Representations of Error Terms in Jensen's and Some Related Inequalities with Applications

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-90

  Merkle, Milan ^a  

^a Faculty of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Convexity; Diagamma function; Gamma function; Jensen's inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040209543     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.1998.6214     Document Type: Article

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