A convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations
Given a function f defined on a nonempty and convex subset of the d-dimensional Euclidean space, we prove that if f is bounded from below and it satisfies a convexity-type functional inequality with infinite convex combinations, then f 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.
Authors
- Mátyás Barczy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3119-7953)
- Zsolt Páles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2382-6035)
Institutions
- University of Debrecen (HU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annales Universitatis Scientiarum Budapestinensis de Rolando Eötvös Nominatae Sectio computatorica
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.71352/ac.58.040825
- Primary Topic
- Functional Equations Stability Results
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00