Separation properties of convexity spaces

The purpose of this paper is to investigate some separation properties of sets with axiomatically defined convexity structures. We state a general separation theorem for pairs of convexities, improving some known results. As an application, we discuss separation properties of lattices, real vector spaces and modules. Received 21 January 1999.     

The radius of convexity of particular functions and applications to the study of a second order differential inequality

In this paper we determine the radius of convexity of particular functions. The obtained results are used to deduce sharp estimates regarding functions which satisfy a second order differential subordination. A lemma regarding starlikeness that involves the notion of convolution is established, and is used in order to obtain a sharp starlikeness condition.     

Monge properties,discrete convexity and applications

Starting from Monge’s mass transportation problem we review the role Monge properties play in optimization. In particular we discuss transportation problems whose cost functions fulfill a Monge property, Monge sequences, algebraic Monge properties, the recognition of permuted Monge arrays and multidimensional Monge arrays and the connections between Monge properties and discrete convexity. Finally we discuss Prékopa’s recent approach using Monge arrays in bounding multivariate probability distribution functions.     

Monotonicity and convexity properties of matrix Riccati equations

Using a Fréchet-derivative-based approach some monotonicity,convexity/concavity and comparison results concerning strictlyunmixed solutions of continuous- and discrete-time algebraicRiccati equations are obtained; it turns out that these solutionsare isolated and smooth functions of the input data. Similarly,it is proved that the solutions of initial value problems forboth Riccati differential and difference equations are smoothand monotonic functions of the input data and of the initial value. They are also convex or concave functions with respectto certain matrix coefficients.     

Uniform convexity properties of norms on a super-reflexive Banach space

We study uniform convexity and smoothness properties satisfied by all the equivalent norms of a super-reflexive Banach space. We give some applications concerning quasi-transitive Banach spaces, and the uniform approximation property.     

Asymptotic properties of a particular nonlinear regression quantile estimation

In this paper we shall be concerned with the asymptotic properties of the regression quantile estimation in the nonlinear regression time series models. For these, first we prove the strong consistency and derive the asymptotic normality of the regression quantile estimators for a particular sinusoidal regression model with a simple harmonic component. Next, we extend the results to more complicated sinusoidal models of several harmonic components.     

Generalization of the notion of relative degree and its properties

We suggest a generalization of the classical notion of relative degree for linear dynamical MIMO systems. We study the properties of that notion, its relationship with the zero dynamics of the system, and the possibility of reduction of the system to a special form.     

Implications between approximate convexity properties and approximate Hermite-Hadamard inequalities

The connection between the functional inequalities

Definition and properties of characteristic frequencies of a linear equation

The definition of the characteristic frequencies of zeroes and changes of sign for solutions is given. It is equal to the upper medium (with respect to the time half-axis) of their number on the half-interval of length π. We also define the main frequencies for a linear homogeneous equation of order n. These main frequencies for an equation with constant coefficients coincide with the absolute values of the imaginary parts of the roots of the corresponding characteristic polynomial. It is proved that for the second-order equation the main frequencies are the same for all solutions and that they are stable with respect to uniformly small and infinitely small perturbations of the coefficients. For the third-order equation they can be different, and for any of the main frequencies an example of nonstability is given. __________ Translated from Trudy Seminara imeni I. G. Petrovskogo, No. 25, pp. 249–294, 2005.     

Some convexity properties of Dirichlet series with positive terms

Some basic results for Dirichlet series ψ with positive terms via log‐convexity properties are pointed out. Applications for Zeta, Lambda and Eta functions are considered. The concavity of the function 1/ψ is explored and, as a main result, it is proved that the function 1/ζ is concave on (ζ^–1(e), ∞). As a consequence of this fundamental result it is noted that Zeta at the odd positive integers is bounded above by the harmonic mean of its immediate even Zeta values which are known explicitly (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Local convexity properties of quasihyperbolic balls in punctured space

This paper deals with local convexity properties of the quasihyperbolic metric in the punctured space. We consider convexity and starlikeness of the quasihyperbolic balls.     

Schur convexity and Schur multiplicative convexity for a class of symmetric functions with applications

For x = (x ₁, x ₂, …, x _n ) ∈ (0, 1 ] ⁿ and r ∈ { 1, 2, … , n}, a symmetric function F _n (x, r) is defined by the relation