On approximately monotone and approximately Hölder functions (Q2220995)

The notions and results of this rich content paper are well motivated by the theory of monotone functions and the theory of approximate convexity. For example, the notions of \(\Phi\)-monotone function, \(\Phi\)-Hölder function play an important role in the investigations. A real valued function \(f\) defined on a real open interval \(I\) is called \(\Phi\)-monotone if \[f(x)\leq f(y)+\Phi(y-x)\] holds for all \(x,y\in I\) with \(x\leq y.\) Here \(\Phi\) is a given nonnegative error function defined on the closed interval with endpoints \(0\) and the length of \(I\). If \(f\) and \(-f\) are \(\Phi\)-monotone simultaneously then \(f\) is said to be \(\Phi\)-Hölder function. \par Among the main results we find a description of structural properties of the function classes of \(\Phi\)-monotone functions and \(\Phi\)-Hölder functions, investigations connected with the error function, and a natural extension of the Jordan Decomposition Theorem known for functions of bounded total variations.