Schur-convex functions and isoperimetric inequalities

Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 461-470

  Zhang, Xin Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonnesen inequality; Degree of irregularity; Doubly stochastic matrix; Isoperimetric inequality; Schur convex function; Symmetric function

Indexed keywords

EID: 21944445986     PISSN: 00029939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9939-98-04151-3     Document Type: Article

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