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A Monotonicity Theorem and a Bernoulli-L’Hospital-Ostrowski Rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Chang-Ming Lee*
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin53201
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Abstract

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It is proved that a function is nondecreasing if it is Baire one and Darboux and fulfills Lusin’s condition (N), and if its derivative is non-negative for almost every point at which the function is derivable. Using this result, a process to formulate various results on the existence and the valuation of indeterminate forms via various monotonicity theorems is illustrated. In particular, the ordinary Bernoulli-L’Hospital rule and some of its variations obtained recenty by A. M. Ostrowski are generalized.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1984

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