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A convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2025-09-16 v1 Probability

Abstract

Given a function ff defined on a nonempty and convex subset of the dd-dimensional Euclidean space, we prove that if ff is bounded from below and it satisfies a convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations, then ff 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

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