Abstract. Let $F_{\alpha,\beta }(x)=\beta E_{\beta } (x^{\beta })-\alpha E_{\alpha }(x^{\alpha })$, where $E_{\alpha }$ denotes the Mittag--Leffler function. We prove that if $\alpha, \beta\in (0,1]$, then $F_{\alpha,\beta }$ is completely monotonic on $(0,\infty )$ if and only if $\alpha\leq \beta $. This extends a result of T. Simon, who proved in 2015 that $F_{\alpha,1}$ is completely monotonic on $(0,\infty )$ if $\alpha\in (0,1]$. Moreover, we apply our monotonicity theorem to obtain some functional inequalities involving $F_{\alpha,\beta }$.
DOI: 10.14232/actasm-018-263-5
AMS Subject Classification
(1991): 26A48, 33E12
Keyword(s):
Mittag--Leffler function,
completely monotonic,
functional inequalities
Received January 17, 2018. (Registered under 13/2018.)
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