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New integral representations of n-th order convex functions

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2010-08-17 v1

Abstract

In this paper we give an integral representation of an nn-convex function ff in general case without additional assumptions on function ff. We prove that any nn-convex function can be represented as a sum of two (n+1)(n+1)-times monotone functions and a polynomial of degree at most nn. We obtain a decomposition of nn-Wright-convex functions which generalizes and complements results of Maksa and Pales (2009). We define and study relative nn-convexity of nn-convex functions. We introduce a measure of nn-convexity of ff. We give a characterization of relative nn-convexity in terms of this measure, as well as in terms of nnth order distributional derivatives and Radon-Nikodym derivatives. We define, study and give a characterization of strong nn-convexity of an nn-convex function ff in terms of its derivative f(n+1)(x)f^{(n+1)}(x) (which exists a.e.) without additional assumptions on differentiability of ff. We prove that for any two nn-convex functions ff and gg, such that ff is nn-convex with respect to gg, the function gg is the support for the function ff in the sense introduced by Wasowicz (2007), up to polynomial of degree at most nn.

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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}
}