Absolute monotonicity of a function involving the exponential function

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    • Feng Qi Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Tianjin Polytechnic University Tianjin City, 300160, China
    2014-08-03
    https://doi.org/10.14419/gjma.v2i3.3062

  • In the paper, the author verifies the absolute monotonicity of a function involving the exponential function.

    Keywords: absolute monotonicity; absolutely monotonic function; completely monotonic function; completely monotonic degree; exponential function

    MSC: Primary 26A48; Secondary 33B10, 44A10

    Author Biography

    • Feng Qi, Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Tianjin Polytechnic University Tianjin City, 300160, China

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    Qi, F. (2014). Absolute monotonicity of a function involving the exponential function. Global Journal of Mathematical Analysis, 2(3), 184-203. https://doi.org/10.14419/gjma.v2i3.3062