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Jensen Type Inequality for L-Gap Convex Functions

By: JinYan Miao  
Open Access
|Apr 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amsil-2026-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2391-4238 | Journal ISSN: 0860-2107
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 12, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 10, 2026
Published on: Apr 4, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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