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The geometric mean of P1,..,Pn is

$$$Geometric~Mean = \sqrt[n]{\prod_{i=1}^{n} Normalized(P_i)}$$$

where $$$Normalized(P_i) = \frac{P_i}{Pn}$$$ where n is the referenced execution time. Obviously the geometic mean of the referenced machine is 1.



One of the nice features of Geometric means is that the following property holds:

$$$GeometricMean\left(\frac{X_i}{Y_i}\right) = \frac{GeometricMean(X_i)}{GeometricMean(Y_i)}$$$

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