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The grand picture behind Jensen's inequality

General Mathematics 2023-01-13 v2

Abstract

Let II and JJ be two intervals, and let f,g:IRf, g: I \rightarrow \mathbb{R}. If for any points aa and bb in II and any positive numbers pp and qq such that p+q=1p + q = 1, we have \begin{align} \nonumber p f(a) + q f(b) + g(pa + qb) \in J, \end{align} then for any points x1,,xnx_{1}, \ldots, x_{n} in II and any positive numbers λ1,,λn\lambda_{1}, \ldots, \lambda_{n} such that i=1nλi=1\sum_{i=1}^{n}\lambda_{i} = 1, we have \begin{align} \nonumber \sum_{i=1}^{n}\lambda_{i} f(x_{i}) + g\left( \sum_{i=1}^{n}\lambda_{i}x_{i} \right) \in J. \end{align} If we take g=fg = -f and J=[0,+)J = [0, +\infty), then the Jensen's inequality. The conclusion is only a short glimpse of the grand picture behind Jensen's inequality shows in this paper.

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@article{arxiv.2211.08269,
  title  = {The grand picture behind Jensen's inequality},
  author = {Jun Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.08269},
  year   = {2023}
}

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