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We study conditional expectations generated by an abelian $ C^* $-subalgebra in the centralizer of a positive functional. We formulate and prove Jensen's inequality for functions of several variables with respect to this type of conditional…
We present some generalized Jensen type operator inequalities involving sequences of self-adjoint operators. Among other things, we prove that if $f:[0,\infty) \to \mathbb{R}$ is a continuous convex function with $f(0)\leq 0$, then…
This is a companion note to Zinde-Walsh (2010), arXiv:1009.4217v1[MATH.ST], to clarify and extend results on identification in a number of problems that lead to a system of convolution equations. Examples include identification of the…
Using Laurent decomposition and Mergelyan's theorem combined with Baire's category theorem, we prove generic nowhere differentiability on the distinguished boundary of functions of analytic type on products of planar domains bounded by…
This paper studies the average gradient over the local region of a function and constructs the homogenization function of a function. It is found that there are some good properties about the local extreme points and the global extreme…
Divergence functions play a key role as to measure the discrepancy between two points in the field of machine learning, statistics and signal processing. Well-known divergences are the Bregman divergences, the Jensen divergences and the…
It is shown that, for open sets in classical potential theory and - more generally - for elliptic harmonic spaces, the set of Jensen measures for a point is a simple union of closed faces of a compact convex set which has been thoroughly…
Newton's method has been thoroughly studied for the class of self-concordant functions. However, a local analysis specific to strongly self-concordant functions (a subclass of the former) is missing from the literature. The local quadratic…
Most approximation methods in high dimensions exploit smoothness of the function being approximated. These methods provide poor convergence results for non-smooth functions with kinks. For example, such kinks can arise in the uncertainty…
Convexity plays a prominent role in a number of problems, but practical considerations frequently give rise to non-convex functions. We suggest a method for determining convex regions, and also for assessing the lack of convexity in the…
In the spirit of Kobayashi's applications of methods of invariant metrics to questions of projective geometry, we introduce a projective analogue of the complex squeezing function. Using Frankel's work, we prove that for convex domains it…
A subequation on an open subset $X\subset \mathbb R^n$ is a subset $F$ of the space of $2$-jets on $X$ with certain properties. A smooth function is said to be $F$-subharmonic if all of its $2$-jets lie in $F$, and using the viscosity…
We consider the propagation of sine-Gordon kinks in a planar curved strip as a model of nonlinear wave propagation in curved wave guides. The homogeneous Neumann transverse boundary conditions, in the curvilinear coordinates, allow to…
By applying some techniques of set-valued and variational analysis, we study solution stability of nonhomogeneous split equality problems and nonhomogeneous split feasibility problems, where the constraint sets need not be convex. Necessary…
We show that gradient descent can converge to any local minimum of a smooth semi-algebraic function. This holds if the step sizes are nonsummable and sufficiently small. The same results hold for the subgradient method on locally Lipschitz…
Similarity functions measure how comparable pairs of elements are, and play a key role in a wide variety of applications, e.g., notions of Individual Fairness abiding by the seminal paradigm of Dwork et al., as well as Clustering problems.…
In this paper, an inequality of Simpson type for quasi-convex mappings are proved. The constant in the classical Simpson's inequality is improved. Furthermore, the obtained bounds can be (much) better than some recently obtained bounds.…
We investigate how the type of Convexity of the Core function affects the Csisz\'{a}r $f$-divergence functional. A general treatment for the type of convexity has been considered and the associated perspective functions have been studied.…
We consider the class of smooth convex functions defined over an open convex set. We show that this class is essentially different than the class of smooth convex functions defined over the entire linear space by exhibiting a function that…
Here we establish several results on the nonlocal curvature of planar curves. First we show how to express the nonlocal curvature of a curve relative to a point in terms of the nonlocal curvatures of simpler components of that curve…