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On Some Recent Applications of Stochastic Convex Ordering Theorems to Some Functional Inequalities for Convex Functions: A Survey

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This is a survey paper concerning some theorems on stochastic convex ordering and their applications to functional inequalities for convex functions. We present the recent results on those subjects.

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Rajba, T. (2017). On Some Recent Applications of Stochastic Convex Ordering Theorems to Some Functional Inequalities for Convex Functions: A Survey. In: Brzdęk, J., Ciepliński, K., Rassias, T. (eds) Developments in Functional Equations and Related Topics . Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61732-9_11

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