Jensen's inequality for quasiconvex functions

S. S. Dragomir; C. E. M. Pearce

doi:10.3934/naco.2012.2.279

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2012, Volume 2, Issue 2: 279-291. Doi: 10.3934/naco.2012.2.279 open access

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Jensen's inequality for quasiconvex functions

S. S. Dragomir^1, and
C. E. M. Pearce^2,

1.
Mathematics, School of Engineering & Science, Victoria University, Melbourne
2.
School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Received: October 2011

Revised: March 2012

Published: May 2012

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Some inequalities of Jensen type and connected results are given for quasiconvex functions on convex sets in real linear spaces.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: 26D07, 26D15.

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