On Convex Functions and L'Hôpital's Rule
Why is it so hard to find examples of asymptotically equivalent convex functions that diverge when $x$ goes to infinity, and such that their derivatives are not asymptotically equivalent? We investigate on this question, and propose a condition on the function $g$ that allows to deduce $f'\sim g'$ from $f\sim g$ for every convex function $f$, thus reversing L'Hôpital's Rule. Through a set of examples, we show the connections between our result and Karamata's theory on regular variation.
Authors
- Matteo Albanese
Institutions
- University of Milan (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Real Analysis Exchange
- Published
- 2024-12-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.14321/realanalexch.1720516269
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Point processes and geometric inequalities
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.97