Abstract

We present a geometric view on F-convex functions and we discus their continuity and differentiability properties. Relations between F-convex functions and some concepts of convexity are also investigated.

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Mirosław Adamek

Department of Mathematics, University of Bielsko-Biala, 43-309 Bielsko-Biala, Poland

madamek@ath.bielsko.pl

Keywords

  • F-convex functions
  • generalized convexity

Mathematics Subject Classification

26A51, 39B62

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M. Adamek. “On F-Convex Functions.” Journal of Convex Analysis 28 (2021), No. 3, 761–770. https://doi.org/10.68381/jca28043

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