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Is there a bound for Lipschitz constant in terms of second differences?

It is easy to show that if $f\colon[0,1]\to\mathbb R$ and $|f|\leq A$ and $|f''|\leq B$ then~$|f'|\leq 4A+B$. Indeed, by Taylor formula with remainder $f(x)=f(c)+(x-c)f'(c)+\frac12(x-c)^2f''(d)$ where ...
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Convex minorants to convex functions, given partial Taylor expansion and smoothness estimate

Let $V$ denote a strictly convex function (in arbitrary dimension) whose Hessian is $L$-Lipschitz. Given only this knowledge, and the values of $\left\{ V \left( x \right), \nabla V \left( x \right), \...
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Positive, Uni-modal, Log-concave Combinatorics

We define a sequence, $\{a_n\}_{n=0}^\infty$, to be a uni-modal sequence if for some $m$, $$a_0<a_1<\cdots<a_m,\ \ \ \ a_m>a_{m+1}>a_{m+2}>\cdots.$$ We define a sequence, $\{a_n\}_{...
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Asymptotics to Taylor expansions?

I posted a question on MSE about approximating Taylor series but Despite a bounty I did not receive any answers or comments. Maybe you guys can help. https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/1440931/...
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Inequality of Partial Taylor Series

Hi, For a given $\theta < 1$, and $N$ a positive integer, I am trying to find an $x > 0$ (preferably the smallest such $x$) such that the following inequality holds: $$\sum_{k=0}^{N} \frac{x^k}...
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show this inequality with $\frac{d^i}{dx^i}\left(1-\left(\frac{-x}{\ln(1-x)}\right)^{1/K}\right) \Bigg|_{x=0}>0, ~~~\forall i\in N^{+}$

I am trying to solve this Komal problem 661: Let $K$ be a fixed positive integer. Let $(a_{0},a_{1},\cdots )$ be the sequence of real numbers that satisfies $a_{0}=-1$ and $$\sum_{i_{0},i_{1},\cdots,...
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