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For all $1<p<\infty$ and $N\ge 2$ we prove that there is a constant $\alpha(p,N)>0$ such that the $p$-harmonic measure in $\R^N_+$ of a ball of radius $0 < \delta \leq 1$ in $\R^{N-1}$ is bounded above and below by a constant times $\delta…

In this paper, we prove that, if functions (concave) $\phi$ and (convex) $\psi$ satisfy certain conditions, the $L_{\phi}$ affine surface area is monotone increasing, while the $L_{\psi}$ affine surface area is monotone decreasing under the…

In this short note we prove a conjecture for the interval $(0,1)$, related to a logarithmically completely monotonic function, presented in \cite{BG}. Then, we extend by proving a more generalized theorem. At the end we pose an open problem…

We propose local versions of monotonicity for Boolean and pseudo-Boolean functions: say that a pseudo-Boolean (Boolean) function is p-locally monotone if none of its partial derivatives changes in sign on tuples which differ in less than p…

In this article, we study some special cases of the problem of classifying polynomials $p:\mathbb{R}^2_+\to (0,\infty)$ for which the net $\{\frac{1}{p(m,n)}\}_{m,n\in \mathbb{Z}_+}$ is a completely monotone net, where $p(x,y)=b(x)+a(x)y$,…

In this note, in particular, we establish the following result: Let $X$ be a real Banach space, $\varphi\in X^*\setminus \{0\}$ and $\psi:X\to {\bf R}$ a Lipschitzian functional with Lipschitz constant equal to $\varphi\|_X^{*}$. Then, we…

In this work we establish a connection between two classical notions, unrelated so far: Harmonic functions on the one hand and absolutely monotonic functions on the other hand. We use this to prove convexity type and propagation of…

The ratio monotonicity of a polynomial is a stronger property than log-concavity. Let P(x) be a polynomial with nonnegative and nondecreasing coefficients. We prove the ratio monotone property of P(x+1), which leads to the log-concavity of…

Motivated by the problem of determining the values of $\alpha>0$ for which $f_\alpha(x)=e^\alpha - (1+1/x)^{\alpha x},\ x>0$ is a completely monotonic function, we combine Fourier analysis with complex analysis to find a family…

In this present investigation, we found a set of sufficient conditions to be imposed on the parameters of the Fox H-functions which allow us to conclude that it is non-negative. As applications, various new facts regarding the Fox-Wright…

We show that a large collection of special functions, in particular Nielsen's beta function, are generalized Stieltjes functions of order 2, and therefore logarithmically completely monotonic. This includes the Laplace transform of…

In the paper, the authors introduce a matrix-parametrized generalization of the multinomial probability mass function that involves a ratio of several multivariate gamma functions. They show the logarithmic complete monotonicity of this…

If L is an order polynomially complete lattice, (that is: every monotone function from L^n to L is induced by a lattice-theoretic polynomial) then the cardinality of L is a strongly inaccessible cardinal. In particular, the existence of…

A Boolean function $f:\{0,1\}^n \mapsto \{0,1\}$ is said to be $\eps$-far from monotone if $f$ needs to be modified in at least $\eps$-fraction of the points to make it monotone. We design a randomized tester that is given oracle access to…

We study $p$-harmonic functions, $ 1 < p\neq 2 < \infty$, in $ \mathbb{R}^{2}_+ = \{ z = x + i y : y > 0, - \infty < x < \infty \} $ and $B( 0, 1 ) = \{ z : |z| < 1 \}$. We first show for fixed $ p$, $1 < p\neq 2 < \infty$, and for all…

We improve the classical discrete Hardy inequality for $ 1<p<\infty $ for functions on the natural numbers. For integer values of $ p $ the Hardy weight is an absolutely monotonic function.

We prove some properties of completely monotonic functions and apply them to obtain results on gamma and $q$-gamma functions.

The main aim of this paper is to prove that the double inequality \frac{(k-1)!}{\Bigl\{x+\Bigl[\frac{(k-1)!}{|\psi^{(k)}(1)|}\Bigr]^{1/k}\Bigr\}^k}…

We give some necessary and some sufficient conditions for the complete monotonicity on the negative half-line of a Mittag-Leffler function of Le Roy type. It is conjectured that the underlying positive random variable, when it exists, must…

We characterize the weighted Hardy's inequalities for monotone functions in ${\mathbb R^n_+}.$ In dimension $n=1$, this recovers the classical theory of $B_p$ weights. For $n>1$, the result was only known for the case $p=1$. In fact, our…