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In this paper we study a convection-diffusion equation on a star-shaped graph composed by $n$ incoming edges and $m$ outgoing edges with a nonlinearity $f\in C^1(\rr)$ satisfying some additional general conditions. First, we prove the…

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Given l<s<m an upper bound on the s norm is given using l norm and m norm. The result is applied in bounding odd values of zeta function, binomial sums and gamma and beta functions.

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Hariprasad M

We study multivariate normal models that are described by linear constraints on the inverse of the covariance matrix. Maximum likelihood estimation for such models leads to the problem of maximizing the determinant function over a…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2009-06-22 Bernd Sturmfels , Caroline Uhler

Sufficient conditions for comparing the convolutions of heterogeneous gamma random variables in terms of the usual stochastic order are established. Such comparisons are characterized by the Schur convexity properties of the cumulative…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Farbod Roosta-Khorasani , Gabor J. Szekely

We consider nonparametric estimation of the derivative of a probability density function with the bounded support on $[0,\infty)$. Estimates are looked up in the class of estimates with asymmetric gamma kernel functions. The use of gamma…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-07-10 A. V. Dobrovidov , L. A Markovich

We estimate the derivative of a probability density function defined on $[0,\infty)$. For this purpose, we choose the class of kernel estimators with asymmetric gamma kernel functions. The use of gamma kernels is fruitful due to the fact…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2015-02-10 L. A. Markovich

We investigate a convexity properties for normalized log moment generating function continuing a recent investigation of Chen of convex images of Gaussians. We show that any variable satisfying a ``Ehrhard-like'' property for its…

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The g-convexity of functions on manifolds is a generalization of the convexity of functions on Rn. It plays an essential role in both differential geometry and non-convex optimization theory. This paper is concerned with g-convex smooth…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2024-09-24 Yu Wang , Ke Ye

In this paper several inequalities of the right-hand side of Hermite-Hadamard inequality are obtained for the class of functions whose derivatives in absolutely value at certain powers are ({\alpha},m)-convex.Some applications to special…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-04-19 Imdat Işcan

The article examines the distribution of the power series of the function $ w(y) = \left( 1 + \sqrt{1 - y} \right)^{-\frac{1}{2}}. $ The distribution of the considered function into a power series is obtained $ \left(1 + \sqrt{1 -…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Oleksandr Volkov , Nataliia Voinalovych

In this paper, we consider the nonparametric estimation of the multivariate probability density function and its partial derivative with a support on $[0,\infty)$. To this end we use the class of kernel estimators with asymmetric gamma…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-12-27 L. A. Markovich

Let R+ = (0,infinity) and let M be the family of all mean values of two numbers in R+ (some examples are the arithmetic, geometric, and harmonic means). Given m1, m2 in M, we say that a function f : R+ to R+ is (m1,m2)-convex if f(m1(x,y))…

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More precise estimates for the Bergman metric on strongly pseudoconvex domains are given, based on the use of the squeezing function.

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2015-04-23 Klas Diederich , J. E. Fornæss

In this paper, we introduce a new two-parameter deformation of the Gamma function that generalizes some existing Gamma-type functions in the literature. We study properties of this function that depend on the parameters. We also prove some…

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Polygons are described as almost-convex if their perimeter differs from the perimeter of their minimum bounding rectangle by twice their `concavity index', $m$. Such polygons are called \emph{$m$-convex} polygons and are characterised by…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-10-26 W. R. G. James , I. Jensen , A. J. Guttmann

In this paper, the authors establish some inequalities involving the $q$-extension of the classical Gamma function. These inequalities provide bounds for certain ratios of the $q$-extended Gamma function. The procedure makes use of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-10-14 Kwara Nantomah , Edward Prempeh , Stephen Boakye Twum

The concentration of measure phenomenon in Gauss' space states that every $L$-Lipschitz map $f$ on $\mathbb R^n$ satisfies \[ \gamma_{n} \left(\{ x : | f(x) - M_{f} | \geqslant t \} \right) \leqslant 2 e^{ - \frac{t^2}{ 2L^2} }, \quad t>0,…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-06-30 Petros Valettas

This note deals with certain properties of convex functions. We provide results on the convexity of the set of minima of these functions, the behaviour of their subgradient set under restriction, and optimization of these functions over an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Miel Sharf , Daniel Zelazo

Polygons are described as almost-convex if their perimeter differs from the perimeter of their minimum bounding rectangle by twice their `concavity index', $m$. Such polygons are called \emph{$m$-convex} polygons and are characterised by…

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