A concave regularly varying leader for equi-concave functions (Q1340599)

Two functions \(\phi\) and \(\psi\) are equivalent \((\phi\sim \psi)\) if there exists a constant \(c> 0\) such that for each \(t\geq 0\), \(c^{- 1}\psi(t)\leq \phi(t)\leq c\psi(t)\). A function \(\phi\) is said to be equiconcave if \(\phi(0)= 0\) and there is a concave function \(\psi\) such that \(\psi\sim \phi\). The authors show (Theorem 5) that: for an equiconcave function \(\psi\) there exists an equivalent concave function \(\phi\) which is regularly varying at zero with an exponent \(\alpha\in [0, 1]\) if and only if the function \(\limsup (t\to 0) \psi(st)/ \psi(t)\) is equivalent to \(s^\alpha\). A similar result in the case \(\alpha= 1\) was given by \textit{D. Drasin} and the reviewer [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 96, 470-472 (1986; Zbl 0591.26004)].