On Dinghas-type derivatives and convex functions of higher order. (Q595801)

The authors define a function \(f: I\to \mathbb{R}\; (I\in \mathbb{R})\) to be \(T\)-convex if \[ \Delta_h^Tf(x):=\Delta_{t_1 h}\dots.\Delta_{t_n h}f(x)\geq 0 \] for \(x\in I,\; h\geq 0,\; x+(t_1 +\dots+t_n)h\in I,\) where \((t_1, \dots, t_n)=T.\) They offer among others the result that \(f\) is \(T\)-convex iff the generalized lower Dinghas derivative \[ \lim \inf_{(x,h)\to (\xi,0)\; x\leq\xi\leq x+(t_1+\dots+t_n)h}(\Delta_h ^T f(x)/(t_1\dots t_n h^n)) \] is nonnegative. The paper concludes with two open problems.