Elementary Proofs of an Inequality for Symmetric Functions for n < or = 5.
Abstract
Some aspects of the heat transfer in the emergency cooling of nuclear reactors lead to a nonlinear eigenvalue problem, the so-called model quelch front problem. Laquer and Wendroff suggested a procedure for computing bounds of the eigenvalue which depend - among other things - on the validity of a certain inequality for elementary symmetric functions. This inequality is of interest in itself and was recently proved by Efroymson, Swartz and Wendroff using a fairly complicated argument. We give an elementary proof for n < or = 5.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1980
- Accession Number
- ADA093574
Entities
People
- Roland Zielke
Organizations
- University of Wisconsin–Madison