x1, …, xn), y =(y1, …, yn) and w =(w1, …, wn) be vectors in +n {{\mathbb R}_+^n} such that 0<mxiyi,i=1, , n. \matrix{{0 < m \le {x_i}{y_i},} & {i = 1,\; \ldots,\;n.}\cr}

Let p > 1 and 1p+1q=1 {1 \over p} + {1 \over q} = 1 . Then (2.1) i=1nwixipi=1nwiyiqi=1nwixipq1/qi=1nwiyipq1/p1mi=1nwixiyi. {{\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^q}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{pq}}} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^{pq}}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over m}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{x_i}{y_i}}.

Proof

Using the weighted Hölder's inequality (1.2) the following is obtained (2.2) i=1nwixip=i=1nwixi1pyi1pxip1pyi1pi=1nwixiyi1pi=1nwixiq(p1p)yiqp1qi=1nwixiyi1pi=1nwixiq(p1p)ximqp1q=1m1pi=1nwixiyi1pi=1nwixipq1q. \matrix{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \hfill & {= \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{1 \over p}}y_i^{{1 \over p}}x_i^{p - {1 \over p}}y_i^{- {1 \over p}}}\le {{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{x_i}{y_i}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{q(p - {1 \over p})}y_i^{- {q \over p}}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{x_i}{y_i}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{q(p - {1 \over p})}{{\left({{{{x_i}} \over m}} \right)}^{{q \over p}}}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {= {1 \over {{m^{{1 \over p}}}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{x_i}{y_i}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{pq}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}.} \hfill\cr} Also, similarly, one gets (2.3) i=1nwiyiq1m1qi=1nwixiyi1qi=1nwiyipq1p. \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^q}\le {1 \over {{m^{{1 \over q}}}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{x_i}{y_i}}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^{pq}}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}.

Combining (2.2) and (2.3) yields (2.1).

Theorem 2.2

Let x =(x1, …, xn), y =(y1, …, yn) and w =(w1, …, wn) be vectors in +n {{\mathbb R}_+^n} such that (2.4) 0<mxiyiM,i=1, , n. \matrix{{0 < m \le {{{x_i}} \over {{y_i}}} \le M,} & {i = 1,\; \ldots,\;n.}\cr} Let p > 0, q > 0. Then (2.5) i=1nwixip1pi=1nwiyiq1qMmi=1nwi(xiyi)p21pi=1nwi(xiyi)q21q. {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^q}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}} \le {M \over m}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i}{y_i})}^{{p \over 2}}}}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i}{y_i})}^{{q \over 2}}}}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}}.

Proof

From the assumption (2.4), it follows (2.6) m+1xi+yiyiM+1,i=1, , n \matrix{{m + 1 \le {{{x_i} + {y_i}} \over {{y_i}}} \le M + 1,} & {i = 1,\; \ldots,\;n}\cr} and (2.7) M+1Mxi+yixim+1m,i=1, , n. \matrix{{{{M + 1} \over M} \le {{{x_i} + {y_i}} \over {{x_i}}} \le {{m + 1} \over m},} & {i = 1,\; \ldots,\;n.}\cr} From the left inequalities in (2.6) and (2.7), it follows yi1m+1xi+yi ,xiMM+1xi+yi. \matrix{{{y_i} \le {1 \over {m + 1}}\left({{x_i} + {y_i}} \right)\;,} & {{x_i} \le {M \over {M + 1}}\left({{x_i} + {y_i}} \right)}\cr}. Multiplying these inequalities by weight wi and summing over i, one gets: (2.8) i=1nwixip1pMM+1i=1nwi(xi+yi)p1p {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}} \le {M \over {M + 1}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i} + {y_i})}^p}}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}} (2.9) i=1nwiyiq1q1m+1i=1nwi(xi+yi)q1p. {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^q}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}} \le {1 \over {m + 1}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i} + {y_i})}^q}}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}. From the right inequalities in (2.6) and (2.7), it follows (2.10) xi+yi(M+1)yi,xi+yim+1mxi. \matrix{{{x_i} + {y_i} \le (M + 1){y_i},} & {{x_i} + {y_i} \le {{m + 1} \over m}{x_i}.}\cr} By multiplying the inequalities in (2.10) side by side, one gets (2.11) (xi+yi)2(m+1)(M+1)mxiyi. {({x_i} + {y_i})^2} \le {{(m + 1)(M + 1)} \over m}{x_i}{y_i}.

From (2.11) it can be deduced that i=1nwi(xi+yi)p1p(m+1)(M+1)m12i=1nwi(xiyi)p21pi=1nwi(xi+yi)q1q(m+1)(M+1)m12i=1nwi(xiyi)q21q. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i} + {y_i})}^p}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}} \le {{\left({{{(m + 1)(M + 1)} \over m}} \right)}^{{1 \over 2}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i}{y_i})}^{{p \over 2}}}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}}\cr{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i} + {y_i})}^q}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}} \le {{\left({{{(m + 1)(M + 1)} \over m}} \right)}^{{1 \over 2}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i}{y_i})}^{{q \over 2}}}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}.}\cr} Multiplying the inequalities (2.8) and (2.9) side by side, and using the last two inequalities the desired inequality is obtained. i=1nwixip1pi=1nwiyiq1qMM+1m+1i=1nwi(xi+yi)p1pi=1nwi(xi+yi)q1qMmi=1nwi(xiyi)p21pi=1nwi(xiyi)q21q. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}y_i^q}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \le {M \over {\left({M + 1} \right)\left({m + 1} \right)}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i} + {y_i})}^p}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i} + {y_i})}^q}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\, \le {M \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i}{y_i})}^{{p \over 2}}}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{({x_i}{y_i})}^{{q \over 2}}}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}.} \hfill\cr}

Remark 2.1

Taking w = (1, …, 1) in Theorems 2.1 and 2.2 we obtain Lemmas 2.1 and 2.2, from paper [8].

In the following theorems, we derive a series of inequalities for weighted sums of powers by utilizing the inequalities established in Theorems 2.1 and 2.2.

Theorem 2.3

Let p, q, u, v, α be real numbers such that p > 1, q=pp1 q = {p \over {p - 1}} and α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} . Let x = (x1, …, xn) and w = (w1, …, wn) be vectors in +n {{\mathbb R}_+^n} such that wi ≥ 1 for i = 1, …, n, Wn=i=1nwi {W_n} = \sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}} and let m=mini{xiα} m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \{x_i^\alpha \} .

  • (i)

    Let xi ≥ 1, i = 1, …, n. If 0 < α < β then Sn[u](x,w)Sn[v](x,w)Snuq(x,w)1/qSnvp(x,w)1/p1mSnα(x,w)1mWnαβ1Snβ(x,w)α/β1mSnβ(x,w)1mSnα(x,w)β/α. \matrix{{{{S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \over {{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {uq} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {vp} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{1/p}}}}} \hfill & {\le {1 \over m}S_n^{\left[ \alpha\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) \le {1 \over {m \cdot W_n^{{\alpha\over \beta} - 1}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ \beta\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{\alpha /\beta}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {1 \over m}S_n^{\left[ \beta\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) \le {1 \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ \alpha\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{\beta /\alpha}}.} \hfill\cr}

  • (ii)

    If α > β > 0 then Sn[u](x,w)Sn[v](x,w)Sn[uq](x,w)1/qSn[vp](x,w)1/p1mSnα(x,w)1mSnβ(x,w)α/β. {{S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \over {{{\left({S_n^{[uq]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({S_n^{[vp]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over m}S_n^{\left[ \alpha\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) \le {1 \over m}{\left({S_n^{\left[ \beta\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)^{\alpha /\beta}}.

Proof

(i) By substituting xi and yi with xiu/p x_i^{u/p} and xiv/q x_i^{v/q} , respectively in (2.1) the following is obtained: i=1nwixiui=1nwixivi=1nwixiuq1/qi=1nwixivp1/p1mi=1nwixiα. {{\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^u}} \right)\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^v}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{uq}}} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{vp}}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over m}\mathop \sum \nolimits_{i = 1}^n {w_i}x_i^\alpha. Let us also observe that, under this substitution, the condition 0 < mxiyi is satisfied for m=mini{xiα} m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \{x_i^\alpha \} . Furthermore, the following is obtained by Theorem 2.1 (2.12) i=1nwixiui=1nwixivn=1nwixiuq1/qn=1nwixivq1/p1mi=1nwixiα=1mi=1nwixiβαβWnm1Wni=1nwixiβα/β1mi=1nwixiβ1mi=1nwixiαβα. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^u}} \right)\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^v}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{n = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{uq}}} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{n = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{vq}}} \right)}^{1/p}}}}} \hfill & {\le {1 \over m}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}= {1 \over m}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{\left({x_i^\beta} \right)}^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{{W_n}} \over m}{{\left({{1 \over {{W_n}}}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta}} \right)}^{\alpha /\beta}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {1 \over m}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta}\le {1 \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}} \right)}^{{\beta\over \alpha}}}.} \hfill\cr} Inequalities in (2.12) are calculated by applying reverse Jensen's inequlity for the function xxα/β where α < β, then the monotonicity of the exponential function xbx, b=1Wni=1nwixiβ1 b = {1 \over {{W_n}}}\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta\ge 1} and finally inequality (1.3).

(ii) Similar to the proof of (i), Theorem 2.2 can be applied with substitutions xixiu/p {x_i} \to x_i^{u/p} and yixiu/q {y_i} \to x_i^{u/q} , and then inequality (1.3).

Theorem 2.4

Let p, q, u, v, α be real numbers such that α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} . Let x = (x1, …, xn) and w = (w1, …, wn) be vectors in +n {{\mathbb R}_+^n} such that wi ≥ 1 for i = 1,…,n, Wn=i=1nwi {W_n} = \sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}} and let m=minixiupvq m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \left\{{x_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} , M=maxixiupvq M = \mathop {\max}\limits_i \left\{{x_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} .

(i) Let 0 < p, q < 1. If α > β > 0 then Sn[u](x,w)1pSn[v](x,w)1qMmSnαp/2(x,w)1pSnαq/2(x,w)1qMmWn1p+1q1Snα(x,w)MmWn1p+1q1Snβ(x,w)αβ. \matrix{{{{\left({S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\left({S_n^{\left[ \alpha\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ \beta\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}.} \hfill\cr}

If 0 < α < β and xi ≥ 1, i = 1, …, n then Sn[u](x,w)1pSn[v](x,w)1qMmSnαp/2(x,w)1pSnαq/2(x,w)1qMmWn1p+1q1Snα(x,w)MmWn1p+1q1Snβ(x,w)MmWn1p+1q1Snα(x,w)βα. \matrix{{{{\left({S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{[v]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\left({S_n^{\left[ \alpha\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\left({S_n^{\left[ \beta\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ \alpha\right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{\beta\over \alpha}}}.} \hfill\cr}

(ii) Let p, q ≥ 1 and xi ≥ 1, i = 1, …, n. If α > β > 0 then Sn[u](x,w)1pSnv(x,w)1qMmSnαp/2(x,w)1pSnαq/2(x,w)1qMWn2mSnαp(x,w)Snαq(x,w)MWn2mSnβp(x,w)αβSnβq(x,w)αβ. \matrix{{{{\left({S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ v \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{MW_n^2} \over m}S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{MW_n^2} \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\beta p} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\beta q} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}.} \hfill\cr}

If 0 < α < β then (2.13) Sn[u](x,w)1pSnv(x,w)1qMmSnαp/2(x,w)1pSnαq/2(x,w)1qMWn2mSnαp(x,w)Snαq(x,w)MWn2mSnβp(x,w)Snβq(x,w)MWn2mSnβp(x,w)βαSnβq(x,w)βα. \matrix{{{{\left({S_n^{[u]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ v \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q/2} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{MW_n^2} \over m}S_n^{\left[ {\alpha p} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})S_n^{\left[ {\alpha q} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{MW_n^2} \over m}S_n^{\left[ {\beta p} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})S_n^{\left[ {\beta q} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{MW_n^2} \over m}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\beta p} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{\beta\over \alpha}}}{{\left({S_n^{\left[ {\beta q} \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}})} \right)}^{{\beta\over \alpha}}}.} \hfill\cr}

Proof

(i) First let us notice that by substituting xi with xiu/p x_i^{u/p} and yi with xiv/q x_i^{v/q} in Theorem 2.2, the condition (2.4) is satisfied for m=minixiupvq m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \left\{{x_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} and M=maxixiupvq M = \mathop {\max}\limits_i \left\{{x_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} . With this substitution, inequality (2.5) becomes (2.14). In (2.15), reverse Jensen's inequality is utilized for the functions xxp/2, xxq/2 along with monotonicity of the function xx1/p: (2.14) i=1nwixip1pi=1nwixiq1qMmi=1nwixiαp21pi=1nwixiαq21q {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^q}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}} \le {M \over m}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{{\alpha p} \over 2}}}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{{\alpha q} \over 2}}}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}} (2.15) MmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiα. \le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}} \right).

If α > β > 0, Proposition 1.1 is applied on (2.15) and the following is obtained: MmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiαMmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiβαβ. {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}} \right) \le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta}} \right)^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}.

If 0 < α < β, reverse Jensen's inequlity for the function xxα/β where α < β, is applied to (2.15), then the monotonicity of the exponential function xbx, b=1Wni=1nwixiβ1 b = {1 \over {{W_n}}}\sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta\ge 1} , and finally inequality (1.3): MmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiα=MmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiβαβMmWn1p+1q1Wni=1nwixiβα/βMmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiβMmWn1p+1q1i=1nwixiαβα. \matrix{{{M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}} \right)} \hfill & {= {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}{{\left({x_i^\beta} \right)}^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q}}{{\left({{1 \over {{W_n}}}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta}} \right)}^{\alpha /\beta}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\beta}\le {M \over m}W_n^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^\alpha}} \right)}^{{\beta\over \alpha}}}.} \hfill\cr}

(ii) Similar to the proof of (i), inequality (2.5) is first applied with substitutions xixiu/p {x_i} \to x_i^{u/p} and yixiv/q {y_i} \to x_i^{v/q} . (2.16) i=1nwixip1pi=1nwixiq1qMmi=1nwixiαp21pi=1nwixiαq21q {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^p}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^q}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}} \le {M \over m}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{{\alpha p} \over 2}}}} \right)^{{1 \over p}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{{\alpha q} \over 2}}}} \right)^{{1 \over q}}} (2.17) Mmi=1nwixiαp22i=1nwixiαq22 \le {M \over m}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{{\alpha p} \over 2}}}} \right)^2}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{{{\alpha q} \over 2}}}} \right)^2} (2.18) MWn2mi=1nwixiαpi=1nwixiαq \le {{MW_n^2} \over m}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{\alpha p}}} \right)\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{\alpha q}}} \right) (2.19) MWn2mi=1nwixiβpαβi=1nwixiβqαβ. \le {{MW_n^2} \over m}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{\beta p}}} \right)^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{\beta q}}} \right)^{{\alpha\over \beta}}}.

In (2.16), inequality (2.5) is applied with substitutions xixiu/p {x_i} \to x_i^{u/p} and yixiv/q {y_i} \to x_i^{v/q} . In (2.17), the monotonicity of the exponential function xax, a=i=1nwixiαp/21 a = \sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}x_i^{\alpha p/2}}\ge 1 is used. Subsequently, in (2.18) Jensen's inequality is applied for the function xx2. Finally, Proposition 1.1 is used in (2.19).

Similarly, if 0 < α < β, to derive (2.13), the monotonicity of the exponential function is applied, then Jensen's inequality, and finally inequality (1.3).

3.
Applications

In this section, results obtained in previous section, will be applied to Fibonacci sums, which plays an important role in various branches of mathematics. These sums naturally arise in the problems related to combinatorics, complexity analysis, and discrete mathematics.

The classical Fibonacci and Lucas numbers are defined by the recurrence relations, respectively, F0=0,F1=1Fn=Fn2+Fn1,n2 \matrix{{{F_0} = 0,} & {{F_1} = 1} & {{F_n} = {F_{n - 2}} + {F_{n - 1}},} & {n \ge 2}\cr} and L0=2,L1=1,Ln=Ln1+Ln2,n2. \matrix{{{L_0} = 2,} & {{L_1} = 1,} & {{L_n} = {L_{n - 1}} + {L_{n - 2}},} & {n \ge 2.}\cr}

In the literature, many identities related to the sum of Fibonacci numbers can be found. For example, the following identities are given in [6] and [9]: (3.1) i=1nFi2Fi+1=12FnFn+1Fn+2,i=12n2niFi2=5n1L2n, \matrix{{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {F_i^2{F_{i + 1}}}= {1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}},}\cr{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{2n} {\left({\matrix{{2n}\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^2}= {5^{n - 1}}{L_{2n}},}\cr} where Ln is the Lucas number.

In this section, we will select weights w which allow direct calculation of the sum Wn=i=1nwi {W_n} = \sum\nolimits_{i = 1}^n {{w_i}} . This approach will allow us to obtain different inequalities for Fibonacci numbers by using various identities for Fibonacci numbers.

For example, if we take xi = Fi, wi = Fi+1 in the identity (3.1), then Wn = Fn+3 − 2. Using our notation, identity (3.1) can be rewritten as: (3.2) Sn[2](x,w)=12FnFn+1Fn+2. S_n^{[2]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}.

Now, using identity (3.2) along with Theorems 2.3 and 2.4 for β = 2, one obtains the following theorems, respectively.

Theorem 3.1

Let p, q, u, v, α be real numbers such that p > 1, q=pp1 q = {p \over {p - 1}} and α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} .

(i) If 0 < α < 2 then i=1nFi+1Fiui=1nFi+1Fivi=1nFi+1Fiqu1/qi=1nFi+1Fivp1/pi=1nFi+1Fiα1(Fn+32)α/2112FnFn+1Fn+2α/212FnFn+1Fn+2i=1nFi+1Fiα2α. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^v}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{qu}}} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{vp}}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\alpha}} \hfill\cr{\le {1 \over {{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^{\alpha /2 - 1}}}}{{\left({{1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}} \right)}^{\alpha /2}} \le {1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}} \le {{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\alpha}} \right)}^{{2 \over \alpha}}}.} \hfill\cr}

(ii) If α > 2 then i=1nFi+1Fiui=1nFi+1Fivn=1nFi+1Fiqu1/qi=1nFi+1Fivp1/pi=1nFi+1Fiα12FnFn+1Fn+2α/2. {{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^v}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{n = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{qu}}} \right)}^{1/q}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{vp}}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\alpha}\le {\left({{1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}} \right)^{\alpha /2}}.

Theorem 3.2

Let p, q, u, v, α be real numbers such that α=up+vq \alpha= {u \over p} + {v \over q} . Let m=miniFiupvq m = \mathop {\min}\limits_i \left\{{F_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} , M=maxiFiupvq M = \mathop {\max}\limits_i \left\{{F_i^{{u \over p} - {v \over q}}} \right\} .

(i) Let 0 < p, q < 1. If α > 2 then i=1nFi+1Fiu1pi=1nFi+1Fiu1qMmi=1nFi+1Fiαp/21pi=1nFi+1Fiαq/21qMm(Fn+32)1p+1q1i=1nFi+1FiαMm(Fn+32)1p+1q112FnFn+1Fn+2α2. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}} \le {M \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha p/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha q/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{\le {M \over m}{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}}\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\alpha}\le {M \over m}{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}}{{\left({{1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}} \right)}^{{\alpha\over 2}}}.} \hfill\cr}

If 0 < α < 2 then i=1nFi+1Fiu1pi=1nFi+1Fiv1qMmi=1nFi+1Fiαp/21pi=1nFi+1Fiαq/21qMmFn+321p+1q1i=1nFi+1FiαM2m(Fn+32)1p+1q1FnFn+1Fn+2Mm(Fn+32)1p+1q1i=1nFi+1Fiα2α. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^v}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}} \le {M \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha p/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha q/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{\le {M \over m}{{\left({{F_{n + 3}} - 2} \right)}^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\alpha}} \right) \le {M \over {2m}}{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}} \hfill\cr{\le {M \over m}{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^{{1 \over p} + {1 \over q} - 1}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\alpha}} \right)}^{{2 \over \alpha}}}.} \hfill\cr}

(ii) Let p, q ≥ 1. If α > 2 then i=1nFi+1Fiu1pi=1nFi+1Fiv1qMmi=1nFi+1Fiαp/21pi=1nFi+1Fiαq/21qM(Fn+32)2mi=1nFi+1Fiαpi=1nFi+1FiαqM(Fn+32)2mi=1nFi+1Fi2pα2i=1nFi+1Fi2qα2. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^v}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha p/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha q/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{M{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^2}} \over m}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha p}}} \right)\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha q}}} \right)} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{M{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^2}} \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{2p}}} \right)}^{{\alpha\over 2}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{2q}}} \right)}^{{\alpha\over 2}}}.} \hfill\cr}

If 0 < α < 2 then i=1nFi+1Fiu1pi=1nFi+1Fiv1qMmi=1nFi+1Fiαp/21pi=1nFi+1Fiαq/21qM(Fn+32)2mi=1nFi+1Fiαpi=1nFi+1FiαqM(Fn+32)2mi=1nFi+1Fi2pα2i=1nFi+1Fi2qα2. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^u}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^v}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill & {\le {M \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha p/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha q/2}}} \right)}^{{1 \over q}}}} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{M{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^2}} \over m}\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha p}}} \right)\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{\alpha q}}} \right)} \hfill\cr{} \hfill & {\le {{M{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^2}} \over m}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{2p}}} \right)}^{{\alpha\over 2}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{2q}}} \right)}^{{\alpha\over 2}}}.} \hfill\cr}

In the previous theorems, we demonstrated how various inequalities can be derived using known Fibonacci identity and Theorems 2.3 and 2.4. Similarly, other interesting inequalities can be obtained by applying some of the following identities, which can be found in [2], [4], [6], [7] and [9]:

  • for i = 1, …, n,

  • x = Fi, wi = i, Wn=nn+12 {W_n} = {{n\left({n + 1} \right)} \over 2} , β = 1, Sn1(x,w)=nFn+2Fn+3+2 S_n^{\left[ 1 \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = n{F_{n + 2}} - {F_{n + 3}} + 2 ,

  • xi = Fi, wi = Fi+1, Wn = Fn+3 − 2, β = 1, Sn1(x,w)=Fn+121+(1)n2, S_n^{\left[ 1 \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = F_{n + 1}^2 - {{1 + {{(- 1)}^n}} \over 2},

  • xi = Fi, wi=ni {w_i} = \left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right) , Wn = 2n− 1, β = 1, Sn1(x,w)=F2n S_n^{\left[ 1 \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {F_{2n}} ,

  • xi= Fi, wi=ni {w_i} = \left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right) , Wn = 2n− 1, β = 3, Sn3(x,w)=15(2nF2n+3Fn) S_n^{\left[ 3 \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {1 \over 5}({2^n}{F_{2n}} + 3{F_n}) ,

  • xi = Fi, wi=ni {w_i} = \left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right) , Wn = 2n− 1, β = 4, Sn4(x,w)=125(3nL2n4(1)nLn+62n), S_n^{\left[ 4 \right]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {1 \over {25}}({3^n}{L_{2n}} - 4{(- 1)^n}{L_n} + 6 \cdot {2^n}),

  • xi = FiFi+2, wi = 2i−1, Wn = 2n− 1, β = 1, Sn[1](x,w)=2nFnFn+1 S_n^{[1]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {2^n}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}} ,

  • xi = Fi, wi = 1, Wn = n, β = 6, Sn[6](x,w)=14(Fn5Fn+3+F2n) S_n^{[6]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {1 \over 4}(F_n^5{F_{n + 3}} + {F_{2n}}) .

In [1], the authors pointed out, that particularly interesting are the cases in which the sum Sn[α](x) S_n^{[\alpha ]}(x) can be computed for different values of the parameter α. In our notation, for example, if we choose wi = Fi+1, xi = Fi, then for α = 1 we have (3.3) Sn[1](x,w)=Fn+121+(1)n2. S_n^{[1]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = F_{n + 1}^2 - {{1 + {{(- 1)}^n}} \over 2}.

Using the identities (3.2) and (3.3) the following result is obtained.

Theorem 3.3

Let p be a real number such that p > 1.

(i) If β > 2 then i=1nFi+1Fip+1Fn+121+(1)n2i=1nFi+1Fip2+pp1p1pi=1nFi+1Fip1/p12FnFn+1Fn+21(Fn+32)2/β1i=1nFi+1Fiβ2βi=1nFi+1Fiβ12FnFn+1Fn+2β2. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{p + 1}}} \right)\left({F_{n + 1}^2 - {{1 + {{(- 1)}^n}} \over 2}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{{{{p^2} + p} \over {p - 1}}}}} \right)}^{{{p - 1} \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^p}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}} \hfill\cr{\le {1 \over {{{({F_{n + 3}} - 2)}^{2/\beta- 1}}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\beta}} \right)}^{{2 \over \beta}}} \le \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\beta}\le {{\left({{1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}}} \right)}^{{\beta\over 2}}}.} \hfill\cr}

(ii) If 0 < β < 2 then i=1nFi+1Fip+1Fn+121+(1)n2i=1nFi+1Fip2+pp1p1pi=1nFi+1Fip1/p12FnFn+1Fn+2i=1nFi+1Fiβ2β. {{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{p + 1}}} \right)\left({F_{n + 1}^2 - {{1 + {{(- 1)}^n}} \over 2}} \right)} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^{{{{p^2} + p} \over {p - 1}}}}} \right)}^{{{p - 1} \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^p}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over 2}{F_n}{F_{n + 1}}{F_{n + 2}} \le {\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {{F_{i + 1}}F_i^\beta}} \right)^{{2 \over \beta}}}.

Proof

In Theorem 2.3 we take xi = Fi, wi = Fi+1, α = 2 and v = 1, and then using identities (3.2) and (3.3).

Similarly, if we choose xi = Fi, wi=ni {w_i} = \left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right) , then for α = 1 it follows that (3.4) Sn[1](x,w)=F2n, S_n^{[1]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {F_{2n}}, while for α = 3 one gets (3.5) Sn[3](x,w)=15(2nF2n+3Fn). S_n^{[3]}({\rm{x}},{\rm{w}}) = {1 \over 5}({2^n}{F_{2n}} + 3{F_n}).

Now, by applying Theorem 2.3 with xi = Fi, wi=ni {w_i} = \left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right) , α = 3 and v = 1, and using the identities (3.4) and (3.5) the following result is obtained.

Theorem 3.4

Let p be a real number such that p > 1.

(i) If β > 3 then i=1nniFi2p+1F2ni=1nniFi2p2+pp1p1pi=1nniFip1/p15(2nF2n+3Fn)1(2i1)3/β1i=1nniFiβ3βi=1nniFiβ15(2nF2n+3Fn)β3. \matrix{{{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^{2p + 1}}} \right) \cdot {F_{2n}}} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^{{{2{p^2} + p} \over {p - 1}}}}} \right)}^{{{p - 1} \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^p}} \right)}^{1/p}}}} \le {1 \over 5}({2^n}{F_{2n}} + 3{F_n})} \hfill\cr{\le {1 \over {{{({2^i} - 1)}^{3/\beta- 1}}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^\beta}} \right)}^{{3 \over \beta}}} \le \sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^\beta}\le {{\left({{1 \over 5}({2^n}{F_{2n}} + 3{F_n})} \right)}^{{\beta\over 3}}}.} \hfill\cr}

(ii) If 0 < β < 3 then i=1nniFi2p+1F2ni=1nniFi2p2+pp1p1pi=1nniFip1/p<¯152nF2n+3Fn<¯i=1nniFiβ3β. \eqalign{& {{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^{2p + 1}}} \right) \cdot {F_{2n}}} \over {{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^{{{2{p^2} + p} \over {p - 1}}}}} \right)}^{{{p - 1} \over p}}}{{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^p}} \right)}^{1/p}}}}\underline<{1 \over 5}\left({{2^n}{F_{2n}} + 3{F_n}} \right)\cr & \,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\underline<{\left({\sum\limits_{i = 1}^n {\left({\matrix{n\cr i \cr}} \right)F_i^\beta}} \right)^{{3 \over \beta}}}. \cr}

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amsil-2026-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2391-4238 | Journal ISSN: 0860-2107
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 19, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 23, 2026
Published on: Apr 17, 2026
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