In mathematics, theHeinz mean (named afterE. Heinz[1]) of two non-negativereal numbersA andB, was defined by Bhatia[2] as:
with 0 ≤ x ≤ 1/2.
For different values ofx, this Heinz mean interpolates between thearithmetic (x = 0) andgeometric (x = 1/2) means such that for 0 < x < 1/2:
The Heinz means appear naturally when symmetrizing-divergences.[3]
It may also be defined in the same way forpositive semidefinite matrices, and satisfies a similar interpolation formula.[4][5]
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