Linear combination of convex functions is constant

Question

Let $\Phi : \mathbb{R}_{++}\to \mathbb{R}$ be a convex function (not necessarily differentiable). Fix an $\alpha \in (0,1)$ and define

$$g(t) = \alpha t .\Phi\left(\frac{1}{t} + 1\right) + 2(1-\alpha)t .\Phi\left(\frac{1}{t}+\frac{1}{2}\right),\quad \text{for }\;t\in[1,2].$$ Does there exist any such functions $\Phi$ such that $g(\cdot)$ is a constant as a function of $t$? I tried to tackle the problem using Jensen's inequality but nothing seems to work. For example, I have obtained $$\alpha t \Phi\left(\frac{1}{t} + 1\right) + 2(1-\alpha)t \Phi\left(\frac{1}{t}+\frac{1}{2}\right)\geq t(2-\alpha)\Phi((1+t)\alpha + (2+t)(1-\alpha)).$$ But this seems like it is not going to get me anywhere. A couple of facts that could be useful is that $t.\Phi\left(\frac{1}{t}+1\right)$ and $2t .\Phi\left(\frac{1}{t}+\frac{1}{2}\right)$, both are convex functions in $t$. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

Just out of curiosity, we may characterize the convex functions $\Phi:\mathbb{R}_+\to\mathbb{R}$ satisfying that condition as those convex functions that are affine on the interval $[1,\frac32]$ and on the interval $[\frac32,2]$ and satisfy $$\alpha\Phi(2)+(2-4\alpha)\Phi \big(\frac32 \big)-(4-4\alpha)\Phi(1)=0.$$

For $t \in[1,2]$ put $s=\frac1t+\frac12$ so that $t=\frac2{2s-1}$ and the condition writes, for some constant $g$ $$ \alpha \Phi(s+\textstyle\frac12) =(s-\frac12)g- 2(1-\alpha ) \Phi(s)\quad \text{for }\;s\in\big[1,\frac32\big].$$ This implies that $\Phi$ is affine on both $[1,\frac32]$ and $[\frac32,2]$, thus $$ \textstyle \Phi(s)=\cases{2\big(\Phi (\frac32)-\Phi(1)\big)(s-\frac32)+\Phi(\frac32)\quad \text {for}\; 1\le s\le \frac32,\\ \\\textstyle 2\big(\Phi(2)-\Phi (\frac32)\big)(s-\frac32)+\Phi(\frac32)\quad \text {for}\; \frac32\le s\le2. }$$

If we plug this in the preceding equation and eliminate the constant $g$, we find the stated linear relation between $\Phi(1), \Phi \big(\frac32 \big), \Phi(2)$.