Abstract
We investigate the relationship between the discrete fractional difference
and the positivity or monotonicity of the function f. Our approach relies on interpreting the fractional difference as an appropriate convolution operator. The results we provide demonstrate that when compared to the double sequential case, i.e.,
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the anonymous referee for his or her very helpful comments regarding the original manuscript.
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