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HarmonicMean

HarmonicMean[list]
gives the harmonic mean of the values in list.

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For the list {x₁, x₂, ..., x_n}, the harmonic mean is given by .

HarmonicMean handles both numerical and symbolic data.

HarmonicMean[{{x₁, y₁, ...}, {x₂, y₂, ...}, ...}] gives {HarmonicMean[{x₁, x₂, ...}], HarmonicMean[{y₁, y₂, ...}]}.

HarmonicMean works with SparseArray objects.

Basic Examples (2)

Harmonic mean of symbolic values:

Harmonic mean of columns of a matrix:

Generalizations & Extensions (1)

Properties & Relations (4)

Mean HarmonicNumber GeometricMean

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