A characterization of convex φ-functions

Abstract

The properties of four elements \((LPFE)\) and \((UPFE)\), introduced by Isac and Persson, have been recently examined in Hilbert spaces, \(L^p\)-spaces and modular spaces. In this paper we prove a new theorem showing that a modular of form \(\rho_{\Phi}(f)=\int_{\Omega}\Phi(t,|f(t)|)d\mu(t)\) satisfies both \((LPFE)\) and \((UPFE)\) if and only if \(\Phi\) is convex with respect to its second variable. A connection of this result with the study of projections and antiprojections onto latticially closed subsets of the modular space \(L^{\Phi}\) is also discussed.

Keywords

• inequalities
• modulars
• Orlicz-Musielak spaces
• convexity
• isotonicity
• antiprojections