A characterization of convex functions

DOI10.1080/00029890.2018.1507205MaRDI QIDQ4554686zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paolo Leonetti

Publication date 9 November 2018

Published in The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08611

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convexity of real functions in one variable, generalizations (26A51) Convex sets in topological vector spaces (aspects of convex geometry) (52A07)

Abstract: Let $D$ be a convex subset of a real vector space. It is shown that a radially lower semicontinuous function $f:DomathbfRcup+infty$ is convex if and only if for all $x,yinD$ there exists $alpha=alpha(x,y)in(0,1)$ such that $f(alphax+(1-alpha)y)lealphaf(x)+(1-alpha)f(y)$.

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