New integral representations of n-th order convex functions
Abstract
In this paper we give an integral representation of an -convex function in general case without additional assumptions on function . We prove that any -convex function can be represented as a sum of two -times monotone functions and a polynomial of degree at most . We obtain a decomposition of -Wright-convex functions which generalizes and complements results of Maksa and Pales (2009). We define and study relative -convexity of -convex functions. We introduce a measure of -convexity of . We give a characterization of relative -convexity in terms of this measure, as well as in terms of th order distributional derivatives and Radon-Nikodym derivatives. We define, study and give a characterization of strong -convexity of an -convex function in terms of its derivative (which exists a.e.) without additional assumptions on differentiability of . We prove that for any two -convex functions and , such that is -convex with respect to , the function is the support for the function in the sense introduced by Wasowicz (2007), up to polynomial of degree at most .
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@article{arxiv.1008.2701,
title = {New integral representations of n-th order convex functions},
author = {Teresa Rajba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2701},
year = {2010}
}