| Citation: | Shu-Ping Bai, Feng Qi. DEFINITION, EXISTENCE, NEGATIVITY, AND INTEGRAL INEQUALITIES OF HERMITE–HADAMARD TYPE FOR MTH-CONVEX FUNCTIONS[J]. Journal of Applied Analysis & Computation, 2027, 17(2): 1611-1622. doi: 10.11948/20260262 |
In the paper, the authors introduce a concept of MTH-convex functions, provide an illustrative example of the MTH-convex functions, prove that every MTH-convex function is negative, and establish several new integral inequalities of the Hermite–Hadamard type for this class of functions.
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