<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "http://dtd.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/3.0/journalpublishing3.dtd"><article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="3.0" xml:lang="en" article-type="research article"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">AM</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Applied Mathematics</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2152-7385</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Scientific Research Publishing</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4236/am.2012.312260</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">AM-25448</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="Discipline-v2"><subject>Physics&amp;Mathematics</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>
 
 
  Some Inequalities of Hermite-Hadamard Type for Functions Whose 3rd Derivatives Are &lt;i&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;-Convex
 
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>oyan</surname><given-names>Xi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Shuhong</surname><given-names>Wang</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Feng</surname><given-names>Qi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref><xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1"><sup>*</sup></xref></contrib></contrib-group><aff id="aff1"><addr-line>College of Mathematics, Inner Mongolia University for Nationalities, Tongliao, China</addr-line></aff><aff id="aff2"><addr-line>School of Mathematics and Informatics, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo, China</addr-line></aff><author-notes><corresp id="cor1">* E-mail:<email>qifeng618@gmail.com(FQ)</email>;</corresp></author-notes><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>12</day><month>12</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>03</volume><issue>12</issue><fpage>1898</fpage><lpage>1902</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>September</day>	<month>30,</month>	<year>2012</year></date><date date-type="rev-recd"><day>October</day>	<month>30,</month>	<year>2012</year>	</date><date date-type="accepted"><day>November</day>	<month>7,</month>	<year>2012</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>&#169; Copyright  2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. </copyright-statement><copyright-year>2014</copyright-year><license><license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>
 
 
  In the paper, the authors establish some new Hermite-Hadamard type inequalities for functions whose 3rd derivatives are 
  P-convex.
 
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Integral Inequality; Hermite-Hadamard’s Integral Inequality; &lt;i&gt;P&lt;/i&gt;-Convex Function; Derivative</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="s1"><title>1. Introduction</title><p>The following definition is well known in the literature.</p><p>Definition 1.1. A function <img src="10-7401150\61cef5b3-948b-486d-a826-53d7e44a65c0.jpg" /> is said to be convex if</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19117"><label>(1.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\d047057d-0781-4c05-a050-dd75ba231ced.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>holds for all<img src="10-7401150\f8575668-640c-4b55-b97c-37dabed58f30.jpg" />.</p><p>In [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.25448-ref1">1</xref>], the concept of the so-called <img src="10-7401150\36bb6950-0a53-4a75-87e6-a49e33037de8.jpg" />-convex functions was introduced as follows.</p><p>Definition 1.2. ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.25448-ref1">1</xref>]) We say that a map</p><p><img src="10-7401150\507e4ca5-03de-4c6e-8706-d62bd954a138.jpg" />belongs to the class <img src="10-7401150\25942c5e-1084-4b5e-a876-9cda395c56d8.jpg" /> if it is nonnegative and satisfies</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19118"><label>(1.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\fe0d9ae0-30c5-450d-ae52-325196d2b093.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>for all<img src="10-7401150\96137354-b6b0-42ed-a74c-37183bf93bdd.jpg" />.</p><p>In [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.25448-ref2">2</xref>], S. S. Dragomir proved the following theorems.</p><p>Theorem 1.1. ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.25448-ref2">2</xref>]) Let <img src="10-7401150\5636bb27-8f9d-4817-8cd7-22c0755bd5f3.jpg" /> be a differentiable mapping on <img src="10-7401150\e07451fe-0d0d-49c7-91d1-1af579505a36.jpg" />and<img src="10-7401150\5474bd6f-f271-4f33-9cf7-1d45d493a525.jpg" />. If <img src="10-7401150\0bffdd40-895e-41ac-b966-107c4d8755f3.jpg" /></p><p>is convex on<img src="10-7401150\953ade77-7826-4d93-b7e1-fada2546d610.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19119"><label>(1.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\a39c6d93-30ff-4fdf-bc83-4a4fb7dfad75.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Theorem 1.2. ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.25448-ref2">2</xref>]) Let <img src="10-7401150\4aeacc0d-9ece-41a1-809d-02857c1a6b59.jpg" /> be a differentiable mapping on <img src="10-7401150\b55163c5-81a5-495e-9382-2c139ae97ef1.jpg" /> and<img src="10-7401150\6556e384-4478-44fd-9f95-efe41ee2148f.jpg" />. If <img src="10-7401150\1f07829b-a896-4e63-b8cd-b79e389c5c78.jpg" /> is convex on <img src="10-7401150\76b9e4a7-0ab7-41c8-b6c4-b21f71d2ca27.jpg" /> for<img src="10-7401150\01f67063-3e12-425c-9df2-d31a23d556b0.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19120"><label>(1.4)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\788d4adb-790b-4b8d-ae6d-f6a516893fd4.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Theorem 1.3. ([<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="scirp.25448-ref3">3</xref>], Theorems 2) Let <img src="10-7401150\a020fcb5-f278-4694-a9ad-9cb35ace70f1.jpg" /> be an absolutely continuous function on <img src="10-7401150\ff431296-8801-46ab-92f5-8bf93a096c45.jpg" /> such that</p><p><img src="10-7401150\b563d0a4-c16d-4407-aa3c-c7162a1710ab.jpg" />for<img src="10-7401150\398abe76-39f1-49c6-8a6e-60c495b4db42.jpg" />. If <img src="10-7401150\fa940cff-5862-4f50-85ee-526028dfb28d.jpg" /> is quasi-convex on<img src="10-7401150\e9517529-323b-4afc-b10f-8ebb27ea456e.jpg" />, then</p><p><img src="10-7401150\0dec21b4-c341-4ccf-9961-0063a55b7021.jpg" /></p><p>For more information and recent developments on this topic, please refer to [4-14] and closely related references therein.</p><p>The concepts of various convex functions have indeed found important places in contemporary mathematics as can be seen in a large number of research articles and books devoted to the field these days.</p><p>In this paper, we will establish some new HermiteHadamard type inequalities for functions whose <img src="10-7401150\863b4ad6-f551-43eb-bfa4-ca265e489951.jpg" />rd derivatives are P-convex.</p></sec><sec id="s2"><title>2. A Lemma</title><p>In this section, we establish an integral identity.</p><p>Lemma 2.1. Let <img src="10-7401150\72499832-557b-4e05-a516-9e319a051a6c.jpg" /> be a three times differentiable mapping on <img src="10-7401150\c4ce084c-2f82-42d1-957c-eabd5b7154f2.jpg" />and<img src="10-7401150\c1c1bfeb-8411-491e-971c-7e89fc1ceb9d.jpg" />. If<img src="10-7401150\4e4b8246-a2ef-451b-92e8-423bc18363cb.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19121"><label>(2.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\598b7f45-72ff-40b4-8f8e-f5886219001b.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. Integrating by part and changing variable of definite integral yield</p><p><img src="10-7401150\7a1e1e6a-0d01-4780-9c08-f935e7dc3bf2.jpg" /></p><p>and</p><p><img src="10-7401150\9ed9af12-8074-4572-a9dd-ad6f303e8436.jpg" /></p><p>The proof of Lemma 2.1 is complete.</p></sec><sec id="s3"><title>3. Hermite-Hadamard’s Type Inequalities for P-Convex Functions</title><p>Theorem 3.1. Let <img src="10-7401150\32231909-0800-4f03-9b5e-296e7b03e781.jpg" /> be differentiable on<img src="10-7401150\54667478-6285-4d15-9f83-798762166e3d.jpg" />,<img src="10-7401150\3d1957dd-40fc-4b17-a847-92d28a685e58.jpg" /> , and <img src="10-7401150\5dcfb834-d6bc-41e1-8ebd-126624975f42.jpg" /> If <img src="10-7401150\e4e8add2-ee4b-430f-b731-a78054ad1a4f.jpg" /> is <img src="10-7401150\767a7f38-48db-495a-90fd-9429be4c0182.jpg" />-convex on<img src="10-7401150\f397c6a3-5551-43c7-8d81-570b7156d3f2.jpg" /> for<img src="10-7401150\a828f3f3-8dcc-4d58-abae-5918dfa2943a.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19122"><label>(3.1)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\cbdf20e5-731f-4675-b597-fa009e38cf20.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. Since <img src="10-7401150\a79af66b-5a65-4933-8621-f8debb83889a.jpg" /> is a <img src="10-7401150\6ab48e3f-a38c-47ba-974b-6a56cf9506dd.jpg" />-convex function on<img src="10-7401150\a06df8a5-d2a4-4fb5-b78b-4bb72a9c25ff.jpg" />, by Lemma 2.1 and H&#246;lder’s inequality, we obtain</p><p><img src="10-7401150\338d08a7-d38d-474c-90ff-a2cb591fb6b2.jpg" /></p><p>The proof of Theorem 3.1 is complete.</p><p>Corollary 3.1.1. Under the conditions of Theorem 3.1, if<img src="10-7401150\58db94d2-199c-4aa0-8144-dd71967ab1c3.jpg" />, we have</p><p><img src="10-7401150\d3696563-928e-4bc3-b069-2e1fa26f9b86.jpg" /></p><p>Theorem 3.2. Let <img src="10-7401150\26c3c2a1-1c7b-4d00-8796-c0197ae0a0cf.jpg" /> be differentiable on<img src="10-7401150\ccf1ef06-a578-4d92-82ea-b647e620c811.jpg" />, <img src="10-7401150\b804eb4e-1eda-4539-985a-64167780ce96.jpg" />, and<img src="10-7401150\d3ab9fe0-dcfb-4809-a210-52d4625005f5.jpg" />. If <img src="10-7401150\ff4a1d09-5bec-4c0d-9b44-835486726d52.jpg" /> is <img src="10-7401150\cf117d6e-cb6d-4f22-ab2d-8a1be5b9e66a.jpg" />-convex on <img src="10-7401150\c1ca8a8a-b76e-4793-9136-17c0e2ee0982.jpg" /> for<img src="10-7401150\769e3247-da62-4f30-8d91-a1a923040bf3.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19123"><label>(2.2)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\54a206e2-c752-4f0a-a85f-71f2b4083e68.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. From Lemma 2.1, H&#246;lder’s inequality, and the <img src="10-7401150\0db0103c-fd1b-41f3-9d88-24694c129267.jpg" />-convexity of <img src="10-7401150\7acb5e5a-c6d3-4335-935b-7fe91a074c4e.jpg" /> on<img src="10-7401150\2f3930c3-239d-4990-b5fd-6d1e8f5ca94f.jpg" />, we drive</p><p><img src="10-7401150\883883e0-5d53-46d6-ab8f-fdc5b9b8b296.jpg" /></p><p>Theorem 3.2 is proved.</p><p>Theorem 3.3. Let <img src="10-7401150\93f60ab4-ad5f-4caf-8497-89ac7164bb54.jpg" /> be differentiable on<img src="10-7401150\c2f3f8f8-ce91-4c5a-8309-5f3bd3077fcd.jpg" />, <img src="10-7401150\e244c741-51d6-4eb8-9f2a-eca53665fb1a.jpg" />, and <img src="10-7401150\4a47b658-8fe6-4c87-893c-c92e53bb3d9d.jpg" /> If <img src="10-7401150\430055a8-f3aa-47b8-96ec-590d1feb584b.jpg" /> is <img src="10-7401150\e9747c24-76e0-45bb-b6aa-e98fc6828549.jpg" />-convex on<img src="10-7401150\9a69f83a-0985-4f6d-82a5-961f9ea7b797.jpg" /> for<img src="10-7401150\d1418e9c-23ba-45a7-97dd-383a6b75e6be.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19124"><label>(2.3)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\55f58222-36b1-495d-8f01-39832a88618c.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. From Lemma 2.1, H&#246;lder’s inequality, and the <img src="10-7401150\bc459005-10b7-41de-83d2-e796e012dd55.jpg" />-convexity of <img src="10-7401150\422c66d0-e3be-4e73-baa3-a62da213a8dc.jpg" /> on<img src="10-7401150\91715e8d-1ef1-494d-9a8a-95bbdac20001.jpg" />, we have</p><p><img src="10-7401150\b745a460-79f5-44db-92a3-9021c6d011f2.jpg" /></p><p>Theorem 3.3 is thus proved.</p><p>Theorem 3.4. Let <img src="10-7401150\923136dd-a112-498b-a0a3-f6f19912b3cd.jpg" /> be differentiable on<img src="10-7401150\05175609-b9fc-420c-91e3-22571c8ee544.jpg" />, <img src="10-7401150\c828692b-ca78-44d6-94c7-522b91a43677.jpg" />, and <img src="10-7401150\b982860e-9282-46d5-9033-75b8d599b825.jpg" /> If <img src="10-7401150\a6dc72f5-cb67-4d47-aa47-e0b65960b515.jpg" /> for <img src="10-7401150\d5ebd0da-3c3c-4762-9f0e-58ed02b85ba6.jpg" /> is <img src="10-7401150\aec12062-28b6-426d-8ad6-e4f7ec9ad14a.jpg" />-convex on<img src="10-7401150\69528460-c2f1-499e-a027-767dc4167b9d.jpg" /> and<img src="10-7401150\293aeb03-f9ec-4c27-9504-72161f7be883.jpg" />, then</p><disp-formula id="scirp.25448-formula19125"><label>(2.5)</label><graphic position="anchor" xlink:href="10-7401150\da4543c5-8b89-4f25-b3d2-d6469a119712.jpg"  xlink:type="simple"/></disp-formula><p>Proof. Using Lemma 2.1, H&#246;lder’s inequality, and the <img src="10-7401150\30f3631b-61c9-44f7-9875-38a084987e5b.jpg" />-convexity of <img src="10-7401150\f6f368a9-4942-4f6e-81f6-d3a8f703a9ab.jpg" /> on <img src="10-7401150\3e835d13-4456-4c65-8d0a-cda807cc506a.jpg" /> yields</p><p><img src="10-7401150\4965be22-fdfa-4623-b42f-397cf8f1122f.jpg" /></p><p>The proof of Theorem 3.4 is complete.</p><p>Corollary 3.3.1. Under the conditions of Theorem 3.4(1) if<img src="10-7401150\4789515d-ea15-4d6b-a04e-3a8d5ce138f2.jpg" />, then</p><p><img src="10-7401150\3f89bdde-d874-4669-ac70-1d229ae84821.jpg" /></p><p>(2) if<img src="10-7401150\c23ce3be-e399-46c8-9c38-8f00eb593951.jpg" />, then</p><p><img src="10-7401150\ef8c6082-e4f7-4e58-9707-fa4656f86c36.jpg" /></p><p>(3) if<img src="10-7401150\e66c4ace-a958-4756-8118-98fda463148f.jpg" />, then</p><p><img src="10-7401150\9e0d1e7d-6e64-4733-ae1f-6081bc8078dd.jpg" /></p><p>Finally we would like to note that these Hermite-Hadamard type inequalities obtained in this paper can be applied to the fields of integral inequalities, approximation theory, special means theory, optimization theory, information theory, and numerical analysis, as done before by a number of mathematicians.</p></sec><sec id="s4"><title>4. 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