NOTE ON AN INTEGRAL INEQUALITY FOR CONCAVE FUNCTIONS

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Published: Jun 1, 1996
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.27.1996.4354
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concave functions., Integral inequality involving a function and its derivatives

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HORST ALZER
Morsbacher Str. 10, 51545 Waldbrol, Germany.

Abstract




We prove: Let $p\in C^2[a, b]$ be non-negative and concave, and let $f\in C^2[a, b]$ with $f(a)=f(b)=0$. Then


\[ \left(\int_a^b p(x)(f'(x))^2 dx\right)^2\le \left(\int_a^b p(x)(f(x))^2 dx\right)\left(\int_a^b p(x)(f''(x))^2 dx\right) .\]





Moreover, we determine all cases of equality.





 




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ALZER, H. (1996). NOTE ON AN INTEGRAL INEQUALITY FOR CONCAVE FUNCTIONS. Tamkang Journal of Mathematics, 27(2), 161–163. https://doi.org/10.5556/j.tkjm.27.1996.4354
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Vol. 27 No. 2 (1996)
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