Advances in Fractional Bullen-Mercer Type Inequalities: Analysis via Differentiable $ s $-Convex Functions and Numerical Applications
Abstract
In mathematical analysis, the theory of inequalities plays a crucial roledue to its wide applications across various fields of physical sciences. Inthis article, we develop a new class of fractional Bullen-type inequalitiesrelated to the Jensen-Mercer inequality. To achieve this, first, we obtain ageneral fractional Bullen-Mercer identity that plays the foundation for ourmain results. Additionally, using the fractional Bullen-Mercer equality andapplying properties of $s$-convex functions, we give several newinequalities using H\"{o}lder's, power-mean and Young's inequalities. Someknown results are recaptured and several special cases are discussed indetail. Furthermore, applying Lipschitzian and bounded functions in ourgeneral fractional Bullen-Mercer identity, we present some new inequalities.Moreover, we offer some applications of our results, including their use inspecial means, error bounds, matrix inequality and the $q$-digamma function.To validate our findings, we perform various simulations.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Mathematical Methods and Special Functions
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
June 30, 2026
Submission Date
January 8, 2026
Acceptance Date
May 5, 2026
Published in Issue
Year 2026 Volume: 9 Number: 2
