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In mathematics, a contraharmonic mean is a function complementary to the harmonic mean. The contraharmonic
mean There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics. Each mean serves to summarize a given group of data, often to better understand the overall value (magnitude and sign) of a given data set. For a data set, the '' ari ...
is a
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of the Lehmer mean, L_p, where ''p'' = 2.


Definition

The contraharmonic mean of a set of positive numbers is defined as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the numbers divided by the arithmetic mean of the numbers: \begin \operatorname\left(x_1, x_2, \dots, x_n\right) &= , \\ pt &= . \end


Properties

It is easy to show that this satisfies the characteristic properties of a
mean There are several kinds of mean in mathematics, especially in statistics. Each mean serves to summarize a given group of data, often to better understand the overall value (magnitude and sign) of a given data set. For a data set, the '' ari ...
: * \operatorname\left(x_1, x_2,\, \dots,\, x_n\right) \in \left min\left(x_1, x_2,\, \dots,\, x_n\right),\, \max\left(x_1, x_2,\, \dots,\, x_n\right)\right/math> * \operatorname\left(t \cdot x_1, t \cdot x_2,\, \dots,\, t \cdot x_n\right) = t \cdot C\left(x_1, x_2,\, \dots,\, x_n\right)\textt > 0 The first property implies the ''fixed point property'', that for all ''k'' > 0, The contraharmonic mean is higher in value than the arithmetic mean and also higher than the root mean square: \min(\mathbf) \leq \operatorname(\mathbf) \leq \operatorname(\mathbf) \leq \operatorname(\mathbf) \leq \operatorname(\mathbf) \leq \operatorname(\mathbf) \leq \operatorname(\mathbf) \leq \max(\mathbf) where x is a list of values, H is the harmonic mean, G is geometric mean, L is the
logarithmic mean In mathematics, the logarithmic mean is a function of two non-negative numbers which is equal to their difference divided by the logarithm of their quotient. This calculation is applicable in engineering problems involving heat and mass tran ...
, A is the arithmetic mean, R is the root mean square and C is the contraharmonic mean. Unless all values of x are the same, the ≤ signs above can be replaced by <. The name ''contraharmonic'' may be due to the fact that when taking the mean of only two variables, the contraharmonic mean is as high above the arithmetic mean as the arithmetic mean is above the harmonic mean (i.e., the arithmetic mean of the two variables is equal to the arithmetic mean of their harmonic and contraharmonic means).


Two-variable formulae

From the formulas for the arithmetic mean and harmonic mean of two variables we have: \begin \operatorname(a, b) &= \\ \operatorname(a, b) &= = \\ \operatorname(a, b) &= 2 \cdot A(a ,b) - H(a, b) \\ &= a + b - = \\ &= \end Notice that for two variables the average of the harmonic and contraharmonic means is exactly equal to the arithmetic mean: As ''a'' gets closer to 0 then H(''a'', ''b'') also gets closer to 0. The harmonic mean is very sensitive to low values. On the other hand, the contraharmonic mean is sensitive to larger values, so as ''a'' approaches 0 then C(''a'', ''b'') approaches ''b'' (so their average remains A(''a'', ''b'')). There are two other notable relationships between 2-variable means. First, the geometric mean of the arithmetic and harmonic means is equal to the geometric mean of the two values: \operatorname(\operatorname(a, b), \operatorname(a, b)) = \operatorname\left(, \right) = \sqrt = \sqrt = \operatorname(a, b) The second relationship is that the geometric mean of the arithmetic and contraharmonic means is the root mean square: \begin &\operatorname\left(\operatorname(a, b), \operatorname(a, b)\right) = \operatorname\left(, \right) \\ = &\sqrt = \sqrt \\ pt = &\operatorname(a, b) \end The contraharmonic mean of two variables can be constructed geometrically using a trapezoid (se

.


Additional constructions

The contraharmonic mean can be constructed on a circle similar to the way the
Pythagorean means In mathematics, the three classical Pythagorean means are the arithmetic mean (AM), the geometric mean (GM), and the harmonic mean (HM). These means were studied with proportions by Pythagoreans and later generations of Greek mathematicians b ...
of two variables are constructed. The contraharmonic mean is the remainder of the diameter on which the harmonic mean lies.


Properties

The contraharmonic mean of a random variable is equal to the sum of the arithmetic mean and the
variance In probability theory and statistics, variance is the expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its population mean or sample mean. Variance is a measure of dispersion, meaning it is a measure of how far a set of numbe ...
divided by the arithmetic mean.Kingley MSC (1989) The distribution of hauled out ringed seals an interpretation of Taylor's law. Oecologia 79: 106-110 Since the variance is always ≥0 the contraharmonic mean is always greater than or equal to the arithmetic mean. The ratio of the variance and the mean was proposed as a test statistic by Clapham.Clapham AR (1936) Overdispersion in grassland communities and the use of statistical methods in plant ecology. J Ecol 14: 232 This statistic is the contraharmonic mean less one. It is also related to Katz's statisticKatz L (1965) United treatment of a broad class of discrete probability distributions. ''in'' Proceedings of the International Symposium on Discrete Distributions. Montreal J_n = \sqrt \frac where ''m'' is the mean, ''s''2 the variance and ''n'' is the sample size. ''J''n is asymptotically normally distributed with a mean of zero and variance of 1.


Uses in statistics

The problem of a size biased sample was discussed by Cox in 1969 on a problem of sampling fibres. The expectation of size biased sample is equal to its contraharmonic mean.Zelen M (1972) Length-biased sampling and biomedical problems. In Biometric Society Meeting, Dallas, Texas The probability of a fibre being sampled is proportional to its length. Because of this the usual sample mean (arithmetic mean) is a biased estimator of the true mean. To see this consider g(x) = \frac where ''f''(''x'') is the true population distribution, ''g''(''x'') is the length weighted distribution and ''m'' is the sample mean. Taking the usual expectation of the mean here gives the contraharmonic mean rather than the usual (arithmetic) mean of the sample. This problem can be overcome by taking instead the expectation of the harmonic mean (1/''x''). The expectation and variance of 1/''x'' are \operatorname\left \frac \right= \frac and has variance \operatorname \left( \frac \right) = \frac where is the expectation operator. Asymptotically is distributed normally. The asymptotic efficiency of length biased sampling depends compared to random sampling on the underlying distribution. if ''f''(''x'') is log normal the efficiency is 1 while if the population is gamma distributed with index ''b'', the efficiency is . This distribution has been used in several areas.Keillor BD, D'Amico M & Horton V (2001) Global Consumer Tendencies. Psychology & Marketing 18(1) 1-19Sudman (1980) Quota sampling techniques and weighting procedures to correct for frequency bias It has been used in image analysis.Pathak M, Singh S (2014) Comparative analysis of image denoising techniques. International Journal of Computer Science & Engineering Technology 5 (2) 160-167


History

The contraharmonic mean was discovered by the Greek mathematician Eudoxus in the 4th century BCE.


See also

* Harmonic mean * Lehmer mean *
Pythagorean means In mathematics, the three classical Pythagorean means are the arithmetic mean (AM), the geometric mean (GM), and the harmonic mean (HM). These means were studied with proportions by Pythagoreans and later generations of Greek mathematicians b ...


References

*Essay #3 - Some "mean" Trapezoids, by Shannon Umberger:

*Construction of the Contraharmonic Mean in a Trapezoid

*Means in the Trapezoid:

*Means of Complex Numbers:

*Proofs without Words / Exercises in Visual Thinking, by Roger B. Nelsen, page 56, *Pythagorean Means:

(extend the segment that represents the Harmonic mean through the circle's center to the other side, creating a diameter. The length of the diameter segment after the Harmonic segment is the Contraharmonic mean.) *Pahikkala, Jussi (2010)
On contraharmonic mean and Pythagorean triples
''Elemente der Mathematik'' 65 (2): 62–67.


External links

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