A convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2025-09-16 v1 Probability
Abstract
Given a function defined on a nonempty and convex subset of the -dimensional Euclidean space, we prove that if is bounded from below and it satisfies a convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations, then has to be convex. We also give alternative proofs of a generalization of some known results on convexity with infinite convex combinations due to Dar\'oczy and P\'ales (1987) and Pavi\'c (2019) using a probabilistic version of Jensen inequality.
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@article{arxiv.2508.02474,
title = {A convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations},
author = {Matyas Barczy and Zsolt Páles},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.02474},
year = {2025}
}
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8 pages