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Article

The Natural Approaches of Shafer-Fink Inequality for Inverse Sine Function

Department of Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310018, China
Mathematics 2022, 10(4), 647; https://doi.org/10.3390/math10040647
Submission received: 11 February 2022 / Revised: 18 February 2022 / Accepted: 18 February 2022 / Published: 19 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Engineering Mathematics)

Abstract

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In this paper, we obtain some new natural approaches of Shafer-Fink inequality for arc sine function and the square of arc sine function by using the power series expansions of certain functions, which generalize and strengthen those in the existing literature.

1. Introduction

Fink [1] (or see [2]) shown a upper bound for inverse sine function, and obtained the following result, which is called Shafer-Fink inequality:
3 x 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x π x 2 + 1 x 2 , 0 x 1 .
Some new proof and various improvements of Shafer-Fink inequality can be found in [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13]. In [14], Bercu obtained the generalizations and refinements of Shafer-Fink inequality as follows.
Proposition 1
([14] Theorem 1). For every real number 0 x 1 , the following two-sided inequality holds:
x 5 180 + x 7 189 arcsin x 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 π 3 2 .
Proposition 2
([14] Theorem 2). For every 0 x 1 , we have:
x 5 / 60 + 11 x 7 / 840 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 .
Maleševic, Rašajski and Lutovac [15] gave a lower bound for the function arcsin x as follows.
Proposition 3
([15] Theorem 2). If m N and m 2 , then
3 x + n = 2 m E ( n ) x 2 n + 1 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x
for every x [ 0 , 1 ] , where
E ( n ) = n 2 n 1 ! ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 2 n 2 n ! 2 2 n · 2 2 n 2 ( n 1 ) ! 2 ( 2 n + 1 ) ! , n N , n 2 .
At this point, it is necessary for us to recall the results of Zhu [7]:
Proposition 4
([7] Theorem 6). Let 0 < x < 1 . Then,
(1) when p 1 or p < 0 , the double inequality
3 x p 2 + 1 x 2 p arcsin x p π x p 2 p + π p 2 p 1 x 2 p
holds;
(2) when 0 p 4 / 5 , the double inequality (6) is reversed.
Inspired by the above approximation inequalities, we consider the asymptotic expansions of the functions 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x and 3 x 2 arcsin x 2 to establish some new bilateral approximation of Shafer-Fink inequality, and give some deeper conclusions drawn for arcsin x and arcsin x 2 .
Theorem 1.
Let x 1 , { a n } n 0 be defined by
a 0 = 3 ; a n = 2 n 1 ! ! 2 n 1 n ! 2 n 1 n ! n 2 n 1 ! ! 1 2 n + 1 , n 1 ,
m N , m 2 , α m = a m and β m = π n = 0 m 1 a n . Then,
(i) when 0 x 1 , the double inequality
n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 + α m x 2 m + 1 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 + β m x 2 m + 1 2 + 1 x 2
holds with the best constants α m and β m ;
(ii) when 1 x 0 , the double inequality
n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 + β m x 2 m + 1 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 + α m x 2 m + 1 2 + 1 x 2
holds with the best constants β m and α m .
Theorem 2.
Let x 1 , { b n } n 1 be defined by
b 1 = 3 ; b n = ( n 2 ) ( 4 n 3 ) ( n 2 ) ! 2 n 2 n n 1 2 n 1 ! ! 0 , n 2 ,
m N , m 3 , λ m = b m and μ m = π 2 / 2 n = 0 m 1 b n . Then, the double inequality
n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n + λ m x 2 m 3 x 2 arcsin x 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n + μ m x 2 m 3 x 2
holds with the best constants λ m and μ m .

2. Lemmas

This article needs the following two lemmas.
Lemma 1
([16,17,18,19,20]). For x < 1 ,
arcsin x 1 x 2 = n = 1 2 x 2 n 1 n 2 n n .
Integrating the functions on both sides of the inequality (12) from 0 to x, we have
Lemma 2
([18,20]). For x < 1 ,
( arcsin x ) 2 = 1 2 n = 1 2 x 2 n n 2 2 n n .

3. Proof of Theorem 1

Since (8) and (9) hold for x = 0 , we assume that 0 < x 1 to discuss problems below. Let
f ( x ) = 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x .
Then, when 0 < x < 1 , by Lemma 1 we have
f ( x ) = 2 1 x 2 + 1 x arcsin x 1 x 2 = 2 1 + n = 1 2 n 1 ! ! 2 n n ! x 2 n + 1 1 2 n = 1 2 x 2 n n 2 n n = 3 + n = 1 2 2 n 1 ! ! 2 n n ! 2 2 n 1 n 2 n n x 2 n .
Integrating (15) from 0 to x, we have
f ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t = 3 x + n = 1 2 2 n 1 ! ! 2 n n ! 2 2 n 1 n 2 n n 1 2 n + 1 x 2 n + 1 = 3 x + n = 1 2 2 n 1 ! ! 2 n n ! 2 2 n 1 n 2 n 2 n 1 ! ! n ! 1 2 n + 1 x 2 n + 1 = 3 x + n = 1 2 n 1 ! ! 2 n 1 n ! 2 n 1 n ! n 2 n 1 ! ! 1 2 n + 1 x 2 n + 1 : = n = 0 a n x 2 n + 1 ,
where a n is defined by (7). Clearly, it is easy to prove a n 0 for n 1 , among them, a 1 = 0 .
Now, we go into the following even function
F ( x ) = 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 x 2 m + 1 = f ( x ) n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 x 2 m + 1 = n = m a n x 2 n + 1 x 2 m + 1 = n = m a n x 2 ( n m ) = a m + n = m + 1 a n x 2 ( n m ) ,
which is decreasing on [ 1 , 0 ) and increasing on ( 0 , 1 ] . Since
F ( 0 ± ) = a m : = α m , F ( ± 1 ) = π n = 0 m 1 a n : = β m ,
we have
a m < 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 x 2 m + 1 < π n = 0 m 1 a n , 0 < x 1 ,
or
a m x 2 m + 1 < 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 < π n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 m + 1 , 0 < x 1 ,
π n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 m + 1 < 2 + 1 x 2 arcsin x n = 0 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 < a m x 2 m + 1 , 1 x < 0 .
So the proof of Theorem 1 is complete.

4. Proof of Theorem 2

Let
g ( x ) = 3 x 2 arcsin x 2 .
Then, by Lemma 2 and (17),
g ( x ) = 3 x 2 arcsin x 2 = 3 x 2 1 2 n = 1 2 x 2 n n 2 2 n 2 n 1 ! ! n ! = 3 x 2 n = 1 2 n 1 ( n 1 ) ! n 2 n 1 ! ! x 2 n = 3 x 2 + n = 2 ( n 2 ) ( 4 n 3 ) ( n 2 ) ! 2 n 2 n n 1 2 n 1 ! ! x 2 n = 3 x 2 + n = 3 ( n 2 ) ( 4 n 3 ) ( n 2 ) ! 2 n 2 n n 1 2 n 1 ! ! x 2 n : = n = 1 b n x 2 n ,
where
b 1 = 3 ; b n = ( n 2 ) ( 4 n 3 ) ( n 2 ) ! 2 n 2 n n 1 2 n 1 ! ! 0 , n 2 ,
among them, b 2 = 0 .
Let
G ( x ) = 3 x 2 ( arcsin x ) 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n x 2 m = g ( x ) n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n x 2 m .
Then,
G ( x ) = n = m b n x 2 n x 2 m = n = m b n x 2 n m ,
which is increasing on ( 0 , 1 ] .
Since
G ( 0 + ) = b m : = λ m ,
and
G ( 1 ) = lim x 1 3 x 2 ( arcsin x ) 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n x 2 m = π 2 2 n = 1 m 1 b n : = μ m ,
we have
b m 3 x 2 ( arcsin x ) 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n x 2 m π 2 2 n = 1 m 1 b n ,
or
b m x 2 m 3 x 2 ( arcsin x ) 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n π 2 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 m ,
that is,
n = 1 m b n x 2 n 3 x 2 ( arcsin x ) 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 n + 1 + π 2 2 n = 1 m 1 b n x 2 m ,
which implies (11). The proof of Theorem 2 is complete.

5. Corollaries and Remarks

In this section, we draw some new conclusions from Theorems 1 and 2, and compare the results of Theorem 1 with the ones in the literature on the same interval [ 0 , 1 ] .
Remark 1.
The left-hand side inequality of (8) is just the inequality (4) due to a n = E n for n 0 . Obviously, the expression of a n in (7) is simpler than E n in (5). Most importantly, the method of this paper is simple and direct, and the bilateral sharp inequality is obtained.
From Theorem 1, we can obtain the following results.
Corollary 1.
Let 0 x 1 ,
A 5 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 , B 5 ( x ) = π 3 x 5 ; A 7 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 , B 7 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + π 181 60 x 7 ; A 9 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 + 67 6720 x 9 , B 9 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 + π 509 168 x 9 ;
A 11 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 + 67 6720 x 9 + 3461 443 , 520 x 11 , B 11 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 + 67 6720 x 9 + π 6809 2240 x 11 ;
A 13 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 + 67 6720 x 9 + 3461 443 , 520 x 11 + 29 , 011 4 , 612 , 608 x 13 , B 13 ( x ) = 1 60 x 5 + 11 840 x 7 + 67 6720 x 9 + 3461 443 , 520 x 11 + π 1 , 351 , 643 443 , 520 x 13 ;
A 15 ( x ) = x 5 60 + 11 x 7 840 + 67 x 9 6720 + 3461 x 11 443 , 520 + 29 , 011 x 13 4 , 612 , 608 + 239 , 711 x 15 46 , 126 , 080 , B 15 ( x ) = x 5 60 + 11 x 7 840 + 67 x 9 6720 + 3461 x 11 443 , 520 + 29 , 011 x 13 4 , 612 , 608 + π 70 , 430 , 491 23 , 063 , 040 x 15 .
Then,
A 2 m + 1 ( x ) arcsin x 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 B 2 m + 1 ( x ) , m = 2 , 7 ¯ .
Corollary 2.
Let 0 x 1 , a n defined by (7), f ( x ) showed in (14), and
S ( x ) = arcsin x 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 = f ( x ) 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 ,
A 2 m + 1 ( x ) = n = 2 m a n x 2 n + 1 , B 2 m + 1 ( x ) = n = 2 m 1 a n x 2 n + 1 + β m x 2 m + 1 , m 2 .
Then, for 2 p < q ,
A 2 p + 1 ( x ) 2 + 1 x 2 A 2 q + 1 ( x ) 2 + 1 x 2 S ( x ) B 2 q + 1 ( x ) 2 + 1 x 2 B 2 p + 1 ( x ) 2 + 1 x 2 .
The left-hand side inequality of (19) holds for all x [ 0 , 1 ] due to a n 0 , and the light-hand side inequality of (19) holds just due to 0 x 1 .
Remark 2.
Taking m = 2 in (18) gives
arcsin x 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 π 3 x 5 2 + 1 x 2 ,
which is sharper than the light-hand side one of (2) due to
π 3 x 5 2 + 1 x 2 π 3 2 + 1 x 2 π 3 2 .
So, by (19) we have
arcsin x 3 x 2 + 1 x 2 B 2 m + 1 ( x ) 2 + 1 x 2 π 3 2 , m 2 .
Remark 3.
Taking m = 3 in (18) gives (3). We can find that this inequality is sharper than the left-hand side one of (2):
x 5 60 + 11 x 7 840 x 5 180 + x 7 189 2 + 1 x 2 = x 5 7560 19 x 2 + 42 42 + 40 x 2 1 x 2 0 19 x 2 + 42 42 + 40 x 2 1 x 2 .
In fact,
19 x 2 + 42 2 42 + 40 x 2 2 1 x 2 = x 4 1600 x 2 + 2121 > 0 .
From Theorem 2, we can obtain the following results.
Corollary 3.
Let 0 x 1 ,
C 6 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 , D 6 ( x ) = π 2 2 3 x 6 ; C 8 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 , D 8 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + π 2 2 16 5 x 8 ; C 10 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 + 68 525 x 10 , D 10 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 + π 2 2 212 63 x 10 ,
C 12 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 + 68 525 x 10 + 256 2475 x 12 , D 12 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 + 68 525 x 10 + π 2 2 5504 1575 x 12 ,
C 14 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 + 68 525 x 10 + 256 2475 x 12 + 16 , 000 189 , 189 x 14 , D 14 ( x ) = 1 5 x 6 + 52 315 x 8 + 68 525 x 10 + 256 2475 x 12 + π 2 2 62 , 336 17 , 325 x 14 ,
C 16 ( x ) = x 6 5 + 52 x 8 315 + 68 x 10 525 + 256 x 12 2475 + 16 , 000 x 14 189 , 189 + 7424 x 16 105 , 105 , D 16 ( x ) = x 6 5 + 52 x 8 315 + 68 x 10 525 + 256 x 12 2475 + 16 , 000 x 14 189 , 189 + π 2 2 1640 , 418 , 688 468 , 242 , 775 x 16 .
Then,
C 2 m ( x ) arcsin x 2 3 x 2 3 x 2 D 2 m ( x ) , m = 3 , 8 ¯ .
Corollary 4.
Let 0 x 1 , b n defined by (9), g ( x ) showed in (17), and
T ( x ) = arcsin x 2 3 x 2 3 x 2 = g ( x ) 3 x 2 3 x 2 ,
C 2 m ( x ) = n = 3 m b n x 2 n , D 2 m ( x ) = n = 3 m 1 b n x 2 n + μ m x 2 m , m 3 .
Then, for 3 p < q ,
C 2 p ( x ) 3 x 2 C 2 q ( x ) 3 x 2 T ( x ) D 2 q ( x ) 3 x 2 D 2 q ( x ) 3 x 2 .
The left-hand side inequality of (22) holds for all x [ 0 , 1 ] due to b n 0 , and the light-hand side inequality of (22) holds just due to 0 x 1 .
Remark 4.
Taking m = 3 in (21) gives
arcsin x 2 3 x 2 3 x 2 π 2 2 3 x 6 .
So, by (22) we have
arcsin x 2 3 x 2 3 x 2 D 2 m ( x ) 3 x 2 π 2 2 3 x 6 π 2 2 3 , m 3 .
Remark 5.
In the process of proving Theorems 1 and 2, we prove that a n , b n > 0 , which just meet a condition in a theorem called “Theorem on double-sided TAYLOR’s approximations” (see [21] (Theorem 4), [22] (Theorem 2), [23] (Theorem 22)). Therefore, the proofs of Theorems 1 and 2 can be completed by “Theorem on double-sided TAYLOR’s approximations”.

6. Conclusions

Throughout the history of mathematics, function estimation is widely used in various fields of mathematics, including engineering mathematics. In this paper, we have given the power series truncation of the correlation functions of the ones arcsin x and arcsin x 2 as their upper and lower bounds. Based on these basic conclusions, we have drawn a large number of practical estimates about arcsin x and arcsin x 2 .

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares that he has no conflict of interest.

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