A real valued function $f$ defined on a open interval $I$ is called $\Phi$-convex if, for all $x,y\in I$, $t\in[0,1]$ it satisfies $$ f(tx+(1-t)y)\leq tf(x)+(1-t)f(y)+t\Phi\big((1-t)|x-y|\big)+(1-t)\Phi\big(t|x-y|\big), where $\Phi:\mathbb{R}_+\to\mathbb{R}_+$ nonnegative error function. If and $-f$ are simultaneously $\Phi$-convex, then said to be $\Phi$-affine In the main results of paper, ...

We introduce affine Stanley symmetric functions for the special orthogonal groups, a class of symmetric functions that model the cohomology of the affine Grassmannian, continuing the work of Lam and Lam, Schilling, and Shimozono on the special linear and symplectic groups, respectively. For the odd orthogonal groups, a Hopf-algebra isomorphism is given, identifying (co)homology Schubert classes...

A differential invariant is a function defined on the jet space of functions that remains the same under a group action. It is an important concept to solve the equivalence problem. This paper presents an effective method to derive a special type of affine differential invariants. Given some functions defined on the plane and an affine group acting on the plane, there are induced actions of the...

The bent functions are the Boolean functions of an even number of variables which are at the maximum possible distance from the set of all affine functions. In this paper, it is shown that each isometric mapping of the set of Boolean functions of n variables to itself preserving the class of bent functions is a combination of an affine transformation of coordinates and a shift by an affine func...