On the Gap Functions of Prevariational Inequalities

Gap functions play a crucial role in transforming a variational inequality problem into an optimization problem. Then, methods solving an optimization problem can be exploited for finding a solution of a variational inequality problem. It is known that the so-called prevariational inequality is closely related to some generalized convex functions, such as linear fractional functions. In this paper, gap functions for several kinds of prevariational inequalities are investigated. More specifically, prevariational inequalities, extended prevariational inequalities, and extended weak vector prevariational inequalities are considered. Furthermore, a class of gap functions for inequality constrained prevariational inequalities is investigated via a nonlinear Lagrangian.     

Some matrix inequalities related to Kwong functions

The aim of this note is to investigate some inequalities related to Kwong functions. Refinements of Kaur’s and Zhan’s inequality are presented by the Hadamard product. In addition, variations of the Heinz–Heron type means on Kwong functions are also given.     

On the Jensen-Steffensen inequality for generalized convex functions

Jensen-Steffensen type inequalities for P-convex functions and functions with nondecreasing increments are presented. The obtained results are used to prove a generalization of ?eby?ev’s inequality and several variants of Hölder’s inequality with weights satisfying the conditions as in the Jensen-Steffensen inequality. A few well-known inequalities for quasi-arithmetic means are generalized.     

Inequalities for the generalized trigonometric and hyperbolic functions

The generalized trigonometric functions occur as an eigenfunction of the Dirichlet problem for the one-dimensional p$p$-Laplacian. The generalized hyperbolic functions are defined similarly. Some classical inequalities for trigonometric and hyperbolic functions, such as Mitrinovi?–Adamovi?’s inequality, Lazarevi?’s inequality, Huygens-type inequalities, Wilker-type inequalities, and Cusa–Huygens-type inequalities, are generalized to the case of generalized functions.     

Functional inequalities involving special functions II

This paper is motivated by an open problem of Anderson, Vamanamurthy, and Vuorinen. We prove a chain of inequalities for hypergeometric functions, generalized and normalized Bessel functions, Kummer functions and for some general power series. Some particular cases and refinements are given.     

Inequalities for formal power series and entire functions

We present several integral and exponential inequalities for formal power series and for both arbitrary entire functions of exponential type and generalized Borel transforms. They are obtained through certain limit procedures which involve the multiparameter binomial inequalities, integral inequalities for continuous functions, and weighted norm inequalities for analytic functions. Some applications to the confluent hypergeometric functions, Bessel functions, Laguerre polynomials, and trigonometric functions are discussed. Also some generalizations are given.     

On Jensen-McShane’s inequality

A sequence of inequalities which include McShane’s generalization of Jensen’s inequality for isotonic positive linear functionals and convex functions are proved and compared with results in [3]. As applications some results for the means are pointed out. Moreover, further inequalities of Hölder type are presented.     

Gap Functions for Equilibrium Problems

The theory of gap functions, developed in the literature for variational inequalities, is extended to a general equilibrium problem. Descent methods, with exact an inexact line-search rules, are proposed. It is shown that these methods are a generalization of the gap function algorithms for variational inequalities and optimization problems.     

Computing generalized Nash equilibria by polynomial programming

We present a new way to solve generalized Nash equilibrium problems. We assume the feasible set to be compact. Furthermore all functions are assumed to be polynomials. However we do not impose convexity on either the utility functions or the action sets. The key idea is to use Putinar’s Positivstellensatz, a representation result for positive polynomials, to replace each agent’s problem by a convex optimization problem. The Nash equilibria are then feasible solutions to a system of polynomial equations and inequalities. Our application is a model of the New Zealand electricity spot market with transmission losses based on a real dataset.     

On the extremality of maximal dual feasible functions

Dual feasible functions have been used to compute bounds and valid inequalities for combinatorial optimization problems. Here, we analyze the properties of some of the best functions proposed so far. Additionally, we provide new results for composed functions. These results will allow improving the computation of bounds and valid inequalities.     

Theoretical investigations on maximal dual feasible functions

Dual feasible functions are used to get valid inequalities and lower bounds for integer linear problems. In this paper, we provide a simpler proof for maximality, and we describe new results concerning the extremality of functions from the literature. Extremal functions are a dominant class of dual feasible functions.     

Properties for uniformly starlike and related functions under the Srivastava-Attiya operator

In the present paper, we introduce and investigate classes of analytic functions involving the Srivastava-Attiya operator. Basic properties for β-uniformly starlike functions of order γ are studied, such as inclusion relations, sufficient conditions, coefficient inequalities and distortion inequalities. The results are also extended to β-uniformly convex, close-to-convex, and quasi-convex functions. Relevant connections of the results presented here with those obtained in earlier works are also pointed out.     

与GA凸函数相关的函数的准线性

定义了两个与GA凸函数定积分有关的函数,证明了它们具有某种准线性.作为应用,讨论了这些函数的单调性.     

The Hadamard determinant inequality — Extensions to operators on a Hilbert space

A generalization of classical determinant inequalities like Hadamard's inequality and Fischer's inequality is studied. For a version of the inequalities originally proved by Arveson for positive operators in von Neumann algebras with a tracial state, we give a different proof. We also improve and generalize to the setting of finite von Neumann algebras, some ‘Fischer-type’ inequalities by Matic for determinants of perturbed positive-definite matrices. In the process, a conceptual framework is established for viewing these inequalities as manifestations of Jensen's inequality in conjunction with the theory of operator monotone and operator convex functions on $[0,\infty )$. We place emphasis on documenting necessary and sufficient conditions for equality to hold.     

Vector optimization and variational-like inequalities

In this paper, some properties of pseudoinvex functions are obtained. We study the equivalence between different solutions of the vector variational-like inequality problem. Some relations between vector variational-like inequalities and vector optimization problems for non-differentiable functions under generalized monotonicity are established. J. Zafarani was partially supported by the Center of Excellence for Mathematics (University of Isfahan).     

两类对称函数的Schur凸性

本文用一种新方法研究两类对称函数的Schur凸性.首先,对x=(x1,...,xn)∈(-∞,1)n∪(1,+∞)n和r∈{1,2,...,n},讨论Guan(2007)定义的对称函数Fn(x,r)=Fn(x1,x2,...,xn;r)=∑1≤i1≤i2≤···≤ir≤n r∏j=1xij/(1-xij)的Schur凸性,其中i1,i2,...,in为正整数;推广褚玉明等人(2009)的主要结果,因而用新方法推广并解决Guan(2007)提出的一个公开问题.然后,对x=(x1,...,xn)∈(-∞,1)n∪(1,+∞)n和r∈{1,2,...,n},研究本文定义的对称函数Gn(x,r)=Gn(x1,x2,...,xn;r)=∑1≤i1≤i2≤···≤ir≤n(r∏j=1xij/(1-xij))1/r的Schur凸性、Schur乘性凸性和Schur调和凸性,其中i1,i2,...,in为正整数.作为应用,用Schur凸函数自变量的双射变换得到其他几类对称函数的Schur凸性,用控制理论建立一些不等式,特别地,由此给出Sharpiro不等式和Ky Fan不等式一个共同的推广,导出Safta猜想在高维空间的推广.     

用卷积定义的解析函数子类的Fekete-Szeg不等式

本文研究了一个新的解析函数子类Mλ(g,h,u,v,φ)(0≤λ≤1)的系数不等式.利用分析的方法和技巧,得到它精确的Fekete-Szeg不等式及通过分式微分定义的函数类的Fekete-Szeg不等式.所得结果推广了一些作者的相关结果.     

Herz–Morrey spaces of variable exponent,Riesz potential operator and duality

Our aim in this paper is to deal with the boundedness of the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator on Herz–Morrey spaces and to establish Sobolev’s inequalities for Riesz potentials of functions in Herz–Morrey spaces. Further, we discuss the associate spaces among Herz–Morrey spaces.     

On decoupling of functions of normal vectors

Two decoupling type inequalities for functions of Gaussian vectors are proved. In both cases, it turns out that the case of linear functions is the extreme one. The proofs involve certain properties ofWick’s (Hermite’s) polynomials and a refined version of Schur’s theorem on entrywise product of positive definite matrices.     

A general multidimensional Hermite-Hadamard type inequality

Using a stochastic approach, we establish a multidimensional version of the classical Hermite-Hadamard inequalities which holds for convex functions on general convex bodies. The result is closely related to the Dirichlet problem.