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[edit] When to use the geometric mean plagiarism?

Not sure how to note this, but parts of the When to use Geometric means is cribbed without reference from http://www.math.utoronto.ca/mathnet/questionCorner/geomean.html --128.135.213.42 19:03, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Representations for the G-Mean

I think it's easier to understand the geometric mean as an nth root of a product than as a product raised to the power of a reciprocal, so I added an alternative description in the beginning of the article. Should this become the only description present? Rbarreira 17:13, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I think that it should so I took the liberty of removing it. The older less standard version read: \bigg(\prod_{i=1}^n a_i \bigg)^{1/n} = (a_1 \cdot a_2 \dotsb a_n)^{1/n}

[edit] Comments to added picture

Nice picture, but what happens when n > 2? Bob.v.R 14:21, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unclear sentence

I have no idea what this sentence means: This geometric interpretation of the mean is very likely what gave it its name. aevea (talk) 15:02, 11 January 2008 (UTC)