Fractional Versions of Hermite-Hadamard, Fejér, and Schur Type Inequalities for Strongly Nonconvex Functions
Abstract
In modern world, most of the optimization problems are nonconvex which are neither convex nor concave. The objective of this research is to study a class of nonconvex functions, namely, strongly nonconvex functions. We establish inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard and Fejér type for strongly nonconvex functions in generalized sense. Moreover, we establish some fractional integral inequalities for strongly nonconvex functions in generalized sense in the setting of Riemann-Liouville integral operators.
1. Introduction
is Hermite-Hadamard’s (see [3, 4]).
The notion of convexity is very old, and it appears in Archimedes treatment of orbit length. Nowadays, convex geometry is a mathematical subject in its own right. There are several modern works on convexity that are for the studies of real analysis, linear algebra, geometry, and functional analysis. The theory of convexity helps us to solve many applied problems. In recent years, the theory of convex analysis gains huge attention of researchers due to its interesting applications in optimizations, geometry, and engineering [5, 6].
The present paper deals with a new class of convex functions and establishes inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard and Fejér. Moreover, we develop some fractional integral inequalities. See [7, 8] for more general inequalities via convexity of functions.
The classical definition of convex functions was given in [3]. Another concept which is used widely in convex analysis is p-convex sets and p-convexity (see [4]). By taking p = 1 in the above definition, we get classical notion of convexity. After that, the strongly convex with modulus μ > 0 was introduced in [9]. And in [10], the notion of the strongly p-convex function had been introduced. The notion of generalized convex functions had been introduced in [11, 12].
Motivated by the above researches, [13] introduced the following class of functions.
holds for t ∈ [0, 1].
Definition 1 (see [13], [14].)Consider f ∈ L[a, b], then the RHS and the LHS Riemann-Liouville fractional integral (RL) of order α > 0 with b > a > 0 are defined by
respectively, where Γ(α) is the Gamma function defined as
It is to be noted that
The Riemann integral is reduced to classical integral for α = 1 [15–18].
The definition of strong p-convexity was studied in [13]. The aim of this paper is to establish the inequalities of Schur, Fejér, and Hermite-Hadamard type for the strongly nonconvex functions via RL fractional integrals.
2. Inequality of Hermite-Hadamard Type
In order to prove the inequality of Hermite-Hadamard type, the following lemma is very important.
Lemma 2 (see [19].)Let p be any nonzero real number and α be any positive constant. Further consider an integrable function w : A⟶ℝ, where A = [a, b] ⊂ (0, ∞) which is p-symmetric w.r.t. ; then, we have the following:
- (i)
If p > 0,
- (ii)
If p < 0,
Theorem 3. Let the strongly generalized p-convex function f : I⟶ℝ with magnitude μ > 0 and η (·) be bounded above in f(I) × f(I) y f ∈ L[a, b]. Then, if p is any positive real number, we have
Proof. We begin the proof by inserting and
Take and , then (8) yields
Multiplying (9) by tα−1 and then integrating w.r.t. t over the interval [0, 1/2],
Now, to obtain the left-hand side of Theorem 3, we have for ,
Combining (12) and (13), we have
Multiplying (14) by 2tα−1 and then integrating w.r.t. t over the interval [0, 1/2], we have
Remark 4.
- (i)
Fixing p = 1 in Theorem 3 gives Hermite-Hadamard inequality in the sense of the strongly generalized convexity
- (ii)
Fixing p = 1 and μ = 0 in Theorem 3, we obtain [20] (Theorem 2.1)
- (iii)
Fixing η(x, y) = x − y and μ = 0 in Theorem 3 yields [21] (Theorem 2.1)
- (iv)
Applying both (ii) and (iii) on Theorem 3, we obtain classical fractional version of H-H inequality
Definition 5 (see [22].)Let p be any nonzero real number; then, the function w : [a, b]⟶ℝ is p-symmetric w.r.t. if for all x ∈ [a, b].
Theorem 6 (inequality of Fejér type). Suppose that f is a function as in Theorem 3 and an integrable, nonnegative function w : [a, b]⟶R is symmetric w.r.t. , then
Proof. Setting t = 1/2 in (2),
Substitute and in (18),
According to the given conditions of w, we have
∀x, y ∈ [a, b]. Multiplying (19) by and then integrating w.r.t. t over the interval [0, 1],
Let g(x) = x1/p, then (23) becomes
Now, take x = (tap + (1 − t)bp)∀t ∈ [0, 1], then by Def of f,
Multiply on both sides of (26) by and then integrate w.r.t. t over the interval [0, 1],
Take g(x) = x1/p in (28), then we have
Similarly, we have
from definition of f by fixing x = tbp + (1 − t)ap.
Combining (29) and (30), we obtain
3. Fractional Integral Inequalities for Strongly Generalized p-Convex Function
Lemma 7. Consider a differentiable function f : I ⊂ (0, ∞)⟶R on Io, with f′ ∈ L[a, b], where a, b ∈I and a < b. If w : [a, b]⟶R is integrable, then
holds with g(x) = x1/p.
Proof. Let p > 0, and x∈[ap, bp], then for generalized strongly p-convex function, we have
By integration by parts, we have
By combining (34), (37), and (38), we have (33). This completes the proof.
Remark 8. Setting μ = 0 and η = x − y in Lemma 7 gives us [21] (Lemma 2.1).
Theorem 9. Let the function f be as in Theorem 3.1. If |f′| is a strongly generalized p-convex function on [a, b] for positive p and α, then
Proof. Theorem (3) gives
Setting t = uap + (1 − u)bp, dt = (ap − bp)du, we have
Since |f′| is a strongly generalized p-convex function on [a, b], we have
After combining (48) and (43), we have
Remark 10. If one takes η = x − y and μ = 0, then we get [21] (Theorem 2.2).
Theorem 11. Let the function f be as in Theorem 3.1. If |f′| is as in Theorem 9, then
Proof. Let p > 0:
Setting t = uap + (1 − u)bp, dt = (ap − bp)du, we have
Using the inequality of power mean the definition of ,
This completes the proof.
4. Conclusion
In this paper, we established inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard and Fejér type for strongly generalized p-convex functions. We also established some fractional integral inequalities for this class of function in the setting of RL fractional integrals. We also related our results with the existing results and proved that by fixing involved parameters, we get many previous results.
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