This paper shows the equivalence between Murota’s L-convex functions and Favati and Tardella’s submodular integrally convex functions: For a submodular integrally convex function g(p1, . . . , pn), the function g̃ defined by g̃(p0, p1, . . . , pn) = g(p1 − p0, . . . , pn − p0) is an L-convex function, and vice versa. This fact implies, in combination with known results for L-convex functions, tha...

We present a concise and elementary proof of a theorem of Karlin and Studden concerning the smoothness properties of functions belonging to a generalized convexity cone. In [1, Chapter XI], Karlin and Studden showed that a function which is convex with respect to an extended complete Tchebycheff system has a continuous derivative of order n — 1, a fact which is of considerable importance in the...

In this manuscript, we introduce concepts of (m1,m2)-logarithmically convex (AG-convex) functions and establish some Hermite-Hadamard type inequalities of these classes of functions.

We study some classes of generalized convex functions, using a generalized derivative approach. We establish some links between these classes and we devise some optimality conditions for constrained optimization problems. In particular, we get Lagrange-Kuhn-Tucker multipliers for mathematical programming problems. Key words: colinvex, colin…ne, generalized derivative, mathematical programming, ...

The concepts of M-convex functions and M^-convex functions play central roles in the theory of discrete convex analysis which has been applied to mathematical economics. On the other hand, substitutability, which is a key property guaranteeing the existence of a stable matching in generalized stable marriage models, is known as a nice property in mathematical economics. In this paper, we introd...