In this section, we discuss our main results.
2.1. -Convex Functions
We now define the class of -convex functions.
Definition 3. Let be a real function. Let and be a bounded sequence of positive real numbers. A function is said to be -convex, if: We now discuss some special cases of Definition 3.
I. If we take
in Definition 3, then we have the class of generalized convex functions [
9].
II. If we take in Definition 3, then we have the definition of -convex functions.
Definition 4. Let and be a bounded sequence of positive real numbers. A function is said to be -convex, if: III. If we take in Definition 3, where , then we have the class of -convex functions of Breckner type.
Definition 5. Let . Let and be a bounded sequence of positive real numbers. A function is said to be -convex, if: IV. If we take , then Definition 3 reduces to the definition of -Godunova–Levin convex function.
Definition 6. Let . Let and be a bounded sequence of positive real numbers. A function is said to be -convex, if: V. If we take in Definition 3, then we have the definition of -convex function.
Definition 7. Let and be a bounded sequence of positive real numbers. A function is said to be -convex, if: VI. If we take
in Definition 3, then we have the definition of
-convex function, see [
6].
Our next result depends upon condition M, which was introduced by Noor and Noor [
19].
Condition M. Assume that the function
satisfies the following condition:
We now give a new version of Hermite–Hadamard’s inequality essentially using the class of -convex functions.
Theorem 3. Let be a -convex function and satisfy condition M; then for and , we have: Proof. It is given that
satisfies condition M and since
is a
-convex function, by taking
and
, we have:
Additionally, using the fact that
is a
-convex function, we have:
Combining (
1) and (
2) completes the proof. □
Remark 1. Note that for different suitable choices of the function in Theorem 3, we obtain other versions of Hermite–Hadamard’s inequality. For instance, if we take and , then we obtain Hermite–Hadamard’s inequality for generalized convex functions, -convex functions, -convex functions, -convex functions and for -convex functions, respectively.
2.2. Auxiliary Result
In this section, we derive a new integral identity involving -times differentiable functions. For the sake of simplicity, we now consider , , and .
Lemma 1. Let be a -times differentiable function on with and where is an even number. If , thenwhere: Proof. Consider the following integral and integrating by parts repeatedly, we have:
Summing up Equations (
3) and (
4), we have:
Multiplying the above equality by
, we obtain:
This completes the proof. □
2.3. Trapezium-like Inequalities
Now using Lemma 1, we derive new trapezium-like inequalities.
Theorem 4. Let be a function such that exists on and is integrable on , where with and is an even number. If is the -convex function on , then: Proof. Using Lemma 1 and the
-preinvexity of
, we have:
This completes the proof. □
Now we will discuss some special cases of Theorem 4.
I. If , then Theorem 4 reduces to the following result in the class of generalized convex functions.
Corollary 1. Under the assumptions of Theorem 4 if is generalized convex function on , then II. If , then Theorem 4 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex function.
Corollary 2. Under the assumptions of Theorem 4 if is an -convex function on , then: III. If , then Theorem 4 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 3. Under the assumptions of Theorem 4 if is an -convex function on , then where
is the beta function and is defined as:
IV. If , then Theorem 4 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 4. Under the assumptions of Theorem 4, if is an -convex function on , then: V. If , then Theorem 4 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 5. Under the assumptions of Theorem 4, if is an -convex function on , then: Theorem 5. Let be a function such that exists on and is integrable on , where with and is an even number. If is the -convex function on , then for , we have: Proof. Using Lemma 1, Hölder’s inequality, Minkowski’s integral inequality, and the
-preinvexity of
, we have:
This completes the proof. □
Now we will discuss some special cases of Theorem 5.
I. If , then Theorem 5 reduces to the following result in the class of generalized convex functions.
Corollary 6. Under the assumptions of Theorem 5, if is a generalized convex function on , then: II. If , then Theorem 5 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 7. Under the assumptions of Theorem 5, if is an -convex function on , then: III. If , then Theorem 5 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 8. Under the assumptions of Theorem 5, if is an -convex function on , then: IV. If , then Theorem 5 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 9. Under the assumptions of Theorem 5, if is an -convex function on , then: V. If , then Theorem 5 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 10. Under the assumptions of Theorem 5, if is an -convex function on , then: Theorem 6. Let be a function such that exists on and is integrable on , where with is an even number. If is the -convex function on for , then: Proof. Using Lemma 1, the power mean integral inequality, and the
-preinvexity of
, we have:
This completes the proof. □
Now we will discuss some special cases of Theorem 6.
I. If , then Theorem 6 reduces to the following result in the class of generalized convex functions.
Corollary 11. Under the assumptions of Theorem 6, if is a generalized convex function on , then: II. If , then Theorem 6 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 12. Under the assumptions of Theorem 6, if is an -convex function on , then: III. If , then Theorem 6 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 13. Under the assumptions of Theorem 6, if is an -convex function on , then: IV. If , then Theorem 6 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 14. Under the assumptions of Theorem 6, if is an -convex function on , then: V. If , then Theorem 6 reduces to the following result in the class of -convex functions.
Corollary 15. Under the assumptions of Theorem 6, if is an -convex function on , then: 2.4. Applications
We now consider the following special means for different positive real numbers and where :
Arithmetic mean: ;
–logarithmic mean: ,.
Proposition 1. Let , where is an even number; then: Proof. The proof directly follows from Corollary 3 by taking and □
Proposition 2. Let , where is an even number; then: Proof. The proof directly follows from Corollary 8 by taking and □
Proposition 3. Let , where is an even number; then: Proof. The proof directly follows from Corollary 13 by taking and □